Investor · Reston, VA · Member since 2011 · 683 posts · 191 votes
I have been purchasing discount gift cards for HD and Lowes and the savings have been substantial. You can get a Lowes card at a 10% discount and HD at 7%. If you combine this with the mover's package the savings can be up to 20%. I pay for these cards with my 2% cash-back credit card. I've had a very good experience with the vendor that I buy cards from. They come electronically for added convenience. I also use these cards for many purchases at various retailers, restaurants, etc.
I thought I'd throw this out there and apologize if this has already been discussed!
Specialist · Toronto, Ontario · Member since 2016 · 564 posts · 425 votes
10y
Where do you get these cards?
I had bought some HD cards from a guy at one point with discounts up to 25%.
I then found out he was getting these cards by getting people to steal small, valuable items from HD and then returning them for store credit. I stopped buying them when I found out.
There was also a guy selling gas station gift cards for 10% discounts. I believe he was stealing credit cards and buying gift cards with them, then selling the gift cards with cash.
If there's a legitimate way to get the cards at a discount, great, but I wasn't willing to take the risk of buying from criminals.
Real Estate Agent · Durham, NC · Member since 2013 · 81 posts · 39 votes
10y
I have been able to consistently find lowes $10 off $50+ coupon codes online over the last year. The site I have used most recently is http://renovopower.com/lowes.html. I make an online purchase of approximately $50, pick it up in store for a savings of approx 20%. This is how I paid for tile. I bought $250 of tile in $50 increments, at $10 off per increment. The store staff was kind of confused that I had several orders of the same tile, being picked up at the same time. I have found this to be the easiest way to save through Lowes.