Public Service Announcement: Holiday Shipping Deadlines

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

Sources: dealnews, Dealhack