A hot deal is a significant discount (including shipping) on DIY or workshop related tools, machines, clothing, books, lumber, or general interest items. Use your discretion. If you think we would be interested, post it. Please include a link, if online, a description, and the price. The discount amount in % or $$ is appreciated but not required.
Examples:
NOT hot deals:
20% off HF coupon, because they are available all the time.
Cheaply made tools.
eBay auctions, because we don't know the final price until the auction ends.
Your favorite or most useful tool.
Amazon "Just Launched" sellers with very low prices (scammer)
Amazon sellers that ask you to email first (scammer)
Shopping Tools
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Amazon Shopping Tools*
These are mostly Amazon but also work for a few other sites
Examples:
- eBay Buy It Now (BIN)
- Amazon sales, Deal of the Day (DOTD)
- Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD)
- Sales, Coupons, Coupon Codes
- Lowes/HD closeouts
- Craigslist finds
- Black Friday
NOT hot deals:
20% off HF coupon, because they are available all the time.
Cheaply made tools.
eBay auctions, because we don't know the final price until the auction ends.
Your favorite or most useful tool.
Amazon "Just Launched" sellers with very low prices (scammer)
Amazon sellers that ask you to email first (scammer)
Shopping Tools
- https://wikibuy.com/ Price comparison (requires membership)
- https://reviewmeta.com/ Helps sort out fake reviews.
- https://www.fakespot.com/ Looks for fake reviews
- https://www.bfads.net/ Black Friday Ads
- https://www.google.com/shopping
- https://brickseek.com
- What is an Amazon Warehouse Deal? It is an item with damaged packaging or the item itself may be damaged. It could have been dropped off a truck, punched with a fork truck, opened for a photograph, or a customer return. They are sold as used and the manufacturer warranty may be void. Most of the AWD I've bought were only damaged packaging but you are taking a risk. Note: just because they are sold as "used" does not mean they are actually used. Some customers scam Amazon by returning junk instead of the real product and Amazon may ship that wrong item to you.
- Amazon '2 Left' Deals Occasionally there will be a super low price on a new item that says "Only 2 left in stock". Buy one and the last one jumps back to full price or you can buy both at the reduced price. For example you might see a $50 widget for $8, 2 Left. If you buy one, the last one jumps back to $50, or you can buy both for $8 each ($16 total).
- Once in a great while there will be "1 left" and Amazon decides they want it gone and it will drop in price until someone buys it.
Amazon Shopping Tools*
- http://camelcamelcamel.com/ Amazon Price Tracker
- http://www.jungle-search.com/ Amazon price search tool.
- http://theforklift.net/ Reports Amazon price drops.
These are mostly Amazon but also work for a few other sites
- https://www.fakespot.com/ - Adjusts review rating for fake reviews
- https://reviewmeta.com/ - Supposed to spot fake reviews but doesn't work well for me
