10% off gonna break me

RSKY · Jul 18, 2017

A couple weeks ago we got a coupon in the mail from the local big box store. Won't mention the name but it begins with an 'L'. This coupon said we could get 10% off our ENTIRE PURCHASE ONE TIME! We needed a couple things and were going to go get them but the wife said, "Let's make a list of everything we need or want and get it all at once. After all we are on a fixed income and 10% saved is 10% earned."

Holy guacamole!!

I'm gonna have to take out a second mortgage to pay for all this crap.

List is on second page, double spaced, and growing.

RSKY

smstonypoint · Jul 18, 2017

Apparently the absolute values of your wife's demand elasticities for L's products are much greater than 1.

Steve

CobyRupert · Jul 18, 2017

HEY! DON'T TALK ABOUT HIS WIFE'S ELASTICITIES!

Soldier415 · Jul 18, 2017

Palmetto State Armory has been doing the same thing to me with AR pistols. Bought two 2 weeks ago, and just ordered another today

NorTracNY · Jul 18, 2017

A long time ago one of my brothers girl friends stopped by where I was working as a teenager. She was showing me all the stuff she bought and proudly talking about how much money she saved. I'm pretty certain she didn't need any of it and her wallet was certainly a lot emptier. Thankfully that one didn't last long with my brother.

smstonypoint · Jul 18, 2017

CobyRupert said:
HEY! DON'T TALK ABOUT HIS WIFE'S ELASTICITIES!

They're nothing to be ashamed of -- we all have them.

Steve

fried1765 · Jul 18, 2017

smstonypoint said:
They're nothing to be ashamed of -- we all have them.

Steve

If you can prove that you are a veteran, you can get 10% off at both Loew's and Home Depot, on any single purchase, or combination of purchases, anytime.
No coupons required!

3Ts · Jul 18, 2017

As for veteran status, Lowe's & Home Depot do not normally recognize a DD214. However, if you take the DD 214 to your driver's license office they will add a Veteran status indicator to your drivers license (in most states) and everyone I've encountered accepts that for proof of veteran status. Here in Texas, it cost $11 to get it added (plus the time waiting in line). There is also an effort by the DOD to get an actual veteran's ID card created - no idea as to time frame to make it happen, but it will only get you the veteran recognition by the businesses and nothing else.

Welshman · Jul 18, 2017

RSKY said:
A couple weeks ago we got a coupon in the mail from the local big box store. Won't mention the name but it begins with an 'L'. This coupon said we could get 10% off our ENTIRE PURCHASE ONE TIME! We needed a couple things and were going to go get them but the wife said, "Let's make a list of everything we need or want and get it all at once. After all we are on a fixed income and 10% saved is 10% earned."

Holy guacamole!!

I'm gonna have to take out a second mortgage to pay for all this crap.

List is on second page, double spaced, and growing.

RSKY

Be careful - there is some sort of a Lowe's coupon scam going around, although I've only heard about it being through Facebook and email. Snail mail may be legit. I think the news said Lowe's has something about it on their website.

fried1765 · Jul 18, 2017

3Ts said:
As for veteran status, Lowe's & Home Depot do not normally recognize a DD214. However, if you take the DD 214 to your driver's license office they will add a Veteran status indicator to your drivers license (in most states) and everyone I've encountered accepts that for proof of veteran status. Here in Texas, it cost $11 to get it added (plus the time waiting in line). There is also an effort by the DOD to get an actual veteran's ID card created - no idea as to time frame to make it happen, but it will only get you the veteran recognition by the businesses and nothing else.

If you have a VA medical ID card, your VA card is sufficient at both Lowe's and Home Depot.

smstonypoint · Jul 18, 2017

I have a laminated card containing my name and a file # that was issued to me by the VA when I started on the GI Bill in 1969. Lowe's and HD have always accepted that card as proof of veteran status when I have taken the advantage of their discounts on Memorial and Veterans Days and July 4th.

Steve

3Ts · Jul 18, 2017

That 10% veteran discount at Lowe's & Home Depot is good every day all year long. You don't have to wait for advertised discounts on holidays, but you do have to tell them you have a Veteran ID and most times the clerk will want to see it.

fried1765 · Jul 18, 2017

smstonypoint said:
I have a laminated card containing my name and a file # that was issued to me by the VA when I started on the GI Bill in 1969. Lowe's and HD have always accepted that card as proof of veteran status when I have taken the advantage of their discounts on Memorial and Veterans Days and July 4th.

Steve

smstonypoint.......the Lowe's and Home Depot 10% discounts have absolutely nothing to do with Memorial, Veterans Day, or July 4th.
Someone is feeding you bad information!
If you show your VA ID card to the checkout clerk, and do not get a 10% discount EVERY DAY, ask to speak to the store manager.
The EVERY DAY 10% veteran discount is NATION WIDE corporate policy for both of those businesses.

smstonypoint · Jul 18, 2017

fried1765 said:
smstonypoint.......the Lowe's and Home Depot 10% discounts have absolutely nothing to do with Memorial, Veterans Day, or July 4th.
Someone is feeding you bad information!
If you show your VA ID card to the checkout clerk, and do not get a 10% discount EVERY DAY, ask to speak to the store manager.
The EVERY DAY 10% veteran discount is NATION WIDE corporate policy for both of those businesses.

I didn't say otherwise. I was speaking to the case of the ID that passed muster in the past. The year-round discount policy is relatively new.

Steve

zzvyb6 · Jul 18, 2017

Read the fine print. 10% coupons usually have a max of $500 savings at these stores. BTW: H.Depot and Men are Ds will usually honor a How Low can you go coupon.

fried1765 · Jul 19, 2017

smstonypoint said:
I didn't say otherwise. I was speaking to the case of the ID that passed muster in the past. The year-round discount policy is relatively new.

Steve

"The year-round discount policy is relatively new"

Guess that depends on the definition of "relatively new".
I have been using the 10% veteran discount for 10+ years.

smstonypoint · Jul 19, 2017

fried1765 said:
"The year-round discount policy is relatively new"

Guess that depends on the definition of "relatively new".
I have been using the 10% veteran discount for 10+ years.

I would say that May 1 of this year is relatively recent.

Lowe’s is celebrating National Military Appreciation Month and, beginning May 1, expanding its support of the military by announcing an enhanced military discount – 10 percent off personal purchases every day to current and honorably discharged members of the U.S. military.

Military discount expanded for veterans and active duty at Lowe’s

Perhaps I should been more explicit, but I did say that I started the GI Bill in 1969. I have an honorable discharge (after four years in the USCG, 1965-69). Before May 1, I was eligible for the discount only on the three holidays I listed.

Steve

TractorGuy · Jul 19, 2017

Almost went for the 10% 4th coupon from TS but talked myself out of it. Decided to wait till I have a loan paid off to make more implement purchases.

fried1765 · Jul 19, 2017

smstonypoint said:
I would say that May 1 of this year is relatively recent.

Perhaps I should been more explicit, but I did say that I started the GI Bill in 1969. I have an honorable discharge (after four years in the USCG). Before May 1, I was eligible for the discount only on the three holidays I listed.

Steve

Perhaps it depends on where you live in the USA.
I was a USN pilot honorably discharged in 1967.
I live in Florida, and have been receiving both the Lowe's, and Home Depot 10% discounts, on all individual sales, on all days, for 10+ years.

orezok · Jul 19, 2017

My wife being a retired Navy Captain, I have a DEERS card (Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System) which is the "dependent" version of a military ID. It allows me to access military bases and I have commissary, exchange and full health care privileges. It has to be renewed every 4 years on base with my wife present.

The closest HD honors my card as a valid military ID, but this HD will not give a discount on "commodity" items such as lumber, plumbing, electrical etc. Things a contractor would buy in bulk. It's good for tools and most other store items and it's good year round.

Thanks to my wife's 26 years of service and my years of chasing her around where ever she was stationed.