Mater, I remember you shared some new way that parents can get things such as diapers for a discount by joining some type of club at Amazon. Care to share that again? I was going to tell my married kids about it, but don't know which thread that was. Thanks
Amazon started a program last fall called Amazon Mom. You don't have to be a mom to join. Membership (which is free) gets you 15% off things like diapers and baby wipes. When you order your diapers/wipes (have to order cases, but it's not a problem for us as whatever one kid might not use all of, the next will or you can pass some extras on to another family), you have the option to save another 15% by signing up for automatic recurring delivery. There are no commitments, though. They'll email you a couple of days before your next scheduled delivery and you can cancel or reschedule it at any time.
I think I've been paying about $23-$24 for a case of Huggies. I'd pay about $36 for the same at SAMS. When I originally did the math, Amazon's price was among the lower prices of what I'd paid couponing without ever having to leave my house! Oh, shipping is always free for their subscription items too.
But! -- that's not all!
Amazon Mom also gives you 3 free months of Amazon Prime which means anything you order from Amazon will ship to you free with 2-day shipping. Each time you spend more than $25 dollars on baby items (and this includes those cases of diapers as they look at the price
before the discounts), your Prime membership extends by another month up to a total of 12. I've already maxed mine out and will have free shipping through next January.
--- here ends my impartial analysis ---
Now, if you're convinced that Amazon is the way to go, make sure and click that link at the top of your screen to get to Amazon so I can get a buck or two for giving you this handy information. :smile:
I'll add a referral link straight to Amazon Mom here later today, but right now I actually have to go place an order for diapers. Huggies has a new product out, so I thought I might be able to get them even cheaper elsewhere, but my favorite place to buy diapers went out of business and so I don't think I'll be finding anything great that doesn't involve jumping through hoops to get it. I've waited and watched, but now we're almost out.