Apple's Cyber Monday 2011 Offer: Free Shipping For Online Purchases Until December 22

With its seasonal retail offers, Apple might make many of its customers' "nice" lists this holiday.

The retailer announced on November 28 (a day known to shoppers as Cyber Monday, the online shopping equivalent of Black Friday) that it will offer free shipping on purchases made at Apple.com. For some customers, the freebie will last until December 22.

According to The Next Web, only U.S. shopper will enjoy this lengthy offer. "[D]eliveries are available free only until December 22 in the US, with Canada and the UK both showing that deliveries are free for today only – a likely nod to an associated Black Monday promotion," TNW wrote.

While Apple's one-day Black Friday sale was limited to certain items, such as the iPad 2, iPod Touch, MacBook Air and various accessories on Apple's website, the company's Cyber Monday offer of free shipping applies to every item available for purchase.

Visitors to the U.S. site will notice a bright red banner advertising the freebie.

Not everyone will be pleased with Apple's latest offer, however. For Cyber Monday 2010, Apple sold iPad, iPod, iPhone and Mac accessories at reduced prices. This year, Apple combined included both accessories and bigger-ticket items in its Black Friday sales, rather than holding two separate sales.

The success of Apple's massive Black Friday event was apparent on Monday, when 9to5Mac reported (via an unnamed Apple tipster) that Apple had recorded its best Black Friday sales ever.

To find out where to score the best Cyber Monday deals outside of Apple.com, check out our roundup (here).

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[wilray]

11:15 AM on 11/29/2011

Anything you buy from Amazon on subscription ships for free no minimum price. On top of that you get 15% off the regular price. So if you get a household item or a personal that is only $5, it ships for free. I live in Washington State, so I do pay sales taxes on my purchases. My state also imposes sales tax for shipping costs, so here free shipping saves more than the costs of the shipping.

[elicourey]

06:35 PM on 11/29/2011

Was that a sponsored comment?

[wilray]

08:05 PM on 11/29/2011

You should talk, MacDaddy.

[jflorish]

09:04 PM on 11/29/2011

lol ... no kidding.

[harrykintama]

11:04 AM on 11/29/2011

What's the big deal? Apple always had free shipping online. How about no taxes for the holidays?

[elicourey]

06:37 PM on 11/29/2011

No, they didn't always have free shipping online for all products. And no taxes would be cool, but that's up to the government, not Apple.

[jflorish]

09:05 PM on 11/29/2011

No way, Obama needs more golf money. More taxes only.

[bryanzth]

10:11 AM on 11/29/2011

Hahaha, I provided my own free shipping from an authorized Apple reseller. BZ.

[mpasmith]

09:53 AM on 11/29/2011

Why does Apple get a headline story for simply doing the same as most other retailers?

Free shipping for items purchased online during the holidays is hardly an innovative idea, or a 'big freebie'. It's simply good business, nothing more.

[elicourey]

06:42 PM on 11/29/2011

They aren't the only ones, Huffington Post has an entire Black Friday/Cyber Monday section. It's pretty common for blogs to post deals that are going on, luckily we have choice to click on the headline or not.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/black-friday

[EndTheGOP]

09:46 AM on 11/29/2011

This is worthy of a mention? Really? Did Apple slide HuffPo some extra ad revenue for this?

[KevG]

09:07 AM on 11/29/2011

Huh. Amazon ships everything over $25 for free. Every day. Which would include every Apple product it sells.

I also just got free shipping on something I bought from Dell.

It doesn't do the "obsessed cult of Apple" argument any harm when "stories" like this are headline news.

[imonlyhereforthelaughs]

09:02 AM on 11/29/2011

I thought they were going to say "free reach-around".

[amy carson]

09:00 AM on 11/29/2011

I have to say I love my mac, but my charger for it died. 79.00 for a new one. CRAZY. I don't see (well I do) $$$, why there is not a universal charger for all apple products.

[KarateKid]

08:24 AM on 11/29/2011

It's amazing to me how people get _sucked in to the free shipping gimmick, not to mention a few bucks off on a gadget that will be obsolete in a few months as the soul-less tech companies take planned obsolescence to the outer limits of greed. And people keep falling for all that _crap.

Sent from my iPhone

[solid]

09:02 AM on 11/29/2011

Haha, funny!

[bryanzth]

10:12 AM on 11/29/2011

But, but, but.... ;0) LOL! BZ.

[HeyThereYou]

08:19 AM on 11/29/2011

Yes, i agree, this is just Huffington advertising for apple. this is not an impressive deal at all.

[PizzaGuy1]

07:57 AM on 11/29/2011

This is not a story...it's an Advertisement. Nothing more.

[PizzaGuy1]

07:57 AM on 11/29/2011

Big Freebie? Standard practice for most companies............meh

[solid]

09:03 AM on 11/29/2011

It's also a standard practice for Apple, for all orders over $50.

[imonlyhereforthelaughs]

09:03 AM on 11/29/2011

I get free shipping when I by $150 worth of auto parts. The least a company selling $35 phones for $500 could do is ALWAYS pick up the cost of shipping.

[solid]

04:02 PM on 11/30/2011

They do ALWAYS pick up the shipping cost for any order over $50.

[CarrieAntigua]

06:44 AM on 11/29/2011

Free shipping is normal with many companies I shop with..especially if you are a repeat customer

[MaybeMilo]

06:19 AM on 11/29/2011

WOW! FREE SHIPPING!!!!!

Nice advertisement.

[CarrieAntigua]

06:44 AM on 11/29/2011

Milo!

[MaybeMilo]

06:40 PM on 11/29/2011

Carrie!

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