I’m a Home Depot fan – how to get your money back on dead plants for up to a year

A HOME Depot loyalist has shared a lesser-known fact about buying plants at the home improvement retailer.

As the nation welcomes the warm spring weather, some homeowners may be shopping around for houseplants to freshen up their residences and gardens.

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Home Depot is among the top places to shop for plants, offering a large variety of greens in their Garden Center.

What many Home Depot plant shoppers don’t know is that trees, perennials, houseplants, and shrubs have a one-year guarantee.

If a customer’s shrub dies a week after purchase or on day 359, you can dig it up and return it as long as you still have your receipt.

Also, if any live plants you bought online arrive damaged or dead, call within three days to get a replacement delivered at no charge!

However, the policy doesn’t cover floral arrangements or cut flowers.

Home Depot confirmed the facts to The US Sun, saying customers can get an exchange, cash refund, credited to their account, or store credit.

Returns for purchases made with a gift card or a store credit are also eligible for a refund as a store credit.

If a customer is missing their receipt, Home Depot may be able to locate it in their system.

FIVE WAYS TO SAVE WHILE SHOPPING AT HOME DEPOT

As you prepare for spring cleaning, here are five hacks that can be used online or in-store.

1. Special buy of the day

While it may take some monitoring, reviewers rave about the company’s “special buy of the day” offering.

Home Depot refreshes the offer every day online – they even include a countdown timer, so you know how much time is left on the day’s special.

Savvy shoppers can bookmark the Special Buy of the Day page so it can be checked daily.

In the past, people have scored everyday items ranging from barbecue grills, house plants, tile flooring and power drills.

2. Price tags ending in “3”

A tip for cracking the price tag code – when you see a yellow tag ending in “3,” this means the item will be removed from shelves in three weeks.

The “3” signals the final markdown.

The price will never be any cheaper.

3. Sale prices ending in “6”

Another decoding exercise.

Sale prices which end in “6” will be lowered again in six weeks.

Typically, the sales price will be lowered by about half the current sale price, but this tends to fluctuate.

For example, something marked with a “$6.06” price tag will be “$3.03” after six weeks.

Usually, you can find a date printed on the tag near the barcode to see when the item was last discounted.

4. Price match

The retailer’s promise of “nobody beats our prices” is not an empty one.

While several retailers price match, Home Depot will actually match their competitor’s final prices.

This includes any coupons or discounts the shopper received from the other store.

The company calls this their low price guarantee.

5. Get $5 off instantly

To save money quickly, you can join the email list for a one-time discount.

Signing up will earn you $5 off your next purchase online or in-store.

You’ll receive the coupon in your inbox.

After signing up, you may continue to get some promotional emails from the company.

If the email volume might trouble you, you can always mark emails from the company as promotional. This will filter the email traffic away from your inbox.