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I picked up a couple sets too and a bunch of other items they have marked down. Thanks for the alert dchomak!
Also, got a really nice door lock (was discounted to about $56 at one point) for a penny. I don't know what the lock originally sold for.
I’m jealous ImA4, I have not found any penny deals lately. I was following those power strips that were actually ringing up at 52 cents even though they were marked $1.04
I KNEW they would go to a penny at any time, and they did. It’s just that I happened to miss it.
The same day I picked up a $3 drill set I got a large can of WD40 for $2
Last year I found a brand new 40V Li-Ion battery in the recycle bin. I posted a tear down of it in Look what I found in the recycle bin
It’s a big one with 20 - 18650’s in it. The battery was in perfect condition and after the tear down I put it aside hoping that some day I could come across the tool and charger that it went with.
Last week I was in Warwick, RI I noticed this deal and took a snapshot of it.
At the time I thought it was for the 18V string trimmer in the picture. While that would have been a great deal, I wasn’t interested as I already have a 24V version that I posted about in this HD thread earlier. To my horror, yesterday while I was in West Springfield, MA I realized I was wrong. The deal was for the 40V version, the version that uses the same battery that I found in the recycle bin last year.
That store had sold out. On the way home I stopped in 2 other HD’s, including my hometown store and they too had sold out! I missed it, right out from under my nose! Oh the depression, but then I found comfort in knowing that actually I didn’t actually NEED it. Looking at it that way, I saved $40. Hey that’s good, right?
Well today I went back to my hometown HD to pay my credit card bill at the service desk. I always look forward to that because by paying the bill in person at the service desk it puts me right next to the battery recycle bin. 
I reached in and pulled out a brand new 18V Ryobi drill pack. After I paid my bill I took my pack and headed out to the car. Then I remembered the 40V string trimmer deal 
I went from a little euphoria over the free 18V drill pack back to depression. Soooo, I went back in. Even though yesterday I checked the isle and found that they had sold out, I went back to the service desk and asked them to check for stock on that item. The girl said that they had 2, all other stores were out! To make a long story short, I ended up with a complete unit. I got the display unit and the charger and battery was stored in a Rubbermaid tub pushed under one of the shelves in gardening.
Once again I felt euphoric, after over a year, I finally found the tool and second battery and charger that goes with the battery I found in the recycle bin.
A little later I felt sad again, I just spent $40 on something I didn’t really need.
But wait! I can now use that second battery pack as the power supply for a BIG light I am planning on building. And NOW I have the charger for it, YES!
7.5 inch reflector, Cree CXA3590 36V emitter, buck-boost driver, and SK68 for scale.
HAPPY AGAIN, this time to stay!
BTW, for anyone else to have any kind of chance to get this deal you would HAVE to check ASAP. Like tomorrow morning.
wtf, who idiot keeps throwing brand new batteries away? |( what a waste!
Why did you buy something you didn’t need?
Why didn’t you use that 40v battery you had to make your light, and buy a charger or make a charger for it?
This is why 
Hey-hey HEY!!
Now that kind of talk is just NOT APPROPRIATE in this forum! Think of the children!
(turns Ryobi-green with envy…)
EDIT: (then leaves to go to HD!!!)
:bigsmile:
Really I can stop anytime
Back to home depot and came upon this three bulb led 3C defiant light 850 Lumens floody light for 9.88.
3 Hour run time with 3 modes High low and strobe.
Seems solid and very well built without being too heavy and just right to have in the car or to walk the dog.
I’ll try to add a picture later.
They also had a dozen of the ryobi string trimmers but for $80.00 not $40.00, isn’t that strange…
Maybe they were not the 40V string trimmers. They cleared out in the stores in RI, MA and CT that I was in and they were cleared out at some MO stores that a friend checked. All at $40 for the 40V version. I also saw 20V Black and Decker string trimmers on clearance for $75.06. If those last this round of clearance, they will be priced again at around $25.03
That flashlight you bought is good just the way it is. I wouldn’t try to mod it.
I didn’t mention this, but when that girl in gardening pulled that tub out from under the shelf, I spied another 40V pack in there. There was also a 56V pack for another brand. Those 2 packs could someday end up in the recycle bin. 
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Maybe they were not the 40V string trimmers. They cleared out in the stores in RI, MA and CT that I was in and they were cleared out at some MO stores that a friend checked. All at $40 for the 40V version. I also saw 20V Black and Decker string trimmers on clearance for $75.06. If those last this round of clearance, they will be priced again at around $25.03
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You could well be right I didn’t look too close just happened to notice them.
Just as I thought. The Black and Decker string trimmers went to $25.03
And they include a 4Ah 20V Ali Ion battery
And I really need a weed wacker hopefully I can find one west of Boston
Not only that one but this 56V string trimmer is on clearance at $55.03
It comes with the battery and charger and the battery is a monster
The store I was in had 3, new in the box. I grabbed 2, not for myself but for others.
In other news :bigsmile:
I found the big can of WD40 for a penny, it was $2.02 as I posted a couple of days ago
And I came across this.
Eight of the automatic light control units. Last month I got some at the “3” price. That was a good deal, but by now I knew they should be a penny.
These were squeezed in between some light fixtures, a place they wouldn’t normally be and the got missed when it was time for an employee to pull them. I was in that isle gathering some electrical parts when I spotted them. I wasn’t going to be piggy about it so I only grabbed 5. After I self checked out and went outside I realized that I forgot to get cable staples so I went back in, got the staples and picked up the other 3
Damn, you've been on a terror as of late. I've been hitting my closest HD playing weed wacker-a-mole with no success.
I have some items in my sights that should hit a penny soon, but I bet they will disappear just before they should hit a penny. I did find one of those 12v Rigid Li-ion packs you alerted us to (An awesome find). Someone must have hid it and then forgot about. It, unfortunately, rang up for $42. 
Tomorrow is Saturday. You should hit the nearest store in morning. There are at least 3 string trimmers on clearance now, the 40V Ryobi, 20V Black and Decker and the big 56V EGO
EDIT:
The 15” EGO string trimmer is on clearance, NOT the 12”
That’s why we love you, big guy!
Can I PM you my ship-to address??
Sure, but the shipping is going to be a killer
Arrgghh all the kids home from college and me with no car, I hope to report back later today some success.
I never knew about the penny items either
Dchomak I’m just glad you dont live near me I wouldn’t have a chance.
Interesting… I wonder what Dave is up to :bigsmile:
I would recommend using plastic NM staples . I don’t like metal staples; they hurt the wire more, you have to worry about how far you’re hammering it, and they are hard to remove.
Staples are used to hold the wire in place, you do not need to pound them in like a nail………the top of the staple does not even have to be in contact with the wire.
Both kinds of staples are available and both kinds are used.
The most important thing is that I went back in and got those other 3 light controllers.