- These are ten huge
insider shopping secrets for Home Depot.
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I'm the youtube deal guy, Matt Granite.
I'm gonna take you inside the store,
show you secrets to help you save a lot of money
and stuff most shoppers are unaware of.
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Before we get to the ten shopping secrets,
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Now, this is not a sponsored video,
Home Depot is not paying me
to say anything positive about them.
This is information I've gathered as a frequent shopper
and interviewing fellow shoppers and store managers.
So first things first, and that's tied to you
understanding how to read a Home Depot price tag.
If you've ever wondered whether an item
that you hope to buy at a Home Depot
is going to go on sale,
all you need to do is look at the price tag.
That's right.
Whether it's a price tag online tied
to a specific product that you wanna purchase,
just look at the price.
When a price ends in 03, so $4.03, $5.03, $33.03,
the item will be closed out after three weeks.
And 03 in a price tag means
this is one of the best deals you will ever get.
Some items are color coded,
so yellow tags will mean
that the product is at a clearance state.
But keep in mind that if you are wondering
whether you have the lowest price,
it needs to end in number three.
And by the way if you stay
with me through insider savings tip number seven,
and ten's really good by the way,
I will tell you how to know if you have more time
to make a purchase through reading a price tag.
Saving secret number two.
Home Depot will beat the price of any brick and mortar store
plus they will give you a bonus essentially
for finding a lower price.
So keep in mind there is something
that I'm going to tell you that pertains to the website.
But if you find an identical item
at a local competitor store like Lowe's,
Dixon Pro Hardware is what I have in my neighborhood,
Maybe it's Ace Hardware in yours.
The Home Depot will not only match its price,
but they will beat it by 10%.
Now, the item must be in stock.
It has to be at both locations.
And there are exclusions tied to open box merchandise
and a few other rebates and offers,
which would obviously lower the price at a competitor.
But assuming it's the same product
and it's their sale pricing
or their regular pricing,
Home Depot will not only beat the price,
they give you a 10% bonus back,
which is just awesome and very rare to find.
Savings secret number three.
Is something a lot of people are not aware of
and it's in the Home Depot fine print.
Well, the price match policy might have been
on your radar for brick and mortar stores.
Did you know that Home Depot
will also match any virtual sale.
That means if something is online,
you have the benefit of presenting
that so they will at least match the price.
Now, you don't get the 10% bonus
but if there is something
that's really a strong for the large scale appliances,
where even five or 10% can make a huge difference,
Home Depot will match the price
if you found it somewhere else at a lower price.
So for example, Best Buy has some
very aggressive appliance purchases.
You find the same appliance at best buy,
you present that deal to Home Depot, they will match it.
Great to know.
It's also good because Home Depot
has a much better delivery service
on appliances than best buy,
and their inventory system is better than best buy
in many of my checks and having gone through
this trying to purchase appliances for a new home.
So keep in mind, an Amazon price or a best buy process
or something else you find online can be matched.
Insider savings secret number four for Home Depot
is, and keep in mind tied to timing.
Home Depot is way too early on every major holiday
and that spells huge discounts for you.
And I just wanna give you an example right now.
This is eye-opening and is something
that you should keep in mind.
It says Labor Day savings on the screen right now
and I just wanna show you guys
I am recording this video on Thursday, August 20th.
So, all of the Labor Day deals that you see
have actually been on homedepot.com or homedepot.ca
if you're watching in Canada for more than two weeks.
What are they thinking?
There's Halloween items up right now.
It's August 20th this is ridiculous,
Lowe's is not doing it.
Ace Hardware does not have their sales.
But as a shopper that spells
some huge incentives too.
Now, keep in mind it's Home Depot is early,
a lot of the items that are this early,
we're talking like two months early,
are sale items that will eventually be on clearance.
But for all of the other products
tied to 4th of July, Labor Day, Black Friday
the appliance deals in particular
and the paint savings which return
for each of these occasions
run for more than a month.
So, this 30% off select top brand appliances
will run again through Labor Day.
And then when it comes to Black Friday,
Home Depot actually launches
most of its deals the last week of October
and they keep them running
through the first week of December.
As a shopper, this is me telling you right now
that you do not need to feel any type of retail pressure.
If you wanna do your research on a product,
if you wanna prevent an impulse buyers,
or save up a little bit more
and examine different payment plans for a big purchase.
Home Depot has such a messed up calendar
that will work to your advantages,
especially when it comes to their marketing programs.
For Home Depot shopping secret number five.
Did you know the store offers retroactive pricing?
A lot of people think this exists at retails like Amazon.
It does not, if you buy something and then Amazon
drops the price on it two weeks later,
good luck with that digital customer service.
It's not something frequently offered
by major retailers and I totally understand why.
But obviously, I'm a consumer advocate,
I wanna be saving us much money
as I possibly can with every purchase.
And if your timing wasn't ideal for something you bought
and then you find out that it's dropped in price
after the fact, this is crucial advice.
Home Depot offers one-month long
retroactive price protection.
That means if you buy something
and it drops to a lower price,
you have one month to bring the receipt in,
present it to customer service and seek that adjustment.
That is awesome.
I'm a huge fan of that policy
and I wish more stores and retailers employ that.
But there you go, savings secret number five.
That thumbs up was really kinda awkward, but anyhow.
Saving secret number six.
If you guys remember a couple of weeks ago
for what not to buy at Walmart,
I highlighted some of their dinged
and broken boxes tied to small appliances.
And I advised you guys
that if something had happened to the box,
that could have impacted the product, you were at a luck.
There was nothing you could do.
You're paying full price for that product
regardless of how smashed up the box was.
Home Depot has a completely different policy.
If you see a damaged good which could be a box,
or something like a toiler plumber
that has a slight ding on the stem
that isn't gonna affect its performance,
you're eligible for an extra 10% off
with the customer service agent.
All you need to do is go to the Customer Service Desk,
not the checkout line, the Customer Service Desk.
Make sure the actual product in the box is not damaged,
and you can enjoy those benefits
of a damaged box with 10% back in your pocket.
And that can really add up on appliance purchases,
even some of the vanities
and things that you might be doing
a DIY project for in your bathroom.
Just things to keep in mind
with more cashback in your pocket where it belongs.
Shopping secret number seven.
As we addressed in shopping secret number one,
if a product ends in a 0.03 at the end of a price tag,
you know you're getting the lowest possible closeout price.
But did you know you can also apply
an additional coupon on top of that?
Many stores have blocks,
which means that you can't actually
use a coupon or a manufacturer coupon code
on top of something that's in its clearance phase.
Home Depot?
Definitely not an issue.
You can use coupons on clearance items
if a product ends in 0.03.
Score the fact you're getting the lower price
and then you can apply that
right away with an additional coupon
that will be accepted by customer service,
which brings me to insider saving secret number eight.
Some Home Depot locations will accept competitor coupons.
Now, I did not have luck with this personally,
and I've shopped to different locations
trying to prove this theory correct.
But through some internal blogs, speaking to shoppers,
and even a store manager
who told me they wouldn't cut the break to me,
but they have done it in the past,
and it's up to the discretion of different stores.
Home Depot, in some cases will accept competitor coupons.
That means if you have a Lowe's coupon,
an Ace Hardware coupon,
there is a chance and it's worth checking,
that this will work for you.
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For saving secret number nine.
At Home Depot don't worry I also have a bonus
so technically this is eleven
that I have total ten trick to you.
But saving secret number nine
is to actually ensure that you've got
more time to make a purchase.
We discussed earlier that if a price tag ends
in 03 it's at its lowest price
and you definitely want to make a move on
that clearance phase closeout product,
I'm doing a lot of hand motions
now you can see I'm really getting amped up
and excited and more awkward.
For saving secret number nine,
if a price tag ends in 06
means you actually have time
and you don't need to feel compelled to make that purchase.
06 means in six weeks from the date
at which you're looking at that price tag,
the item will be reduced
at an additional marked down date.
Why is that key?
Well, a lot of us when we see an item
on sale or clearance,
we assume that we have to make our move
we feel compelled to make a purchase.
And a lot of the time
one, that product is not it's lower price
but two we don't really have the money to do so.
So don't feel pressured even on Black Friday.
If you see a price tag that ends in 06,
wait, the product will be reduced
in six weeks after a new markdown date.
Don't let stores dictate when you shop
read their internal pricing system so you can assist
with your own timeline and finance options
and all those other awesome things.
That was saving secret number nine.
Saving secret number 10.
Is one of the most Unknown
and best return policies for those of us
that don't have as green of a thumb as we'd like.
And don't worry I've still got that bonus secret
that I'm gonna share with you guys.
But as I mentioned,
the return policy is very generous at Home Depot.
But did know there's a specific policy tied to plants,
that means if you've killed the plant, pretty much
and it's not where you want it to be
and you have your original receipt.
You can get a full replacement for that,
you can return perennials, shrubs, dead trees,
up to one year after purchase.
The Home Depot return policy clearly states
that they will do so if your shrub dies on day 364.
Dig it up, bring it in
and as long as you have your original receipt,
they will get a replacement delivered
to you at no charge
assuming that it's still available in stock.
No questions asked.
And again, guys it's all spelled out
and they're very fine.
But you just bring the plant in with the original receipt.
This will not work if you do not have an original receipt.
So, if you're just trying to dig up things
around your backyard and bring them
in and hope to get a refund not going to happen,
but they will give you a replacement
if you've got that supporting evidence
and that is so worth your while.
It's not a system to take advantage of.
But for a lot of us things just don't go as planned.
Weather wise, life wise,
green thumb wise and you've committed
to a purchase and Home Depot wants
you to commit to them as a store
without loyalty based on policies like this.
So, it's technically a win win for everyone involved.
And now for your bonus secret number 11 or bonus one
depending on how you want to count.
If you're not doing this,
you are free go to Home Depot shopper,
please go to the bottom of their website
before you make any purchase
because there's a little section
that so people rarely click on
and that is called the rebate center.
You actually look it's buried
you really have to go toward the bottom
and you need to click rebate center.
But rebate center allows you to find very quickly,
the manufacturer rebates tied
to massive product discounts.
Many of these rebates are so significant
on major household purchases,
that they may sway you from one brand to the next.
But they also ensure that you are getting
the most money back after you make a purchase.
And it's not transparent and it's not easy
to find and it's not something
that you really want to miss out on,
given how significant some of these rebates are.
This is particularly good for trades folk,
if you're doing renovations or flipping a home
or upgrading your own home.
These are things where if you're buying
a suite of products, the more you buy
may lead to more savings.
And these rebates aren't advertised
as aggressively as I would hope on your typical sale.
They're not always visible
in the other areas of the website.
So, just check that if you are shopping there frequently.
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