hey,

if i have several items that i have won and still have a few bids waiting, does anyone know how to get cigarbids.com to hold the items unil my last bid is won or lost to save money on shipping?

You can set your shipping preferance to once a week. That will save you money on shipping. If you get onto weekly shipping, they generally send them out Friday.

Depending on where you live, they will usually arrive Monday or Tuesday.

They send them Thursday.

That's about your only option, is the weekly shipping saver, and they only ship on Thursdays, but then you can plan on the shipping days.

ditto everything above, further details from Cbid help page:

Daily vs. Once-per-week Shipping

You now have the option through your account profile to select Daily or Weekly (once-per-week) shipping of your winning bids. Then, bidders who win multiple items during the same period will receive REDUCED shipping charges. All such savings will be reflected on your Consolidated Order Summary Invoice.

By selecting DAILY as your shipping preference, all winning bids are shipped within 2 business days. For example, all lots closing on Monday usually ship on Tuesday. All lots closing on Friday through Sunday usually ship on Monday.

By selecting WEEKLY as your shipping preference, for lots closing the previous Thursday through Wednesday, all winning bids are shipped within 2 business days from the last lot closing on Wednesday.

Sorry, we cannot hold packages won on different invoices to be shipped together.

Changing your shipping preference does not take effect until shipments have been completed the Thursday following your change. For example, if your current preference is DAILY and you change it to WEEKLY on Friday, you will be shipped DAILY through the following Thursday.

Orders usually ship within 1-2 business-days from the receipt of your Order Summary Invoice and you can expect arrival within 2 to 8 business days, depending on your location. Shipping times are not guaranteed.