Man finds $1,100 vanity at Home Depot. Then it rings up for $0.01 at self-checkout: ‘How do you even find the penny items?’

Everyone loves a hot bargain. Nowadays, finding a hidden sale is like striking gold. And if you’ve scoured the corners of the internet, you have heard of a forbidden scavenger hunt: penny shopping. It’s how avid Home Depot penny shopper Tyler (@tylernapdeals) snagged his latest treasure: a $1,100 vanity.

What Is Penny Shopping?

This form of bargain hunting is popular in the realm of #PennyTok or #CouponTok, particularly at stores Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and Home Depot. Typically, these clearance and discontinued items are hidden on shelves without intention of being sold. It sounds rather counterproductive. However, the heavily marked-down merchandise in the system indicates to employees which products must be removed from the sales floor, according to SlashGear. Thanks to human error, it has secretly transformed into a cornucopia for penny-pinchers.

A Home Depot Jackpot

The creator has amassed a whopping 120,000 followers for specializing in penny shopping at Home Depot. In one of his latest installments, he takes 10.7 million viewers on his quest for a vanity.

“Up in the rafters 986,” he says, standing in the middle of an aisle, pointing to his phone with the matching numbers and back at the gigantic box tucked snugly on the top shelf.

“This $1,100 vanity will be one penny,” he continues. “We’re gonna have an employee bring this down for us.” Then, a male employee lowers the gigantic piece of furniture with a forklift onto the floor, and with the assistance of a male co-worker, they both roll it onto the content creator’s metal flatbed cart. 

After expressing his thanks, Tyler immediately bolts to self-checkout. When he approaches the self-checkout, he scans the barcode and waits for the moment of truth. A heartbeat passes until the screen confirms the Northwood 36’’Dusk Vanity Cab is whopping one penny. Needless to say, this trip was a success. 

“Guys, we just got this $1,100 vanity for one penny,” Tyler declares. “Let’s go, guys.” Once he finishes paying, exits the building with his new purchase in tow.  

What Did Viewers Think?

Many cracked jokes in the comments section about how fast he was to rush off with the vanity.

“I love how he does it so fast so the employees won’t try and stop him,” one viewer quipped.

“Haha, I know that adrenaline dump approaching the register and trying to check out as fast as humanly possible,” another jested.

A third added, “You using Apple Pay is the cherry on top. They had to pay fees for you to purchase it.”

On a serious note, others were curious how he scores Home Depot items for one cent.

“how do you even find the penny items,” one commenter asked.

A second questioned, “How do you find out these price glitches?!”

How To Penny Shop At Home Depot

In Tyler’s bio, he uses his own custom app called Deal Soldier to track down these penny items. But if you don’t want to download anything, the Krazy Coupon Lady lists her methods to securing these pennyed-out goods:

• Search the endcaps and the center of the aisles
• Scan the UPC barcode on the item and in-store price checkers
• Take it to self-checkout to ring yourself out

While Home Depot employees are normally required not to honor the penny price, it doesn’t mean this feat hasn’t been accomplished. Last year, one deals expert purchased a $1,000 Magnum Pro210ES Airless Electric paint sprayer for one cent and another nabbed a $300 Shark Vacuum for that same price. 

If you plan to embark on this quest, note that each location is different and results may vary.

@tylernapdeals BUYING A $1,100 VANITY FOR $0.01 AT HOME DEPOT #homedepot #homedepotemployee #penny #pennyitems #dealsoldier ♬ original sound – Tylernap Deals

The Mary Sue reached out to Tyler via Instagram direct message and TikTok comment as well as Home Depot via press email.

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