My first saved ACOT order has arrived.

This is what I love. I don't have to feel like my only choices are to pay $5.99 for $6.00 worth of papers OR to come back later when I want something else, only to find those papers have now sold out.

I also like that it allows me the opportunity of buying more things on sale. If inks are 20% off one day, and I'm running low on 2 ink pads, then shipping those out alone kind of kills the deal, in my mind, kwim?  But now I can buy the ink on sale today, and if adhesives are 10% next week, I can save on three of those, too. And then a few weeks later if I notice I'm running low on purple paper options, I can scroll through the clearance section and see if I can buy a few purple papers.


And I imagine it might work out well for ACOT, too.  Normally, I only shopped at ACOT when I had one or two lines where I wanted several items each, or if I needed a new album and pages, so I felt like I was getting my shipping fee's worth. So I'd go to someplace like Michael's or Target for adhesive, or tack an ink pad on to an Amazon order.  And this was the first time I ever bought non-scrapbooking items from them as well--some needles and embroidery thread, which I always bought locally before since mailing something so inexpensive & light seemed silly to me.  

Now, for as long as they keep offering this, I'll just keep buying everything from them. I don't have to feel as badly about the environmental impact of buying online because they're shipping to me once now instead of 5 or 6 times.  And I can't imagine I'm the only person who will now buy more from them.

I imagine they'd be sitting around with an awful lot of sold merchandise on hand if they didn't automatically ship once you hit the free shipping mark. My order alone had over 100 separate items in it. (90% was just individual 12x12 paper sheets.) 

Oh!  Yes, that does make sense.

According to the website:

"Is there a time limit for how long I can hold an order?


We don’t have a strict time limit on how long you can hold your orders. However, if we notice that an order has been on hold for more than a year, we'll reach out to you via email to check in and see if you still intend to order more or want to have everything shipped. In the event that we don’t hear back, we reserve the right to cancel your orders and refund you. Refunds for abandoned orders will be provided in the form of a customer credit."

I had looked for it once before, which is how I knew it was in the "Help Center" which is one of those little links companies keep at the very bottom of their webpages.