I've noticed that it's getting harder and harder to find a source in the US with good prices on cartridges and shipping for that matter so I think those days are gone for now. I ordered 90% of my cartridges from cricut machine but had to pay $25 to ship 1-5 carts so I'd wait until I was ordering more than one or two of course.
It seems that there isn't as many vendors selling cartridges as there once was.
If the rumors are correct than Michael's may be getting out of selling also, at least we could buy there when they had a reasonable sale.

I for one am happy to see a Canadian vendor selling Cricut and other scrapbooking supplies and her cartridge prices are more than reasonable. I am waiting for my very first order from her. She has excellent communation and will answer your email enquiries. I ordered three cartridges and some other small items from her. My shipping was right about where I expected ( thought it would be higher actually ) I paid $17.96 for my shipping. I don't feel her shipping is expensive I think it's normal. I do allot of business with the US mostly and Canada so I do know shipping costs.

Good luck! Hopefully we will hear from others who may be able to make more suggestions for you.

Welcome back to the Cricut scene.

I go with terri at stampsalive if its something I need quickly...otherwise I wait until sales at customcrops and probably somewhere else that I'm forgetting.