Diaper Deals

Diapers are a task that I knew I wanted to tackle. I created a buy guide, to help me not overdo it, and have since been searching for everyday low prices and amazing diaper deals. Below are some of the things I have come across.

I have 2 boxes of newborn  pamper swaddlers I got from amazon… came across a supplier that had them priced low I paid 16 cents per diaper, still had free shipping and no tax, but the shipping took 7-10 days. The shipping time does not matter right now.

I have 3 boxes of size 1 pampers swaddlers, 2 cases of diapers are from diapers.com. The first box of diapers from diapers.com I received $17 off with coupons and coupon codes. The first time you order from diapers.com you receive $15 off a $49 order with code see below for code. At the time pampers had a $2 savings coupon that was also applied. So the case of diapers that is originally $49.99 cost me $32.99. The box has 234 diapers so that is 14 cent a diaper.

I got a second box of diapers from diapers.com that my mom ordered for me using the $15 off code at her time of ordering there was a $1 pampers coupon saving. So her case of $49.99 cost $33.99. That is also 14 cents a diaper.

Diapers.com has no tax and free two day shipping. When I originally started to use their website I was excited about their loyalty program. The program offers 5 dollars off each case of diapers you purchase. After price checking everywhere this was the best deal I could find on everyday pricing. They also let you use e-coupons which makes each case an even better deal! I am sad to say that I just discovered they are ending their loyalty program on March 31^st, 2012. So my search for the best value of everyday pricing of diapers continues. There website does say they are creating a new loyalty program, but at this time it does not say how it will work.

Make sure to sign up at diapers.com and get a few discounted cases of diapers before the deal is gone. Especially the $15 off a case with Coupon Code: GIVEME15. The deal is good until March 31, 2012. If you do so please use me as a reference so I can earn reward points towards future purchases…My Referral Code is:  HUNT8272  Thank you!

The third case of size 1 pampers I purchased came from amazon. I signed up for Amazon Mom after discovering the diapers.com loyalty program was ending. (There is no longer a waiting list to join Amazon Mom. But the program benefits are different than they use to be and according to other moms it is not as good of a deal or discount as it used to be.) The first three months of the membership is free. After that they charge you $79 a year to be a member. Which right now I think this is ridiculous, with the membership you get free two day shipping and an extra 15% off the cost of a case of diapers when you sign up for “subscribe and save.” Which is roughly a savings of $7 dollars a case… so you would have to buy 11 cases before you would actually save money. With subscribe and save Amazon will automatically ship you a case of diapers each month and charge your credit card. A month is the shortness increment available. They do not have an option to send them more frequently than once a month. So if the only thing you purchased from Amazon Mom is diapers then really you would only end up saving $7 on diapers for the whole year. They also offer the additional 15% when you subscribe to wipes. However, after starting to price check wipes… they are just as cheap at Walmart and Babies R Us. It could be a convenient thing to have them shipped to your house. But again I am not sure if $79 a year is a deal… I am going to drop the membership after my free 3 months is up… and if I discover it is worth it I can add and pay the money later.

When I first tried to sign up for “subscribe and save” it would not apply my additional 15% Amazon Mom discount. I had to contact costumer service about this and they told me that discount would not be applied until my second case of diapers came in the mail. She told me that after the 1^st case the 15% would automatically come off. Well… I thought this was ridiculous, so after expressing that to the customer service rep she manually took the discount off. The case of size 1 diapers (234 count) cost me $34.40. Which is more than 15%... the diapers cost me 14 cents each. I will get two more cases of size 1 diapers before canceling my membership they will cost $37.76 so the diapers will be 16 cents each.

I also have 2 boxes of size 2 pampers swaddler diapers in my stock pile that I got from Babies R Us. Their cases of diapers cost $45.99 and have less in a box than Diapers.com and Amazon. A XL case of size 1 diapers from diapers.com and amazon contains 234 diapers. The case of diapers at Babies R Us only has 210. The XL case of size 2 diapers from online sites has 204 diapers. The case of size 2 diapers at Babies R Us as 186. So not only are the diapers cheaper by the case online, you also get more in a box, making the cost of each diaper much cheaper.

Babies R Us does have good sales every now and they have a rewards program. When you purchase 10 cases of diapers your 11^th is free. (Better than nothing!) This weekend they had a deal going on, on pampers. When you bought any two cases of diapers you got $25 off. So I purchased two cases of diapers for $70.33. I paid 18 cent for each size 2 diaper.The lowest everyday price I have found to date for size 2 pamper swaddlers diapers is 22 cents. So it was a good deal.

However I made a rookie mistake and left the Sunday newspaper coupons at home. I could have saved an additional $3. L

It kills me to pay more for something I know I could get for less. This is one reason why I have started stocking piling and why I franticly price check and search for diaper deals.  

With the diapers.com program coming to an end… and the expensive Amazon mom membership dues… I am forced to continue to searching for the lowest everyday diaper prices and deals.

I need to check out BJs again, I get a discounted and extended membership if I sign up through my school.

The diaper buy guide I created.
http://mcmunnbabies.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-am-planner-i-am-do-er-i-am-money.html