I just had my first real interaction with Alice.com. Have you checked out the site yet? I'd looked around it once before, but hadn't actually purchased anything. I did today, and was very pleased with the process. I hope I'm just as happy when the products come!
I redeemed 20 Swagbucks for a $5 Alice.com gift card, first.
(If you haven't signed up for Swagbucks yet, it's really easy and you should totally do it. It took me a while to sign up, but I'm really glad I did. If you do - you should click through my link at the bottom - hint, hint, wink, wink.)
I had enough Swagbucks to get more than one gift card, but they (Alice or Swagbucks or both?) will only let you redeem one gift card. One, total. It says that can't be combined, and it says you can only get one per Swagbucks account. That definitely goes in my downside folder - I wish I could have gotten more than one!
We are almost out of trash bags and there are no great deals at the stores this week, so I thought it would be a great time to check out the site. They automatically use coupons for you, so there's no clipping and filing and whatnot. There's a limited amount of each coupon - for example, the trash bags I got have 50 left, and expire in 19 days. The site always tells you how many coupons are left and how much time before they expire. That's a great feature because you know if you need to hurry and get something or if you have some time before the coupons run out or expire. When I searched for trash bags, it brought up a variety of brands, including the major ones - Glad and Hefty - as well as some green brands and some smaller brands. You can sort by tons of choices - brands, lifestyle (such as ecofriendly), type (like kitchen or large), and price, price per unit, coupons, and more! I'm big on seeing how much things cost per unit - I do a lot of my price comparisons that way, and Alice.com did that for me. I didn't have to figure it out on my own. For some items, it will also compare to other stores right there for you, so you don't have to go looking at other sites to see if you're getting the best deal.
The other item I went ahead and ordered was toilet paper. We only use Charmin Ultra Strong in our house - and I have a hard time finding good deals on it. For this item, they didn't show the price comparison for other stores, so I went to cvs.com and compared. On average, Alice.com was about $2 cheaper per package than cvs.com. So I went ahead and ordered one pack of toilet paper, too.
Another feature that's definitely worth mentioning - when you purchase a product, it gets stored in your my products tab, so you can easily find it again. And not only that, but they will even remind you when you need to reorder, and you can set that to be every 2 weeks or month or whatever you need. I didn't try out that option myself yet, but if I were going to order from Alice.com as a regular supplier for my home and personal care items, I'd probably use that.
Yet another feature I really like is their 50 best deals section. If you go all the way to the right, and click on other ways to shop, the bottom choice is shop the best deals. When you click that, it takes you to a list of their top 50 deals at the moment, and it tells you the percent off regular retail that it is right there. I've seen several deals for things less than $1 in my two visits to the site.
The last wonderful thing I want to mention about Alice.com is that they ALWAYS have free shipping. I despise paying shipping, so this is fabulous to me. The one catch to this is that after your first order (with your first order, you can only order one thing), you have to order 6 things, but with several things under $1, it wouldn't be too bad to stick on a couple extra things - and it's definitely better than paying a higher price and shipping on another site, or traveling to the store and using up gas! Plus, when you order from home, you don't have to worry about what you're wearing or your makeup, you can do it at any hour of the day, and you don't have to take your kiddos along!
- The Glad Force Flex drawstring trash bags were $6.95 with a 50c off coupon, so they came up as $6.45. That's for a package of 38 bags.
- The Charmin Ultra Strong toilet paper didn't have a coupon, and was $5.71 for a package of 9 large rolls.
It says they will arrive in 2-3 business days, which is pretty quick, especially for not paying shipping. I can't wait to see if they arrive on time. I think Alice.com is definitely a site I can see myself using again. I just wish that I could get more gift cards with my Swagbucks!
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