Okay this isn't free shipping but I thought this thread was close enough.
I was adding livestock gates to my Home Depot cart and as usual it was giving me the option of delivery and I was wondering... what's the size limit? (I've been thinking about selling our truck) so I added a heavy 12 foot steel gate. It bumped the delivery charge from $35 to $79.
It was delivered the next day by Island Movers using a box truck.
So while it's not "free", it's cheaper than paying insurance and registration on a pickup truck. I was using a $75 off coupon so it gave me the illusion it was almost free.
In case anybody is wondering:
Home Depot gives a delivery window between 6am-8pm, with option to narrow that down to a four hour window for an additional $20. I'm pretty sure that Island Movers works more like 8-5. I got the "out for delivery" notification at about 8am. At 10:45 they called me and said they were about 20 minutes away. About 20 minutes later they were here. There were other orders in the truck, so delivery time is going to depend on location and where the other orders are delivered to.
Home Depot also said it was curbside only, and any additional movement was an extra charge, but they were perfectly willing to put the gates into our yard without paying extra.
I'm not sure how their delivery charges work. I've had some items delivered for free, and others had a small charge. This was the first one that was a two-man job. Although they weren't "gig workers", I tipped them anyway.
I was adding livestock gates to my Home Depot cart and as usual it was giving me the option of delivery and I was wondering... what's the size limit? (I've been thinking about selling our truck) so I added a heavy 12 foot steel gate. It bumped the delivery charge from $35 to $79.
It was delivered the next day by Island Movers using a box truck.
So while it's not "free", it's cheaper than paying insurance and registration on a pickup truck. I was using a $75 off coupon so it gave me the illusion it was almost free.
In case anybody is wondering:
Home Depot gives a delivery window between 6am-8pm, with option to narrow that down to a four hour window for an additional $20. I'm pretty sure that Island Movers works more like 8-5. I got the "out for delivery" notification at about 8am. At 10:45 they called me and said they were about 20 minutes away. About 20 minutes later they were here. There were other orders in the truck, so delivery time is going to depend on location and where the other orders are delivered to.
Home Depot also said it was curbside only, and any additional movement was an extra charge, but they were perfectly willing to put the gates into our yard without paying extra.
I'm not sure how their delivery charges work. I've had some items delivered for free, and others had a small charge. This was the first one that was a two-man job. Although they weren't "gig workers", I tipped them anyway.