I thought Blitsy was a discounted craft store???

Definitely a buyer beware. I think you have to buy when they are running their deeper discount sales.

I have had some really good deals from Blitsy in the past.... but they are not as easy to find these days

Hi Elannah et al.    

I stopped by to try and be helpful and hope I'm not intruding! This is Ross, one of the co-founders of Blitsy. There are some excellent comments here, for better or worse, and while I may not touch on each of them here I wanted to make sure everyone knew a bit more about how we've evolved as a company since 2011. 

First, as it relates to Lawn Fawn, they are a very unique brand that does not allow ANY online companies to discount ANY of their products, new or *legacy (avoiding the word old, as often times we love older items because they're so difficult to find and still awesome products!). Whenever you see Lawn Fawn listed at any sort of a discount online, they are not working with Lawn Fawn and actually going against their company's pricing policies. And this brand is very much the exception to the rule as it relates to any brands we support -- virtually every other single item you find on Blitsy will be the lowest price you'll find anywhere, or very close. Please pay attention to each company's shipping policies as often times other retailers will charge a bit more to ship so they can display a lower price in the shopping cart before shipping is calculated. 

And onto some very brief but fun news: Blitsy has recently reduced our base shipping fees in addition to offering a 100% price match guarantee on all items. We have a very responsive team you can always email at support@blitsy.com to ensure all of your questions are responded to, even if they are gripes or nuances that we love to hear since we're so close to the site each day and feedback helps us get better. We always try our very best to take care of our members and are working very hard to improve every day! Note that Blitsy also ships over 75% of the items on our site within 2 business days. If it takes longer, that's because it will take that long just about anywhere you shop, including Amazon. I am happy to explain in further detail, but we're going head to head with the giants and still have a small community feel. 

We believe we have the greatest product breadth across all arts and crafts categories, all in one place. That's a big part of why we got started with Blitsy -- we were frustrated by the big box retailers focusing so much on their own in-house product development and wanted to try and support manufacturers who may struggle to sell their products directly to everyone, online. And it's very hard to complete projects when buying from a single manufacturer, which also increases shipping charges. 

Anyway, I don't want to go onto a rant but wanted you all to know we're here to help and are monitoring the web closely in order to remain very competitive across the board! 

Thanks and we truly love all of you. We'll keep trying to get it right and hope you come and shop with us. Oh, and we're testing free shipping options when you purchase over $50 right now (this may change depending on how long this thread lives on the web, but try using the coupon code: freeshipping
 // note that coupons cannot be combined as we price everything very competitively at all times, regardless of whether it's part of a warehouse sale event, or one of the many other events we have going on throughout the week!)

Thank you again for listening and happy crafting!  

Thanks for your input. I didn't really know about Blitsy.  Will have a look. I always appreciate when shops care about their customer service, reputation, etc.

Thanks for the replies! nicolep @zingermack thank you for your feedback and glad to hear you're shopping with Blitsy. We appreciate you!

Ross

I've had great luck with Blitsy. Great prices and super fast shipping. I placed an order on Saturday of last week. It was on my doorstep on Monday! I had free shipping, too.