Did you know that you could find more information about AAFES and expand your shopping experience from the traditional BX/PX to The Exchange Online Store and Mall? There is so much information available online at AAFES.com that it would be impossible to tell you every exciting detail in one post. Over the coming weeks, we will take you on a tour of our online space and let you know what goes on behind scenes!
If you haven’t already, read Pt 1, Pt 2 and Pt 3 of this series to discover an overall view of the AAFES.com homepage and logging on to AAFES.com.
Exploring Your Online Mall
From Booksamillion to Napster to Hot Topic, the Online Mall has dozens of retailers easily accessible from several areas inside the Exchange Online Store as well as from AAFES.com. Please note the Online Mall retailers are in addition to the AAFES.com Specialty Stores. Also, the store front you see online when you go through the Online Mall is not the same store front the general public would view.
Before entering the Online Mall, you’ll view a page describing the Mall, retailer terms, shipping information and more.
To being shopping the Online Mall, click the Enter button.
Welcome to the Online Mall! Stroll through and enjoy the convenience of online shopping. The Online Mall brings together dozens of popular retailers offering special military discounts.
Take a look at some of our newest retailers featured at the top of the site page.
Shopping the Online Mall is easy. You can shop by…
- Category: Click on any category to see related Mall retailers.
- Retailer: Select any retailer to link directly to their Mall shopping site.
- Page: Stroll through each page to see a brief description of each Mall retailer, including the special discount they are offering.
After shopping any of these Mall sites, just click the Return to Mall link.
(Photo courtesy newfypup.)
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The Mall @aafes.com is definately one of the most exciting things about aafes.com.
Our customers and associates can log in there and shop with offers and discounts available only through The Mall at places they normally shop anyway. Great companies like Hot Topic offer 10% off and the ability to use your Star Card… cool.
I thought I was going to get a really good deal on the Auction site that is now in the Online Mall section of AAFES.COM. Turns out to be a good deal for the price, however people need to beware. The shipping is way overpriced and if you live in Texas you have to pay sales tax. Ended up costing me about 25% more than I originally wanted to spend for the gift I got my wife. I will not be using the Auction site again. I can do better at E-Bay.
Terry,
We appreciate your business and candid feedback. Texas is one of the states that collects Sales tax on internet transactions if a Texas company ships to an address in Texas. There are about 20 states that do the same. Just depends on were the company operates and were you live. If you lived in NM OK or LA there would be no tax.
Since it’s a $1 no reserve there is no way to build shipping and handling into the retail price. What you see as over priced is the cost of business not directly seen but passed on to you when buying at retail (Cost of packing materials labor, etc.). Shipping and handling and tax is shown before you place your bid so you know exactly what you will pay if you win. If you bought at eBay, shipping costs are not a flat rate and differ by seller. Often times, the costs are not clearly stated up-front either.