Home depot knows how to get you

nadams
nadams Posts: 5,877
edited January 2010 in The Clubhouse
I can't tell you how many times I've gone into Home Depot and walked out with $300 worth of stuff. I can tell you how many times I've walked out of there with less than $300 worth of stuff... and that's 0.

Why? If you spend more than $300 and put it on your Home Depot card, you get 6 months of no payments/no interest.

Now, I've never kept a balance on my card for more than the promotional period. Therefore, the company has never gotten any interest from me. But... I always spend $300 whenever I go in there.

Today, I went in looking to get a new microwave and a humidifier for the house. Walked out with:

Microwave (floor model, saved $50) - $99.66
3 drawer cabinet (temp clothing storage for the GF) - $85.00
Humidifier - $59.99
Accordian door for comp room - $43.00
12 pack of CFL's - $15.97
3'x4' entry rug - $10.97
4 pack of AA lithium batteries - $9.94
Bottle of Simple Green - $4.96
Cleanup pan and brush - $4.49
Lock for accordian door - $3.66

Tax - $20.26

Total - $357.90

Yep.... all things that I'll use... but only two that I went into the store to buy.

Oh well... have 6 months to pay it off.
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  • tcrossma
    tcrossma Posts: 1,301
    edited January 2010
    I love interest free deals. As long as you are religious about payment them off, it's a great way to go.

    And yeah, Home Depot has a way of doing that to people. It doesn't happen to me that way, only because I live real close to one and generally go there a few times a week for home improvement stuff. If I lived further away I'd almost certainly queue things up and buy in quantity like that.
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  • jimbo1421
    jimbo1421 Posts: 772
    edited January 2010
    I usually walk out empty handed because they don't have what I want.

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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited January 2010
    It is the same thing walking into a walmart.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited January 2010
    bigaudiofanatic wrote: »
    It is the same thing walking into a walmart.

    Ya, minus the 6 months no interest deals :D And I have never spent $300 at Wally World... Spend 300 regularly at HD. :)
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited January 2010
    nadams wrote: »
    I can't tell you how many times I've gone into Home Depot and walked out with $300 worth of stuff. I can tell you how many times I've walked out of there with less than $300 worth of stuff... and that's 0.

    Why? If you spend more than $300 and put it on your Home Depot card, you get 6 months of no payments/no interest.

    Now, I've never kept a balance on my card for more than the promotional period. Therefore, the company has never gotten any interest from me. But... I always spend $300 whenever I go in there.

    Today, I went in looking to get a new microwave and a humidifier for the house. Walked out with:

    Microwave (floor model, saved $50) - $99.66
    3 drawer cabinet (temp clothing storage for the GF) - $85.00
    Humidifier - $59.99
    Accordian door for comp room - $43.00
    12 pack of CFL's - $15.97
    3'x4' entry rug - $10.97
    4 pack of AA lithium batteries - $9.94
    Bottle of Simple Green - $4.96
    Cleanup pan and brush - $4.49
    Lock for accordian door - $3.66

    Tax - $20.26

    Total - $357.90

    Yep.... all things that I'll use... but only two that I went into the store to buy.

    Oh well... have 6 months to pay it off.

    I think its the smell of the store!
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,589
    edited January 2010
    Man I wish I could go in and out of Lowes for around 300 bucks right now! HAHAHA

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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited January 2010
    Try to get out of Costco or Sams Club for under $100. I seem to never be able to do it.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited January 2010
    If it's interest free, I'll do it, otherwise I won't. The only thing I'm paying interest on right now is my HELOC loan, that's it.

    When I bought my new car a couple of years ago I even got that interest free for 5 years.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2010
    I hate money, its too hard to let go of. That (and cashback) is why I use plastic. :)
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