Eventually most everything will be reduced.
Seen in two different stores in the Des Moines area
Nice! Will that be in all stores?
The deals dcho has been reporting were slow to happen at the stores near me. I've had my eye on the 2AAA penlight 2 pack as they are getting good reviews. They dropped them down to $4.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Defiant-AAA-Aluminum-Pen-Light-with-Clip-2-Pack-98243/206047746
They have the ugliest tint I have ever seen.
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Good info. Thanks wedlpine. Do you think they would make decent hosts for modding?
Could be. I don’t know how easy they are to get apart.
The tint IS hideous, but for the price and what they are, they are worth a few bucks. I found them bright (even though the tint is awful) and sturdy. If they can be found for $4, and you get a months hard use out of them and can look at them in that light, they are worth a couple bucks each with the batteries… Just my opinion- everybody has their own sense of value when it comes to money spent! : )
Wut? 
How far away is it on weekdays? 
that ImA4Wheeler lives in a mobile home :bigsmile:
I’m in the north end of the same state as him and it takes 1-2 weeks more to see the deals he gets and even then the prices never bottom out up here; the product disappears from the shelves after the 2nd or 3rd price drop. Don’t get nuthin for a penny :_(
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Remember these from last year?
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Well AFTER they went to $3.98, they went to a dollar, 50 cents each!
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Who can blame me for buying so many flashlights? :bigsmile:
Here is a review by DBSAR
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Show off ;)
Gj wrote:ImA4Wheelr wrote:Congrats.
My closest HD is 42 miles away on weekends. Just not worth the hike.
Wut?
How far away is it on weekdays?
For about one second, twice on most weekdays, it is about an eighth of a mile away. :)
I have only seen this once before.
I bought one of each, just because, and only because I could.
I would NEVER actually use a piece of junk like this.
There are no actual threads here, just cold rolled
How exactly do those drain things work?
The plumbing world is really hostile (to your wallet)… faucets are ridiculously expensive but terrible quality and plumbing parts are also ridiculously expensive.
One thing that irritates me are those faucet supply lines… there are two, or even THREE different types of connectors that ALL do the exact same thing and are used interchangeably. There is the 3/8” connector (small one), the 1/2” FIP connector (big one) and I recently discovered a different 1/2” connector that was slightly smaller and apparently used only for valves.
Some faucets use the 3/8” size and some use the 1/2” size, and likewise with valves, different ones use each of all three connectors!
This is really irritation because… suppose you get a new faucet to install but… it uses different sized connectors!! Now you have to go all the way to the hardware store and pay a whopping $12 for two fancy braided supply lines JUST to connect your new faucet! Those fancy-looking braided supply lines are no better than simple PEX risers or flexible PVC. They don’t even make adapters so you can reuse the old ones (I looked).
WHY are there different connectors that ALL do the exact same thing and are used interchangeably? WHY not use only ONE of them for everything? It would make everything SO much easier!
I think the reason why is to make money. When people get a new, overpriced, crappy faucet and it uses a different connector, they go to the hardware store to get new, overpriced, crappy supply lines that can connect their new, overpriced, crappy faucet. The majority of supply line sales is probably just for that reason. If there was only one connector then nobody would need to get new supply lines and there would be much less sales.
And for the faucets… ugh. Faucets (including bathtub/shower faucets) are ridiculously expensive and they are CRAP! More and more parts of faucets are made of plastic instead of metal now, and they always break! This is perhaps for the same reason… to make money. I’ll bet a great amount of faucet purchases are to replace a broken faucet. They make ridiculously expensive garbage that breaks after a few years so that people buy a new ridiculously expensive garbage faucet that breaks after another few years… combine that with constantly changing the connectors so people always buy supply lines and they have a constant supply of profit!
Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be any competitors that sell good faucets at reasonable prices to improve the prices and quality so we are stuck with these overpriced garbages. 
I don’t want to derail the thread, but yes plumbing is a nightmare for the reason’s you’ve noted. Plumbers carry a truck-full of fittings, adapters, and parts because they have to and they still end up going to get more at least once for every job. They know their business yet even they have the same problem.
On faucets go Delta. Good stuff and they will replace worn parts for free forever. Just call their customer service line; have the full model number ready and they will send them right away. Moen is also good, especially their higher-end products. The rest is as bad as buying lights from GearBest.
Happy to discuss further via PM or elsewhere such as on This Old House Advice Forum /forum.php?s=12525cc006d63e6b03211a195db6d6fc (I’m under my company name there) You can also get great advice here: Terry Love Plumbing Forum
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The top half with the male thread goes down thru the sink from the top and the bottom half screws onto it from below from underneath the sink. And that is the point, the only thing holding it together is the threads of 2 sets of cheaply made cold rolled threads on very thin tubes. Doesn’t instill confidence that it won’t come apart under stress in the future.
Those kinds of connections used to me made with solid brass parts that had machine cut threads, and didn’t corrode. Those 2 drains I presented are just pure JUNK, a gotcha for anyone that would decide to use them.
They are the “Lattice Brights” of the plumbing world.
Anyway, here is a picture of the Defiant 5C that I have been following since before Black Friday. 2 years ago when they came out, they were priced at $24.98. This year HD brought them back at $9.98. I don’t know if all stores in the country had them, but around here they all did. All stores sold thru as 10 bucks for a light like that is quite appealing to the general public.
I have been following stock at this one store because for the last 3 months the price on the display has been WRONG.
Even though the price says $24.98, they will ring up at $9.88. All other stores in this area displayed the correct price of 9.98 and sold thru.
The only reason these 23 lights are still here is because customers would think they are 25 bucks. I have been waiting for a further price reduction, hopefully around $5. If that happens I will strike!
BTW, That display orginaly held 36 lights. I remember from 2 years ago when we were all looking for the famous DST BLF Link at HD, some stores would show stock of 35, but they were no where to be found. Turned out, some stores had neglected to put them on the floor.
When I did a search for the Defiant 5C on my iPhone with the Home Depot app I found a couple of stores in State here that have exactly 35 in stock. I am guessing that means those stores have a whole display somewhere that was never put on the floor. If any of you do a search and find 35 at a store near you, it could be an opportunity to make a killing if they should ever be discounted more. Just go to that store and ask someone where they are, after all, “it says right here that you have 35” 
This picture shows 22 in West Hartford, still there because they are not priced right, and 35 in both Orange and Stratford because they were probably never even put on display. (35 lights being a full display)
Found the 115 Lumen 7 led version of the Energizer headlamp yesterday for $4.XX at my local HD. Piece of junk with horrible beam patterns that ya gotta cycle through every time. I could tell ya how I really feel about it but it was only 4 and change! 
Go look at the ceiling fan aisles! There are many discounts on ceiling fans! We got a fan for $35, discounted from $160. Also I found a fan for $18 discounted form $70 and some other fans…
