Home Depot has well established itself in Canada for decades now. This chain of hardware stores is popular all over the country. One can find tons of products for home improving and renovation. Here we're going to cover 9 tips to save money when shopping at your local Home Depot from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, to Ontario, Quebec or British Columbia. We tested these tips and can confirm they are working in 2020.
By using these tips, you can potentially save hundreds of dollars at Home Depot. Let's see where to start and what to do.
Check the weekly specials
It's easy - take a look at the Home Depot flyer and write down the specials of the day. You can access the most recent flyer on HomeDepot's site.
Request an instant in-store discount
Did you know that Home Depot employees are allowed to give an instant rebate of up to $50. Employees can do this without any authorization from their superiors. The discount is there to motivate the visitor to make a purchase.
Know Home Depot's lowest price guarantee
The store's guaranteed lowest price policy is very generous. The store will match the price and give an additional 10% discount for the same product you find elsewhere that is priced higher at Home Depot.
There are still a few exclusions:
- Products made to order or special orders
- Volume or wholesale discounts and estimates offered by competitors
- Prices of sold out or liquidated items
- Prices on auction sites or bid prices from competitors
- Items sold by a discount site
- Open-box products
- Competitor prices for professional services, including labor, assembly and installation costs
- Discounts, free offers and gifts with purchases
- Store-wide or generic offers
- Offers, programs related to credit, rental or financing
- A competitor's fraudulent and posted prices that are based on a typographical error, a printing error or any other error
- Unbranded items
Receive emails from Home Depot
Visit the Home Depot website in Canada and subscribe to their promotional emails. By doing so, you will have access to a $5 discount on your next purchase of $50 or more. Home Depot also sends discounts and promotional coupons fairly regularly. Consider using those frequently while shopping at the store.
Choose free delivery
The majority of Home Depot products can be delivered free of charge. But if you shop on their site in Canada, delivery charges may apply. Look at the product descriptions to understand how to save on delivery costs. Delivery is free if you agree to pick up the product in store.
Consult the discount center on the site
The Home Depot site has an Offers and Promotions section, where you can find dozens of products on special at all times.
Check this page and scroll down to the bottom - you can see several promotions available depending on the month. For example, the months of June and July are usually dedicated to household appliances. There are also tools that are on sale at all times.
Use credit services as needed
Even if we don't recommend you to take a lot of credit, you may need it sometimes. Home Depot has a credit service center. See the details on their site.
Ask for discounts on purchases in bulk
If you're doing a lot of home renovation or it's your business and you're still buying in bulk, talk to store employees. Home Depot has wholesale purchasing programs. Stores can give you discounts of up to $ 1,000.
Free wood
If you buy wood planks, ask the employee if he can give you free cuts. They often do.
OOPS paints
‘Oops’ is not a new private label from Home Depot. Well, these are just the mishaps in mixing in the Paint section of the store. Sometimes the mixtures of paints are not too successful. In this case these mixes are sold at super attractive discounts.
By applying these shopping tactics and strategies, you can save a good amount of money when Home Depot is your go-to store for everything renovations and repairs.
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