A CUSTOMER at Home Depot has landed a sweet deal after taking advantage of a little-known hack.
It could save those who read closely hundreds of dollars on merchandise the next time they go to the store.
There’s a sneaky way to get deals at Home Depot if you know where to look[/caption]
A shopper got a $299 kitchen faucet for just two cents last month[/caption]
Shopper EzJuan Porter Norris knew about the secret, known as the “penny list,” beforehand and encouraged others to pay attention, as it got her a $299 kitchen faucet for only $0.02.
“Who freaking knew home depot had a penny list there is so much money to be made!!” she exclaimed in a post to Facebook last month.
“Nobody should be broke y’all just used to people carrying you..anywho from $299 to 0.2 freaking cents.”
Norris included a snapshot of the receipts, which showed the deduction and total of $0.02.
If it seems too good to be true, it isn’t — the “penny list” is a real potential perk for Home Depot customers, per The Krazy Coupon Lady.
Home Depot doesn’t endorse or advertise the list, and employees aren’t necessarily even supposed to sell items for pennies.
It’s more of an honor system to shoppers, as items that ring up for pennies are only those that were in a clearance aisle and should’ve been taken away by staffers but were accidentally forgotten.
Clearance merchandise that doesn’t sell at Home Depot’s lowest price is supposed to be taken away and removed for good, so the ones that stick around only ring up for pennies at self-checkout.
NOTICE THE NUMBERS
Anything from sinks like Norris’ find or ladders, flashlights, tools, and many others can ring up for a few cents; you just have to hunt for them.
Shoppers should specifically look in clearance sections for price tags that end in two cents, three cents, or four cents, according to The Krazy Coupon Lady.
Items with those price endings at Home Depot typically drop to a penny after 14 weeks from the day they were put on clearance.
The timing will still vary from store to store and could not even drop to a penny until around six to eight months after it was placed on clearance.
To tell if a Home Depot product is worth a penny or a couple of pennies, shoppers have to scan the barcode.
Specifically, they would scan the barcode on the item itself, not the clearance tag sticker.
Latest self-checkout changes
Retailers are evolving their self-checkout strategy in an effort to speed up checkout times and reduce theft.
Walmart shoppers were shocked when self-checkout lanes at various locations were made available only for Walmart+ members.
Other customers reported that self-checkout was closed during specific hours, and more cashiers were offered instead.
While shoppers feared that shoplifting fueled the updates, a Walmart spokesperson revealed that store managers are simply experimenting with ways to improve checkout performance.
One bizarre experiment included an RFID-powered self-checkout kiosk that would stop the fiercely contested receipt checks.
However, that test run has been phased out.
At Target, items are being limited at self-checkout.
Last fall, the brand surveyed new express self-checkout lanes across 200 stores with 10 items or less for more convenience.
As of March 2024, this policy has been expanded across 2,000 stores in the US.
Shoppers have also spotted their local Walmart stores restricting customers to 15 items or less to use self-checkout machines.
SCAN CAREFULLY
It also can’t be scanned using the Home Depot mobile application, only the self-checkout scanner or an in-store price scanner will reveal the penny cost.
It’s also important to note that Home Depot employees do not have to and probably won’t sell shoppers penny items if they’re aware of the discrepancy, according to The Krazy Coupon Lady.
Instead, they’ll try to have it charged to the last clearance price.
The Krazy Coupon Lady advised shoppers who find the penny items to checkout and “stay under the radar.”
Shoppers looking for other deals at Home Depot should check out the $10 draft gadget selling ahead of winter to help lower energy bills.
We’re also now in the midst of the spooky season, and Home Depot has 10 “larger than life” decorations starting at $80.
