HomeDepot Price Match

[Shoestringshop]

Hello,
So folks I was up early this morning trying to get over my 17 year boy not being with us for Christmas. He went with a friend and his friend's family to Vietnam for 3 weeks. Just not the same "Christmas" without the boy.
So what's a Grillfella to do with a few extra hours? I went on the web and looked at Craigslist, OfferUp, and Letgo to look for a few grills, but I always need charcoal.
I went to HomeDepots website and Lowes site to look for Weber Charcoal. Lowes $11.99, HomeDepot $19.99. Nice thing is HomeDepot has a "Price match Policy". They will match a competitor's price AND do a 10% price reduction on top of what they are all ready doing.
Now what they say on the web and what the store said very.
1.      I walk in and get the charcoal
2.      Load the charcoal
3.      Go to pay and "Guess What?" NO we do not match web price
4.      I point out that I can walk into the Lowes and buy at that price! I am told THEN GO!? WTF!
5.      I try again and this time I get well Lowes is 20Lbs and ours is...is ...is...oh ours is also 20lbs
6.      So "Do it I am buying 8 bags"
7.      They ring them up and then I ask about the 10%
8.       She said "You want me to beat the price?" Hell yes it's your "Price match Policy"
9.      Then she said I will need to re-ring this full order my answer "I got all day"
10.  All said and done "I Got IT!"

Also got a call from the Kid on Christmas day! So all is good he is eating everything in sight and will probably come home with more belly then when he left. LOL





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[mhiszem]

Nice score and sorry that your son wasn't there for Christmas.


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[toolhead]

both places are really reluctant to honor their price match policies.  good for you that you got it....

these days i just goto lowes if their price is lower and get the 5% lowes cc discount...the orange place is getting really tight on any discounting

[Darko]

Hope your son is enjoying himself in Vietnam

[Shoestringshop]

Thanks guys!
@mhiszem yes it was, sad but he is having fun.

@toolhead very reluctant to honor! I'm no cheap bastard but policies are policies.

@Darko lol he is the first in the family to PAY for a trip to the Nam. Wife's side and my side Dad and Uncle's went for free in the 60's under the government program. It's changed a lot since then. He is in the same place his grandpa was in "Ho Chi Minh City"


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[Darko]

I did not mean to insinuate anything. I hope it did not come across that way. I my self would love to go to 'nam today. It looks like a wonderful country with nice people. The food looks good as well. I watched an episode of Anthony Bourdain's No reservations.

[Shoestringshop]

@Darko no offence taken at all brother. Just a joke. I hope he has the time of his life. I would love to try some bbq from Nam

[captjoe06]

That's some good stuff right there.   My buddy bought me a 15 lb full packer brisket for Christmas that I'm planning to cook today.  Temps are currently 12 degrees.  Thinking the Weber charcoal would be last a lot longer than the KBB that I'll be using.

[PotsieWeber]

I always found when I went to either Home Depot or Lowes, you had to point out that their policy said that they would give an additional 10% off.  I'm guessing the store managers told employees to only give it to the customer if the customer specifically asked for it. 

Unfortunately, Lowes got rid of the "additional 10%" off on their price match some time ago.  It seems sometime around summer, but they still had it on one page in their appliance section that I pointed to when my mom needed a new washer.  They very reluctantly gave the extra 10% off after I didn't blink when they said the policy was canceled some time ago & instead told them I saw it online about their appliances that day.  I had to show them where it was on their website, & they had to call a manager about it.