If one were to make an amendment today to that odious “there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes” adage, I suspect many of you might write in a carrot for shipping fees, too. Particularly for stuff sent to your door that weighs a few ounces or, oppositely, many, many pounds. Well, if you’re ever the scrimper when it comes those levies demanded by UPS, DHL, FedEx or any other courier of the modern era, you may enjoy a convenient invention dubbed FreeShipping.
Of course, I dramatize the current shipping situation. The lure of free shipping simply entices consumers to buy more, and everybody wins. In any case, if you happen to find any one of 750 online storefronts, from Amazon to Cabelas to NewEgg to SnapFish to Wal-Mart appealing places to spend your credit, FreeShipping helps the U.S.-based frugalists among us stretch our respective stimuli the best ways possible. (The site's creators expect its list of stores to rise to 1,000 by 2009.)