Home Depot $500 item shops
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I haven't seen these, but it sounds like you may need a flat bed cart and maybe a tool or lawn equipment?
I keep seeing emails for these shops but decided not to do them for now. So, you are assigned a specific department and you need to have an expensive item in the cart from that department? Do you have to have the physical item in your cart or is the tag OK? Is a flatbed cart OK?
Home Depot sells many bathtubs over $500. Most of the bidet toilets and a lot of their shower stalls/kits are also over $500. I don't know if they are in stock at your store, though.
Home Depot sells many bathtubs over $500. Most of the bidet toilets and a lot of their shower stalls/kits are also over $500. I don't know if they are in stock at your store, though.
For my department item, I needed a flat bed cart. Someone else was using it for flowers. If I did this again, I would wait for the flat bed cart instead of ruining my back with the unwieldy item and a shopping cart.
Other than that, the shop is easy. I was amazed at just how sprawling my department was! I liked that aspect of the assignment.
Other than that, the shop is easy. I was amazed at just how sprawling my department was! I liked that aspect of the assignment.
I am not going to waste someone's time putting a heavy bathtub or toilet on a flatbed for me, and I'm certainly not doing it myself. Also, there are no toilets or bidets over $400 available at the store. There might be some $500+ bath vanities in stock at the store I have to shop.@BusyBeeBuzzBuzzBuzz wrote:
I keep seeing emails for these shops but decided not to do them for now. So, you are assigned a specific department and you need to have an expensive item in the cart from that department? Do you have to have the physical item in your cart or is the tag OK? Is a flatbed cart OK?
Home Depot sells many bathtubs over $500. Most of the bidet toilets and a lot of their shower stalls/kits are also over $500. I don't know if they are in stock at your store, though.
It's a stupid scenario. And the form doesn't even ask for info on the items you used or the names of the employees!
I had avoided the shops until now but will be near one tomorrow and the price was up to $25.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2022 01:12AM by MisterBill.
My item would have been a quick (~ 13 second) scoot and lift from its place on the floor to its slightly higher place on the flat bed. Scoot large carton ~ six inches to loading/launching spot. Tip large carton with upper body, lift primarily with best foot, and voila! It is there. I have the bad back, but I can do a few things for a bonus. I would never do that again for certain departments, without a bonus, without a flat bed, or without whatever I really need for the job.
@MisterBill wrote:
I am not going to waste someone's time putting a heavy bathtub or toilet on a flatbed for me and I'm certainly ot doing it myslf. It's a stupid scenario.@BusyBeeBuzzBuzzBuzz wrote:
I keep seeing emails for these shops but decided not to do them for now. So, you are assigned a specific department and you need to have an expensive item in the cart from that department? Do you have to have the physical item in your cart or is the tag OK? Is a flatbed cart OK?
Home Depot sells many bathtubs over $500. Most of the bidet toilets and a lot of their shower stalls/kits are also over $500. I don't know if they are in stock at your store, though.
I had avoided the shops until now but will be near one tomorrow and the price was up to $25.
I’ve been told by the scheduler that a tag is ok, but you should confirm that’s still the case.
I saw these shops posted at $8 about a month ago. I emailed a scheduler stating that I would be in the area where one of these jobs was posted and could pick up a shop for $25 if (s)he was interested. I received an email the next morning that said "Hi," on the first line and "no" on the 2nd line. I'm now getting emails by a different scheduler offering $25 for these "Super easy" shops. I'm not in the area anymore and am definitely not traveling. I'm glad I read this thread because the details of the email are vague. It sounds like this assignment causes shoppers to create unnecessary work for employees. I'm sure the folks who work at HD are thrilled to go put a heavy item back in its place (possibly the same person that loaded it) when someone leaves said item at a register and never returns. I think I'll take a pass on this one too.
I did one like this around the holidays and ended up having an associate find and place a large boxed Christmas tree in my cart. I felt really bad having to leave it at the end after he was so helpful. The shop may be simple, but finding the item is a pita. Also, I think the instructions state that the item doesn't necessarily need to be from your assigned dept., but it's kind of dumb to ask an associate from your dept about something from elsewhere in the store. I pass on these now, unless the fee gets really attractive.
Also, some tools will meet the required amount.
Also, some tools will meet the required amount.
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I'd obviously be happy to do this if not for the odd item requirement. Are they wanting to see what their employees do with a large ticket item left in the front? Having previously done the cart builds for the other company, it was awkward enough to demand a drill from the cage which they walk to the register for you. Then you have to take it all back in 10 minutes. We stick out like sore thumbs because of unusual contrived scenarios.
No, I think the goal is to see if the department employee and cashier recommend the store credit card.@Tanischri87 wrote:
I'd obviously be happy to do this if not for the odd item requirement. Are they wanting to see what their employees do with a large ticket item left in the front?
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who thinks that the scenario is ridiculous
@MisterBill wrote:
There are supposedly simple shops out there for Home Depot where you have to select a $500 item and see if someone in the assigned department and cashier suggest their card. Only problem is, in the department you're supposed to have something in your cart and I cannot find anything in the kitchen & bath department I was assigned that works. For the register portion, it was suggested that I use an outdoor furniture set (although they do not have a tag you can bring to the register to purchase it), so I could try that.
Has anyone else done this shop and find a $500+ item to use? Am I missing something obvious? I could see doing an appliance, but obviously that does not fit in the cart, and I don't think it's part of kitchen and bath.
Depending on the store there are kitchen faucets that are over $500, relatively easy to put in a cart.
Most expensive kitchen faucet in stock at this store is $349 per their website.@tstewart3 wrote:
Depending on the store there are kitchen faucets that are over $500, relatively easy to put in a cart.
On Sunday, the email blast for these shops said "Last day!!!". They are still being offered. They love to lie.
Everyday is potentially the LAST day (fi they can fill them). They are just trying to fill these silly shops. I have not done one. It would be easy if you could just pick any item. That fact it has to dept specific makes it a little more effort (not much), but people in my area took them probably at the $8. I saw some in the land of the dirt people that reached $18. I offered $25 and they said no. Then a week later, they increased bonus to $25. It's okay. I hope they offer them again. I know which areas they struggle with and will use that to my advantage in the next round.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2022 09:23PM by hbbigdaddy.
@thunderdeacon wrote:
On Sunday, the email blast for these shops said "Last day!!!". They are still being offered. They love to lie.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2022 09:23PM by hbbigdaddy.
@hbbigdaddy wrote:
Everyday is potentially the LAST day (fi they can fill them). They are just trying to fill these silly shops. I have not done one. It would be easy if you could just pick any item. That fact it has to dept specific makes it a little more effort (not much), but people in my area took them probably at the $8.
Email from yesterday specifically says it does not have to come from assigned department now, if this is the same shop!
Yes, but it's still a PITA to find something over $500. That said, I did the shop today and managed to find the top of the line garage door opener that was over $500 and was not that difficult to put in a cart.@JennyFromTheShop wrote:
Email from yesterday specifically says it does not have to come from assigned department now, if this is the same shop!
In order to see if the cashier offers the credit card, you have to let them proceed to ring up the sale, then just short of getting out your credit card, say you changed your mind? I can't be that jerk.
Well, you don't have to put it that way. You can say that you left your wallet in the car (or at home), or in my case that I didn't have the right credit card with me. FWIW, she didn't really seem to care, not like she was going to have to go put it back on the shelf. The form was really simple, didn't even ask for details, finding the $500+ item was the hardest part.@lcubed3 wrote:
In order to see if the cashier offers the credit card, you have to let them proceed to ring up the sale, then just short of getting out your credit card, say you changed your mind? I can't be that jerk.
A lot of the really expensive stuff is only sold from the website.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2022 06:17AM by MisterBill.
I've done these shops and have never picked up an item worth $500. There is no question on the report asking you the price of the item you picked up. I cannot lift more than 20 lbs and any $500 item will weigh more than I can pick up. I've never had a shop rejected.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2022 07:19AM by johnb974.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2022 07:19AM by johnb974.
There is very little detail on the shop form, they really have no idea what you did other than getting a photo of the department sign and the front of the store. And to be honest, there should be no need to have it be a single $500 item, the discount you're prompting the employee to offer you is based on a total purchase amount. And according to their website, the $50 discount starts at $300, not $500. The whole shop is really flawed. But for $25, I was willing to do it.@johnb974 wrote:
I've done these shops and have never picked up an item worth $500. There is no question on the report asking you the price of the item you picked up. I cannot lift more than 20 lbs and any $500 item will weigh more than I can pick up. I've never had a shop rejected.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2022 05:05PM by MisterBill.
I don't know if anything has changed, the last one I did was sometime last year. I put several items that totaled $500 instead of one item. The locations I did were accepted.
I also don't understand some people who come on here and blatantly state they disregard the guidelines! It also isn't the first time. If it states $500, then it's $500!
I also don't understand some people who come on here and blatantly state they disregard the guidelines! It also isn't the first time. If it states $500, then it's $500!
Since the item doesn't have to be from the department that you are shopping, I would just go to the tools. Some of those tools are quite expensive.
You're still not asked what item you picked up, where it was from or even the cost.
I did not find any tools over $500 that I could lift, even the ones that were under lock and key. And you wouldn't be able to use those for the department employee, since I assume that they're going to take you right to the register with the item. And then they would need to make sure to lock the item up again after you bailed on the purchase.@Morledzep wrote:
Since the item doesn't have to be from the department that you are shopping, I would just go to the tools. Some of those tools are quite expensive.
Exactly, but you do want to make sure that the item(s) is(are) expensive enough that they recommend the credit card to get the opening discount.@johnb974 wrote:
You're still not asked what item you picked up, where it was from or even the cost.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/17/2022 04:23AM by MisterBill.
I would need a flatbed cart and $100 job fee
@kathygry wrote:
I don't know if anything has changed, the last one I did was sometime last year. I put several items that totaled $500 instead of one item. The locations I did were accepted.
I also don't understand some people who come on here and blatantly state they disregard the guidelines! It also isn't the first time. If it states $500, then it's $500!
To be fair, you also just said you disregarded the guidelines by grabbing several items rather than one - did I read that right?
@JennyFromTheShop wrote:
@kathygry wrote:
I don't know if anything has changed, the last one I did was sometime last year. I put several items that totaled $500 instead of one item. The locations I did were accepted.
I also don't understand some people who come on here and blatantly state they disregard the guidelines! It also isn't the first time. If it states $500, then it's $500!
To be fair, you also just said you disregarded the guidelines by grabbing several items rather than one - did I read that right?
No, I checked with the scheduler before doing the first shop. It wasn't mentioned in the guidelines though. Still stand by my statement.
The Home Depot shop kathygry did was a different, more common, Home Depot shop where you have several specific items to buy, a specific way to arrange them in the cart, purchase and return a few minutes later without receipt.@kathygry wrote:
@JennyFromTheShop wrote:
@kathygry wrote:
I don't know if anything has changed, the last one I did was sometime last year. I put several items that totaled $500 instead of one item. The locations I did were accepted.
I also don't understand some people who come on here and blatantly state they disregard the guidelines! It also isn't the first time. If it states $500, then it's $500!
To be fair, you also just said you disregarded the guidelines by grabbing several items rather than one - did I read that right?
No, I checked with the scheduler before doing the first shop. It wasn't mentioned in the guidelines though. Still stand by my statement.
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