This HD hack is one of those where you buy a tool + 2 batteries + bag "main item" (for $299) and then choose a tool-only "free item" (worth varying prices) , and then return whichever one you don't want to keep.
If you want to keep the "main item", it is in your interest to get the most expensive "free item" and then return the "free item"
For example, if you add the Dewalt 20V XR Cordless 3 in. Cut-Off Tool with 6.0Ah and 4.0Ah Batteries + Bag "main item" (
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWAL.../322364077) and the Cut off tool-only as the "free item" (
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWAL.../317267403) then it comes out to $187 if you keep the main item or $112 if you keep the free item.
Note that this main item combo (DCS438BWCB246CK) includes DCS438B (20V XR Cordless 3 in. Cut-Off Tool Only, normally $179) and DCB246CK (20V MAX XR Premium Lithium-Ion 6.0Ah and 4.0Ah + charger + bag, normally $199) for a normal total of $378.
Other "main item" possibilities are:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWAL.../318347569
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWAL.../314645883
https://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWAL.../314640149
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Of which would be hackable
Of which would be hackable
The other hack would be to return just one of the cut off tools and keep the battery kit + the other cut off tool for $187. which is what I did. My reasoning was that if $112 was a good price for the tool by itself, now you're getting 2 good size batteries, a charger and a bag for an extra $75.
If you didn't care about getting the cut off tool, you could add another tool like the circular saw, return the main item, and keep the saw for something like $75.
I had everything delivered, and returned 1 cut off to the store with no questions asked.
I'm relatively new to Home Depot "Hackable" deals, but in general they are in the form of "if you buy this item you can choose another item for free".
To see the cost breakdown in a Hackable deal, you would select the additional item, add it to the Cart, and then view your cart.
You can experiment by emptying your cart repeating with other combinations.
I apologize in advance for the rest of this post :-)
Hack Math:
In general, in a hackable deal where item A + B are offered for a single (sale) price, you'd get the best deal on item A if you choose the highest priced item B, since the final cost breakdown is item A's ratio (compared to the normal price of A+B) of the sale price.
In this deal where I am interested in getting the best deal on one of the Main items (A = $299), I chose the highest priced Free item (B=Cut off tool = $179) since the price breakdown of the Main item is
$A/($A+$B) * $Sale price = ($ Main item)/($ Main + $ Free item) * ($ Sale price) = $299/($299 + $179) * $299 = ($299/$478) * $299 = $187.03 , ie, I'm paying about 62% of the Main item's (sale) price of $299 when I return the Free item.
If I chose one of the other cheaper Free items (they are all $99) , I'd end up paying about 75.1% of the $299 Main items or $224.63
If I want to end up with one of the tool-only Free items and return the Main item, it doesn't matter which Main item I choose since they are all $299.
The other hack would be to return just one of the cut off tools and keep the battery kit + the other cut off tool for $187. which is what I did. My reasoning was that if $112 was a good price for the tool by itself, now you're getting 2 good size batteries, a charger and a bag for an extra $75.
If you didn't care about getting the cut off tool, you could add another tool like the circular saw, return the main item, and keep the saw for something like $75.
I had everything delivered, and returned 1 cut off to the store with no questions asked.
Batteries usually get 10-12$/AH on FB marketplace.
Bare tools usually get 50-75$
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Dewalt warranty was easy to deal with and sent me a brand new battery, but I've also heard other people getting dead batteries within couple of years. My 2mA batteries that I bought in 2017 is still going strong.
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