khariV Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 So, I went to my local HD today to pick up a few bolts and washers for a project. I remembered that someone had posted in the Deals forum that you could sometimes get killer deals by looking on the in-house terminal. I looked about and couldn't find anything other than the computer that just had the regular, internet version of their website, so I asked a guy at the pro desk what the deal was. He said he could look up a specific tool for me if there was something I was looking for, but that there wasn't really anything that was meant for the public to look for deals. I then showed him the screen shot of the deals that were posted here, at which time he said "You really can't trust what people post on the internet. There are all sorts of nutjobs that make up sales, screen shots and all sorts of scams trying to get discounts." He then declared the prices that I showed him on the HD terminal to be crazy because they were just too low and were obviously fake or from a store in some small town in Idaho where no one buys tools so things were on clearance, but regardless, I wasn't going to get those prices in civilization. So, there you have it - from the Apex, North Carolina Home Depot Pro Desk. This forum is full of nut jobs and crazies that live off the grid in Idaho that come into town every six months to try to buy power tools for below cost!!! I for one am proud to count myself a member, though I honestly can't decide if it's better to be a nut job or a crazy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 get back there and ask to speak to a manager......lol you tell him your going to cancel your internet because it seems to be useless now.....maybe the guy is right maybe I'm not even posting this maybe this post is fake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Some of these HD employees are freaking insane with the public terminals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Harris Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 LOL. We are crazy, but apparently not as crazy as Home Depot employees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 That employee probably sleeps in tin foil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Harris Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 That employee probably sleeps in tin foilWith an armadillo helmet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 Wow kdv, I always knew I was a nut! Now the HD employee proved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuutr Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 You may already know this, but on the terminals (found at the pro desk, door area, carpet area, appliances, etc) the top line of the desktop has icons for Price check on a row of icons labeled public. I have used terminals in about 8 different HDs in my area. I haven't been told not to yet, but I also don't try to search when they are busy helping customers. Now I agree that things get discounted across the country at different rates, but the pricing eventually is the same, just months apart. I'm sure they have an algorithm that takes into account area inventory and incoming model distribution that factor in. But when I hear about something that was 99.99 and is in the store computer for 25.03 in another region, it will eventually discount to that level, but it will make stops along the way. Somewhere in the 80s, then in the 40s or 50s. The problem is when it hits 25.03 in your area there may not be any left in your area. Surely that manager realizes that the "internet nuts" are going to share a deal. They should expect that and come up with a better response that calling us "nuts" but whatever. Just the other day I saw a computer listing for a Bosch drill and battery for under $50. There wasn't one in the inventory of the stores in my area. I got my hopes up for just a second only to have them dashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK13 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 This forum is full of nut jobs and craziesTo quote Evis, "uh, thank you, thank you very much"that live off the grid in IdahoI wish! I hope to retire to Lewiston when I retire and/or my kid gets out of school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 I've been called worse. I'm sure tool truck drivers hate me and I was convinced for awhile that Makita had people watching my house.Damn, maybe I am crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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