I rarely shop at home depot.
But if you look at the images from the past 2000 posts you will see that the pricing discussed in that forum thread is very accurate.
You just need to wait the right amount of time between the price being changed and getting there before the product is removed.
I think I was the first to report a penny deal here on BLF. Way before that thread started. Been doing it a while. There are no hard rules that always work.
EDIT: The above sounds authoritative. I should have said, "There are no hard rules that always work as far as I know."
I have made some great purchases, I don’t remember at this point if I have scored any penny deals, but I got a rolling tool cart for $40, about what the CASTERS would cost me. I managed to get several of the Energizer WeatherReady Lanterns for less than $5 (with three AA batteries). I made the mistake of telling the employees what a good deal they were when there were 15 or so left on the shelf, and when back the next day to get more for friends - empty self.
Part of the luck is catching an item that is miss-shelved and no one but you realizes what a deal it will ring up at. It is also about how many other people there are who are watching the deal you are waiting on. (And probably keeping my stupid mouth shut would help as well.) Someone else saw those pistol safes, they got to them before I did. I don’t know if the price had come down or if a new person saw the existing price and jumped on them. At the risk of starting a political discussion, this is capitalism at the most basic level. A reverse auction if you will. I don’t need another (fill in the blank), but if I find one marked at 25% of the original price, I’m going to seriously consider it. Someone else needs that item, and will happily buy it at 50%.
I got several two packs of Milwaukee 11in1 screwdrivers for around $7/pack. I tossed a couple in the work toolbox, gave some to friends and donated another pair to a robotics team that my daughter is on and I mentor. I was not willing to watch them disappear waiting for them to hit a penny cause some other cheap so and so wanted them. Maybe he is on some other forum bragging about scoring my pistol safes and lamenting the missed screwdrivers.
The deals exist. The information linked above is basically what is being posted about here. S’truth!
You are on the right track but not quite. $xx.06 is the first major price cut. Things often have been on sale at a higher price than that, and the ‘regular’ price higher still. After some amount of time sitting at the $xx.06 price, either on the regular shelf or the special clearance shelf, if there are any left, they go to the $xx.03 price, usually half the $xx.06 price. This is usually about 25% of the original price. This SHOULD clear the merchandise. But sometimes things go wrong (from HD’s perspective). Maybe demand for Ice Melt has… dried up. :sunglasses: Or maybe the inventory system thinks there is ONE left in the store but nobody can find it. Some customer picked it up and their wife caught them and asked the dreaded question: “What do you need THAT for?!” and they put it down in another isle. Or an employee put an entire box of that item in the wrong place. That is when things drop to a penny. HD marks it to a penny so their non selling inventory numbers are as low as possible while they look for the item. And WE come searching through the store, on the treasure hunt for stuff we may not need but get a cheap thrill out of scoring for a penny.
Don’t ask about the time wasted walking around HD. Don’t take into account the six bucks I paid for two boxes of Gorilla Wire Nuts that I didn’t really need. I got a DEAL!
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I’ve been busy moving into a new house. But I did find a nice fireproof safe at the 3 price. Normally they’re over 400$ they have a new model out now. Also those Bosch laser measuring tools are a penny, found one mixed in with new stock GLMX 10 is the model
Found a few items at my local HD at the 3 price and the 2 price nothing too great. Marked down in November, they all scanned for the stickered price.
My local HD seems to be pretty picked over. All those bins of holiday items being marked down are long gone.
There is a nice tool belt that normally sells for about $100 that just hit an .03 price at the Harbison Blvd store in Columbia, SC. I bought one at $25.03 and left 2 on the shelf. Sorry for no pics. It has a thick brown leather and black nylon belt and pockets. It can carry a ton of stuff and looks like it will last. Best of luck to any that try to get one.
Brand? Model name?
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Can't find it on their website. It's a Husky 21 pocket belt with a full apron. Here is one on ebay (link in first pic). Second pic if found in an google query.
Tools not included. 
I missed out on this deal.
The triple emitter Defiant, 3C 850 Lumen flashlight went to the 2 price. All stores around here show 0 in stock :cry:
Also the 2 pack of WS40 products hit the 2 price! Both of the included items still are sold in HD separately, and total $13
$2.02 is a steal!
So did you wheel the whole display up to the register on a dolly?
-Garry
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Dchomak wrote: "Tools not included. 
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Good one. If it did include all those tools and I put it on, I don't think I would be able to move very far.
You guys think I have it easy. Take a look at this heart break!
So what’s the problem?
Take a look at the reverse side.
Had I been traveling in a far away land, I would have just gone ahead and paid for it. Once I got a receipt I would have asked (demanded) they remove the security tag.
BUT, this was my hometown HD. I don’t want to make enemies, I’m in that store almost every day :innocent:
Ha ha!
I actually saw the tag for that deal, but the shelf was empty.
Actually, there are tons of stuff on clearance right now. After the lull we had, there is now a storm of good stuff!
AND, Spring Black Friday is coming up at the end of the week. Stuff is already being put on the floors.
I got a couple of peeks. How about a Ryobi 18V weed wacker, battery and charger for $49.00?
Same for an 18V Ryobi Blower, it also comes with battery and charger, $49.00
If the story on the Bosch GLM10X was a horror story, this next one is a fairy tale.
First a review.
On or around last Black Friday, HD came out once again with their small 10 inch tool bag. Initial price was $4.88, which isn’t bad.j A couple of years ago I caught them on clearance and bought quite a few and used them for Christmas stockings. Just put the gifts inside, zip it up and stick a bow on it. Done! 
Well, this year when they came out I kept my eye on them, waiting for the clearance!
When they went to $3.70, I kept waiting………….
Then a few weeks ago I came across this empty shelf. :cry:
There, they had dropped down to $2.54, but they were all gone!
That’s why, a couple of days later at another store when I saw this, I struck.
I carried out 8, then came back in for 10 more. When I returned a third time, they were all gone. Just like that!
So I got 18.
They next day I texted 3 friends asking them how many they wanted. The numbers came in, 4 then 10 and finally 4. That totals all 18, none for me!
In the other stores I had been in since, everyone was sold out.
And each time I was in that first store, the one with the empty shelf, I would always see that empty shelf and the sticker for $2.54 
Then, just like in a fairy tale, a couple of days ago while I was in that same store, I saw this :) :)
So, the first thing I did was pull the sticker!
Here’s why.
That replaced sticker meant that this store still had stock If they were all sold out, the MET person would see that and not place the sticker. I removed the sticker because I didn’t want anybody else searching for those bags also.
I did the wise thing, I went over to flooring and asked that guy to check for stock. He looked it up on his scanner and told me there were 16, but they “had no home”
I knew that meant they could be anywhere. I already knew they were not on the floor somewhere so they had to be in an overhead. So things were “looking up”
I finally found some, only 7, in the overhead in plumbing.
So, once I found them, I had the guy from electrical go up and pull them down for me.
Once I paid for them, and got the receipt, I went over to customer service and got refunded the difference on the 18 I bought for my friends.
The 7 I bought.
Refunding the 18 to my card at $2.54 each
Buying the 18 back at $1.32 each
Now that’s an idea………………
Actually I bought 41. One friend took 12, another 10, another 4 leaving me with 15.
I put one set in the basement, 1 in the garage, 1 in the shed, 1 in my van and I spread the rest at some other properties.
Still leaving me a few for emergencies.
Digging the way you worked that dcho. There is method in your madness. I would say "to" instead of "in", but that isn't as fun.
EDIT: I was responding to the going to electrical, then the other unrelated department (flooring), etc. post. Quite clever.
On top of being Crazy, I’m paranoid too.
Here’s heartbreak #2 :cry:
How can I bear to go on?
I know, find other penny deals.
Here’s one, 9 mini hanging magnetic lights! (the light sticks on the left are still $1.52, both have the same date)
Here is a peek at some of the stuff coming out this Friday for the “Spring Black Friday” event.
Both tools come with battery and charger. A battery and charger is sold elsewhere in the store for $59.95!
LOL one of the ones I found had a security tag on it. I bought it at the SCO and walked over to another register and had the lady remove the tag for me. She knows who I am, I work in a hospital so I always have scrubs on every morning I go. She uses the hospital I work at and has had really good experiences there, so she has removed several tags for me and has never looked at a receipt.
Can I ask why they might not remove the tag? Couldn’t you show them the receipt to show it was purchased? Sorry for my ignorant questions…