Finding The Best Deals At Home Depot

Home Depot sells more home improvement items in the U.S. than any other retailer. Deal seekers are familiar with their large stores with a huge selection and their website with an expanded assortment of everything for your home, all of which is to say there's plenty of discounts to be found that will save you money on your home improvement needs.

What Types of Deals Does Home Depot Offer?

Most deal seekers are familiar withHome Depot’s ads, which are timed for the major holidays and gift-giving occasions. You’ll find the best deals in November and December, around Father’s Day, and close to the spring and summer holiday weekends. The best time to look for holiday clearance deals is after the holiday itself.

Home Depot’s loyalty program, Pro Xtra, is geared towards contractors, but is open to anyone. Pro Xtra members earn rewards, and receive exclusive savings offers and volume pricing on larger purchases.

Home Depot gives military members and veterans an additional discount on their purchases.

Here are the deals that you can expect to find at Home Depot on several most wanted items.

Cell Phones

Home Depot customers receive a Home Depot gift card if they switch from their current wireless carrier to AT&T, thanks to a partnership with AT&T. New AT&T customers who trade in their old phone receive bill credits as well.

Clothing

Home Depot carries a selection of work clothes, safety goggles, work and garden gloves, hard hats, and painter’s coveralls in-store and online. Some end-of-season Items, like heated coats, often go on clearance. Quantity discounts are available on some work tees.

Gift Cards

You’ll find Home Depot, restaurant, gasoline, amusement, and non-competing retailer gift cards both in-store and online. However, gift cards rarely go on sale.

Laptops

Home Depot does not sell laptops, either online or in-store.

How Do You Save the Most at Home Depot?

The following tips will help maximize your Home Depot savings:

• Check Home Depot’s ads for deals and discounts.
• Utilize in-store workshops and design consultations to assist with your home improvement projects.
• Take advantage of bulk pricing on items like furnace filters, pavers, and paint supplies.
• Compare both online and in-store prices before making a purchase, as prices may differ.
• Take advantage of free shipping to save time and money.
• Consider joining the Pro Xtra loyalty program to earn rewards and receive exclusive savings opportunities.
• Receive a 10% discount if you’re an active military member, a veteran, or the spouse of a military member or veteran.

Home Depot’s Pro Xtra Membership Benefits

Home Depot’s loyalty program is called Pro Xtra. While mainly for contractors and professionals, anyone can join for free. Pro Xtra members earn one point per dollar spent while Pro Xtra Credit Card holders earn four points per dollar. At 2,500 points, you can receive $25 towards your next purchase or $50 towards a tool rental. The more you spend, the more perks and savings you receive.

There are three Pro Xtra rewards levels, based on how much you spend each year. Here are the details of each reward level’s benefits:

Pro Xtra Member($0 to $24,999 in annual purchases)

• Earn 1 point per dollar spent (4 points per dollar with a Home Depot Pro Xtra Credit Card)
• Personalized offers.
• Exclusive sales and events.
• Personalized order tracking.
• Volume pricing on purchases of $2,500 or more.
• Reserved Pro Xtra parking spaces and access to Pro checkout lanes.

Pro Xtra Elite ($25,000 to $249,999 in annual purchases)

• All Pro Xtra benefits.
• Preferred pricing on thousands of items.
• 10% discount on paint, stain, solvents, and primer.

Pro Xtra VIP ($250,000 or more in annual purchases)

• All Pro Xtra Elite benefits.
• 20% discount on paint, stain, solvents, and primer.
• Invitations to special events and experiences.

Home Depot’s Holiday Deals?

Home Depot offers in-store and online deals during most holidays. The biggest deals occur in November before and during Black Friday. Some deals are holiday-specific, like plants during Spring Black Friday, Mother’s Day, and Memorial Day; grills and power tools during Father’s Day; and patio furniture during the Fourth of July.

Home Depot usually combines their appliance deals with additional savings incentives for purchasing multiple appliances. The largest incentives occur around the Fourth of July and Black Friday.

Here’s what to look for, deal wise, at Home Depot by holiday:

Valentine’s Day

While Home Depot doesn’t offer specific Valentine’s Day deals, they celebrate the holiday of love by selling floral arrangements and bouquets in-store. You can also order roses online for Valentine’s Day delivery. Home Depot also has suggestions on non-traditional flowers and plants for Valentine’s gift giving.

President’s Day

Home Depot uses their President’s Day ad to offer deals of up to 30% off on vacuums, up to 40% off on bathroom fixtures and vanities, up to 50% off artificial plants, almost 45% off on kitchen storage tools, and up to $900 off on appliances. Home storage totes and shelving have savings of up to 30%, while furniture and mattress savings can reach 60% off.

Easter

Spring Black Friday, Home Depot’s largest non-Christmas promotional event, occurs around Easter. Most deals revolve around plants, with savings of up to 70% off. Patio furniture can be up to 50% off, while pressure washers are almost 30% off. Appliance sets have savings of up to $2,300.

Mother’s Day

For Mother’s Day, Home Depot features plants, with savings of up to 45% off. Garden tools are up to 33% off and some planters have a buy two, get one free offer. For example, in 2024, an LG French door refrigerator was almost 40% off.

Memorial Day

On Memorial Day weekend, Home Depot offers vegetable plants with 25% to 50% savings and mulch and potting soil at 40% off or more. You can find patio furniture at 40% off and paving stones at over 60% off. Grills typically have savings of up to $100 with free assembly and delivery on grills purchased in-store priced over $399.

Father’s Day

No store makes Father’s Day shopping easier than Home Depot, with up to 50% savings on both hand and power tools. There are cordless power tool bundles where you receive a free tool or accessory with the purchase of a battery and charger kit. In 2023, a 270-piece Husky Mechanics Tool Kit was 85% off. There are usually savings of up to $200 on gas and wood pellet grills, with free assembly and delivery of in-store purchased grills priced above $399.

Fourth of July

The Fourth of July holiday has previously offered savings of up to 45% on outdoor plants at Home Depot. You can save up to $200 on outdoor power equipment and up to $120 on power tools. Patio furniture can be found at up to 60% off and select outdoor planters are up to $25 off. Appliances, already on sale, have extra savings of up to $1,000 when purchased in quantity.

Labor Day

Home Depot offers fewer deals on Labor Day, but there's savings to be had with almost 40% off plants and 50% off fire pits. In 2023, a circular saw and cordless drill combo was 50% off and appliances were up to $700 off with additional savings of up to $1,000 when purchased in quantity.

Halloween

The home of Skelly doesn’t offer many Halloween deals as Home Depot usually sells through its Halloween merchandise, especially its animatronic decorations, very quickly. Any leftover Halloween merchandise is discounted up to 75% off beginning November 1.

Home Depot holds an annual online-only Halfway to Halloween event in late April with a few select items, which sell out fast.

Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Christmas

Home Depot’s largest annual sales period includes pre-Black Friday, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Green Monday. The pre-Black Friday specials include 40% off power tools, 30% off smart home technology, up to 30% off tool kits and cabinets, and up to 60% off furniture. Power tool bundles include a free tool with a battery and charger purchase.

On Black Friday, look for savings of 65% off poinsettias, 60% off artificial Christmas trees, up to $200 off power tool bundles, 40% off smart home technology, 50% off garage door openers, up to 50% off bathroom and kitchen fixtures, and up to 60% off furniture. On Cyber Monday, Home Depot has online-only specials including 40% off power tools and 30% off smart home technology.

Appliances are on sale during the entire sales period, with savings up to 45% off along with extra savings of up to $800 depending on the number of appliances purchased.

After Christmas


Home Depot waits until the day after Christmas to offer clearance deals on Christmas merchandise, with savings of 50% off. If you wait a few days, Home Depot can make further price reductions up to 75% off.

What Is Home Depot’s Return Policy?

Home Depot allows customers to return, with some exceptions, most items within 90 days of purchase. The return period extends to 365 days for Home Depot Commercial Account holders and customers paying with a Home Depot Consumer or Pro Xtra Credit Card. Proof of purchase is required.

Eligible items purchased online may be returned to a store or shipped via UPS. Flammable and hazardous items and items using flammable liquids or gases must be returned in-store. Home Depot Design Centers only accept returns of Home Depot Design Center merchandise.

Special order returns are subject to a 15% restocking fee. Returns without proof of purchase require a photo ID and may be refunded as store credit at the lowest advertised price.

Here’s how long you have to return merchandise:

• 90 Days: Most merchandise.
• 365 Days: Perennials, trees, shrubs, roses, and merchandise purchased with a Home Depot Consumer or Pro Xtra Credit Card or Commercial Account.
• 30 Days: Furniture, gas powered equipment and tractors, unused generators in the original package (except for whole house and stationary generators), electronics, and unused paint sprayers in the original package.
• 48 Hours: Major appliances.

The following items are non-refundable:

• Labor, delivery, and installation charges
• Cut flowers and floral arrangements
• Gift cards
• Product samples
• Utility trailers
• Whole house and stationary generators
• Custom products (custom blinds may be exchanged)

Does Home Depot Price Match?

Home Depot has a low price guarantee on most items. They will match any competitor’s lower price for an identical, in-stock item. Show the competitor’s ad, a website printout, or a photo with the lower price to a cashier at the time of purchase.

Online, Home Depot will match a competitor’s lower price and shipping fees. The competitor must have the item in stock and available to ship.

The following items are exempt from price matching:

• Seasonal, discontinued, obsolete, clearance, distressed, and going out of business sale merchandise.
• Custom and special order merchandise.
• A competitor’s volume or wholesale discount merchandise.
• Third party marketplace merchandise.
• Open box or refurbished merchandise.
• Labor and installation charges.
• Rebates, free offers, special event offers, bundle offers, one time only promotions, and seasonal promotions (including Black Friday and Spring Black Friday).
• Competitor’s ad misprints.
• Online auction website pricing and bids.
• Merchandise sold at a membership warehouse club.
• Finance and credit offers and terms.

Does Home Depot Offer Free Shipping?

Home Depot ships over 2 million items free of charge, with many popular items delivered in two days. Free shipping doesn’t apply to appliances, gift cards, or items with weight and/or size restrictions.

Are There Curbside Pickup Options?

Home Depot offers free curbside pickup of eligible online orders. Home Depot sends a text or email notification when your order is ready. Upon arriving at the store, park in a designated space, notify the store of your arrival, and an associate will bring the order to your car.

Are Military Discounts Available?

Home Depot gives active duty military members, veterans, their spouses, Gold Star spouses, National Guard members, and NOAA and US Public Health Service employees a 10% military discount on most purchases. Verification via SheerID is required. There is a $400 annual savings cap.

The military discount can be used on in-store and online purchases. It does not apply to value priced merchandise, appliances, lumber, building materials, electrical cable and wire, special order items, gift cards, fees, previous purchases, product installations, tool rentals, shipping and delivery fees, and labor.

Active duty military members and their dependents, retirees, veterans, and Defense Department civilian employees and retirees receive special pricing on appliances through a partnership between Home Depot and both the Army/Air Force and Navy Exchanges.

What Are Home Depot’s Holiday Hours?

Home Depot’s regular store hours are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. These hours apply to most holidays. On Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Home Depot is closed.

The store hours for most holidays follow. They may vary by location and are subject to change.

Shopping Online vs In-Store

Shopping Home Depot in person allows you to pick up what you need right away. You can also see how items such as bathroom fixtures, appliances, ceiling fans, and doors look before purchasing. You can also pick up product brochures, paint samples, and carpet swatches.

If you don’t want to maneuver your way through Home Depot’s huge warehouse-style stores trying to find everything, then placing an order online for in-store pickup is the way to go. Shopping online also allows you to compare prices between other retailers. You can also save time by having your order delivered.

What Else Should I Consider?

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