Here is the power strip that Garry got. At my Home Depot they are still marked at $7.56 ends in a “6”, but they ring up for $2.53, ends with a “3” (Better pictures on the road now, taken with my new iPhone6!) 
Hey dc - notice that date on the yellow clearance sticker just below "was $9.88" in your photo, any significance to that date? I had wondered if that was the date of the start of that "6 week" / "3 week" countdown, but the date is too old for that.
-Garry
All of the lights and timers and worklights and cell chargers had dates of around 3/14/14, and they went on clearance all at the same time. I still don’t know exactly how things work. Apparently there are not hard and fast rules?
There might be some sort of “art” to all of this.
Or maybe it’s just Magic?
Maybe I need to take a part-time seasonal job at Home Depot so I can learn the "inside secrets" and post back :) !
-Garry
^ If you did that, we wouldn't have any more fun trying to figure it out.
Interesting about the date. Nice catch Garry. Glad you keep that info dcho. Definitely seems something to watch out for.
About the hammers, I couldn't find any hammer like those or any indication that they had them in the store I visited.
Here is a sample of the lights that went on clearance, then to a penny. The date reads “03/07/13”
They were pitching this 12V drill and driver pair with 2 batteries for $99
This is a very good deal as the cells used are the 2AH cells. One pack is rated at 2AH, the other is 4AH. So you get one of each. Deal includes charger and bag.
They are not on the floor yet, you have to ask for it at the desk. I picked one up this morning, of course used my HD card to save an extra 5%
I have the 12V Ridgid drill and like the smaller, lighter feel of it. Unless you are doing some real heavy duty work, this is great.
I almost forgot, register this tool and there is free lifetime battery upgrades and tool replacement.
Nice find. I'm a fan of Rigid's tools. They are present in some of my build pics.
I price checked a few items today that you have purchased for a penny. They were at "3" prices like $1.53, etc. They rang up at the posted prices. The dates on each was 4/17/14.
I was at a HD that I last visited 2 weeks ago. I went around looking for clearance items that had stickers with a 6 or 3 as the last digit in the price with the date of at least 3//14. Anything newer than that at this date (11/01/14) has not had enough time to go from 6~~3~~>.01.
this first light was on clearance marked $18.00 down from an original of 19.97.
The date on the sticker reads 3/19/14, that is plenty of time for further price reductions. It is a florescent fixture with a cheap vinyl globe, I’m not really interested in it unless it rings up for a penny.
So I brought it up to scan.
I was right, it has gone down twice more since the original markdown sticker of $18.00., some unkown price that ends with “6” and the current price of 5.03. Based on the date on the sticker, this could go to a penny at anytime. If I really wanted it, I would keep my eye on it, there were 5 on the shelf.
Here are a couple of items that did ring up for a penny.
There were also some cat6 jacks that rang up for a penny, they were loose on a shelf with no price but i suspected that they were also part of the same clearance as they were part of the same line of Leviton stock. I was right.
And a surprise, I found 1 more MR16 LED. It was marked at $20.97, but I recognized it as one of the ones that previously rang up for a penny.
All in all this is what I was able to pick up for a total of 14 cents, trouble is I have no use for any of it.
This is not an exact science, here is a pic of a light that ends with a “6” with a date of 12/13/13. The 6 suggests that it should have gone to 3 by now, in fact been removed from the shelf. But there are about 10 of these and they ring up at $12.06
Wait a minute! I saw at least one of those Philips MR16's at my store. Think it was marked $20.97 as well! Guess I'll have to check again!
-Garry
Stopped at my local Home Depot to look for those Philips MR16 bulbs. Here's what I found:
Oh boy! About 6 or so on the shelf still marked $20.97! Maybe I finally found a penny deal! Walk it up to the self-checkout for a price check:
DOH! Rings up $20.97!!! Guess dchomer and I are in different Home Depot districts or something!
-Garry
That's typically what happens to me too Garry.
I want to believe that dcho has a special field around him that warps time and prices. My rational mind says that maybe the stores he frequents move a lot of high margin product and they can afford to clear out slow moving items as deep discounts.
Maybe it's a combination of the two. Dchoman, do you notice if people act differently once they enter your bubble?
Sorry Garry to have gotten your hopes up.
ImA4 may be right, I did find out my power doesn’t work in Rhode Island. :~
So much for your plan to take over the world. 
There were none of the new flashlights on my last trip 10/30, but there were empty spaces on the shelves perhaps in preparation for new arrivals.
Dchomak wrote:
. . . ImA4 may be right, I did find out my power doesn’t work in Rhode Island.
Don't talk that way. You're just having a temporary slump. I was wrong to say that. Some jerk probably sprinkled kryptonite or something in the store. Stay strong, we need the dchomizer!
Actually my plan to take over the world is based on my accumulating a stock pile of FREE Harbor Freight DVM’s.
Because when I get enough, resistance will be futile :bigsmile:
And i thought it was based on buying out Home Depot’s entire stock then opening a competing retailer who will win the franchise wars and will control the world’s supply of lighting and other hardware supplies, using artificial shortages and super pac donations to bring the masses to their knees 
That’s plan B
an excellent plan if i do say so myself 