To start off, Happy Labor Day!
If you’ve been looking to upgrade to Milwaukee Tool’s [fantastic!] new Gen-4 M18 Fuel hammer drill and impact driver combo kit, Home Depot’s Labor Day 2022 deal throws in an extra 5Ah battery.
These are the latest and greatest versions that recently debuted at Milwaukee’s Pipeline 2022 media event.
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Free Tool Gift with Purchase Deals
Buy an M12 XC starter kit, get a FREE TOOL. This starter kit comes with 2x XC 6Ah batteries.
Here is the current free gift with purchase selection:
- M12 Rocket LED Worklight
- M12 Cordless 3/8″ Crown Stapler
- M12 Cordless Inflator
- M12 Impact Driver
- M12 3/8″ Ratchet
- M12 Compact Spot Blower
- M12 Rotary Tool
- M12 Fuel Brushless Cut Off Saw
- M12 Fuel 5-3/8″ Brushless Circular Saw
- M12 Fuel Oscillating Multi-Tool
- M12 Rover LED Worklight
Price: $199
There’s also a slightly different offer, where you buy a compact and XC battery starter kit. This bundle comes with a charger, 2Ah battery, and XC 4Ah battery.
The free tool gift selection is slimmer:
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- M12 3/8″ Crown Stapler
- M12 Cordless Inflator
- M12 Impact Driver
- M12 Compact Spot Blower
- M12 Rotary Tool
- M12 Rover LED Light
Price $129
A Better Milwaukee M12 Fuel Oscillating Multi-Tool Deal
Here’s a better M12 Fuel oscillating multi-tool deal, in my opinion.
You buy the M12 Fuel OMT kit as “special buy” price of $169, and can choose an XC 6Ah battery as your free gift. You could also choose an M12 cordless screwdriver or an impact driver if you are so inclined.
I’d go for the 6Ah battery.
So, with this bundle, you get the [excellent and highly recommended] M12 Fuel OMT tool kit, which already comes with an XC 4Ah battery, charger, kit bag, standard accessories, and a second XC 6Ah battery, for $169.
You save $30 here compared to the deal above where you get 2x XC 6Ah batteries and the OMT tool-only as a free gift. If you want two XC 6Ah batteries, spend a little extra and get that deal. If you want to save a little money and can live with one lower capacity battery, get this one.
There’s More!
Home Depot has a ton of other Milwaukee M18 and M12 cordless power tool deals.
Buy certain M12 or M18 cordless power tools, kits, or combo kits, get a free battery.
At the time of this posting, there are 246 options, ranging from the M12 pin nailer, die grinders, and high speed ratchets, to M18 Fuel impact wrenches, rotary hammers, saws, and automotive tool kits.
If you’re looking for more Labor Day 2022 Tool deals:
Saulac
The prorated prices on the free tools for the 2A+4A kit are lower than on the 6Ax2 kit. So if you want to do the HD hack to get the bare tools, and the tools you want are available for both kits, buy the 2A+4A kit. They do require to ship both tool and batteries to either home or store now.
John
Can someone explain how the HD works?
Stuart
*I am not encouraging or endorsing this practice, only explaining what the process entails.*
Step 1: Purchase “free gift with purchase” promo.
Step 2: Check receipt – often these promos have prorated pricing.
Step 3: Return what you don’t want, enjoy pro-rated discount on the tool(s) you do.
Let’s say a tool costs $300 and you get a free gift with it, with a retail value of $100. The subtotal is $400, and minus the free gift value, your order total is $300.
But if you look at the receipt, the $300 price for the eligible product is 3/4 of the before-discount subtotal. The free gift with $100 value is 1/4 of the subtotal.
So, the way things are figured, you’re paying $300-$75 or $225 for the eligible product, and $100-$25 or $75 for the free gift. $225 + $75 = $300, the same as if the free gift were assigned a $0 value.
Return the eligible tool, and you get the free gift for $75. Return the free gift, and you get the eligible tool for $225.
Stores allow for this in case one of the items breaks, or similar. With prorated discounts, you can return part of an order rather than the whole. $20 off $100+ and similar discounts often work in the same way.
Some bundles are sold as a single SKU, and in those instances discounts are applied to that SKU, rather than being prorated across two or more.
A lot of people call it a “hack” as it’s an exploitable loophole.
Some people have been playing games with the online ordering system, such as setting one item for in-store pickup, and another for delivery. They then cancel part of an order after they get the part they wish to keep, rather than receiving both and having to return one.
Home Depot started to defeat the later. The OMT kit, for instance, gives this warning message in-cart: Please make sure promotional items have the same delivery or pickup options and try again.
TomD
Yeah, and keep an eye out for part numbers like 2990-21HD – that will be a CUSTOM KIT for Home Depot often, and since it’s all one SKU you can’t return part of it.
Though you can sell parts online, the transaction costs are more annoying.
I have done the opposite once, wanted the bonus but they were out of stock, but the HD that had the bonus didn’t have the tool.
Bought the battery, went to the other HD, returned it and then bought the tool and got the battery back as the bonus. Took a bit to explain to the clerk what I was trying to do, then they were fine with it. Have done the same thing with tile (no single store had enough boxes) to make sure all got my 10% discount.
“Hello I’d like to return and buy these again, can I please not unload my truck?”
MFC
The 6ah kit says that it’s no longer available?
Daniel
Same, won’t add to cart, says not available. ;(
Stuart
Try again?
I checked now, and there are 8,006 units ready for delivery. Maybe your chosen free gift sold out? In that case it should be greyed-out in the options/selection list. I checked a couple, and they’re all still in-stock.
If it works now for you too, maybe they just had an inventory glitch earlier.
I can also still add the OMT kit and bonus battery to my cart.
Emilio+Gonzalez
IDK. You’re always touting great deals for X Holiday but I don’t see any great deals. A lot of price increases and a gouge fiesta on the part of most tool dealers.
Stuart
I follow my own and readers’ interests. You might not be interested in these or other deals, and that’s okay, but others are.
The M12 Fuel OMT is a common request, so I pay more attention to it. In my opinion, the $169 bundle is an excellent deal.
Price increases? That’s the nature of the world today.
SamR
I bought the M12 Fuel 5-3/8″ Brushless Circular Saw. Thanks.
Pastor+Dan
I’m thinking about the M12 right angle die grinder. I don’t need another 12v battery at this time. If I buy the $199 bare tool and get the “free” battery, can I return the battery for the “$64.97 value” I’ve seen advertised?
Stuart
When you add deals like this to your shopping cart, it will show you the itemized prices.
If a battery is said to have a $65 value, that value is spread across both the eligible tool and the battery itself.
So if the offer is for a $199 tool with free battery with $65 retail value, the returnable cost of the battery will usually be the following, unless specified otherwise:
Cost of Eligible Item = Tool
Value of Free Gift Item = Gift
Final Prorated Price = Sticker Price – {Sticker Price x Gift/(Tool + Gift)}
So in this case, $199 – {$199 x $65 / ($199 + $65)}.
So, if you return the battery, the tool should end up costing you ~$150.
If you run the math for the battery, it should have a returnable value of $65 – {$65 x $65 / ($199 + $65)}, or ~$49. $150 + $49 = $199, or “$199 plus free gift with purchase.”
Adrian
For anyone trying to reproduce the math themselves for another purpose the formula is actually:
$199 – {$199 x ($65 / ($199 + $65))}
You need the extra set of parentheses for it to evaluate correctly.
Admittedly, a pair of parentheses is nitpicking, but it’s the nature of formulas that the nitpicky details need to be right for them to work.
Stuart
Sorry – this wasn’t intended to be as elaborate as it turned out.
I have the equations in neater format here: https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/home-depot-cordless-power-tool-deal-hack-explained/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
I’m also working on a calculator script.
a x {b / (c + d)}
Is the same as
(a x b) / ( c + d)
I find the latter to be easier to punch out on a calculator.
As long as you keep track what’s in the numerator and denominator, it doesn’t matter for multiplication.
If you are finding the value of both, it can be helpful to determine the b/(c+d) factor first to set as a constant.
In simplified form, the equations would be:
a – {(a x b) / ( a + b)}
and
b – {(b x b) / (a + b)}
Or
a – {a x [b / (a + b)]}
I prefer to wrap (a x b) and (b x b) in their own parentheses – it seems neater and easier to follow at least when written out inline like tbis.
James+C
Pretty lame of HD to do these for Labor Day and then a day later offer some of them on SBotD at better prices. E.g. the m12 fuel OMT with 2x 6ah was $199 for Labor Day but $189 today. If I bought that for $199 I’d be a bit ticked off since it’s not worth the hassle of trying to get a price adjustment over $10.
TomD
I don’t really befront them “clearancing” out extras that didn’t sell. And if you’re in the area you could price adjust it but as you say – probably not worth it.
I’ve done it a few times when the difference was noticeable.
James oldendorf
Hi all I own is milaukee tools and supply my men with every thing you’ve have on the market. I am greatful to be one that is satisfied with milaukee battery powered tools I’d say I have put our least ah 20,000 in your products and have been to some contract conventions and was surprised they handded me $ 4,000 worth on a card to buy more tools .I like surprise’s lol.
Stuart
Sweet! Sounds like a great sales contact you have there!