The fine folks over at dealnews and Dealhack have put together a list of shipping deadlines for popular online retailers so you can make sure to get that special gift sent out on time. Here are some of the more gadget-oriented retailers for your reference.
The dates below are to ensure delivery by December 24th.
Amazon.com
- Free Shipping – December 17th
- Standard Shipping – December 20th
- Next Day – December 23rd by 3:30PM Pacific Time
Apple Store
- Standard – December 15th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 22nd
Best Buy
- Standard Shipping – December 21st by 10:59AM Eastern Time
- Next Day – December 23rd by 10:59AM Eastern Time
Brookstone
- Standard – December 11th
- Expedited – December 17th by 1PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 23rd by 1PM Eastern Time
Buy.com
- Standard – December 17th
- Expedited – December 21st by 12PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 22nd by 12PM Eastern Time
Circuit City
- Standard – December 9th
- Expedited – December 16th
- Fastest – December 18th
CompUSA
- Standard – December 11th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 22nd
Crutchfield
- Standard – December 16th by 5PM Eastern Time
- Expedited – December 21st by 5PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 23rd by 5PM Eastern Time
Dell
- Standard – December 9th
- Expedited – December 11th
- Fastest – December 15th
EB Games
- Standard – December 18th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 22nd
Etronics
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 22nd
Expansys
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 22nd
FedEx
- Ground – December 17th
- Express Saver – December 21st
- Standard Overnight – December 23rd
GameStop
- Standard – December 18th
- Expedited – December 19th
- Fastest – December 21st
Geeks.com
- Standard – December 17th by 2PM Pacific Time
- Expedited – December 22nd by 2PM Pacific Time
- Fastest – December 23rd by 2PM Pacific Time
Hammacher Schlemmer
- Standard – December 11th by 6PM Eastern Time
- Expedited – December 18th by 6PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 21st by 3PM Eastern Time
Hewlett Packard
- Standard – December 15th
- Expedited – December 22nd by 10PM Eastern
- Fastest – December 23rd by 10PM Eastern
J&R Computer and Music World
- Standard – December 15th
- Expedited – December 18th
- Fastest – December 22nd
KB Toys
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 22nd
Kmart
- Standard/Expedited – December 18th
- Fastest – December 23rd by 9AM Eastern Time
Kodak Store
- Standard – December 16th by 12PM Eastern Time
- Expedited – December 22nd by 12PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 23rd by 12PM Eastern Time
Lenovo
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited/Fastest – December 18th
MacMall
- Standard – December 17th by 6PM Eastern Time
- Expedited – December 22nd by 9PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 23rd by 9PM Eastern Time
Newegg.com
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 22nd
Office Depot
- December 23rd by 5PM local time (Office Depot does local next day delivery)
OfficeMax
- December 23rd by 5PM local time (OfficeMax does local next day delivery)
Overstock.com
- Standard – December 17th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 23rd by 10AM Mountain Time
Palm
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited – December 17th
- Fastest – December 18th
PC Connection
- Standard – December 11th
- Expedited – December 19th by 2PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 23rd by 2PM Eastern Time
PCMall
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited – December 22nd by 7PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 23rd by 3PM Eastern Time
Philips
- Standard – December 10th
- Expedited – December 21st by 1PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 22nd by 1PM Eastern Time
Radio Shack
- Standard – December 11th
- Expedited – December 22nd by 11AM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 23rd by 11AM Eastern Time
Ritz Camera
- Standard – December 15th
- Expedited – December 18th
- Fastest – December 22nd
Sears
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 22nd
SonyStyle.com
- Standard – December 15th
- Expedited – December 18th
- Fastest – December 22nd
Staples
- Standard – December 11th
- Expedited – December 18th
- Fastest – December 20th
Target
- Standard – December 20th
- Expedited/Fastest – December 21st at 11:30PM Central Time
ThinkGeek.com
- Standard – December 18th
- Expedited – December 21st
- Fastest – December 23rd at 12PM Eastern Time
Tiger Direct
- Standard – December 17th by 7PM Eastern Time
- Expedited – December 21st by 5PM Eastern Time
- Fastest – December 22nd by 5PM Eastern Time
Toshiba
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited – December 18th
- Fastest – December 22nd
ToysRUs.com
- Standard – December 18th by 12PM Eastern Time
- Expedited/Fastest – December 22nd by 12PM Eastern Time
UPS
- Standard – December 16th
- Next Day Air – December 23rd
USPS
- First Class/Priority – December 21st
- Express – December 23rd
Walmart
- Standard – December 16th
- Expedited – December 18th
- Fastest – December 22nd