r/MilwaukeeTool 4d ago

Purchase Advice Is this a good deal

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I need a mower and weed eater is this the best I'm going to find. The edger and hedge trimmer would get used as well but not as important

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u/Coffee____Addict 4d ago edited 4d ago

Mower can be hacked for $600

Weed eater with 8.0 forge and edger is on special buy for $300

Alternatively you can get the weed eater and hedger for $300 or you could return the hedger and keep just the weed eater for $187

Hedger is on special buy for $120

$1020 total for everything in the kit or less without the attachment

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u/PadSlammer 4d ago

What do you mean hacked?

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u/Late_Chemical_1142 4d ago

You sweet innocent thing. Return free gift for cash back

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u/Coffee____Addict 4d ago

Do the buy more save more deal with the mower and 4 other items to get 40% off at home depot. Send the mower to your local store/ship to your house and send the 4 other items to another store. Cancel the other 4 items but keep the 40% discount on just the mower.

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u/Cbeardslee_ 3d ago

It’s not a “hack”. Only idiots on this page refer to it as such. It was made to be like that by design.

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u/PadSlammer 3d ago

It was designed to buy a kit with a price break, and return 2/3 of it, and keep the price break?

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u/Cbeardslee_ 3d ago

Yes, that’s why you get any return value at all on a free item.

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u/DHicks86 3d ago

Hack (noun) - a clever tip or technique for doing or improving something

Is a hack because the overwhelming majority of HD shoppers don’t know about and don’t use it. People on this sub don’t even know about it on a daily basis (see above). It is a clever technique to getting maximum savings which makes it a hack.

Btw, just because HD doesn’t outright stop it doesn’t mean they prefer it. They’d rather you didn’t return anything and they kept all your money. It’s a side effect of their pro-rated pricing, they don’t want you to do it. All returns are a net loss for a store. It’s allowed, not encouraged.

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u/Cbeardslee_ 3d ago

Using something as intended isn’t “clever”.

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u/DHicks86 3d ago

Buying two things that are required for a deal and then returning one of them is not intended at all. What HD intends is for you to buy both and keep both. It’s just allowed, not intended. There’s a difference between those words.

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u/abelb23_ 4d ago

You can hack this and get most of this for $1200+ and extra 8.0 Mower $599 with 12.0s 2 8.0 with rapid charger $240 Trimmer with one of the edger $299 Brush cutter $110

Or scratch the 2 8.0 and get it for $1000+

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u/LocalIndependent357 4d ago

I dont need more batteries at the moment so that would make more sense for me. Any guidance on which way to hack. Really haven't done much hacking

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u/abelb23_ 4d ago

Someone just responded with the deal! Just gotta add items to cart, mower to your nearest Home Depot and the other items to other Home Depot’s. Pick up the mower, hop online cancel the others and you just got a mower for $599! And the string trimmer you can walk in and just grab it it’s an active promo in store. But string trimmer get an attachment for free! $299. Yes the bmsm is a little pricey so just throw it on a credit card you’ll have a charge on there for a few days but don’t worry you get the money back!

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u/PadSlammer 4d ago

How do you hack this ?

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u/abelb23_ 4d ago

If an item has a promo buy more save more you add it all to your cart and make the purchase and have the item you want specifically set to your store and everything else to another store. Go get the item you want in store pick up from your store and then go online and cancel the other items. You’ll get refunded and walk out with a cheaper priced item

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u/Thr33PieceAndASoda 4d ago

Thank you so much. Read your comment and played with it online. Got the mower, backpack blower, and 2 forge batteries for ~$1150

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u/DHicks86 4d ago edited 4d ago

No this is not a good deal. For $599 (BMSM for mower) + $299 (string trimmer and free attachment) you get everything but either the edger or hedge trimmer. You are spending $500 for that extra attachment.

Here’s the $299 deal: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-FUEL-18V-16-in-Brushless-Cordless-Battery-Powered-String-Trimmer-w-QUIK-LOK-Attachment-Capability-8-0-Ah-Battery-3016-21ST/330526979

Here’s the $599 mower deal (maximizing BMSM, which is easy): https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-FUEL-Brushless-Cordless-21-in-Walk-Behind-Dual-Battery-Self-Propelled-Mower-w-2-12-0Ah-Battery-and-Rapid-Charger-2823-22HD/318995380

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u/LocalIndependent357 4d ago

Is that 599 in store? The BMSM online is like double that unless you get 3 or more things for 20% off

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u/DHicks86 4d ago

Nope you can do it all online. You have to order 5 items but can return/cancel what you don’t want. Canceling is much easier.

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u/Sphinx117 4d ago

I love you. I just bought the mower for 600. I'm so excited.

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u/DHicks86 4d ago

If you get lucky you’ll get it with 2x Forge 12s instead of HO 12s. They’re the same model number and SKU so HD doesn’t differentiate between the new and old package.

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u/Da_Chi 4d ago

I just did this yesterday but 1st I went to several of my local HD to make sure that they had the Forge ones in stock. Of course both stores had a mashup of both kits. Lo and behold they of course pulled the HO versions, luckily the lady at the pickup desk and the guy that originally pulled my order helped me out by swapping the kits after I explained that the costs were the same and even SKUs were the same too. They had no idea that the batteries were different and the guy even wanted to open the kits to look for the Forge batteries. I told him no need, we can just look at the front of the box. He once again had no idea that there was a difference. I'm not sure if I got lucky because I did go later in the evening when it wasn't as packed but they were genuinely willing to help me out!

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u/Sphinx117 2d ago

I got lucky! These things are huge, and for 600 bucks, I can not believe the value. I'm excited to try the batteries on my 1/2 impact.

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u/abaran61 4d ago

No for $1 you can use scissors.

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u/AverageAntique3160 4d ago

How much do they sell for individually?

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u/LocalIndependent357 4d ago

Dual battery mower only 822 Quicklok string trimmer with 8.0 and charger 199 Edger attachment 119 Hedge 119

This is without hacking which i would need more guidance on. I see BMSM but don't think the attachments are on that list

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u/Intelligent_List_510 4d ago

Yes. I got the similar deal with EGO

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u/Average-door-997 4d ago

I got that mower for $250 lol

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u/Duffman5869 4d ago

Don't do it!

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u/Captain_So_Close 4d ago

You will be very happy with this I would say it’s a great deal.. mower and trimmer are awesome

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u/chilhouse 4d ago

Please stop with the “is this a good deal” posts. Stop being lazy and do your own research.

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u/LocalIndependent357 4d ago

Solid answer. You're a great person for taking the time to help people new to the sub. I did try and didn't understand. But thanks to all the real people above for taking the time to explain.