With the rigid “lifetime warranty” issue - I remember reading something negative (or at least a “catch”) and I think it was that you had to personally deliver and exchange the defective product, which is fine if you live close enough to one of these “warranty centers”. Swear I read this explained on BLF too (could even be buried in this thread).
Wow thank you; nice to hear a success story with this. I’ve seen some negative stories as well as positive stories so it might be a little tricky to get the LSA and some people might not be lucky enough.
Next time we need a tool, I’ll take a look at RIDGID.
Here’s the negative story that I read: http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-Fuego-10-Amp-Orbital-Reciprocating-Saw-R30022/202562215 Scroll down into the reviews to the review titled “Terrible Service for Reasonably Good Machines”.
So, it looks like, to get the LSA, you may need to go through some hickery dickery to get it, but it shouldn’t be impossible. If they make it difficult for you then a good tactic is to say “The only reason I bought this tool was because of the LSA, but if I cannot get the LSA as advertised, then I have no reason to buy RIDGID and I will return this tool and buy someone else’s tool.” (or something like that)
A few years ago Ridgid got a bad rep for the battery packs in their tools. Back then they were using Chinese cells. Of course that led to problems. I have opened a lot of the Ridgid battery packs from the recycle bins, and yes the early ones had the Chinese cells. I posted about it here.
I believe that in order to gain back the trust of those in the Trades they had to go an extra step and offer “Lifetime” guarantees going forward.
For everyone’s amusement I will repost this video of a disgruntled customer.
I found some more deals at HD
Here is a 40 piece Dewalt drill bit and driver set for $3.82
Trouble is, the rack is a string of 30 piece sets, not the 40 piece which is on clearance.
That didn’t discourage me though, all I had to do is search the store for any stray 40 bit sets. I found 3 sets mixed in with others elsewhere in the store.
Some other deals that I saw.
This one had a price of $5.02
2 versions of the Defiant ArmourMax 3D for $15. Last years model (XM-L) on the left and this years model (XM-L2) on right
I grabbed all 3 of these….
I was too late on this one, 22 piece Dewault MAXFIT screwdriver set.
Deep in a shelf in a clearance thing at one Home Depot I found the following:
Two 100’ rolls of “Eco-lock™” 3/4” HDPE irrigation pipe for $5.83 each (originally $23)!!
and one roll of “Eco-lock™” 1/2” irrigation pipe for $0.01!!! YAY! The first penny deal that I found myself!! I almost lost it though but they let us have it!
I think Home Depot is discontinuing the Orbit Eco-Lock™stuff; I’ve seen lots of Eco-Lock™ stuff discounted and I’ve not seen them on the shelves. Though this is good as Orbit Eco-Lock™ was crap (just like most of Orbit’s other stuff).
Also at other Home Depots I found a Lithonia light fixture for $15.03 from $59.97, and some of those $0.01 cups!
Those 1¢ cups were right there on the top shelf of the cardboard cup display thing right near the front entrance. And probably nobody around had any idea! haha
I also found many other good deals (50% off or more were frequent) but didn’t bother with them, but it seems like ’tis the season to find deals. Also fluorescent fixtures are being discounted so take a look at the fluorescent fixtures!
Well nevermind the $15 light fixture; In the box I found that the fixture was bent and the fluorescent tube was broken. It looks like the box was squished! :-((
I’d kill to get the HD’s here to have this stuff as regularly as these guys find it. I just wasted 1 1/4 hours going across town to look at yet another HD, and once again not one single item shown here at any of them. Occasionally the odd item will turn up for me 1-2 weeks after it shows up here but that don’t happen often.
I agree, things just don’t work like this in Canada, though thats probably a good thing, nothing gets to the dumpster, they drop the price and it gets bought, usually 20-40, on a rare occasion sometimes by 80-90 and it definitely gets bought.
When ImA4Wheelr started this Home Depot thread there was an inventory checker that made life easy. It is no longer available, I just found these 2 links, maybe they will be able to help us out.
Is there a comprehensive guide on how to read these prices and how much they will ring out to at the check out? I’ve read a few things online, but nothing is super clear as to how to tell. I went to my local HD today and took these pictures: http://imgur.com/a/Ac9nS many of them are marked in 2015. How does one know if they will ring up even lower than the marked price? Thanks!