Buy.com free shipping: cheap stuff to put you over $100?

[Richard Berg]

As I'm sure everyone's noticed, this weekend's free shipping promotion at buy.com requires you to have at least $100 on computer purchases.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants free shipping on something just under $100 - they've started pricing things at $99.95 and the like (perhaps for this very reason?), so we'll need some cheap stuff to put us over the top.

I already checked the obvious area - cables - and it looks like they've jacked the price on _everything_ to $4.95 minimum. Not a bad deal for some cables, but for those of you hoping to use an $0.80 floppy cable to complete your $100, it looks like you're SOL.

These are about the only (potentially) useful things I've found (and none is as cheap as I'd like):
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/computers/product.asp?sku=10246693&loc=496
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/computers/product.asp?sku=10222384&loc=410
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10029342&loc=6467

Obviously we should be able to do better - post ideas here.

 

[HellRaven]

You did the links the wrong way around, Links fixed:


PDA case $5

Cheapo NIC $10

6' PS/2 extension, $5

 

[wjones]

BRACKET KIT UNIVERSAL 3.5 TO 5.25 HD SHORT KIT NO BEZEL CREWS - $4.95

 

[criminal]

You could also go into their business store and pick up some Post-its. (Oops! This will help get you over the coupon minimum purchase requirements, not the free shipping.)

 

[Richard Berg]

Oops, I'm obviously not used to FuseTalk...

Thanks for the 3.5" -> 5.25" suggestion, I actually need one of those. EDIT: The .cgi charges me shipping on it even though it's a computer part and my total is now >$100 - that's odd...

I'd forgotten about the business section - lots of cheap stuff (post-its, pencils, pens, etc. etc.). Even with post-it notes they'll charge $5.95 for shipping so stick to computer/electronic stuff there...but I imagine there's lots of people who need similar stuff for coupons so here's a few links:

Post-It notes, $2
White-out, $0.70
Scotch tape, $0.80
12-pk of pens, $1.30

 

[Boogak]

Hehe, you guys aren't looking hard enough. I present to you the $2.49 10 pack of floppies. Enjoy!

 

[roc919]

Go posts guys. Gonna get those floppies.