Are You a Home Depot Regular?

If you are, you can sign up online for a 10% off coupon. Not much if you only have a few things to buy, but if you remodel, 10% could end up being hundreds of dollars.

I found the form via the USPS address change packet. You just log on to www.homedepotmoving.com/mycoupon. Fill in all the info, and viola, coupon send, in the mail.

Of course, you can only get one per address, so send one to yourself at your grandmother's house, your parent's house, etc.

Another quick trick for reducing your costs: price out your lumber first at a lumber mill. Even if it is far away, even if you have to pay outrageously for delivery. Lumber mills charge 10-20% less for wood that Home Depot does, yet Home Depot will match all other offers. When I build my gigantic deck, I went online to a lumber mill in Ann Arbor, and did my pricing there first. They had it all automated, so I could enter in my materials online, and it would print out a price list.

I took the list to Home Depot, and they offered me that price. It ended up being about 16% off their normal price. Also, for big orders, Home Depot delivers, which is a plus. I can't remember if it was a free delivery, but I do remember thinking that whatever we paid to have them truck it to our site was a bargain.

Same thing goes for stone, etc. Go to the direct, wholesale-type source first, then take your quote to the Depot. It will save you tons of money. If you are REALLY good, you can get them to apply that coupon to your order after they proce-match. What a deal!