Monday, November 26, 2007

Christmas Gifts, delivered!

It's that time of year again - the malls are packed, the Walmarts are over-run, and the lines in every store are longer than usual. Save yourself the headache and consider sending your friends and loved ones something special using the internet. I have given or received something from each of these companies and highly recommend them all. I'm sure there are lots more websites that offer shipping to recipients, these are just my favorites.
  • Omaha Steaks: Offers scrumptious meat and side dishes. You can choose delivery date and it arrives in a styrofoam cooler with dry ice. Their steaks are more than scrumptious!
  • Hickory Farms: Offers snack foods such as sausages, cheeses, spreads, etc. Best purchased in a gift basket.
  • Harry & David: Harry & David offer some of the most delicious gourmet Christmas time treats. They're well known for their pears and other fruits but they offer all sorts of other goodies for Christmas time.
  • Gift Baskets from 1800-flowers: Take the unusual route and send your friends and family a centerpiece for their Christmas dinner table. They also have yummy looking gift baskets!
  • Gourmet Gift Baskets: It's all in the name! They have probably the widest variety of themed gift baskets I've ever seen.
  • QVC: QVC carries just about everything under the sun! Home decoration, personal products, apparel, kitchenware, yummy food goodies, interesting gadgets, and more! I've purchased many things from QVC and everything has been a quality product worthy of the price. Hint: don't wait around for the right thing to come on TV - they have a website full of items for purchase.
  • HSN: HSN is the same idea as QVC - everything under the sun! You're sure to find something for everyone.
  • Jewelry Television: A great company selling quality jewelry and gemstones at affordable prices.
  • Gems TV: My favorite resource for jewelry! Their TV program uses a very unique concept: reverse auctions! The longer the current item remains in stock, the lower the price goes. And when it's all over, everyone pays the lowest price! I've seen some truly gorgeous gemstones and artisan work on their programs. You can follow along with their TV program on the website or they have other games on the website alone. All jewelry is hand cut and handmade by Gems TV, to maintain a high standard of quality.
I heard on the radio on my way to class this afternoon that today's the biggest day of the year for online shopping! That means there will be lots of sales - hop to it!

If you're shipping gifts this year, please make sure your gifts arrive on time! Here's the schedule of shipping days from USPS and Fedex for your reference.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I love GemsTV as well. I bought my mom a ring on there for 29 dollars and I got it appraised and it is worth over 500 dollars. You do get great savings on the website and the TV show.

Chad Lee said...

I've got to question... for the college guy, what could I use these for? My friends would more likely prefer RAM or DVDs to flowers and gift baskets. A few of the more manly men in my group may appreciate Omaha Steaks, because meat is always good, but it'd be a little odd for a Christmas present.

I'd like to point out newegg.com. This tech site has everything at great deals, and could have appropriate stuff for the techie/nerd/geek in your life. If not them, then thinkgeek.com for all the gadgets. Everyone needs a Sonic Boom alarm clock.

Ana said...

Omaha Steaks would be a great christmas present! I agree most of those topics were sort of directed more towards readers of my mindset (25 year old female), but perhaps you've got a mom or an aunt? These could apply for them... Or, if one of your friends is a movie buff, I'm sure one of the sites has a great combination of stuff for a movie lover?

I personally LOVE newegg.com. I used them to purchase components for my desktop gamer system last August. It's my first source for computer stuff. I haven't purchased anything from thinkgeek.com but I have heard of them. I'll have to check them out for my brother's gift.

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