Save Time Shopping Online

What, the web REALLY CAN save you time on your shopping? It isn’t just saying that in an effort to get you to click on a banner ad? Yes, it can … but only a few sites have this rare magical power. If you’re feeling frustrated with comparing domestic and local prices, searching in eBay stores and auctions, those bloody shopping comparison sites that are more ad than info, prepare to be enchanted. Here are our tips on best time saving shopping sites that actually do work.

Amazon.com Subscribe and Save

Not only does Amazon have a huge range of products, usually at quite cheap prices, they have a new, superior time-saving website feature. ‘I am your leader’, says Subscribe and Save … The way it works is:

• You choose a product you would purchase regularly, usually something you can find in the non-perishable sections of the supermarket.
• Instead of adding directly to shopping cart or using 1-click ordering, look for the Subscribe and Save options at right of screen. You can choose any quantity between 1 and 30 to be delivered every 1, 2, 3 or 6 months.
• You receive a discount on the everyday Amazon supplier price (although remember, other Amazon sellers sometimes have items cheaper than Amazon itself), and also free shipping on every order.
• There are no catches – you can cancel at any time, and your credit card is only charged when the order is shipped.

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If you are not already using Launchy or a similar program launcher, this time saving tip for Windows tip will remove lots of menu clicks from your day.

A step by step guide to setting up a new shortcut:

1. Click on the Start icon
   
2. Navigate to the program you want but do not click yet
3. Right-click on the program and choose Properties
4. Type a letter in the Shortcut key field
5. Press OK to close the Properties window

Now, whenever you want to start that program, just hold down ALT and CTRL and press the key you chose.

For example: Ctrl+Alt+W on my computer starts Microsoft Word.

Click here to read a more detailed version of this tip.

You know that cute little “desktop” icon in your Windows taskbar? It’s a very convenient way to minimize all of the applications you have open so that you can get to something on the desktop.

Somehow we deleted that little icon a on the family computer and I really missed it. Turns out, though, that you don’t need it at all… there’s a handy keyboard shortcut to do the same thing:

Win + D

Hold down the “Windows” key (has a Windows logo on it) and tap the “D” key once (for ‘D’esktop). Whoosh! All your busy windows are gone, minimized to the task bar, and your desktop icons are in view!