One tip I use frequently is when buying sheet goods look for damaged edges, broken corners etc. I usually will get 30 to 40 % off on damaged goods. And almost always I can cut around any damaged areas. Another paint savings can be had if you want gallons and all they have are quarts. You’ll get the gallon price instead of 4 individual quart prices. When buying black iron pipe plan on buying a full length and have them cut and thread the sizes you need. There’s no extra charge for them to do it. Leave a cut list with the employee running the machine and go do all your other shopping while they are doing that for you.
Great job, Dave. As a HD long time associate, I would like to add that generally speaking HD does not price match with Harbor Freight. Also, ask before expecting a price match on online retailers. Lastly, if there is an open dumpster please ask the store management before dumpster diving and know that HD insurance will not cover you if you are injured. Thanks again Dave for great tips and tricks. And -watch for yellow tags for extra savings.
I have found, for me personally, that Home Depot is where you get your building materials to get the structure done and Lowes is where you go to get your decorative finishes, like ceiling fans, fixtures, flooring etc.
That used to be the case, but now Home Depot has stepped up their decor game, big time. I've heard rumors they are going to have some sort of showroom specific to interior design.
Thanks for the tips Dave. Here's one I use to save time shopping: I order online for store pickup. You can't always rely on what the website tells you is in stock, so I will just wait for them to notify me that the items are ready for pickup. There's no added cost and no need to go and search for stuff.
I 100% do this for heavy stuff or things like bags of sand/cement etc and then also for sheet goods. Just makes it much easier to get in and out vs having to go around find a flat cart to load it myself.
I agree with the previous comment. At Lowes there is no yearly limit on Military purchases. The discount is easy to use at the register. I have gotten free paint. I have bought mistint paint for $10 a gallon -my 10% then gotten a manufacturer's rebate for $10.
As a contractor and DAV, the yearly limit doesn't really bother me. I've only gone over that limit once since they implemented it. No, I don't pass the discount to my business/customers, I use it for my tools or items and/or materials I buy for the business or my home. Regardless, I don't mind the limit because the way I look at it, it is a gift, and I appreciate any little gift I can get, bit don't begrudge them for having a limit. Is Lowe's "no limit" better? It could be, but I don't go to Lowe's all that often to buy materials or tools. Not to mention that I'd feel gross if I used the discount for materials to use on my client's projects.
The Veterans Discount has been working great for me for years. Now I use it for online purchases, which calculates it automatically. I first began using the discount at Lowe's, extensively, but recently doing more business at Home Depot, due to their relationship with Ryobi, and my desire to expand my tools there. Thank You for the video!
12:37 treasure hunting... At the 2 Home Depot stores that I have worked at, the dumpster has been one of the huge ones that are the size of a shipping container and they are secured so no one can get in them.
Bummer for treasure hunters, but honestly makes sense for liability and safety reasons, plus avoiding others from dumping their trash in it and making a mess around it.
10:20 Another tip on the Oops paint, you can have them add additional color to a can, say they have a light blue Oops paint, you can pick that up and have them add more color to make it a darker blue or purple, they can make pretty much any color into a brown. You have to be aware doing this will never get you to an exact color of what you want, but it can move you towards what you would prefer by darkening the paint.
A common thing I would see contractors/flippers do is buy _all_ of the oops paint and have it mixed together into whatever color it became, mix _that_ 50/50 in a 5 gallon bucket with white, and then paint entire houses with it. It would almost always end up being an acceptable shade of beige/white. Most people in that business know that the buyer is going to end up painting it to their taste anyhow, so it really didn't matter what color they used as long as it wasn't offensive. It would save them nearly 50% on paint costs since the "oops" paint is basically free.
You hit the tip I use most at the end going to the aisle and bay for the product your looking for. Makes going more enjoyable, instead of searching and asking
A couple of clarifications and another tip. Home Depot will price match competitors but not itself. So if the price is lower online or at another HD then you have to buy at the other HD or online. This can lead to crazy scenarios like standing in the store buying the item online to get the lower online price and then walking over to the order pickup desk to get the item that you just saved $50 on. It is crazy but it works. Also, you can get a $100 to $200 discount by getting their credit card at the same time. And You can have more than one HD card. just stop using the card and they terminate it after 6 months. The great value of the card is that it generally extends the return period to six months. And you can't overestimate being nice, polite and friendly. Associates can and do give you discounts.
I primarily shop at HD because there are 2 of them within 5 minutes of my house. Menards is number 2 again because of distance to my house but also because Menards is basically a home improvement center mashed up with a walmart. They carry some unique stuff.
I moved away from menards coverage area 5 years ago and really miss them as an option, i have have even bought stuff online from them and had it shipped 600+ miles from their nearest store...definately carry more lower end options
Over 450k employees and 35k products? How come you can never find some one or what your looking for? And why do I have to pay for the privilege of checking myself out at the register and still pay full price?
The one by me has scaled back the self checkouts and opened more cashier stands. They only have 1 self check open and then there is someone standing over your shoulder while you check out.
@@chadhowell1328 I don’t mind self checkout for small and quick purchases but when I’m buying significant items, It’s a service thing, you want my money, take care of the transaction. Historically speaking, I don’t think I’m asking for much. I think I’ve a couple thousand years behind me on this one.
Glad you mentioned the military discount, I have found it difficult but not impossible to use my military discount at Home Depot. Lowe’s is much more user friendly and it has become my preferred place to shop because of this. There are much more items that the discount does not apply at Home Depot. This seems to be a resent development in the last year or so.
The Home deport military discount computer forms ask for wayyy to much personal info and military info. AND this computer form they make you fill out is a 3rd party company that says in the notes they will sell your info!! BEWARE. If you look up compaints about this HD military form you will see many people say it's a "Scam" to "beware". I agree. Beware who you are giving info away too even if it's a company like HD but has a 3rd party keeping all the info on you. You have to ask these days "Who is this 3rd party selling your MILITARY info too"???!!!. Question everything when a company wants so much person & militiary info on a form just to give you a discount. Lowes does not make military fill out this personal/miltary info form like HD. So that is where I shop = lowes.
As a Pro Member, you get a 1 year return window I've been told. I've not tried that. The oops paint is cool, actually, during pandemic, my friends son wanted to paint his bedroom. My friend told him fine, but you have to pick a color from the oops paint. Thing is, they needed 2 gallons. He found 2 cans of blue, same brand and type, but 2 slightly different shades. For the added cost of a 5-gallon bucket, the paint buy poured both cans into the bucket and mixed them up. End product was great and they had enough left over to also paint a hallway the same color since they liked to so much.
In my area they are changing the color of oops paint when it is returned ... So people don't buy it, return it and come back another day and buy it at a discount .... Happens a lot ... Pain in the azz for people who don't care about the specific color and could have used it for something and got a decent deal.
@@customsolutions7167 I worked at HD nearly 20 years ago and we were doing that back then, but it was still "oops" paint and sold at the "oops" price. Usually they just shifted the colors to make them darker. The master key to that was to have it mixed into a gallon of white to lighten it back up. I just left a different comment where I said that contractors would frequently buy _all_ of the "oops", have it mixed together, and then mix it themselves into a bucket of white and paint whole houses with it.
Purchase on a HD credit card have a 1 year no questions asked return policy. Also, on your first purchase when you open a HD credit card you get $25 off that purchase and sometimes more, so ask.
If you see a clearance tag where the cents does not have a 3 in it, then the price will drop again. If it has a 3 in it, then it is at its lowest level and the next level it will be pulled from the shelf. It's not all the time, but some times it can be a huge discount.
I’ve used the veteran program. Lowes, too. There ya don’t often get a double dip meaning sale item and discount. For Home Depot not sure since hadn’t bought a large sale item since they changed their program. Ya gotta be signed into the app and they generate a new scan box each purchase visit. Royal pain compared to showing my military ID. So far I’ve gotten 10 % off all my purchases. This might change when I buy drywall soon. And some bigger items. At least I’ll understand why now
The "double dipping" can go store-to-store, manager-to-manager, and depends on the purchase. Many moons ago I worked at a HD who had a disabled vet (hearing loss in one ear) as one of the assistant managers. I don't think I ever saw him give a veteran less than 20% off if the order was a couple grand or more. Same thing with orders for anybody of something like $10k+ of kitchen cabinets or a whole house of flooring or something. You should absolutely always ask if your order is more than a few hundred bucks. At that time, even me as a lowly head cashier had the authority to discount anything I wanted up to 10% up to $200 for any reason I wanted. They normally wanted it to be a _good_ reason, but I never had any push back the times I did it.
Another tip is to shop at the store in your area that has the obviously lower foot traffic. If the store is hurting to make their sales numbers, they are more likely to cut you a deal if you ask nicely. Same thing goes for stores in the "bad part" of town. I worked at the #2 highest theft HD store in the country (which has now long ago been closed), which also had a _terrible_ physical location so we were a slow store as well (this was half the reason we were the "highest" theft store... we had very low sales to counteract the numbers), and we would pretty much beg customers to buy things if the order was big enough (over a few grand). The mark up on flooring and fixtures and kitchen cabinets and stuff was mind boggling, so 15-20% off was not uncommon on large orders of those items in our store, no coupons or anything required. Just a willingness to spend big and haggle. 😅
It wasn't Hone Depot, but it was Target, and I found three 10x10 metal bamboo gazebo. $600 retail price on each one. Had to share the wealth with my brother in law, my best friend, and of course myself. The only reason I did it is because I could see it as clear as day standing up out of the dumpster. Lucky for me, nothing else was in it.
I use the app and have had no issues with the military discount. Just scan the qr code at the register and it applies it automatically. HD will also let you piggyback the military discount on top of sales or deals, while Lowes generally won't.
Great tips. I'd like to add a few more. Keep an eye out on the appliance ding/scratch area. My wife and I got a $2200 fridge for $800 that only had a few dings on the side. Also we got 25% off an item just because the box was damaged, we just asked for a discount from a store associate!
If you are buying quantity above a certain amount HD, you can have it delivered rather than you picking it up. Also you can access the HD cataloge in the store. The online cataloge has double the number of items as the store and often at a discount. You don't have to take a complete panel of sheet goods, HD will cut it for you on the store panel saw for a small fee. I think the first cut is free. You can't return after its cut. You can rent a truck to take your items home for only $19.00 at my local HD. HD prohibits a trailer on the truck. If you rent a machine, you need to use your own truck to pull it. There is a special place in the store that I call the "bone yard" where odd and outdated things are sold at a discount. HD also has a section of the store for "scratch and dent" where items are significantly marked down. It still has the same warranty. When looking for cabinetry, HD changes out diplays regularly. Check to see if they are planning a change and buy the old display at a discount.
One time when I was in for a drill they couldn’t find one in stock with a single battery. They gave me a Roybi with a double battery for the sale price. I was pretty stoked about this.
That's because it needs to be the same tool and the same brand. Most things Harbor Freight sells are their own brands. Home Depot sells DeWalt, Milwaukee, and the like.
Price matching usually doesn't work ... Just a gimmick to make you feel like they are reasonably priced ..😂😂 I worked in retail as a young man for years And manufactures will make the same item like a drill and sell one at store A with one sku number and to store B with a different SKU number ... Or model number may be one number off .. That way if you go in with an add from store A and try to get a price match from store B they can say no it's not the same exact model or sku But in reality it is the same ....😢
That's changed, at least locally. I wasn't in the select group a few years ago, but now I get the discount all the time on any qualified item. You might want to look into it again.
Veteran here...the app is pretty good at telling you what the actual price is going to be, and whether you're getting a veterans discount or a volume discount. Volume discounts aren't, as far as I know, limited, but the veterans discount is limited to $400 per year, which means max of $4K worth of stuff discounted. I haven't hit mine yet, but I have a veteran buddy who does a lot of resale who ends up asking friends to use their discounts. ALSO...their app will also tell you what aisle and bin a product is in, so when I'm headed in for something I usually pull it up to find it. Be careful, though, because the app will also key in to nearby stores when the product is out of stock at the store you're in, so you might end up in, say, toilet supplies, when you're looking for a couple of bolts (true story).
I love my Ryobi tools. Went to HD because they have a nice Ryobi router table there. I forgot what aisle it was on, and I was wondering up and down the aisles. Nice HD associate asked if he could help me, and, of course, I said yes and told him what I was looking for. Took me right to it and then said "I have this one where the box got a little beat up and can give you a 10% discount on it." Of course I asked if it was returnable and he said it was. Guess who got 10% off on their router table? 🙋♂
I read that home depot has a "damaged box" discount. I applied this when purchasing a American standard toilet. The box was torn a bit and I asked for the discount and got it. It can still be returned if , lets say if parts were missing or if there were any damages.
I hate when that happens. I usually use the self checkout if I am not buying too much and the email option usually shows up. I will also snap a picture of my receipt on my phone to make sure that I have a coupon if I think that the email may not go out.
I always ask for a second (copy) for bigger ticket items that I may need to return later, and keep those receipts with the items' manuals in a storage bag, in one kitchen drawer.... OCD, I know, but it works for me.
Recently had a very bad experience with them. Stand-up freezer arrived damaged (third party delivery) and I told them to not take it off the truck. Notified HD I did not take delivery. Figured another one would be delivered but they informed me it was now a back ordered item with a delivery date I can’t remember but was about 6/7 weeks in the future. I asked for a refund and it took WEEKS and not just a few phone calls to CS to get it put back on my card. Totally sucked and they never offered me diddly for my aggravation. Now I know why they don’t give you the ability to give negative stars. So here goes…-3 stars to HD.
You missed the 1 year return policy when using the Home Depot Credit Card, must still be new in packaging. Look at your receipt when using the HD card as it prints out the return date 1 year later. I've used it several times.
Got a 75% discount plus free delivery on set of french patio doors from Home Depot because when we were shopping for them my wife noticed a set that had some dents in the bottom , can barley notice them .
FYI on the price match guarantee, they will not price match Walmart prices regardless of your documentation of the lower price. I had a screenshot and it was still a no.
Great video Dave. Clearance is another tip. There is usually a section but also mixed in departments. I’ve found some 70 to 90% off items. Can’t remember exactly how it works but the last digit of the price indicates if there will be more markdowns or if it’s their lowest clearance price. Penny items are not to be sold and are supposed to be taken off the shelf but I’ve unknowingly bought some at the self checkout. Thanks again!
I live 5 mins from lowes & 6 mind from homedepot. I like homedepot better, better discounts oh their damaged or discounted cart items. I also get $50 or $75 in yool rental coupons every time I reach a certain level of spending. And get $10 off $200 coupons every now and then. I have linked a business email to all hardware stores.
I prefer Lowes. Specifically, because they have no restrictions on what qualifies for my military discount. 10% of the total ticket amount. On top of that they have reserved parking for vets. Now thats "appreciation".
. Home Depot, Lowes, all have their advantage and disadvantages. You are probably too young to remember what a hardware store used to be like. The old timer that knows everything to help get the right stuff. Still a few mom and pop shops around where they do not have a lot of one thing but one of everything. You paid for nails by the pound and put it in a paper bag with a little wax added to keep them from ripping. Slowly they are all going away for the big box stores. I found myself at lowes a couple times helping people with their plumbing repairs and getting the correct piece to make the repairs themselves. I used to think after my body can’t handle the grind of the trades I could get a job at a hardware store but now they don’t need that person they need someone who can up sale you on a front loading washer. Or riding lawnmower. Great video I am enjoying your channel, even though I might never use the information or even agree with some of the opinions you had on them. The videos are well produced keep up the great work.
Heres a tip for the those who are frequent travelers. If you have an American Airlines frequent flyer account, you can get miles for Home Depot purchases. Simply order online by going into your AA account.
You can always mix different cans of oops paint to make a color you may like better. I worked at a paint store. The owner told me to mark all the oops down to 1 buck. So I bought 20 cans. I figure I could always come back and adjust the color since I worked there. Put the paint in the back of my hatchback and shut the hatch. Didn't save much since I busted the back window out.
Years ago my father bought a few things and used his military discount. what with one thing and another we decided to return a couple of items unused. They told us that unless we returned the entire purchase as listed on the receipt it was subject to a restocking fee, like 20-30%. IDK if it was because of the military discount or if it was a standard policy.
another great HD attribute is Ridgid, some solid tools with a lifetime warranty. less expensive than Dewalt and Milwaukee, solid in the mid-level 18 volt category
Got a brand new ridding lawmower for half price at Lowes it was a return that was never used it was still set up in shipping mold customer took it home and for what ever reason brought it back that was 2 years ago still works great
I've done it many times...for customers I liked, or I realized they really needed some boost to reach their expectation. Once, I reduced the price to zero for an old poor lady, (I could tell, she was asking the prices continuously to compare) who needed some parts for her toilet. All associates act upon the spirit of helping their customers...unless they are a@@@s.
@@mikethegreek4408I really love the concept, and I wish more companies would have this. Not only that, but advertise and promote it as a way of encouraging kindness TOWARDS employees. I've never worked retail but I despise rude entitled customers.
Since what is labeled in stock at your local store is frequently in error, I'll order it on line for local pick up and let them waste their time instead of my time looking for it. I'll get a notice if they they really don't have it in stock. One thing I like about HD over Lowes is the ship to store option. I am trying to buy some inexpensive items at Lowes, but the nearest stock is 20 miles away and not worth the trip to see if it's really even in stock there. They won't ship it to my house or to the local store. I'm just out of luck.
The dumpsters at the HD I worked at were completely sealed and only accessible from inside, by employees. The self-check out is a horrible idea, contributes to theft, and pisses off most customers. Here's a tip - did you know you can check out at the service desk?
My store's service desk sends people to the registers. they concentrate more on returns and order fulfillment, customers picking up special and online orders
A random tip: If you want to browse without disruptions, carry a tape measure. No one will ask if you need help if you look like you know what you're doing
My tip is to always check the promo displays up front, especially for things you use often, for me this is Sawzall and saw blades, tape measures and bits. They'll often have promo two-for-ones there, while tge exact same items are full-priced on the shelves in back. One complaint is they, and every other big-box store, have slowly discontinued tried and true brands and replaced them with brands that they own. A Swanson Speed Square? Nope. Just knockoffs. Perhaps you've done a video on this, but HD and Lowes own nearly all of the tool brands. HD over Lowes for me, mostly because I'm more familiar with the stores.
Great tip. Thanks for sharing. Also, I am working on a video talking about tool brands - who owns them and the fact that multiple brands use the same manufacturers and even individual factories for their tools. It is a fascintatibg story.
If you dont mind driving a Van when rental cars are unavailble ( for whatever reason) then rent one for under 20 bucks per day , plus mileage charges !!!
Home Depot sign up on-line program application for veterans is basically impossible to complete and receive this discount. Even after numerous calls to the headquarters, I still was unable to receive this discount. Thus, I trade at Lowe's.
I joined at midnight last night... I had to request assistance via the "help" link, and (being really NICE) received help in getting my DD214 copied via my phones camera, plus edited out my ssn, and then downloaded, and "verified" minutes later.. Easy Peasy when you're appreciative!!
@3:20 you talk about customer satisfaction. That gave me a good belly laugh. I had a few of the HD brand of LED light bulbs fail in the warranty period. I went in 3 different times, different times of day, talked to three different people at the customer (non) service desk. The package instructions listed a non-working HD web page for warranty claims. Each time the CS rep tried the page and got the same non-working results I got. Each anti-customer service employee refused to do anything to honor the warranty. More and more of HD's products are HD branded. Yep, I prefer Lowes, but Ace and True Value are even better. FYI, writing to corporate did not get a response either.
My experience with Home Depot has been the exact opposite. I needed the ryobi 18v straight string trimmer and my local hd didn’t have it in stock. Well the app showed that another store about 10mi away had like 7 in stock so I headed that way. When I got there they didn’t have any in stock and the floor associate acted like they weren’t going to be able to help me but once I asked to speak to a manager they took care of me. I told the manager they had the combo kit with the trimmer and 350cfm blower in stock and if they could give me a discount on it. The manger price matched the bundle to the cost of just the trimmer and then gave me an extra like 20% off of that to compensate me for my gas. They got my business for the foreseeable future.
To my Surprise the "Military Discount" at our Stroudsburg PA Store is Not Applied to your Total but Instead they issue a Gift card with the discount After your Purchase. Just apply the discount to the purchase, Why the horse & pony show with the gift card?
😂😊😊 Ok this was good. My problem is my town is to small the nearest store is 40 minutes one way so needless to say I’ll do on line if it’s free shipping. If not hello Amazon or I Walmart as last resort. Menards never tried on line. Lowe’s has free shipping on a lot less. That’s my story. 😊😊😊😊
Check to make sure if Amazon's item is covered by Amazon or the item's company's warranty... Apparently, there's a scam going on wirhin 3rd party sellers of name brand items, but no warranty by the original company... Real stuff stolen? Or, China doing it's bootleg thing? Who knows why... Just double check.
Hey buddy I really enjoyed your video, just a little small thing I'd suggest is, recording the tips in person like you do then recording all the details about them at another time when you can do multiple takes. It seemed like you were over-doing it in a small space of time. I don't know though I'm just a watcher of videos :)
Menards best store and a Lowe’s near my Menards goes out of business Home Depot parking lot empty you don’t know how much I miss Menards when I have to go to Florida and shop at Home Depot
I think that there definitely is a calculation based on distance because for most things they are the same, but there are definitely also some differences. When I lived 5 minutes from a Lowes, it was hard to justify a 25-minute drive to Home Depot unless there was a good reason.
Lol, I am not being paid by Home Depot, if that's what you are asking. Sorry if you didn't like it. I strive to provide accurate and useful information, but it doesn't always come across that way. Regardless, thanks for watching the three minutes that you were able to. Blessings!
You obviously haven't shopped in a major population area in California lately. This is the new tactic being used all over our state. I'm still waiting for the body cavity searches to get out of all of the retailers!
Okay, thanks now I need to look up what the heck people are buying Coyote Urine for! Seems like a gross 🤢 thing to be dealing with, I hope I never need it 😂
I'm a contractor. I go to home Depot just about daily. The black Friday sale is going on now. Lot of good tool deals. But I found you get better deals in summer. Oh the comment on hard working home Depot employees, LMFAO.
Yeah really, I had this young kid cut up some OSB for me yesterday... I tried to give him some helpful tips on how to set up for the cuts, to make it go smoother and faster for him... Don't think he got it or learned anything ..couldn't believe the management set this guy up to be able to cut for customers. It was a comedy of errors. So bad that another couple that had a couple of expensive oak veneer plywood panels watched while waiting .. then turned around, put the panels back and walked out the building ....😂😂😂 Sale lost ... I couldn't blame.them.
Where's the link to buy appliances tax-free that you said I don't see it in the description Also you contradicting yourself The supreme Court ruled dumpster divingfor diving is legal a local or state entity cannot make a law that goes against supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court decisions take precedent over any state or local laws and are valid throughout the whole country.
Also, on the supreme court case, In 1988, the Supreme Court ruled in State of California v. Greenwood that searching trash is legal as long as it does not conflict with any city, county, or state ordinances. So they left the door open and some places have passed health and safety laws, trespassing laws, or littering laws that prohibit it. The supreme court case was more about the 5th ammendment and unlawful search and seizures and not dumpster diving per se. They ruled that once a person put their trash on the curb they had no expectation of privacy and their trash could be searched by police, or taken by a neighbor, stranger or whatever. It ceased to be their property. That does not mean that a local ordinance couldn't say that dumpster diving was a nuisance and prohibit it.
@@DIYwithDave thanks Also I'm not a lawyer but I know something about the law so as long as you didn't make a mess with the trash it would be hard for any local government to say it was a nuisance or anything of that matter if you wanted to take it cuz like the Supreme Court says it's ceases to be the other people's property then
Home Depot is worst retailer overpriced, they selling refurbished power tools as kit on the name of new. That is reason any tools which is available in store is expensive then the same tool which they deliver are cheaper and refurbished.i caught them.
Your tip count is deceiving, your tip count went to 4 and all you described was qty discount. Tip count 1 not 4. But why let facts get in the way of a good story, right?
Unless it's one of us senior citizens... We have thinner skin, and our body thermo regulators are like a woman's menapause, only in reverse... (lol, I'm wearing a "hoodie" at home, next to the a/c knob, as we speak).
One tip I use frequently is when buying sheet goods look for damaged edges, broken corners etc. I usually will get 30 to 40 % off on damaged goods. And almost always I can cut around any damaged areas. Another paint savings can be had if you want gallons and all they have are quarts. You’ll get the gallon price instead of 4 individual quart prices. When buying black iron pipe plan on buying a full length and have them cut and thread the sizes you need. There’s no extra charge for them to do it. Leave a cut list with the employee running the machine and go do all your other shopping while they are doing that for you.
You should be getting 70% on lumber and plywood.
Great job, Dave. As a HD long time associate, I would like to add that generally speaking HD does not price match with Harbor Freight. Also, ask before expecting a price match on online retailers. Lastly, if there is an open dumpster please ask the store management before dumpster diving and know that HD insurance will not cover you if you are injured. Thanks again Dave for great tips and tricks. And -watch for yellow tags for extra savings.
Thanks for your comments!
I have found, for me personally, that Home Depot is where you get your building materials to get the structure done and Lowes is where you go to get your decorative finishes, like ceiling fans, fixtures, flooring etc.
That used to be the case, but now Home Depot has stepped up their decor game, big time. I've heard rumors they are going to have some sort of showroom specific to interior design.
I always like to check the clearance section in the back of the store. I have found really good deals there with massive mark downs on items.
Thanks for the tips Dave. Here's one I use to save time shopping: I order online for store pickup. You can't always rely on what the website tells you is in stock, so I will just wait for them to notify me that the items are ready for pickup. There's no added cost and no need to go and search for stuff.
Great advice, thanks!
I 100% do this for heavy stuff or things like bags of sand/cement etc and then also for sheet goods. Just makes it much easier to get in and out vs having to go around find a flat cart to load it myself.
I agree with the previous comment. At Lowes there is no yearly limit on Military purchases. The discount is easy to use at the register. I have gotten free paint. I have bought mistint paint for $10 a gallon -my 10% then gotten a manufacturer's rebate for $10.
As a contractor and DAV, the yearly limit doesn't really bother me. I've only gone over that limit once since they implemented it. No, I don't pass the discount to my business/customers, I use it for my tools or items and/or materials I buy for the business or my home.
Regardless, I don't mind the limit because the way I look at it, it is a gift, and I appreciate any little gift I can get, bit don't begrudge them for having a limit.
Is Lowe's "no limit" better? It could be, but I don't go to Lowe's all that often to buy materials or tools. Not to mention that I'd feel gross if I used the discount for materials to use on my client's projects.
The Veterans Discount has been working great for me for years. Now I use it for online purchases, which calculates it automatically. I first began using the discount at Lowe's, extensively, but recently doing more business at Home Depot, due to their relationship with Ryobi, and my desire to expand my tools there.
Thank You for the video!
12:37 treasure hunting... At the 2 Home Depot stores that I have worked at, the dumpster has been one of the huge ones that are the size of a shipping container and they are secured so no one can get in them.
Bummer for treasure hunters, but honestly makes sense for liability and safety reasons, plus avoiding others from dumping their trash in it and making a mess around it.
10:20 Another tip on the Oops paint, you can have them add additional color to a can, say they have a light blue Oops paint, you can pick that up and have them add more color to make it a darker blue or purple, they can make pretty much any color into a brown. You have to be aware doing this will never get you to an exact color of what you want, but it can move you towards what you would prefer by darkening the paint.
A common thing I would see contractors/flippers do is buy _all_ of the oops paint and have it mixed together into whatever color it became, mix _that_ 50/50 in a 5 gallon bucket with white, and then paint entire houses with it. It would almost always end up being an acceptable shade of beige/white. Most people in that business know that the buyer is going to end up painting it to their taste anyhow, so it really didn't matter what color they used as long as it wasn't offensive. It would save them nearly 50% on paint costs since the "oops" paint is basically free.
You hit the tip I use most at the end going to the aisle and bay for the product your looking for. Makes going more enjoyable, instead of searching and asking
Definitely!
A couple of clarifications and another tip. Home Depot will price match competitors but not itself. So if the price is lower online or at another HD then you have to buy at the other HD or online. This can lead to crazy scenarios like standing in the store buying the item online to get the lower online price and then walking over to the order pickup desk to get the item that you just saved $50 on. It is crazy but it works.
Also, you can get a $100 to $200 discount by getting their credit card at the same time. And You can have more than one HD card. just stop using the card and they terminate it after 6 months. The great value of the card is that it generally extends the return period to six months.
And you can't overestimate being nice, polite and friendly. Associates can and do give you discounts.
I primarily shop at HD because there are 2 of them within 5 minutes of my house. Menards is number 2 again because of distance to my house but also because Menards is basically a home improvement center mashed up with a walmart. They carry some unique stuff.
I moved away from menards coverage area 5 years ago and really miss them as an option, i have have even bought stuff online from them and had it shipped 600+ miles from their nearest store...definately carry more lower end options
Over 450k employees and 35k products? How come you can never find some one or what your looking for? And why do I have to pay for the privilege of checking myself out at the register and still pay full price?
The one by me has scaled back the self checkouts and opened more cashier stands. They only have 1 self check open and then there is someone standing over your shoulder while you check out.
I prefer the self checkout. I’ll never understand why ppl get so upset about it
@@chadhowell1328 I don’t mind self checkout for small and quick purchases but when I’m buying significant items, It’s a service thing, you want my money, take care of the transaction. Historically speaking, I don’t think I’m asking for much. I think I’ve a couple thousand years behind me on this one.
Just because they have on a orange vest doesn’t mean they know anything
@@markfitzurka9995 Amen
Before Covid they have 10% off on all purchases including those on sale. Lows had a similiar program and it changed at the same time.
Glad you mentioned the military discount, I have found it difficult but not impossible to use my military discount at Home Depot. Lowe’s is much more user friendly and it has become my preferred place to shop because of this. There are much more items that the discount does not apply at Home Depot. This seems to be a resent development in the last year or so.
The Home deport military discount computer forms ask for wayyy to much personal info and military info. AND this computer form they make you fill out is a 3rd party company that says in the notes they will sell your info!! BEWARE. If you look up compaints about this HD military form you will see many people say it's a "Scam" to "beware". I agree. Beware who you are giving info away too even if it's a company like HD but has a 3rd party keeping all the info on you. You have to ask these days "Who is this 3rd party selling your MILITARY info too"???!!!. Question everything when a company wants so much person & militiary info on a form just to give you a discount.
Lowes does not make military fill out this personal/miltary info form like HD. So that is where I shop = lowes.
I use the app and scan the QR code. No issues. HD will also let you piggyback the discount on top of sales and deals, while Lowes generally doesn't.
Worth saying: thank you for your service.
Military Discount used to be 10% for unlimited amount, but since they restricted it to $400, I switched to LOWES (which is still unlimited).
Thank you for your service. Also, glad to know LOWES is still unlimited, that $400 limit is kinda crap.
As a Pro Member, you get a 1 year return window I've been told. I've not tried that.
The oops paint is cool, actually, during pandemic, my friends son wanted to paint his bedroom. My friend told him fine, but you have to pick a color from the oops paint. Thing is, they needed 2 gallons. He found 2 cans of blue, same brand and type, but 2 slightly different shades. For the added cost of a 5-gallon bucket, the paint buy poured both cans into the bucket and mixed them up. End product was great and they had enough left over to also paint a hallway the same color since they liked to so much.
That's a great story, thanks for sharing!
In my area they are changing the color of oops paint when it is returned ...
So people don't buy it, return it and come back another day and buy it at a discount ....
Happens a lot ...
Pain in the azz for people who don't care about the specific color and could have used it for something and got a decent deal.
@@customsolutions7167 for a while, HD stopped excepting returns on paint, if you walked out the door, it was yours.
@@customsolutions7167 I worked at HD nearly 20 years ago and we were doing that back then, but it was still "oops" paint and sold at the "oops" price. Usually they just shifted the colors to make them darker. The master key to that was to have it mixed into a gallon of white to lighten it back up. I just left a different comment where I said that contractors would frequently buy _all_ of the "oops", have it mixed together, and then mix it themselves into a bucket of white and paint whole houses with it.
Purchase on a HD credit card have a 1 year no questions asked return policy. Also, on your first purchase when you open a HD credit card you get $25 off that purchase and sometimes more, so ask.
If you see a clearance tag where the cents does not have a 3 in it, then the price will drop again. If it has a 3 in it, then it is at its lowest level and the next level it will be pulled from the shelf. It's not all the time, but some times it can be a huge discount.
I’ve used the veteran program. Lowes, too. There ya don’t often get a double dip meaning sale item and discount. For Home Depot not sure since hadn’t bought a large sale item since they changed their program.
Ya gotta be signed into the app and they generate a new scan box each purchase visit. Royal pain compared to showing my military ID.
So far I’ve gotten 10 % off all my purchases.
This might change when I buy drywall soon. And some bigger items. At least I’ll understand why now
Forgot to mention, they give the veteran discount for online orders now that I’m signed up. They automatically populate the savings before check out
The "double dipping" can go store-to-store, manager-to-manager, and depends on the purchase. Many moons ago I worked at a HD who had a disabled vet (hearing loss in one ear) as one of the assistant managers. I don't think I ever saw him give a veteran less than 20% off if the order was a couple grand or more. Same thing with orders for anybody of something like $10k+ of kitchen cabinets or a whole house of flooring or something. You should absolutely always ask if your order is more than a few hundred bucks. At that time, even me as a lowly head cashier had the authority to discount anything I wanted up to 10% up to $200 for any reason I wanted. They normally wanted it to be a _good_ reason, but I never had any push back the times I did it.
Great video. You should also mention the clearance schedule with the pricing/ dates.
Another tip is to shop at the store in your area that has the obviously lower foot traffic. If the store is hurting to make their sales numbers, they are more likely to cut you a deal if you ask nicely. Same thing goes for stores in the "bad part" of town. I worked at the #2 highest theft HD store in the country (which has now long ago been closed), which also had a _terrible_ physical location so we were a slow store as well (this was half the reason we were the "highest" theft store... we had very low sales to counteract the numbers), and we would pretty much beg customers to buy things if the order was big enough (over a few grand). The mark up on flooring and fixtures and kitchen cabinets and stuff was mind boggling, so 15-20% off was not uncommon on large orders of those items in our store, no coupons or anything required. Just a willingness to spend big and haggle. 😅
It wasn't Hone Depot, but it was Target, and I found three 10x10 metal bamboo gazebo. $600 retail price on each one. Had to share the wealth with my brother in law, my best friend, and of course myself.
The only reason I did it is because I could see it as clear as day standing up out of the dumpster. Lucky for me, nothing else was in it.
I use the app and have had no issues with the military discount. Just scan the qr code at the register and it applies it automatically.
HD will also let you piggyback the military discount on top of sales or deals, while Lowes generally won't.
Great tips. I'd like to add a few more. Keep an eye out on the appliance ding/scratch area. My wife and I got a $2200 fridge for $800 that only had a few dings on the side. Also we got 25% off an item just because the box was damaged, we just asked for a discount from a store associate!
If you are buying quantity above a certain amount HD, you can have it delivered rather than you picking it up. Also you can access the HD cataloge in the store. The online cataloge has double the number of items as the store and often at a discount. You don't have to take a complete panel of sheet goods, HD will cut it for you on the store panel saw for a small fee. I think the first cut is free. You can't return after its cut. You can rent a truck to take your items home for only $19.00 at my local HD. HD prohibits a trailer on the truck. If you rent a machine, you need to use your own truck to pull it. There is a special place in the store that I call the "bone yard" where odd and outdated things are sold at a discount. HD also has a section of the store for "scratch and dent" where items are significantly marked down. It still has the same warranty. When looking for cabinetry, HD changes out diplays regularly. Check to see if they are planning a change and buy the old display at a discount.
Thanks, Dave. Many great Tips I was not aware of that I will be using now that I know.
Glad you found it useful!
Not always I brought a Harbour Freight sales paper to Home Depot & they wouldn't match or Lower the price on anything.
Their tools aren’t comparable. It would be brand specific for a price match. They sell off brands related to them, from my understanding
One time when I was in for a drill they couldn’t find one in stock with a single battery. They gave me a Roybi with a double battery for the sale price. I was pretty stoked about this.
That's because it needs to be the same tool and the same brand. Most things Harbor Freight sells are their own brands. Home Depot sells DeWalt, Milwaukee, and the like.
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Price matching usually doesn't work ... Just a gimmick to make you feel like they are reasonably priced ..😂😂
I worked in retail as a young man for years
And manufactures will make the same item like a drill and sell one at store A with one sku number and to store B with a different SKU number ...
Or model number may be one number off ..
That way if you go in with an add from store A and try to get a price match from store B they can say no it's not the same exact model or sku
But in reality it is the same ....😢
I use the HD website to check and make sure the item is in stock at the store before i make the trip.
If I'm not mistaken you have 12-month to return items purchased with a Home Depot credit card.
Does that extend the length of time you have to get a partial refund if an item gets reduced more after you bought it?
I tend to shop more at Lowes in the last 5 years or so. Lowes give a Veterans discount to all Veterans, not just a select few like HD does.
That's changed, at least locally. I wasn't in the select group a few years ago, but now I get the discount all the time on any qualified item. You might want to look into it again.
The receipts show up on your account too under in store purchases. I find it easier to find it there if I'm planning a return.
I don't shop at the local HD because there is a local Lowes which is a much more pleasurable experience.
Another GREAT one Dave! NIIIIIIIIIIIICE! 😁👍
Thanks again!
The “Oops” Paint is great for painting deer blinds.
Veteran here...the app is pretty good at telling you what the actual price is going to be, and whether you're getting a veterans discount or a volume discount. Volume discounts aren't, as far as I know, limited, but the veterans discount is limited to $400 per year, which means max of $4K worth of stuff discounted. I haven't hit mine yet, but I have a veteran buddy who does a lot of resale who ends up asking friends to use their discounts.
ALSO...their app will also tell you what aisle and bin a product is in, so when I'm headed in for something I usually pull it up to find it. Be careful, though, because the app will also key in to nearby stores when the product is out of stock at the store you're in, so you might end up in, say, toilet supplies, when you're looking for a couple of bolts (true story).
I love my Ryobi tools. Went to HD because they have a nice Ryobi router table there. I forgot what aisle it was on, and I was wondering up and down the aisles. Nice HD associate asked if he could help me, and, of course, I said yes and told him what I was looking for. Took me right to it and then said "I have this one where the box got a little beat up and can give you a 10% discount on it." Of course I asked if it was returnable and he said it was. Guess who got 10% off on their router table? 🙋♂
I read that home depot has a "damaged box" discount. I applied this when purchasing a American standard toilet. The box was torn a bit and I asked for the discount and got it. It can still be returned if , lets say if parts were missing or if there were any damages.
@@abyssalsoul6216- Great, isn't it?
I used to get emailed receipts. Not anymore and clerks don’t ask or give me a chance to select that option on the card pad.
I hate when that happens. I usually use the self checkout if I am not buying too much and the email option usually shows up. I will also snap a picture of my receipt on my phone to make sure that I have a coupon if I think that the email may not go out.
@@DIYwithDaveI can’t use Self-checkout since I DON’T WORK THERE!
Oh that pisses me off when that happens! If I'm using a cashier, I frequently will declare "I want an emailed receipt" before they ring up my item.
I always ask for a second (copy) for bigger ticket items that I may need to return later, and keep those receipts with the items' manuals in a storage bag, in one kitchen drawer.... OCD, I know, but it works for me.
Recently had a very bad experience with them. Stand-up freezer arrived damaged (third party delivery) and I told them to not take it off the truck. Notified HD I did not take delivery. Figured another one would be delivered but they informed me it was now a back ordered item with a delivery date I can’t remember but was about 6/7 weeks in the future. I asked for a refund and it took WEEKS and not just a few phone calls to CS to get it put back on my card. Totally sucked and they never offered me diddly for my aggravation. Now I know why they don’t give you the ability to give negative stars. So here goes…-3 stars to HD.
interesting... great to know.
You missed the 1 year return policy when using the Home Depot Credit Card, must still be new in packaging. Look at your receipt when using the HD card as it prints out the return date 1 year later. I've used it several times.
Got a 75% discount plus free delivery on set of french patio doors from Home Depot because when we were shopping for them my wife noticed a set that had some dents in the bottom , can barley notice them .
FYI on the price match guarantee, they will not price match Walmart prices regardless of your documentation of the lower price. I had a screenshot and it was still a no.
Great video Dave. Clearance is another tip. There is usually a section but also mixed in departments. I’ve found some 70 to 90% off items. Can’t remember exactly how it works but the last digit of the price indicates if there will be more markdowns or if it’s their lowest clearance price. Penny items are not to be sold and are supposed to be taken off the shelf but I’ve unknowingly bought some at the self checkout. Thanks again!
Not all stores honor the VA discount especially here in Arizona.
I live 5 mins from lowes & 6 mind from homedepot. I like homedepot better, better discounts oh their damaged or discounted cart items. I also get $50 or $75 in yool rental coupons every time I reach a certain level of spending. And get $10 off $200 coupons every now and then. I have linked a business email to all hardware stores.
I prefer Lowes. Specifically, because they have no restrictions on what qualifies for my military discount. 10% of the total ticket amount. On top of that they have reserved parking for vets. Now thats "appreciation".
great video Dave, im a LOWES GUY CAN YOU DO ONE FOR LOWES.
. Home Depot, Lowes, all have their advantage and disadvantages. You are probably too young to remember what a hardware store used to be like. The old timer that knows everything to help get the right stuff. Still a few mom and pop shops around where they do not have a lot of one thing but one of everything. You paid for nails by the pound and put it in a paper bag with a little wax added to keep them from ripping. Slowly they are all going away for the big box stores. I found myself at lowes a couple times helping people with their plumbing repairs and getting the correct piece to make the repairs themselves. I used to think after my body can’t handle the grind of the trades I could get a job at a hardware store but now they don’t need that person they need someone who can up sale you on a front loading washer. Or riding lawnmower. Great video I am enjoying your channel, even though I might never use the information or even agree with some of the opinions you had on them. The videos are well produced keep up the great work.
Heres a tip for the those who are frequent travelers. If you have an American Airlines frequent flyer account, you can get miles for Home Depot purchases. Simply order online by going into your AA account.
You can always mix different cans of oops paint to make a color you may like better. I worked at a paint store. The owner told me to mark all the oops down to 1 buck. So I bought 20 cans. I figure I could always come back and adjust the color since I worked there. Put the paint in the back of my hatchback and shut the hatch. Didn't save much since I busted the back window out.
My gripe with Home Depot is lack of selection. Lots more stuff at Lowes.
Years ago my father bought a few things and used his military discount. what with one thing and another we decided to return a couple of items unused. They told us that unless we returned the entire purchase as listed on the receipt it was subject to a restocking fee, like 20-30%. IDK if it was because of the military discount or if it was a standard policy.
Can’t wait to see the HD vs. Lowe’s vid. I buy at both because I have both near me and have the Kobalt cordless tools and Ryobi cordless tools.
You didn't mention the price tags that indicate markdown and clearance prices, but this is otherwise a pretty good tip list.
I got the military discount for years. They have made it so hard now that I have given up on it.
another great HD attribute is Ridgid, some solid tools with a lifetime warranty.
less expensive than Dewalt and Milwaukee, solid in the mid-level 18 volt category
Got a brand new ridding lawmower for half price at Lowes it was a return that was never used it was still set up in shipping mold customer took it home and for what ever reason brought it back that was 2 years ago still works great
3:22 Really useful...unless the employee is having a bad day, & wanna take it out on you.
True.
I've done it many times...for customers I liked, or I realized they really needed some boost to reach their expectation. Once, I reduced the price to zero for an old poor lady, (I could tell, she was asking the prices continuously to compare) who needed some parts for her toilet. All associates act upon the spirit of helping their customers...unless they are a@@@s.
@@mikethegreek4408I really love the concept, and I wish more companies would have this. Not only that, but advertise and promote it as a way of encouraging kindness TOWARDS employees. I've never worked retail but I despise rude entitled customers.
Since what is labeled in stock at your local store is frequently in error, I'll order it on line for local pick up and let them waste their time instead of my time looking for it. I'll get a notice if they they really don't have it in stock. One thing I like about HD over Lowes is the ship to store option. I am trying to buy some inexpensive items at Lowes, but the nearest stock is 20 miles away and not worth the trip to see if it's really even in stock there. They won't ship it to my house or to the local store. I'm just out of luck.
The dumpsters at the HD I worked at were completely sealed and only accessible from inside, by employees. The self-check out is a horrible idea, contributes to theft, and pisses off most customers. Here's a tip - did you know you can check out at the service desk?
Great tip, thanks! It's also interesting about the dumpsters.
My store's service desk sends people to the registers. they concentrate more on returns and order fulfillment, customers picking up special and online orders
Don't forget to check out the clearance section.
Good advice!
Thanks, Dave😊
Thanks for watching!
Wait are you shooting this video in home depot?
Thanks for your TIPS! Home Depot vs Lowes in my area is a toss up. Sometimes I find the stock in Loews is better than HD.
A random tip: If you want to browse without disruptions, carry a tape measure. No one will ask if you need help if you look like you know what you're doing
Home Depot has ppl willing to help me. Lowe's is much too short staffed.
I've never noticed a limit on the military discount. I got a mini-split and got the full 10% on it, and still everything I bought after.
I just looked at their website and they make it very clear, it has a $400 cap. I must have bought the mini-split just before that change.
My tip is to always check the promo displays up front, especially for things you use often, for me this is Sawzall and saw blades, tape measures and bits. They'll often have promo two-for-ones there, while tge exact same items are full-priced on the shelves in back.
One complaint is they, and every other big-box store, have slowly discontinued tried and true brands and replaced them with brands that they own. A Swanson Speed Square? Nope. Just knockoffs.
Perhaps you've done a video on this, but HD and Lowes own nearly all of the tool brands.
HD over Lowes for me, mostly because I'm more familiar with the stores.
Great tip. Thanks for sharing. Also, I am working on a video talking about tool brands - who owns them and the fact that multiple brands use the same manufacturers and even individual factories for their tools. It is a fascintatibg story.
Great video, thanks. My nearest HD in Newark, OH has denied lower pricing I’ve found on Amazon every time.
Interesting!
Did you mention a one year return policy for items purchased with the HD credit card?
That price match use to be ... We beat their price by 10 percent. Same at Lowe's but neither one will do that now.
If you dont mind driving a Van when rental cars are unavailble ( for whatever reason) then rent one for under 20 bucks per day , plus mileage charges !!!
Also Menards 11% rebate works at Home Depot too online but gotta live close to a Menards in the Midwest
Only online?
@@B-Hez online Home Depot won’t work only in store and gotta live near a Menards
@@DanielGomez-cf6vk that’s what I was wondering. I’d be using it in store. The Home Depot I shop at has a Menards right across the street.
Do you ever shop at True Value???
Great question. There is not one near me, but I do have an Ace and am looking at doing a video on them. What do youy like about True Value?
What to buy at Home Depot and what at Harbor Freight? As in, what things would you NOT buy from Harbor Frieght and vice versa.
i showed the add for milwaukee sawzall from rural king and the matched it plus 10%
5:40 can i return a christmas tree after christmas
Yes, if it is still within the timeframe.
Home Depot sign up on-line program application for veterans is basically impossible to complete and receive this discount.
Even after numerous calls to the headquarters, I still was unable to receive this discount. Thus, I trade at Lowe's.
I joined at midnight last night... I had to request assistance via the "help" link, and (being really NICE) received help in getting my DD214 copied via my phones camera, plus edited out my ssn, and then downloaded, and "verified" minutes later.. Easy Peasy when you're appreciative!!
@3:20 you talk about customer satisfaction. That gave me a good belly laugh. I had a few of the HD brand of LED light bulbs fail in the warranty period. I went in 3 different times, different times of day, talked to three different people at the customer (non) service desk. The package instructions listed a non-working HD web page for warranty claims. Each time the CS rep tried the page and got the same non-working results I got. Each anti-customer service employee refused to do anything to honor the warranty. More and more of HD's products are HD branded. Yep, I prefer Lowes, but Ace and True Value are even better. FYI, writing to corporate did not get a response either.
My experience with Home Depot has been the exact opposite. I needed the ryobi 18v straight string trimmer and my local hd didn’t have it in stock. Well the app showed that another store about 10mi away had like 7 in stock so I headed that way. When I got there they didn’t have any in stock and the floor associate acted like they weren’t going to be able to help me but once I asked to speak to a manager they took care of me. I told the manager they had the combo kit with the trimmer and 350cfm blower in stock and if they could give me a discount on it. The manger price matched the bundle to the cost of just the trimmer and then gave me an extra like 20% off of that to compensate me for my gas. They got my business for the foreseeable future.
To my Surprise the "Military Discount" at our Stroudsburg PA Store is Not Applied to your Total but Instead they issue a Gift card with the discount After your Purchase. Just apply the discount to the purchase, Why the horse & pony show with the gift card?
😂😊😊 Ok this was good. My problem is my town is to small the nearest store is 40 minutes one way so needless to say I’ll do on line if it’s free shipping. If not hello Amazon or I Walmart as last resort. Menards never tried on line. Lowe’s has free shipping on a lot less. That’s my story. 😊😊😊😊
Check to make sure if Amazon's item is covered by Amazon or the item's company's warranty...
Apparently, there's a scam going on wirhin 3rd party sellers of name brand items, but no warranty by the original company... Real stuff stolen? Or, China doing it's bootleg thing? Who knows why... Just double check.
For the record. You can return a half eaten sandwich from subway to home depot two towns over.
They dont give a shit.
So helpful, and handsome too!
Hey buddy I really enjoyed your video, just a little small thing I'd suggest is, recording the tips in person like you do then recording all the details about them at another time when you can do multiple takes. It seemed like you were over-doing it in a small space of time. I don't know though I'm just a watcher of videos :)
Menards best store and a Lowe’s near my Menards goes out of business Home Depot parking lot empty you don’t know how much I miss Menards when I have to go to Florida and shop at Home Depot
I shop at Lowe’s only because it’s closer if the Home Depot is better let me know I’ll drive
I think that there definitely is a calculation based on distance because for most things they are the same, but there are definitely also some differences. When I lived 5 minutes from a Lowes, it was hard to justify a 25-minute drive to Home Depot unless there was a good reason.
Close down stores in California then you won’t have to go to extreme measures to prevent unemployed behavior
Thank you so much ❤️˘◡˘❤️
Home Depot vs Lowes. Which do I prefer? Menards.
This video feels to me like an actor doing a commercial for Home Depot. I only made it through the first three minutes. Am I wrong?
Lol, I am not being paid by Home Depot, if that's what you are asking. Sorry if you didn't like it. I strive to provide accurate and useful information, but it doesn't always come across that way. Regardless, thanks for watching the three minutes that you were able to. Blessings!
You obviously haven't shopped in a major population area in California lately. This is the new tactic being used all over our state. I'm still waiting for the body cavity searches to get out of all of the retailers!
Brought to you by carls j...... home depot
Okay, thanks now I need to look up what the heck people are buying Coyote Urine for! Seems like a gross 🤢 thing to be dealing with, I hope I never need it 😂
I'm a contractor. I go to home Depot just about daily. The black Friday sale is going on now. Lot of good tool deals. But I found you get better deals in summer. Oh the comment on hard working home Depot employees, LMFAO.
Yeah really, I had this young kid cut up some OSB for me yesterday...
I tried to give him some helpful tips on how to set up for the cuts, to make it go smoother and faster for him... Don't think he got it or learned anything
..couldn't believe the management set this guy up to be able to cut for customers.
It was a comedy of errors. So bad that another couple that had a couple of expensive oak veneer plywood panels watched while waiting .. then turned around, put the panels back and walked out the building ....😂😂😂
Sale lost ...
I couldn't blame.them.
Sometimes it's "What employees?"
Menard's
I've only heard good things, but unfortunately, there is no Menards near me. The closest I ever got was when I lived in Pittsburgh.
4:00 It is not a dumb name if you understand what is meant by "Black Friday," if you don't then the whole concept makes no sense.
Where's the link to buy appliances tax-free that you said I don't see it in the description
Also you contradicting yourself The supreme Court ruled dumpster divingfor diving is legal a local or state entity cannot make a law that goes against supreme Court decision. The Supreme Court decisions take precedent over any state or local laws and are valid throughout the whole country.
Sorry, I forgot to add the link. It is up now!
Also, on the supreme court case, In 1988, the Supreme Court ruled in State of California v. Greenwood that searching trash is legal as long as it does not conflict with any city, county, or state ordinances. So they left the door open and some places have passed health and safety laws, trespassing laws, or littering laws that prohibit it.
The supreme court case was more about the 5th ammendment and unlawful search and seizures and not dumpster diving per se. They ruled that once a person put their trash on the curb they had no expectation of privacy and their trash could be searched by police, or taken by a neighbor, stranger or whatever. It ceased to be their property. That does not mean that a local ordinance couldn't say that dumpster diving was a nuisance and prohibit it.
@@DIYwithDave thanks
Also I'm not a lawyer but I know something about the law so as long as you didn't make a mess with the trash it would be hard for any local government to say it was a nuisance or anything of that matter if you wanted to take it cuz like the Supreme Court says it's ceases to be the other people's property then
Vet er ran. Not vet Tran.
Home Depot is worst retailer overpriced, they selling refurbished power tools as kit on the name of new. That is reason any tools which is available in store is expensive then the same tool which they deliver are cheaper and refurbished.i caught them.
Your tip count is deceiving, your tip count went to 4 and all you described was qty discount. Tip count 1 not 4. But why let facts get in the way of a good story, right?
When you say someone wearing a hoodie and sunglasses and warm whether or dark conditions they're up to no good😊
Unless it's one of us senior citizens... We have thinner skin, and our body thermo regulators are like a woman's menapause, only in reverse... (lol, I'm wearing a "hoodie" at home, next to the a/c knob, as we speak).