Christmas Shopping Tips for Canadians
These are just some of the handy websites you might want to use for your Christmas shopping this year:
Coupon Sites and Great Shopping Portals
- Red Flag Deals http://www.redflagdeals.com
This is a great site for coupons, sale information, and the inside scoop on how to save money when shopping online or in Canadian brick and mortar shops. They are a Canadian website and link to all kinds of great Canadian shopping websites. If there is one site to visit and actually use as a shopping starting point, this is it. - Canada Shopping Deals http://www.canadianshoppingdeals.com
Similar to Red Flag Deals. - Your Shops Canada http://www.yourshops.ca
Air Miles website for shopping - Visa Savings Canada http://www.visasavings.ca
Visa’s online shopping portal for savings if you are shopping with your Visa card. - MSN EShops Canada http://www.eshop.ca
Shopping portal from your friends at Microsoft. Use their handy search to find what you are looking for. - Yahoo Shops Canada http://ca.shopping.yahoo.com
Yahoo’s shopping portal for Canada. - Canada Post Shopping Portal http://goshopping.canadapost.ca
Canada Post has a pretty good shopping portal with some great Canadian merchants. - Canada Post’s BorderFree http://www.borderfree.com/consumers/guide.jsp
A great site for finding products from US merchants. Merchants registered with the site give you the option to see the price in Canadian dollars with no hidden border handling fees.
Great Canadian Merchants
- FutureShop www.FutureShop.ca
I have nothing but kudos for the way Future Shop has handled my online purchases in the past. Of all of the online stores, I have probably used theirs the most. I have never been disappointed. - Canadian Tire www.CanadianTire.ca
Another veteran of Canadian online retailers. I have also used their online shopping extensively and again have never been let down.
Give Like Santa, Save like Scrooge! - Chapters Indigo http://www.chapters.indigo.ca
Not just books! CDs, DVDs, Gift Cards, iPods and other Gifts. They rate up there with Canadian Tire and Future Shop as a great online store with excellent shipping deals and service. Their prices are reasonable as well. - MasterMind Toys http://www.mastermindtoys.ca
Great Canadian toy store with a great selection of educational toys. - Grand River Toys http://www.grandrivertoys.com
Another great Canadian toy store. If you want an option to shopping at ToysRUs and want to support a Canadian business MasterMind toys and Grand River Toys are both great Canadian choices. - ToysRUs www.toysrus.ca
This is a great site with all kinds of items available. This is their first year they have supported online shopping so I cannot supply feedback related to service over the holiday season. (Update Nov. 15, 2005 - My Mom ordered my kids some items for Christmas through ToysRUs.ca and the service was excellent. Shipping was quick and they used UPS to ship. I can now reccomend ToysRUs.ca as a great online shop. - Fifth Avenue Collection www.fifthavenue.ca
Jewellery - Based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. My wife likes their stuff, but I have never used their online store to make a purchase. It is well designed though. - Hudson Bay Company www.hbc.com
This is not a great shopping site. Much of what is available is generally just their discount or Power Buy items. I have a feeling that the items available over the holidays may increase though. - Sears Canada www.sears.ca
I have never been a big Sears fan. I don’t think any Canadian can say that they don’t at least flip through the Wish Book for Christmas ideas. It is just that Sears has just always seemed like My mom’s store, not cool enough for me. If you do like Sears, then their site is acceptable. I do find that it can be a bit awkward to navigate at times though. - The Shopping Channel www.theshoppingchannel.com
Do I need to say any more. If it is on The Shopping Channel you can find it here. A good place to look. - Mountain Equip Co-op www.mec.ca
If you like to camp, hike, canoe, kayak or snowshoe, then this is the store for you. The quality of their merchandise is top notch. - Rocky Mountain Trading Co. www.rockydirect.com
I have never shopped here, but it looks like they have some great stuff for the outdoor enthusiast.
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July 11th, 2005 @ 2:06 pm
Brain Waves Educational Toys has science and educational toys for children of all ages. Great Christmas gifts, birthday gifts and for school projects. Go to http://www.brainwavestoys.com to see.