This is exactly it. No offense to these guys posting videos but they've all been showing the same stuff for literally months now. If it's always on sale then it's not a sale
@@Randyplaysguitars if you are serious about buying tools and saving money while doing it, people that watch deal of the days, glitches, in tool groups, etc get better deals all year. The only thing i scored this month was a metabo hpt 30 degree framing nailer 4ah kit for 195 new. These BOGO deals are also always the same tools all year long. I have seen the M18 2 5ah kit with tool for YEARS with the same tools and nothing new.
@@hybridmods4228 Yup. I was able to get a deal on home Depot Cyber Monday Milwaukee forge 12ah and 8ah combo for 169. It was a pricing error but those are the real deals you gotta look for. They open are good for minutes before being caught
Agree on no real sales. I walked into my home depot to buy my yearly supply of gorilla grip gloves and just grabbed some cheap rechargeable husky flood lights to loan out to my work crew (they'll probably need new ones next year after getting knocked around). I found better deals in their clearance section than their holiday gift section.
My sort of affordable small hose more than doubled in value. So my property taxes have doubled. They seem determined to tax us out of our house . My $58,000 house in 1990 somehow is now selling for $230,000. That’s ridiculous.
@@georgehinterlong6511 people are so short sighted... what do you think is driving prices up... taxes go up because the value went up... keep going... housing shortage. not enough places for people to live. not enough apartments where built before. people migrate also causing shortage or abundance. the house i paid 169k for 30yrs ago just sold for over 1 million. i sold it for less years ago but took that money and bought mine now. that one has tripled in price in the last 20 years. i could move again to an area with cheap houses and those could go up or down. dont worry though... trump should destroy the country and prices will double within a month that clown crook takes over. your going to miss your life today and how you could at least not go hungry.
@georgehinterlong6511 exactly. My MA house I bought for $250k 15 years ago is now valued near $1M and the property tax 4x to $12k a year. Makes my blood boil. Taxes are more than the mortgage.
A few years ago, I walked into HD, and they had rigid jobsite table saw with the collapsible stand displayed up front as a special buy. If I remember correctly, that was on sale for $349.00, while the same table saw was usually $399.00 & the stand was normally $179.00. That was a deal I couldn't pass up.
I tried to go there to buy a thin adjustable wrench. Nothing in stock but basic tools you already have. Tried lowes and home depot. They don't carry any real variety of tools anymore. Just different brands of the same basic tools. I could not find an almond colored dual 3-way light switch either. What is the point in these massive hardware stores if anything but the most basic tools has to be bought online and shipped to store? How is it that they cannot stock a few of each color for outlets or light switches? White is the only color you can reliably buy. A hardware store that never has the tools you need to finish something you are in the middle of is completely pointless. I also can't find any usable track lighting replacement pendant lights in person either. Everything is all in one throw away led lights from china. When the led dies, you have to replace the whole fixture. These companies are driving people to amazon because same day or next day shipping is the fastest way to get a tool when nothing is stocked at local hardware stores.
All retail companies right now are bragging to their investors that they will keep strong margins during the holiday season. This means there will be no real discounts now. In the Spring when they are all missing their revenue and have piles of inventory there will be great deals.
This is corporate America for you, screw the little guys to keep the stockholders happy reaping the dividends!! They lower their prices, the dividends aren’t there and that makes unhappy stockholders!!
I stopped buying power tools from them when I had to find an employee to get it out of a locked cabinet and then got perp walked to the checkout line. Last time I bought a Dewalt cordless circular saw. I think it was around $250. I went through FIVE employees to find the one that could open the cabinet and he was grumpy about it and didn't really want to be bothered. After that experience, I now order the tools right off Amazon. Same price. No grumpy employee. No perp walk to the cashier.
They do the same thing with rolls or reels of wire! I don't mind that much, I'm friends with many of the employees and they tell me about the bold and blatant theft of tools and wire almost constantly! I was told recently about a theft of over $4000 worth of wire! They had it in carts and walked right out by the checkout counter! They can't follow them for the safety of the employee! I'm in Home Depot almost everyday, I find open packages on shelves where people have opened them and took out the one or two they needed!
I get why they lock everything up but these stores need a better way of doing things. I think they should have at least one employee at all times in these departments with a cash register. Pull it out of the cage and ring it up right there. They can put the item(s) in a large designated store bag and someone at the exit can remove the item(s) from the bag, check the receipt, take the bag and send them on their way. Wal Mart does the perp walk for sub $5 items while they have $100 items out open on the floor. Ridiculous.
@@jbdragon3295 Yes, the "locked up" thing is annoying as hell...if they are having shoplifting problems, they need to just start prosecuting shoplifters, not treat everybody like they are a shoplifter..I mean, they have security cameras...
They do have sales, but you have to know the products and what they sell for. I bought the Ryobi 18volt fan, charger and battery for $60, that's a sale price, but if you look at just the fan, it's $60 too, they want lower the price on just the fan, it's a game they play, I shop online daily, if you see an item, know it's at a great price, buy it, don't wait, don't put in your cart, the price will go up, they monitor your activity, I do get good deals but it takes a lot of searching.
@@KadiddlehopperClem Americans spent that much online on Black Friday not in store. With more spending in store. Home stores (possibly home depot included in that?) saw a 7.9% decline in consumer Black Friday spending in 2024 though per Forbes citing RetailNext. Consumers are spending just not here?
@@KadiddlehopperClemnot this American.. they're definitely adding in the millionaires and Kim Ks buying stuff. The majority don't even have $150 for a tool cart. Shit man the electric bill is $250 😂
Every time I'm thinking about buying a new power tool I leave without it because they have them locked up and there is no one around to help. I understand why they lock them up but put a buzzer by them to call for assistance.
I hear ya, I usually have to go all the way to lumber to even find someone. What I hate the most about asking, they sigh like I’m such a burden in their work day lmao.
@@davegravel3740 exactly I agree with you that’s why I go to Harbor freight at least where they have it locked up. It’s at the front counter so anything that’s locked up can be quickly unlocked and grabbed by the cashier it’s sad that Harbor freight is getting better at almost everything than the big box stores
In my local Home Depot, if it is locked up and more than $100 ,they have to carry it to the register for you. Seriously, this has gotten out of control. I'm tired of being treated like a criminal when I want to purchase something.
As far as I’m concerned, several reasons….same products year after year. Not exciting. The locked cages are a turn off to me anyway. Harbor Freight has emerged as a powerful competitor. Amazon is taking a huge bite out of traditional brick and mortar business. Shoppers want everything and they don’t want to pay anything. It’s a real whore’s market with too much competition!
@@UpInYourFeelings Anytime I can just walk into a store and exchange my "broken" tool within 5 years with no question asked will always win out in my eyes. I've heard unfortunate stories from friends about returned product that has to be mailed back to Dewalt, Milwaukee,... only to be told it's the users' fault - no dice. And then when you throw in the HF price vs Dewalt, Milwaukee, Rigid,... HF wins hands down. Just my opinion....
Lowe's will have big sales on the most basic toolboxes. I bought one to put in my car trunk for emergencies. But a toolbox like that will be useless to a handyman. My toolbox was normally $80 (a massively inflated price), but the sale price was $25. Craftsman tools are not that good now but they are fine for light work and emergencies. If I break some of those tools it doesn't matter.
Putting aside the fact that I pretty much have almost all the tools I want, locking up the tools in cages made me pretty much lose interest in buying. I used to make a lot of impulse purchases at Home Depot etc when I could just grab it but now with it looking like a prison I don't even bother to look. 🤷♂
You can't blame home Depot for that ...this coming from a guy that work on CCTV camera installs at the retail level ... bottom feeders ruined for the rest of us😢
Buckle up buttercup you ain't seen nothing yet! Actually the economy is and has been good for some time. You have just been fed a line of BS! Shortly your hero will destroy this economy with his crazy ass policies! Of course you will blame Biden.
The beautiful part of capitalism is we don't buy this stuff, companies are forced to lower prices or go out of business. We have the power to turn this around.
People are paying less for better/easier warranty at harbor freight with quality being just as good these days they're slowly taking over the tool market my opinion
Hurcules with a 5 year warranty that can be handled at the store, not some ship it back to the manufacturer if it's broken and you MIGHT get reimbursed bs.
I Buy 1/2 dozen 4 1/2 grinders from DeWalt each year but they have gotten stinky with Home Depot about replacing failed tools. Gone to Harbor Freight and no problems with replacement ‼️
I noticed that too, My local home depot "Black friday sale was supposed to run from Nov-7 to Nov 28. As of 12/12 all the of the black friday displays were still out and about 90% of what they had put out was still there. Only a Single item was actually sold out. Meanwhile at harbor freight their stock was absolutely demolished. Nearly all the Bauer and Hercules tools were out of stock, all their hand tool kits were out of stock, The Socket and wrench sections were barebones. It looked like the damned toilet paper aisle after the lockdowns started.
No I don't blame the store for raising the prices, but it's the fool that pays them that perpetuates the problem, If we don't buy them the price will go down or they'll go out of business one of the two but it's a consumer that has to solve this problem and we are, By leaving this Overprised, junk on the shelf.
Bingo! I just got a 5" cordless bandsaw with battery and charger for 99.99 at HF that's a deal! The DeWalt or Milwaukee counterpart would be well over 3-400$ just for the tool.
The Home Depot wanted $59.00 for a Moen bathroom hardware set. I checked it out online, and found the same brand new set on Ebay for $28.00, and the shipping was free. $89.00 bathroom sink faucets at The Home Depot were $56.00 on Walmart's website, and the source was from a plumbing supply store. The Home Depot is now a rip off.
I get most of my tools at harbor freight or on line sales. HD become an annoying experience to shop and buy at around here with little to no discount last few years same with lowes.
Harbor Freight did a good job of differentiting tools and adding higher quality proucts with Quinn, Doyle, Icon, Badland, Apache, Bauer, and Hercules and focusing on quality that it made buying those tools less risky at their slightly lower pricepoint. Second, this year, HF (especially Inside Track members) released coupons with good discounts on these same tools and gave away free buckets once in a while to the point where the savings paid off next year's Inside Track renewal fee. To me, the better investment and Christmas present is the Inside Track membership with the coupons saving more money.
Lots of nice tools, but the price points are too high. People are going to wait until this stuff has to be liquidated in a real sale. Locking stuff in cages to reduce theft is understandable, but is horrendous for marketing.
I see something locked up i move along... No need to wait for someone to open the cages. The only time I called an employee to open the cage was when I needed fire sensor, but each time I wanted to compare i had to ask for an employee. This took like 2hrs which should've taken 30min to decide.
@@mrfixit8776 exactly the only place I ever go that has stuff locked up is Harbor freight and that’s because they’re actually quick if it’s locked up because they have you in line waiting when they unlock it right there at the front you’re not waiting two hours to get something unlocked to take it up frontharbor freight is just all around better most of the time now.
You're 100% correct, Harbor Freight growth is absolutely exploding compared to all other hardware stores. Their growth is so huge, they made the National Retail Federations top 25 growing companies in the country the last two years. Last year by sales - they were rated the fastest growing retailer of anything in the COUNTRY. In the last year their foot traffic is up 15%, compared to the rest of the home improvement market being up an average of only 2%. To say business is booming at Harbor Freight is an understatement.
I was told by an employee years ago not to buy anything a month before black Friday because they creep the prices up to make the sales look better. Stuff won’t sell and they’ll crush it instead of lowering prices
I went to but some tools in a lock box and no employees were in the aisles. I went to customer service and they said they would send someone. 20 mins later I left with nothing because no one came
What is the deal with that? Seems kind of gimmicky, and not real useful unless you want to store some craft tools in it. My HF was all sold out, but Northern Tool has loads of them for $12, and looking them, I don't get it, unless someone wants a "cute" miniature version of a tool box.
@@mickm5097 gimmick for sure. I mean, I was going to get one for my kids, but only if I stumbled on it in the store. My HF never had them on the shelves. You had to ask an associate who would give you two. No thanks, I'll save my money. I'm not sure what the use case would be. I heard some people say they would put them on their desks, but I have drawers for all of my pens and pencils.
People have gone to Harbor Freight to get comparable tools with a much lower price. And they give a lot of free batteries in there cordless packages. The big box stores are to high.
The same thing is happening at Walmarts. They used the same kind of display cases in the middle of the aisles for Black Friday and those items are still sitting there two weeks later. Many look like they haven't even been touched.
Many people are broke and the market has been flooded with (power tools). They are at stores, online stores, garage sales, swap meets, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist. You can find cheap tools year around.
@@larryjanson4011 At our flea market, there are sellers that are reselling Home Depot items from pallets of returns, not stolen stuff (that I know of). I'm happy to get deals, but HD is competing with itself by selling cheap returns on pallets, because people buy that stuff instead of going to HD. It also ends up being sold online.
A lot of the deals are the same price as last year but you get less Ah batteries or less tool selection., Considering people are feeling the pinch financially already somethings gotta give.
2 Christmas ago I bought the Makita 7 1/4" saw, with 4- 5ah batteries, dual charger and bag for $200, now 2 batteries cost $200, I'm more into Ridge and Ryobi tools now, they have great sales and are good tools
Not buying anything for anyone this Christmas. Not until prices come down, will I be buying anything! Yesterday, I paid 14 bucks for a single can of spray polyurethane . 9 bucks a year and a half ago. Now paying 9 bucks for a dozen eggs! Awesome work on the economy, Jag Off Brandon!
blame harbor freight, people are waking up and quitting the "its a name brand so its better" mentality, at the end of the day earthquake, icon, even Pittsburgh is just as good, i have been using the same Pittsburgh tools now for 13 years and i turn wrenches every day. i have not broke a ratchet because i use them as intended, breaker bar when needed and right size drive for the proper job. cant beat a walk in warranty now days, even the craftsman tools have a walk in warranty at lowes and ace hardware. as for sets, might be different if they didnt include 200 bits in the box, i mean what happened to the good ole screwdriver set? i wont buy a tool set if it has more than 15 bits in them.
@@googleuser1036 HF has a 5 year warranty that can be dealt with at the store... any of their stores. At the big boxes a lot of their brands require the hassle of mailing the item back to manufacturer and all that bs that goes with it.
If using for work certain things are better. But still need a good sale. Plus unless you lose something or somehow break it just keep a tool clean and last nearly forever. Pricing is also higher. As he said maybe battery sales for cordless if you need them. Don't always need a new supposedly better cordless just because.
People are aware of Home Depot getting producers to supply sale only products! Products are lower quality and Home Depot can lower prices and keep it's profit margin.
Me too...used to be a Ryobi guy, but I saw the quality drop and the prices go up...on both the tools and the batteries...the HF Bauer and Hercules are a better deal...plus, they don't have those antiquated "pod" batteries with the weak attachment system like Ryobi still does...
At the 3 home depots in my area, they are not selling out much either, i think its the fact the "sales" have been either the same price or slightly higher than the normal year long price. Its actually cheaper AFTER the sales.
I personally are not buying anything due to massive increases in everything else especially taxes and insurance. Normally I wait until year end to buy/replace old tools buy additional tools/blades etc for my carpentry business. Not this year.
Harbor Freight sold out of all of their Icon sockets when they ran them 40 percent off recently. Im heading over there to pick up a 40 off wrench set today I picked up the Milwaukee fuel 12v hammer drill/ hex impact deal because I needed a new makita battery 😂
Which set are you going after? And are an Inside track club member? I was looking at the Hercules Battery and charger deal and get a free impact wrench but they said that deal wasn't good anymore, thanks.
@ I recently switched most of my hand tools over to Icon pretty much. Kept my snap on ratchets, some specialty tools etc but all the sockets and wrenches are getting switched to icon. The walk in warranty is where its at for me these days. I used to buy a lot of craftsman when there was a sears next to my house, didnt like the tools but the warranty was what sold me. Looks like Harbor Freight is going to get my business. Also yes, just renewed my membership. Its ridiculous everything has gone to these subscription models but I bought the membership when I bought a generator. Buying the membership actually saved me enough money to make it make sense
Just grabbed the metric and SAE ratcheting flex head wenches and flex head torque wrench and threw in the mini toolbox cuz I got 20% any one item for inside track club 😊
If you open up a HF credit card you get an additional 10% off your first purchase with card and 5% off on each additional purchase with card. It makes those 20% and 40% off coupons really fantastic.
I got on the Ryobi kick. Main reason was Dewalt was too expensive for me as they are not an everyday used tool and more importantly, those Dewalt guys couldn’t switch out their old worn batteries for a Ryobi one. Ryobi is only sold at Home Depot. The problem is they don’t really back the product. I have a weed trimmer where the trigger is buggered and I have to install and remove the battery to operate it and they also wont replace the P107 battery that blew up in the charger, not to mention the $600 clean up bill from the smoke damage. I was one of the lucky ones I guess , if you can call it luck that the set up was near my kitchen door and I was able to toss it out on to the lawn saving my house from burning down. As far as sales of other tool manufacturers they sell , every other stores sell them , not hearing too much chatter of them blowing up.
I was just in Home Depot on 12/27 to pick up the new GEN 2 M12 Stubby 3/8" impact wrench. Over the past month I sold my Gen-1 3/8" & 1/4" stubby impact wrenches on Ebay so I can get the new Gen-2. I used to have all 3 of the first gens but now I have the Gen-1 1/2" stubby and the new Gen-2 3/8" stubby. It is 100% an upgrade from the other and it is a great little impact.
I've been buying all my new xgt Makita power tools and batteries on eBay. All the tools are brand new and I'm saving over $100 per tool compared to Home Depot or specialty professional stores
@@philipdamask2279 Could be knock-off counterfeits, if they are new...I hear that is happening a lot on Amazon, probably Ebay as well...stuff like fake DeWalt cordless tool batteries being as the real thing...counterfeit....
The sale prices aren't much different than regular price, there is no reason to rush out and get what you want when you aren't saving anything, add that in so many people are completely broke right now
I shop all year round. You get great deal during the year. I got a dewalt two garden tool with 60v flex battery for $199 this summer from HD. I got a 3200psi pressure washer with Honda engine from Sams for $139 two months ago. Be smart and keep looking at different stores. Ace hardware has great deals on snowblower, 40% off and i jumped on it since mine was having too many issues.
Geeeeee, do you think the geniuses at Hd,lowes,Walmart, target,etc., would be smart enough to have a "pre-covid" sale. It's like they don't want to sell stuff. Nothing wow..
No what's actually happening is that there are better deals online so everyone is buying online. I ordered a Milwaukee 5 tool kit for like 600 bucks on the home depot and i went to the store to see if they have them and they didn't and everything was more expensive in store than online.
I do all my shopping online and I rarely purchase anything from HD or Lowes. I like Acme and Tekton websites where I purchase the vast majority of my power and hand tools.
I worked at a big sporting goods years ago, on Thanksgiving night we went and removed all the sale tags from the clothes rack and put "Regular Prices" tags on everything, because they had a 20% off sale for black friday lol. People only saving about 5% maybe, plus waithing about 20-30 minutes on line.
Buy those tools now because the price will go up when those tariffs are put in place. Most of those tools are made in China or elsewhere overseas. Check the outside of the boxes for country of origin.
Honestly it’s just like people say about the big TVs, everyone has a big tv now so no one is buying them on Black Friday, like let’s put the things we need on sale like cordless batteries or lumber. They would make so much more money that way.
Home Depot and Lowe's offer the exact same items every year in these so called sales sections. How many screwdrivers, saw blades, drill bits and hammers do you need?
Some things at my home Depot sold out many weeks ago. I think the big difference is that they are reselling the same exact things as last year to the mostly same customer base and we already have all the great deals from last year and don’t need more of the same
My locals HDs don't have most of the deals show in the flyer I purchased online really early the 3 steep latter(19.99) only for my order to be canceled... not only that HD sells a Husky tool chest for 200 dollars but if you choose the red or black color it actually costs 299 while they put the gray and blue that cost 200 on top shelves where unless you know what they are you will never know... And this year I didn't see any good deals...
Home depot is 20% higher than menards!......7.99 for a case of water at home depot that I can get for 3-4 dollars somewhere else! Can't believe Lowes and home depot aren't closing stores!
No Menard's within 700 miles here..they are a regional thing...for that reason I couldn't care less what Menard's has or how much it is...Harbor Freight, Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart pretty much everywhere...
We have only 1 Home Depot and 1 Lowes in Eastern Montana and the prices here are nearly twice what you show on your videos. The DeWalt BOGO special here is 319$ and was sold out within minutes. The entire Home Depot Tool dept is sold out within the first week. All the prices were higher but we have lot of people from CA that moved here with money and just clean out the stores. They like to run up the prices and up bid everything including real estate.
The Milwaukee Top-Off and 6ah battery combo sold out at my HD. I got one because I stumbled into one (supposedly last one in store) that whoever originally picked it up, ended up shoving in the back of a shelf it wasn’t supposed to be on.
😂 😂 Sale? I've been tracking the price of some tools I needed... They are exactly the same price, now they have a higher scratched out price beside the original price they've been all year. Feels almost like an insult.
The local Home Depot put out its black Friday display packs in early November and all the few great deals sold instantly. Then at the end they marked down some items. Ie 40v ryobi chain saws from 189 to 90 or 89.
Great point here...I'm in Lowes, HD everyday. HD I walk all the stuff up front like years past. Couldn't walk by without picking up one or two items previous years all the time. Been in 10x this month, bought nothing. Same everyday prices looks to me ?
Nothing is selling because these are the same exact deals they've had all year and labeling it "Holiday Sale" there's no sale
This is exactly it. No offense to these guys posting videos but they've all been showing the same stuff for literally months now. If it's always on sale then it's not a sale
You are 100 percent correct. I watch the sales all year and no real deals this year
@@Randyplaysguitars if you are serious about buying tools and saving money while doing it, people that watch deal of the days, glitches, in tool groups, etc get better deals all year. The only thing i scored this month was a metabo hpt 30 degree framing nailer 4ah kit for 195 new. These BOGO deals are also always the same tools all year long. I have seen the M18 2 5ah kit with tool for YEARS with the same tools and nothing new.
@@hybridmods4228 Yup. I was able to get a deal on home Depot Cyber Monday Milwaukee forge 12ah and 8ah combo for 169. It was a pricing error but those are the real deals you gotta look for. They open are good for minutes before being caught
Agree on no real sales. I walked into my home depot to buy my yearly supply of gorilla grip gloves and just grabbed some cheap rechargeable husky flood lights to loan out to my work crew (they'll probably need new ones next year after getting knocked around). I found better deals in their clearance section than their holiday gift section.
People are spending money on high grocery prices and property taxes. I can’t eat tools so I put food before anything.
..got to put property taxes before food, else you won't have a place to live...property taxes are flat out robbery....
My sort of affordable small hose more than doubled in value. So my property taxes have doubled. They seem determined to tax us out of our house . My $58,000 house in 1990 somehow is now selling for $230,000. That’s ridiculous.
@@georgehinterlong6511 people are so short sighted... what do you think is driving prices up... taxes go up because the value went up... keep going... housing shortage. not enough places for people to live. not enough apartments where built before. people migrate also causing shortage or abundance. the house i paid 169k for 30yrs ago just sold for over 1 million. i sold it for less years ago but took that money and bought mine now. that one has tripled in price in the last 20 years. i could move again to an area with cheap houses and those could go up or down. dont worry though... trump should destroy the country and prices will double within a month that clown crook takes over. your going to miss your life today and how you could at least not go hungry.
@georgehinterlong6511 exactly. My MA house I bought for $250k 15 years ago is now valued near $1M and the property tax 4x to $12k a year. Makes my blood boil. Taxes are more than the mortgage.
@georgehinterlong6511 it's a scam.to kicked out people homes
People don't want a "not bad price". They want a "damn, that's a great price".
or at least a affordable price.
A few years ago, I walked into HD, and they had rigid jobsite table saw with the collapsible stand displayed up front as a special buy. If I remember correctly, that was on sale for $349.00, while the same table saw was usually $399.00 & the stand was normally $179.00. That was a deal I couldn't pass up.
Fuck them stores 😂
He said hes done this for a few years, why doesnt he go back to his old vids and show what the prices were then vs now? That would be very telling
I tried to go there to buy a thin adjustable wrench. Nothing in stock but basic tools you already have. Tried lowes and home depot. They don't carry any real variety of tools anymore. Just different brands of the same basic tools.
I could not find an almond colored dual 3-way light switch either. What is the point in these massive hardware stores if anything but the most basic tools has to be bought online and shipped to store? How is it that they cannot stock a few of each color for outlets or light switches? White is the only color you can reliably buy.
A hardware store that never has the tools you need to finish something you are in the middle of is completely pointless. I also can't find any usable track lighting replacement pendant lights in person either. Everything is all in one throw away led lights from china. When the led dies, you have to replace the whole fixture.
These companies are driving people to amazon because same day or next day shipping is the fastest way to get a tool when nothing is stocked at local hardware stores.
Home Depot has been caught doing what other stores are doing. The advertised sale prices are actually the regular prices.
All retail companies right now are bragging to their investors that they will keep strong margins during the holiday season. This means there will be no real discounts now. In the Spring when they are all missing their revenue and have piles of inventory there will be great deals.
This is corporate America for you, screw the little guys to keep the stockholders happy reaping the dividends!! They lower their prices, the dividends aren’t there and that makes unhappy stockholders!!
Not true! Others stores raise the price 60% then mark it down as 40% off sale.
Wish more companies were being charged with this. In some states this is illegal
Yep, there shit has gotten to expensive for being on allegedly a sale.
I stopped buying power tools from them when I had to find an employee to get it out of a locked cabinet and then got perp walked to the checkout line. Last time I bought a Dewalt cordless circular saw. I think it was around $250. I went through FIVE employees to find the one that could open the cabinet and he was grumpy about it and didn't really want to be bothered. After that experience, I now order the tools right off Amazon. Same price. No grumpy employee. No perp walk to the cashier.
They do the same thing with rolls or reels of wire! I don't mind that much, I'm friends with many of the employees and they tell me about the bold and blatant theft of tools and wire almost constantly! I was told recently about a theft of over $4000 worth of wire! They had it in carts and walked right out by the checkout counter! They can't follow them for the safety of the employee! I'm in Home Depot almost everyday, I find open packages on shelves where people have opened them and took out the one or two they needed!
Totally agree that’s what I do 2:35
I get why they lock everything up but these stores need a better way of doing things. I think they should have at least one employee at all times in these departments with a cash register. Pull it out of the cage and ring it up right there. They can put the item(s) in a large designated store bag and someone at the exit can remove the item(s) from the bag, check the receipt, take the bag and send them on their way. Wal Mart does the perp walk for sub $5 items while they have $100 items out open on the floor. Ridiculous.
Yes same experience ..perp walk..lol…true
They do nothing to thief’s , but treat you like a thief
2k a month for a one bedroom apartment the only thing you are going to see sold out is rice and beans
I feel you on this.
Ah yes, the Dave Ramsey diet!
Apartment.....I'm you're not the target audience bud. Construction work budgets may be on hold till the new year when the money comes.
@ACJ523 regular people buy em to fix stuff around the house also wtf? I own 3 brand and they all work the same, Dewalt, Milwaukee., and bosch
I’ve been a carpenter since 1985. The reason the tools aren’t selling because even at the sale price….The price is ridiculous.
They don’t have any sales. Everything is the same price all year.
I noticed the same there a few days ago, also, they had a bad Q3, so they are trying to sell their crap for the most profit right now.
@@Billy_bSLAYER
A lot of their tools are locked up, making it a hassle to buy so you just move on or leave. Just order online!
@@jbdragon3295 Yes, the "locked up" thing is annoying as hell...if they are having shoplifting problems, they need to just start prosecuting shoplifters, not treat everybody like they are a shoplifter..I mean, they have security cameras...
My home depot has some pretty good sales right now.
They do have sales, but you have to know the products and what they sell for. I bought the Ryobi 18volt fan, charger and battery for $60, that's a sale price, but if you look at just the fan, it's $60 too, they want lower the price on just the fan, it's a game they play, I shop online daily, if you see an item, know it's at a great price, buy it, don't wait, don't put in your cart, the price will go up, they monitor your activity, I do get good deals but it takes a lot of searching.
Most of them aren't smoking deals this year. Folks are broke. Bit of both?
Exactly
Really? Americans spent 10.8 billion on Black Friday!!!!
@@KadiddlehopperClem Americans spent that much online on Black Friday not in store. With more spending in store. Home stores (possibly home depot included in that?) saw a 7.9% decline in consumer Black Friday spending in 2024 though per Forbes citing RetailNext. Consumers are spending just not here?
@@KadiddlehopperClemnot this American.. they're definitely adding in the millionaires and Kim Ks buying stuff. The majority don't even have $150 for a tool cart. Shit man the electric bill is $250 😂
Bidenomics
Every time I'm thinking about buying a new power tool I leave without it because they have them locked up and there is no one around to help. I understand why they lock them up but put a buzzer by them to call for assistance.
I hear ya, I usually have to go all the way to lumber to even find someone. What I hate the most about asking, they sigh like I’m such a burden in their work day lmao.
@@davegravel3740 exactly I agree with you that’s why I go to Harbor freight at least where they have it locked up. It’s at the front counter so anything that’s locked up can be quickly unlocked and grabbed by the cashier it’s sad that Harbor freight is getting better at almost everything than the big box stores
In my local Home Depot, if it is locked up and more than $100 ,they have to carry it to the register for you. Seriously, this has gotten out of control. I'm tired of being treated like a criminal when I want to purchase something.
@@whiggins101maybe you look like one, just like me
@@JayDetailzagree , i live in eu but same attitude here 😂
Everyone is going to Harbor Freight where it's half the price w/ better warranty.
Yeah $9 for 2 years ain't bad when Home Depot says $45
I passed on Dewalt and Milwaukee for my 3/4 impact wrench. Got it with battery and charger for under $220
Better warranty? I get DeWalt warranty is complete trash but Milwaukee has great warranty and customer service.
As far as I’m concerned, several reasons….same products year after year. Not exciting. The locked cages are a turn off to me anyway. Harbor Freight has emerged as a powerful competitor. Amazon is taking a huge bite out of traditional brick and mortar business. Shoppers want everything and they don’t want to pay anything. It’s a real whore’s market with too much competition!
@@UpInYourFeelings Anytime I can just walk into a store and exchange my "broken" tool within 5 years with no question asked will always win out in my eyes. I've heard unfortunate stories from friends about returned product that has to be mailed back to Dewalt, Milwaukee,... only to be told it's the users' fault - no dice. And then when you throw in the HF price vs Dewalt, Milwaukee, Rigid,... HF wins hands down.
Just my opinion....
What do you think, light bill or new tools?
Yup , bills went up $500 a month.. not making any more money a month
There is no deals. Lowe’s is the same way. You can buy this stuff all year at the same price.
Lowe's will have big sales on the most basic toolboxes. I bought one to put in my car trunk for emergencies. But a toolbox like that will be useless to a handyman.
My toolbox was normally $80 (a massively inflated price), but the sale price was $25. Craftsman tools are not that good now but they are fine for light work and emergencies. If I break some of those tools it doesn't matter.
Power tools have become Snap On price mode. Ridiculous.
Putting aside the fact that I pretty much have almost all the tools I want, locking up the tools in cages made me pretty much lose interest in buying. I used to make a lot of impulse purchases at Home Depot etc when I could just grab it but now with it looking like a prison I don't even bother to look. 🤷♂
You can't blame home Depot for that ...this coming from a guy that work on CCTV camera installs at the retail level ... bottom feeders ruined for the rest of us😢
Jack up the original price to make it look like it’s on sale. 😂
@@DurbinRideMy area is very safe and Lowe’s, Menards, Harbor Freight etc operate just fine without having everything locked up.
Signs you are in a high theft area, Walmart locking up dental floss.
@@DurbinRideyou mean black people?
In case you haven't noticed the economy sucks.
The Economy only sucks in red states . The welfare checks are getting smaller.
But the terrorists in the O-Biden camp will tell you that the numbers say we are in the best economy ever.
Buckle up buttercup you ain't seen nothing yet! Actually the economy is and has been good for some time. You have just been fed a line of BS! Shortly your hero will destroy this economy with his crazy ass policies! Of course you will blame Biden.
You think the economy sucks wait till 2025
True, but contractors and dyi folks wait for the Christmas sales. This was the crappiest years on tools specifically
The beautiful part of capitalism is we don't buy this stuff, companies are forced to lower prices or go out of business. We have the power to turn this around.
Not anymore we don’t have capitalism the wealth is going all to the elites.
But you have to deal with monopolies , wait till Home Dumpo buys up Harbor Freight then all of sudden, no competition
People are paying less for better/easier warranty at harbor freight with quality being just as good these days they're slowly taking over the tool market my opinion
What I did.
Hurcules with a 5 year warranty that can be handled at the store, not some ship it back to the manufacturer if it's broken and you MIGHT get reimbursed bs.
I Buy 1/2 dozen 4 1/2 grinders from DeWalt each year but they have gotten stinky with Home Depot about replacing failed tools. Gone to Harbor Freight and no problems with replacement ‼️
I noticed that too, My local home depot "Black friday sale was supposed to run from Nov-7 to Nov 28. As of 12/12 all the of the black friday displays were still out and about 90% of what they had put out was still there. Only a Single item was actually sold out. Meanwhile at harbor freight their stock was absolutely demolished. Nearly all the Bauer and Hercules tools were out of stock, all their hand tool kits were out of stock, The Socket and wrench sections were barebones. It looked like the damned toilet paper aisle after the lockdowns started.
Your opinion is wrong. You should read Finance and Economic news once in a while
It’s hard to pay that price when you can get the cheaper tools with a life time warranty at HF
Too expensive & not many people have money to waste.
My property taxes literally doubled this year and it’s the same old stuff that’s been there all year.
No I don't blame the store for raising the prices, but it's the fool that pays them that perpetuates the problem, If we don't buy them the price will go down or they'll go out of business one of the two but it's a consumer that has to solve this problem and we are, By leaving this Overprised, junk on the shelf.
Here in california no need to buy anything most people just walkout without paying.
Home Depot had a wired Jig Saw for $129.00, purchased same saw at Harbor Freight for $69.00
That sums it all up
Bingo! I just got a 5" cordless bandsaw with battery and charger for 99.99 at HF that's a deal! The DeWalt or Milwaukee counterpart would be well over 3-400$ just for the tool.
The Home Depot wanted $59.00 for a Moen bathroom hardware set. I checked it out online, and found the same brand new set on Ebay for $28.00, and the shipping was free. $89.00 bathroom sink faucets at The Home Depot were $56.00 on Walmart's website, and the source was from a plumbing supply store. The Home Depot is now a rip off.
Or hit the local thrift shops, pawn shops, or garage sales and pick one up with a lot of blades included for $5 or $10.
Just this weekend I found a occilating tool for 18 dollars vs HD one for 100 +
I get most of my tools at harbor freight or on line sales. HD become an annoying experience to shop and buy at around here with little to no discount last few years same with lowes.
Plus, there's no one nearby to help you. You have to walk the whole store sometimes to find an employee.
Harbor Freight did a good job of differentiting tools and adding higher quality proucts with Quinn, Doyle, Icon, Badland, Apache, Bauer, and Hercules and focusing on quality that it made buying those tools less risky at their slightly lower pricepoint.
Second, this year, HF (especially Inside Track members) released coupons with good discounts on these same tools and gave away free buckets once in a while to the point where the savings paid off next year's Inside Track renewal fee.
To me, the better investment and Christmas present is the Inside Track membership with the coupons saving more money.
Lots of nice tools, but the price points are too high. People are going to wait until this stuff has to be liquidated in a real sale. Locking stuff in cages to reduce theft is understandable, but is horrendous for marketing.
I see something locked up i move along... No need to wait for someone to open the cages. The only time I called an employee to open the cage was when I needed fire sensor, but each time I wanted to compare i had to ask for an employee. This took like 2hrs which should've taken 30min to decide.
@@mrfixit8776 exactly the only place I ever go that has stuff locked up is Harbor freight and that’s because they’re actually quick if it’s locked up because they have you in line waiting when they unlock it right there at the front you’re not waiting two hours to get something unlocked to take it up frontharbor freight is just all around better most of the time now.
I agree about the locked inventory . If I have to look for an associate to fetch an item I wil just move on .
Harbor Freight is where its at. Bought a bunch of icon sockets at 40% off then 2 torque wrenches today
You're 100% correct, Harbor Freight growth is absolutely exploding compared to all other hardware stores. Their growth is so huge, they made the National Retail Federations top 25 growing companies in the country the last two years. Last year by sales - they were rated the fastest growing retailer of anything in the COUNTRY. In the last year their foot traffic is up 15%, compared to the rest of the home improvement market being up an average of only 2%. To say business is booming at Harbor Freight is an understatement.
That 40% off wasn’t honored on anything but Icon breaker bars and Wrenches when I went.
@akbychoice i bought the sockets during black fri and black fri extended
Yup HF is where I shopped at.HD and Lowes are a ripoff!
I got some icon ratcheting wrenches and a torque wrench and the quality is way better than I was expecting tbh
The economy has been challenging these last 4 years. I could only afford gifts for the kids, nieces and nephews this Christmas.
I was told by an employee years ago not to buy anything a month before black Friday because they creep the prices up to make the sales look better. Stuff won’t sell and they’ll crush it instead of lowering prices
Everyone's broke !!! ☃️ Could be worse stay warm ❄️🌲, hopefully Santa brings gift cards for Christmas
How can people be broke? Trump made them rich four years ago did you blow through all your money already?
@Morpheus187 no my wife did it for me 😁
@@lakeside8 speak for yourself bud
No one is stealing them! That's why the shelf is full. The black market is already flooded.😂
I was looking at a milwaukee light that was 10 dollars cheaper before black Friday
I went to but some tools in a lock box and no employees were in the aisles. I went to customer service and they said they would send someone. 20 mins later I left with nothing because no one came
That's how it normally works around here as well.
Wait until after the first of the year you’ll see more and more of this stuff piled up on shelves people can’t afford.
They all raised their prices above ridiculous for years now, then they mark it down and its still too high prices. 😊
The hit “tool” deal of Black Friday was a $10 mini toolbox. Let’s all let that sink in
What is the deal with that? Seems kind of gimmicky, and not real useful unless you want to store some craft tools in it. My HF was all sold out, but Northern Tool has loads of them for $12, and looking them, I don't get it, unless someone wants a "cute" miniature version of a tool box.
I got your drift. Well said
@@mickm5097if you can't afford nice tools at least you have a tiny toolbox to not put them in.
@@mickm5097 gimmick for sure. I mean, I was going to get one for my kids, but only if I stumbled on it in the store. My HF never had them on the shelves. You had to ask an associate who would give you two. No thanks, I'll save my money. I'm not sure what the use case would be. I heard some people say they would put them on their desks, but I have drawers for all of my pens and pencils.
😂😂 I almost bought the pink one as a gag Christmas gift. You're right, it was the only thing worth grabbing
People have gone to Harbor Freight to get comparable tools with a much lower price. And they give a lot of free batteries in there cordless packages. The big box stores are to high.
The same thing is happening at Walmarts. They used the same kind of display cases in the middle of the aisles for Black Friday and those items are still sitting there two weeks later. Many look like they haven't even been touched.
No big deal, billionaires have been kicking ass for a couple decades now. Good thing working class people keep giving them tax breaks.
fathers day and labor day sales are better than the xmas markdowns this year
Walmart “Hyper Tough” has same torque ratings, a third of the price and a three-year warranty is three dollars.
Many people are broke and the market has been flooded with (power tools). They are at stores, online stores, garage sales, swap meets, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist. You can find cheap tools year around.
it is sad but the stolen tools sold at a flea market. the prices there are also way to high.
@@larryjanson4011 At our flea market, there are sellers that are reselling Home Depot items from pallets of returns, not stolen stuff (that I know of). I'm happy to get deals, but HD is competing with itself by selling cheap returns on pallets, because people buy that stuff instead of going to HD. It also ends up being sold online.
We gotta pay for the stuff that was stolen...
A lot of the deals are the same price as last year but you get less Ah batteries or less tool selection., Considering people are feeling the pinch financially already somethings gotta give.
2 Christmas ago I bought the Makita 7 1/4" saw, with 4- 5ah batteries, dual charger and bag for $200, now 2 batteries cost $200, I'm more into Ridge and Ryobi tools now, they have great sales and are good tools
Nobody has money due to inflation. Plus, folks have jitters about the possible coming tariffs adding to inflation and shortages.
That's why I got the new DEWALT XR DCB 3.5 STACKED LITHIUM ON ORDER FROM ACME TOOLS Only Paid $169 TOTAL DELIVERY to my Address
I don't have jitters about things that aren't going to happen. It's easy just quit watching CNN or MSNBC
Exactly.....go Trump ! 😊
Not buying anything for anyone this Christmas. Not until prices come down, will I be buying anything! Yesterday, I paid 14 bucks for a single can of spray polyurethane . 9 bucks a year and a half ago. Now paying 9 bucks for a dozen eggs! Awesome work on the economy, Jag Off Brandon!
blame harbor freight, people are waking up and quitting the "its a name brand so its better" mentality, at the end of the day earthquake, icon, even Pittsburgh is just as good, i have been using the same Pittsburgh tools now for 13 years and i turn wrenches every day. i have not broke a ratchet because i use them as intended, breaker bar when needed and right size drive for the proper job. cant beat a walk in warranty now days, even the craftsman tools have a walk in warranty at lowes and ace hardware. as for sets, might be different if they didnt include 200 bits in the box, i mean what happened to the good ole screwdriver set? i wont buy a tool set if it has more than 15 bits in them.
Some would argue that Harbor Freight is even getting a little expensive over the last several years.
@@googleuser1036 HF has a 5 year warranty that can be dealt with at the store... any of their stores. At the big boxes a lot of their brands require the hassle of mailing the item back to manufacturer and all that bs that goes with it.
If using for work certain things are better. But still need a good sale.
Plus unless you lose something or somehow break it just keep a tool clean and last nearly forever.
Pricing is also higher.
As he said maybe battery sales for cordless if you need them. Don't always need a new supposedly better cordless just because.
Icon and Pittsburgh ARE name brands now. I think stuff isn’t selling because the market is saturated with this stuff.
People are aware of Home Depot getting producers to supply sale only products! Products are lower quality and Home Depot can lower prices and keep it's profit margin.
i recently got into the hercules line at HF it’s awesome
Same!
Hercules is the bomb.
I wish I had done that before I bought my Milwaukee stuff.
@@wfyfwfyf better off with milwaukee honestly.
Me too...used to be a Ryobi guy, but I saw the quality drop and the prices go up...on both the tools and the batteries...the HF Bauer and Hercules are a better deal...plus, they don't have those antiquated "pod" batteries with the weak attachment system like Ryobi still does...
Milwaukee tools are good. Gearwrench are also good. EVERYTHING IS OVERPRICED. ESPECIALLY TOOLS THAT THE BATTERY IS SOLD SEPARATELY.
Shit I rather buy mine tool only
It's simple it's not a real sale, it's to get people to spend money they don't have
The economy sucks, I haven’t had a raise in over two years, and everyone I know is afraid of the threat of tariffs that will make the economy worse.
Take an economics class do you can understand reality.
Tariffs are gonna benefit the economy in the long run, not hinder it.. Learn economics
At the 3 home depots in my area, they are not selling out much either, i think its the fact the "sales" have been either the same price or slightly higher than the normal year long price. Its actually cheaper AFTER the sales.
I personally are not buying anything due to massive increases in everything else especially taxes and insurance. Normally I wait until year end to buy/replace old tools buy additional tools/blades etc for my carpentry business. Not this year.
Last year I went crazy and bought so many Rigid tools. The deals were great. This year the deals are not even close.
I noticed 8 years ago or more that they raise the prices a few months befor Black Friday and cyber Monday and then the sale price is msrp
Nothing is on sale everything is regular priced. To expensive
Harbor Freight sold out of all of their Icon sockets when they ran them 40 percent off recently.
Im heading over there to pick up a 40 off wrench set today
I picked up the Milwaukee fuel 12v hammer drill/ hex impact deal because I needed a new makita battery 😂
Which set are you going after? And are an Inside track club member? I was looking at the Hercules Battery and charger deal and get a free impact wrench but they said that deal wasn't good anymore, thanks.
@ I recently switched most of my hand tools over to Icon pretty much. Kept my snap on ratchets, some specialty tools etc but all the sockets and wrenches are getting switched to icon. The walk in warranty is where its at for me these days.
I used to buy a lot of craftsman when there was a sears next to my house, didnt like the tools but the warranty was what sold me.
Looks like Harbor Freight is going to get my business.
Also yes, just renewed my membership. Its ridiculous everything has gone to these subscription models but I bought the membership when I bought a generator. Buying the membership actually saved me enough money to make it make sense
That's another good point, Harbor Freight has taken a huge dent out of HD/Lowes.
The word is out and all the tool shoppers are at HF this year.
Just grabbed the metric and SAE ratcheting flex head wenches and flex head torque wrench and threw in the mini toolbox cuz I got 20% any one item for inside track club 😊
If you open up a HF credit card you get an additional 10% off your first purchase with card and 5% off on each additional purchase with card. It makes those 20% and 40% off coupons really fantastic.
I got on the Ryobi kick. Main reason was Dewalt was too expensive for me as they are not an everyday used tool and more importantly, those Dewalt guys couldn’t switch out their old worn batteries for a Ryobi one. Ryobi is only sold at Home Depot. The problem is they don’t really back the product. I have a weed trimmer where the trigger is buggered and I have to install and remove the battery to operate it and they also wont replace the P107 battery that blew up in the charger, not to mention the $600 clean up bill from the smoke damage. I was one of the lucky ones I guess , if you can call it luck that the set up was near my kitchen door and I was able to toss it out on to the lawn saving my house from burning down. As far as sales of other tool manufacturers they sell , every other stores sell them , not hearing too much chatter of them blowing up.
As someone who has been a Ryobi fanboy for years, Ryobi is crap now...go to Harbor Freight instead, you will be better off....
Didn't get anything this year. Prices seem like full on retail.
I was just in Home Depot on 12/27 to pick up the new GEN 2 M12 Stubby 3/8" impact wrench. Over the past month I sold my Gen-1 3/8" & 1/4" stubby impact wrenches on Ebay so I can get the new Gen-2. I used to have all 3 of the first gens but now I have the Gen-1 1/2" stubby and the new Gen-2 3/8" stubby. It is 100% an upgrade from the other and it is a great little impact.
I didn't buy any milwaukee stuff from the actual stores because they have much better deals online.
I've been buying all my new xgt Makita power tools and batteries on eBay. All the tools are brand new and I'm saving over $100 per tool compared to Home Depot or specialty professional stores
Could be stolen
@@philipdamask2279 Could be knock-off counterfeits, if they are new...I hear that is happening a lot on Amazon, probably Ebay as well...stuff like fake DeWalt cordless tool batteries being as the real thing...counterfeit....
H Freight is killing it this year. 40 % off Icon sockets, 20% off sale etc.
The sale prices aren't much different than regular price, there is no reason to rush out and get what you want when you aren't saving anything, add that in so many people are completely broke right now
Gas & groceries before tools nothing there I can't live without, only thing I might buy is a hand full of 10mm sockets.
I got that! That is the one size I lose most often.
😂
I shop all year round. You get great deal during the year. I got a dewalt two garden tool with 60v flex battery for $199 this summer from HD. I got a 3200psi pressure washer with Honda engine from Sams for $139 two months ago. Be smart and keep looking at different stores. Ace hardware has great deals on snowblower, 40% off and i jumped on it since mine was having too many issues.
Geeeeee, do you think the geniuses at Hd,lowes,Walmart, target,etc., would be smart enough to have a "pre-covid" sale. It's like they don't want to sell stuff. Nothing wow..
No what's actually happening is that there are better deals online so everyone is buying online. I ordered a Milwaukee 5 tool kit for like 600 bucks on the home depot and i went to the store to see if they have them and they didn't and everything was more expensive in store than online.
Harbor freight took over walmart also .all my stuff is hyper tough icon Pittsburgh I don't even go to depot no mo
Turns out when people are struggling to put food on the table, Christmas presents take a back seat.
We need new tools, I'm so sick of oscillating tools, orbital sanders, or jigsaws always being on EVERY tool "deal"
Really?...all I ever see on "sale" is drill/driver and 1/4 impact driver combos...I already have a million of those....
For some reason no routers are included anymore.
If I increase the price by 200% and then say sale price by 25% off will you buy that?
Why do the Pack-Out and all the other tool boxes cost so much money? Are lined with gold or something?
Yes, I'm not paying a bunch of money for what amounts to a bunch of boutique-branded plastic boxes....
Quality isn't cheap and they've been same prices since released, they're actually quite cheap if you shop right.
Not true. Ridgid boxes have doubled in price. And no real 'sale' prices
Because they stopped selling tools with hard cases and started giving you bags, sometimes you don't even get the bag.
I do all my shopping online and I rarely purchase anything from HD or Lowes. I like Acme and Tekton websites where I purchase the vast majority of my power and hand tools.
You’re basically demonstrating how to predict a recession.
A recession is when your neighbor is out of work.
A depression is when you are out of work!
We've been in a silent depression for years.
Hopefully consumers are finally figuring out the top 10% is stealing from the middle class.
Hope everything will be on Sale after christmas or new year, last year got batteries with extra $50 dllrs off !!!
I worked at a big sporting goods years ago, on Thanksgiving night we went and removed all the sale tags from the clothes rack and put "Regular Prices" tags on everything, because they had a 20% off sale for black friday lol.
People only saving about 5% maybe, plus waithing about 20-30 minutes on line.
Because the stuff they have deals on are not that great, plus there is harbor freight
Buy those tools now because the price will go up when those tariffs are put in place. Most of those tools are made in China or elsewhere overseas. Check the outside of the boxes for country of origin.
HF is Chinee.
DeWalt Tools come from Mexico too.
Honestly it’s just like people say about the big TVs, everyone has a big tv now so no one is buying them on Black Friday, like let’s put the things we need on sale like cordless batteries or lumber. They would make so much more money that way.
They still buy them because the cheap ones on sale stop working within 1-3 years
Prices are to high
Everyone has already bought this stuff over the years, takes awhile to break.
Home Depot and Lowe's offer the exact same items every year in these so called sales sections. How many screwdrivers, saw blades, drill bits and hammers do you need?
All the good stuff is out of stock at mine, like the oscillating multi tool blades and stuff
Some things at my home Depot sold out many weeks ago. I think the big difference is that they are reselling the same exact things as last year to the mostly same customer base and we already have all the great deals from last year and don’t need more of the same
Same thing is happening with big screen TV's - not selling!
Everyone who wanted one has one.
A few days before Super Bowl, the 95” or 96” TVs will be selling like hotcakes. Just wondering what is the percent return rate after Super Bowl.
My locals HDs don't have most of the deals show in the flyer I purchased online really early the 3 steep latter(19.99) only for my order to be canceled... not only that HD sells a Husky tool chest for 200 dollars but if you choose the red or black color it actually costs 299 while they put the gray and blue that cost 200 on top shelves where unless you know what they are you will never know... And this year I didn't see any good deals...
Home depot is 20% higher than menards!......7.99 for a case of water at home depot that I can get for 3-4 dollars somewhere else! Can't believe Lowes and home depot aren't closing stores!
No Menard's within 700 miles here..they are a regional thing...for that reason I couldn't care less what Menard's has or how much it is...Harbor Freight, Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart pretty much everywhere...
I walked through and snapped photos to be able to see if prices drop on anything might interest me later
We have only 1 Home Depot and 1 Lowes in Eastern Montana and the prices here are nearly twice what you show on your videos. The DeWalt BOGO special here is 319$ and was sold out within minutes. The entire Home Depot Tool dept is sold out within the first week. All the prices were higher but we have lot of people from CA that moved here with money and just clean out the stores. They like to run up the prices and up bid everything including real estate.
Looks like they brought their loser politics with them when they moved.
No one needs new tools we already have them, we need food and our high bills paid .
"Special deal $299 for nailer!" ok. Now. Take that "special deal $299" and drop it to $139 and Ill jump. But until then, Its just a standard price
The Milwaukee Top-Off and 6ah battery combo sold out at my HD. I got one because I stumbled into one (supposedly last one in store) that whoever originally picked it up, ended up shoving in the back of a shelf it wasn’t supposed to be on.
😂 😂 Sale? I've been tracking the price of some tools I needed... They are exactly the same price, now they have a higher scratched out price beside the original price they've been all year. Feels almost like an insult.
The local Home Depot put out its black Friday display packs in early November and all the few great deals sold instantly.
Then at the end they marked down some items. Ie 40v ryobi chain saws from 189 to 90 or 89.
Only thing selling out is the $199 Milwaukee m18 battery/charger kit BOGO. And that’s probably because they’re all in return bins due to the hack 😂😂😂
Great point here...I'm in Lowes, HD everyday. HD I walk all the stuff up front like years past. Couldn't walk by without picking up one or two items previous years all the time. Been in 10x this month, bought nothing. Same everyday prices looks to me ?
I'm waiting for prices to go up when the tariffs kick in.
They will have to bring back their manufacturing to the US.