20% off 5-burner SS grill at Lowes

[Alex Franke]

I just picked up a new grill from Lowes last night. It was the $300 Char-broil Commercial Series 5-burner model, mostly stainless that was rated well in a recent Consumer Reports (compared well to much more expensive grills).

The clerk couldn't figure out why it kept ringing up at $230. I even went out to check the SKU and brought in the price tag: "$300" in BIG black letters. The SKU was the same, and so was the manufacturer's product number, though the price tag said it was a 4-burner grill -- but I looked -- all five were there.

After about five minutes and a couple of double-checks, the clerk finally said, "Well, if the computer is going to insist that it's $230, then thanks for your honesty, but that's what I'll charge you."

Cool. It's amazing how much we all rely on computers now-a-days. I wonder if the price dropped without anyone knowing...

So if you're in the market for a new grill, check out Lowes, and don't trust the price tag!! Let me know if you want a scanned receipt.

[JeremyM]

If not the receipt, at least give us an idea of the model so we go look at it at our lowe's. Sometimes they start marking this stuff down in weird ways.

[Cheeky]

all full size gas grills are 20% off. check the circ

military discount too, starting today until the 4th of july

[Alex Franke]

That must be it, Cheeky -- I just saw that in the circular this morning. Offer is supposed to be valid today through July 4, while supplies last, but I guess they had already changed the price in the computer the other night. The offer includes free assembly (usually included, I think) and a free tank exchange (which I might go back and try to get after the fact). It's for full-sized gas grills over $100.

The model I got was Char-Broil Commercial Series 463268007, rated in June '07 Consumer Reports as a "Best Buy", and it's the least expensive of the top 5 they rated. They note "abundant shelf space. . . .and lifetime burner warranty"