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Old 01-21-2009, 05:58 PM   #1
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Home Depot $139.00 deal

I had a potential client ask me today about carpet and wondered if I could
beat HD's price for 139 installed for the whole house. I told her no of
course.

Just wondering how you floor guys compete with prices like that?

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Old 01-21-2009, 06:00 PM   #2
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I had a potential client ask me today about carpet and wondered if I could
beat HD's price for 139 installed for the whole house. I told her no of
course.

Just wondering how you floor guys compete with prices like that?
It is not a "Real Price".

One MUST read the fine print and "Exclusions".
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Old 01-21-2009, 06:03 PM   #3
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It is not a "Real Price".

One MUST read the fine print and "Exclusions".
This.
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Old 01-21-2009, 06:04 PM   #4
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SORRY, I just realized there was a similar thread under Articles
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Old 01-21-2009, 07:15 PM   #5
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Sure you can. unless you are doing labor only.
it's all a numbers game...the folks who are never convinced do not deserve your quality anyway.
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Old 01-21-2009, 09:46 PM   #6
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Hey, I work at home depot in the flooring dept. and there is no way to get it for that $139, they charge for everything and they charge crazy prices for everything like $75ish to move a few pieces of furniture.I have not seen a single person in since i started 6month ago get it for that.I was an installer for about 6yr (not for home depot) and I can't believe what they charge for stuff ,there is no way a normal guy can compete with it unless you do the same crap they do and I don't think you will have many happy costumers. And I'm sure you have seen the quality of there work I'm not a carpet guy but ,my girlfriend could put down hardwood better then some of the stuff I have seen them do.
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Old 01-21-2009, 09:58 PM   #7
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I had a potential client ask me today about carpet and wondered if I could
beat HD's price for 139 installed for the whole house. I told her no of
course.

Just wondering how you floor guys compete with prices like that?

Depends on what you charge for the carpet. They are simply hiding their labor in the price of the carpet. It's the TOTAL the homeowner should be looking at, not just a sliver of the pie. Tell her you'll do the install for free if she pays you enough for the carpet.
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Saw a story one time about their complaint record. They don't resolve any complaints, not for flooring, doors or anything they install.
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Old 01-21-2009, 11:22 PM   #9
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come on guys ,dummy up. $139 for full house. Our family has been in construction longer than most 60 plus years. You cant carpet a backyard fort for 139. The people were pulling his leg.If i told someone ,hey its 10k for your kitchen, and she said i had homedepot for $500 , you would almost have to slap her for being dumb,then slap her mother for having her.
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HAHA!

good one...
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Old 01-22-2009, 02:14 PM   #11
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I had a potential client ask me today about carpet and wondered if I could
beat HD's price for 139 installed for the whole house. I told her no of
course.

Just wondering how you floor guys compete with prices like that?
I heard the Home Depot ad, it is $139 installation fee for the whole house, that does not include, Pad, carpet or other material, I am sure you will still end up paying more than double the going rate per yard for the carpet.
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Old 01-22-2009, 02:21 PM   #12
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Home Depot is not stupid. They are just counting on consumers to be...
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come on guys ,dummy up. $139 for full house. Our family has been in construction longer than most 60 plus years. You cant carpet a backyard fort for 139. The people were pulling his leg.If i told someone ,hey its 10k for your kitchen, and she said i had homedepot for $500 , you would almost have to slap her for being dumb,then slap her mother for having her.
I'll challenge this bolded statement. Me and my 8 year old son did his fort much cheaper then this.
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* $139 basic carpet installation for one or more rooms. Pricing only applies to installation labor for carpet and pad from The Home Depot in single family residential homes. Basic installation labor does not include custom or optional labor such as moving furniture, removing and hauling away existing flooring and installing flooring on steps. Multi-family and commercial jobs will be done by quote only. Offer not valid on: prior purchases, glue down carpet installations, 72-hour Carpet Program or at EXPO® Design Center stores. Single family residential homes only. Offer available in all U.S. The Home Depot markets.
** If you find a lower total carpet project price on an identical carpet and installation (specifications must be identical including but not limited to: carpet construction, fiber type and face weight) from any retailer, we will match the price and beat it by 10%. Excludes clearance and open-box merchandise, sales tax, rebate and other offers, typographical errors and online purchases. This offer only valid on carpet, carpet pad and installation when purchased as a total project.
*** Carpet only of equal or lesser value. Does not include labor.
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Old 01-25-2009, 12:05 PM   #15
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I had a potential client ask me today about carpet and wondered if I could
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WHY would you want to for God's sake?

This kind of crap kills me. People think we are a bunch of dummies trying to work as cheap as we can while they sit in their ivory towers maximizing their income at every opportunity.

Hell....that's not a "potential client", that's a potential rip-off just waiting to happen and your the one that's going to get ripped off. I'd stay as far away from that ass as is humanly possible.
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So reading the fine print, I could get Home Depot to install my new carpet over my old carpet, working around my furniture, for $139?
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Old 09-08-2009, 07:55 PM   #17
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So reading the fine print, I could get Home Depot to install my new carpet over my old carpet, working around my furniture, for $139?

That's $100 too much ~ Home Depot $39.00 deal ...$39.00 !!!!!!
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That's $100 too much
I KNEW they were trying to rip me off, trying to charge $139.00 for $39.00 worth of labor.
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You joke about the rip off of $139 being reduced to $39 but think of the poor fools that go for it. If they would just shop around they would see they are paying 40% or more higher for the Home Depot carpet than what they could buy it for at a carpet store. The padding alone is about 150% higher. Hell there are only about two carpet manufacturers in the whole United States and all the carpet sold in this country is made right there at those places.

People......
don't bo so friggen stupid.
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