Time to stock up

Have been in HD a bunch over the last few days to get parts and pieces for =
a couple of large repairs and they are clearing out a lot of merchandise in=
our local stores. Mostly it is odds and ends of the stuff I use a lot of =
like drill bit kits, recip saw blades, driver bit sets and saw blades. Mos=
t of the consumables are in the 30 to 50% off range. I stocked up on drive =
bit/drill bit combos and bought some more recip blades. Got some Avanti br=
and framing blades (average quality) at 2 for 1, so that made them $3 a pie=
ce. Etc., etc.

Every store is different, and all of them seem to be just clearing out thei=
r excess inventory of those types of things.

One thing that surprised me was they had DeWalt drill/driver combos for $12=
9 at one of the stores. It was the better combo than normal and comes out =
to $50 off. This is it:

https://goo.gl/wVcqhE

Note it is marked at $179. The drill combos weren't at all stores, nor wer=
e the other consumables. I asked the tool guy why they were clearing out a=
ll that stuff, and he said it was to make room for new merchandise. Sooooo=
.... it varies from store to store as to what you sill see and what is avai=
lable.

Had to say something about those combo kits, though. I saw a couple of con=
tractors that had three a piece in their cart so your mileage may vary!

Robert