If you check with a instore price checker, will it register them as 1 cent or only on checkout?
Price scan at the self checkout will show a penny. The HD app on my phone will either show “Oops, not found” or full list price when an item has been reduced to a penny. Those are clues that it could scan for a penny.
Just today I found this deal at my hometown HD, but I passed. I could never have gotten it scanned in the checkout lane as the box was too huge to hold up and pass over the scanner. It would have required assistance from an employee with a hand scanner. I took the down the tag and scanned the tag.
will employees often refuse to sell you 1 cent items if you go to a regular register?
That 1 cent chandelier though!
Price scan at the self checkout will show a penny.
So that means you’ve bought it before you know for sure?
Or can you scan at the self checkout to find out the price and decide at that point?
HD self-checkouts have a 'Price-check' button, you can check and then either cancel or add it to the transaction. I wish Lowes had it.
Thanks dchomak that’s nice information to know. Next time I’m at HD I’ll have a look around.
Don’t they give you a hard time about fishing around in these recycle bin? Have they ever confronted you?
Our son wanted to look at the new computer at Best Buy. They have these bins in the lobby for recycling various things and one was even overstuffed with chargers. I was tempted to have a look but my wife though it was not a good idea since they watch people like a hawk. She’s probably right.
Wow! The detours to the HD's made up for the gas you used. 
Great stuff dchomak. Your theories have been working down here in South Carolina. Once in the while, I pick up something for a penny. The only difference appears to be that items take much more time before they start the downward markdown spiral. They also seem to be better about getting stuff off the shelves down here.
Heads up. These dropped to $5.03 in my store. I bought the two they had left at that price as I figured they would be long gone before the price hit $0.01.
Don’t worry, I didn’t miss out. Later in that same post I mentioned I followed up and got them also for $5.03. Took all 7 that store had left 
Isn’t that a GREAT price for these? You’ve gotta be real happy with these. I am.
I missed the followup as I was reading your post on my phone as I was walking around the store.
And yes I’m ecstatic. I want to go hit up another location about 10 mins away and see if I can grab a couple more.
I hit two home depots today for things i needed on clearance, and tried to replicate your success, no dice at all, nothing in the home depot clearance or otherwise rang up below the price on the tags or shelves
If you ever come to Canada i would be curious if you can replicate your success.
Was at a different HD today looking for more of those power strips and I came across this buried on an end cap at the back of the store. It was $4.95 so I grabbed one.
What interested me was that it said this on the package…
Could it be? Lets find out…
Making Progress…
It looks like it’s the right size…
Success!
And to think it’s an LG 18650 for $4.95. But wait, it’s only 1300mAh. Probably going to leave this in the mister and use it this summer or give it away.
I never noticed those before. I would bet that should be a 20-25 dollar item. I’m guessing there were no other power strips? Did your store have them displayed at $5.03 or were they still displayed at a higher price?
I just noticed that in post #3 of this thread I had found the Ryobi Trimmer for the clearanced price of $58.06, ends with a “6”
Then in post #12, 10 days later, I bought another one at a further reduced reduced price of $38.03, ends with a “3”.
I wasn’t making that “6” and “3” connection back then.
I hit two other HD’s in the area but found no other power strips left. They were marked at $5.03 at the store I bought mine at.
I have my eye on a table lamp at my local HD that is priced at $49.06 but the last time I scanned it, it was at $13.03…
Also there are some USB power packs that look like they are due to go to a penny in a couple weeks.
Sounds like you’re on your way……….
Would this be the power bank? dated 06/16/14
Here are pics of some other stuff set to go to a penny ANY DAY NOW
dated 06/11/14
Haha that’s the one.
And I’ve scanned all of those items in the last week