REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) is now offering free standard shipping is now available exclusively to members for their purchases of $75 or more through REI.com, REI-OUTLET.com and phone direct sales orders.
REI said its new free shipping benefit provides a convenience for member purchases to be shipped to homes, offices or other locations in the United States. To take advantage of the free shipping benefit, customers need to provide their membership number when placing orders. A useful member number look-up feature has been added to REI.com to make it easy to apply the new free shipping benefit.
In addition to free shipping for members, REI continues to offer free retail store pick up to all customers for online orders of any amount.The co-op’s retail store pick up option has been available since 2003.
Members pay a one-time $20 lifetime fee and receive a share in the company’s profits through an annual member refund based on their purchases. Based on the co-op’s 2009 financial results, patronage refunds were distributed to 3.9 million active members in mid-March totaling more than $80 million.
REI also said it recently created a place on REI.com for members and others to share their passion for the outdoors through an online community. The site was launched with a select number of features, including blogs, photo contests, polls, and questions and answers on a range of outdoor topics. Site users are invited to participate in the community, share suggestions and tips for getting outdoors and regularly check back as content and features are updated.
