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Kobalt B1G1 Free Power Tool Promotion (Ends Jan. 1, 2021) $149

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Only my second post so if there is a mistake let me know and I will correct it.

Lowe's is offering a free Kobalt power tool from a selection (up to $139 value) if you buy one of three kits. I found this banner on an endcap in the middle of the store, nowhere near the power tools area. Their website says the promotion ends Jan.1, 2021. Opening a Lowe's credit card will discount everything 20% off (up to $100).

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-K...1003139096

Buy 1 of these:

These 3 combo kits are on sale until Nov. 18


Item #2417870-----($149) Kobalt 24-Volt Max 2-Pack 4 Amp-Hour Lithium Power Tool Battery Kit (Charger Included)

Item #672826-------($199) Kobalt 4-Tool 24-Volt Max Brushless Power Tool Combo Kit with Soft Case (Charger Included and 1-Battery Included)

Item #1518746-----($249) Kobalt XTR 3-Tool 24-Volt Max Brushless Power Tool Combo Kit with Hard Case (Charger Included and 2-Batteries Included)


Get 1 of these free:
Item #1436529------($69) Kobalt 2000-Lumen LED Rechargeable Portable Work Light

Item #836361-------($79) Kobalt Brushless 24-Volt Brushless Cordless Random Orbital Sander

Item #998219-------($79) Kobalt 7-in 10-Watt Outdoor Portable Speaker

Item #1051229-----($89) Kobalt 24-Volt Max Power Tool Battery Charger

Item #790023--------($99) Kobalt 18-Piece Cordless Brushless-Amp 24-Volt Max Variable Speed Oscillating Multi-Tool Kit with Soft Case

Item #1332913-----($99) Kobalt 1-Speed Cordless 24-Volt Max-Amp Cutting Rotary Tool

Item #672828-------($99) Kobalt Brushless 24-Volt Max Variable Speed Brushless Drive Cordless Impact Wrench

Item #1439333-----($119) Kobalt 24V MAX 1/4-in Variable Speed Brushless Fixed Cordless Router (Bare Tool Only)

Item #672831-------($129) Kobalt 24-Volt Max Variable Speed Brushless Cordless Reciprocating Saw (Bare Tool Only)

Item #672830-------($129) Kobalt 24-Volt max 24-Volt Max 6-1/2-in Brushless Cordless Circular Saw with Brake and Metal Shoe

Item #1694003----- ($139) Kobalt Kobalt 24V MAX 24-Volt Brushless Cordless Belt Sander


NOTE: The banner includes the jigsaw (item#836362; $119) and the smaller circular saw (Item #961863; $99) in the promotion, but they are not included in the free tool selection online. I have not verified if either tools are part of the promotion so I left them out of the list.


Sidenote: For those of you who purchased Kobalt tools recently, I found this banner while price adjusting several of the Kobalt power tools I purchased that have been discounted in the last couple of weeks by a significant amount. For instance the XTR circular saw I purchased at $149, is now $109. I got back around $125 on 4 items.

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11-13-2020 at 09:55 AM.
11-13-2020 at 09:55 AM.
You just triggered hundreds if not more deal alerts by using the word 'mistake' in your post. Tip for next time, don't use that word as your post will be thumbed down to oblivion since it would alert people for potential price mistake.
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11-13-2020 at 09:59 AM.
11-13-2020 at 09:59 AM.
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You just triggered hundreds if not more deal alerts by using the word 'mistake' in your post. Tip for next time, don't use that word as your post will be thumbed down to oblivion since it would alert people for potential price mistake.

Haha hundreds. I wish there were only that many people with the alert. Would actually score some stuff sometimes.
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11-13-2020 at 10:06 AM.
11-13-2020 at 10:06 AM.
fark the haters! Good post, this is NOVEMBER guys! so of course your alerts will go out all month long! Take your chill pill and relax .
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11-13-2020 at 10:07 AM.
11-13-2020 at 10:07 AM.
Came here for the mistake, staying for the comments.
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NTel
11-13-2020 at 10:08 AM.
11-13-2020 at 10:08 AM.
Quote from GTinMIA :
You just triggered hundreds if not more deal alerts by using the word 'mistake' in your post. Tip for next time, don't use that word as your post will be thumbed down to oblivion since it would alert people for potential price mistake.
Thanks for the tip.....that's something I could edit out, yea?
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11-13-2020 at 10:28 AM.
11-13-2020 at 10:28 AM.
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Thanks for the tip.....that's something I could edit out, yea?
Yes, but the alerts have already most likely gone out. Good post, don't worry about the "price mistake" downvoters. They do get very upset at people who post what they think is a price mistake and it is clearly not or the item is not really available to buy/sold out or an extreme YMMV deal. Kind of funny in a way. Usually baptism by fire in the comments.

I haven't looked that deep into the Slickdeals alert Boolean but I'm pretty sure they can set their alert up for consecutive words of, "price mistake" instead of the 2 words appearing separately in the post.

thanks for sharing.

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11-13-2020 at 10:30 AM.
11-13-2020 at 10:30 AM.
Quote from GTinMIA :
You just triggered hundreds if not more deal alerts by using the word 'mistake' in your post. Tip for next time, don't use that word as your post will be thumbed down to oblivion since it would alert people for potential price mistake.
Good grief. That's ridiculous to thumb a deal down because someone used a common everyday word in writing it.

If someone is so triggered by a deal alert false alarm, then they need to craft their alert more specifically so it doesn't include things that they don't want included - or just let it go. There is no need to thumb down what is otherwise a perfectly good deal.
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11-13-2020 at 10:32 AM.
11-13-2020 at 10:32 AM.
Quote from jeff34270 :
Good grief. That's ridiculous to thumb a deal down because someone used a common everyday word in writing it.

If someone is so triggered by a deal alert false alarm, then they need to craft their alert more specifically so it doesn't include things that they don't want included - or just let it go. There is no need to thumb down what is otherwise a perfectly good deal.
Yeah, that's what I said 'people', not me. I came and gave the OP advice and a thumbsup for the deal. Wink
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11-13-2020 at 10:36 AM.
11-13-2020 at 10:36 AM.
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Yes, but the alerts have already most likely gone out. Good post, don't worry about the "price mistake" downvoters. They do get very upset at people who post what they think is a price mistake and it is clearly not or the item is not really available to buy/sold out or an extreme YMMV deal. Kind of funny in a way. Usually baptism by fire in the comments.

I haven't looked that deep into the Slickdeals alert Boolean but I'm pretty sure they can set their alert up for consecutive words of, "price mistake" instead of the 2 words appearing separately in the post.

thanks for sharing.
Weird thing is. I have 'Price Mistake' as my keyword, yet I still got this alert.

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11-13-2020 at 10:40 AM.
11-13-2020 at 10:40 AM.
Quote from GTinMIA :
Weird thing is. I have 'Price Mistake' as my keyword, yet I still got this alert.

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Your keyword would need to be in quotes not apostrophes.

Exact Keywords and Phrases
Q: How do I search for a phrase or an exact word?
A: Put quotation marks around the entire phrase and an equals sign in front of a single word.
If you want to set an alert for an iPhone 6 but don't want the alert to trigger if someone posts a deal like '6 foot iPhone 4 cable', set up your deal alert as follows.

Examples:
"iphone 6"
will trigger an alert only if the exact phrase 'iphone 6' is found

refurb "iphone 6"
will trigger an alert only if the exact phrase 'iphone 6' is found and the post also has the word refurb in it somewhere.

"change"
will return search results for 'change' as well as other words such as 'changed' and 'changing'. Quotation marks around a single keyword are effectively ignored.

=change
will return search results for only 'change'. It will not return results for similar words like 'changed' or 'changing'. When used in the search, there is currently a bug that disallows viewing of more than one page of results. (Link). This seems to be superfluous when applied to keywords in a Deal Alert.

Note: Keywords are case insensitive regardless of the use of quotation marks or equals sign.​
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11-13-2020 at 11:02 AM.
11-13-2020 at 11:02 AM.
Quote from jeff34270 :
Good grief. That's ridiculous to thumb a deal down because someone used a common everyday word in writing it.

If someone is so triggered by a deal alert false alarm, then they need to craft their alert more specifically so it doesn't include things that they don't want included - or just let it go. There is no need to thumb down what is otherwise a perfectly good deal.
I've heard that people like to obfuscate real price mistakes by specifically not using the words "price mistake" so the store is less likely to find and correct them. Which means people need to create generic filters to catch them all which means they're more likely to be triggered by accident which means...
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11-13-2020 at 11:03 AM.
11-13-2020 at 11:03 AM.
Quote from duff1856 :
Your keyword would need to be in quotes not apostrophes.

Exact Keywords and Phrases
Q: How do I search for a phrase or an exact word?
A: Put quotation marks around the entire phrase and an equals sign in front of a single word.
If you want to set an alert for an iPhone 6 but don't want the alert to trigger if someone posts a deal like '6 foot iPhone 4 cable', set up your deal alert as follows.

Examples:
"iphone 6"
will trigger an alert only if the exact phrase 'iphone 6' is found

refurb "iphone 6"
will trigger an alert only if the exact phrase 'iphone 6' is found and the post also has the word refurb in it somewhere.

"change"
will return search results for 'change' as well as other words such as 'changed' and 'changing'. Quotation marks around a single keyword are effectively ignored.

=change
will return search results for only 'change'. It will not return results for similar words like 'changed' or 'changing'. When used in the search, there is currently a bug that disallows viewing of more than one page of results. (Link). This seems to be superfluous when applied to keywords in a Deal Alert.

Note: Keywords are case insensitive regardless of the use of quotation marks or equals sign.​
thanks, changed it to quotes. Repped.
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11-13-2020 at 11:16 AM.
11-13-2020 at 11:16 AM.
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thanks, changed it to quotes. Repped.
Look at that....Good has come from my newbness Smilie
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11-13-2020 at 07:52 PM.
11-13-2020 at 07:52 PM.
Quote from duff1856 :
Your keyword would need to be in quotes not apostrophes.

Exact Keywords and Phrases
Q: How do I search for a phrase or an exact word?
A: Put quotation marks around the entire phrase and an equals sign in front of a single word.
If you want to set an alert for an iPhone 6 but don't want the alert to trigger if someone posts a deal like '6 foot iPhone 4 cable', set up your deal alert as follows.

Examples:
"iphone 6"
will trigger an alert only if the exact phrase 'iphone 6' is found

refurb "iphone 6"
will trigger an alert only if the exact phrase 'iphone 6' is found and the post also has the word refurb in it somewhere.

"change"
will return search results for 'change' as well as other words such as 'changed' and 'changing'. Quotation marks around a single keyword are effectively ignored.

=change
will return search results for only 'change'. It will not return results for similar words like 'changed' or 'changing'. When used in the search, there is currently a bug that disallows viewing of more than one page of results. (Link). This seems to be superfluous when applied to keywords in a Deal Alert.

Note: Keywords are case insensitive regardless of the use of quotation marks or equals sign.​
Another useful tip is using @title in the search. @title specifies that the search terms following it must appear in the title (rather than the default of searching both the title and body of the post).

So, @title "price mistake" returns all posts with price mistake in the title. flamingo @title "price mistake" returns all posts with price mistake in the title and flamingo in either the title or body.

Note that the GUI search has a "Search in Title Only" box that you can select, but when you save the search with "Add Alert" it doesn't add the @title. You have to manually edit the saved search and add it yourself.
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