A great site to buy items for the babe!
Written: Sep 18 '04 (Updated Nov 11 '04)
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I placed (another) order with Baby Universe. I ordered a car seat from them in the past with no problems and decided to go with them again when I ordered a new baby stroller.
There prices were about the same as other stores across the board. I guess it's a name brand thing that everyone really has about the same prices. (Britax and Maclaren being the brands I've purchased from them).
I did pay a $6.95 flat shipping fee. I don't think that was over inflated, probably under. Some many places seem to want to over charge for handling anymore. I know that occasionally they do over free shipping on their website. Maybe if I had waited a bit longer, I could have got a deal on the shipping, but I didn't really mind the 6.95.
Later in the same week, I ordered another carseat for 2nd vehicle and did receive free shipping on it.
When I received my stroller and checked the invoice, I had a code to receive $5 off as a repeat customer. I had already placed another order-for the carseat- without the code. I sent off an email asking if they would give me a $5 credit since I was a repeat customer, just too fast of a repeat customer. Haven't heard back on that yet... will update if I hear anything.
My order arrived in a timely fashion. And I could track the package by checking my account status.
I did go through ebates and hope to receive a 7% rebate back also!
UPDATE:
Thought I'd update saying that I did not receive a $5 credit, no email to acknowledge my request either, but I didn't really expect it, just thought it would be cool!
Also I never received (one of) the 7% rebate through ebates either. I filed a 'where's my rebate' through ebates, providing order details and the ticket tracking info (that shows you ordered from the site in question) and received email back from ebates that baby universe said that my purchase didn't qualify basically-- they said it wasn't through the ebates site although I had the tracker info! and ebates said they couldn't pay if retailer didn't pay... guess Baby Universe didn't want to fork over the $20ish for the carseat purchase... I did receive $10.50 on the stroller purchase.
This would not prevent me from ordering from them in the future. I am still very happy with the service, merchandise, and pricing that the offer.
Baby Universe accepts all major credit cards with a verisign secure site, bizrate.com customer certified, and certified merchant guarantee seals.
They are a full service emerchant offering a WIDE variety of items, at fair prices. Included in their offerings, but not limited to: bedding, toys, strollers, carseats, feeding, and furniture. With each of those categories have multiple sub-categories! --feedings includes breastpumps, bottles, bibs, highchairs, warmers, etc...
They offer name brands that are well known and trusted, from ABC to Zoobeedoos! Probably close to 100 different brands avaliable!
As per site:
Shipping
BabyUniverse ships orders via FedEx, UPS, the United States Postal Service and various freight carriers. BabyUniverse ships Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
FedEx ground delivers Tuesday through Saturday. FedEx air delivers Monday through Friday. UPS ground and air delivers Monday through Friday. USPS delivers Monday through Saturday. Freight carriers will contact the provided telephone number to schedule delivery.
Order Turnaround Time
We want to ship your order as fast as is possible. Unless marked otherwise, we typically ship your order within one to four days. Bedding and certain furniture items are marked with the specific turnaround time. Please note that we do not ship on weekends. Next Day and 2nd Day orders must be placed by 12:00 PM Eastern Time to be shipped the same business day. Selecting express shipping services only expedites the shipping time and does not alter any special order time frames listed for a particular product. Some of our products ship directly from the manufacturer and require up to 3 days to process your order. If we run out of stock of a particular item, we will hold your order open for at least ten business days while we wait for new stock to arrive. If an order is still unable to ship after ten business days, our customer service will contact you with information regarding when you can expect your order. Please contact us if you experience any shipping delays or you do not receive tracking information promptly.
Recommended:
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What product did you purchase or try to purchase? Maclaren Triumph Stroller
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