While wandering through Lowes this morning I was passing the closeout cart in the main aisle when something caught my eye. It was a cardboard box with a lead warning printed on it. Turned out to be a stack of lead boots for vent pipes. The ones on the cart were 1.5 and 2" and were marked down 50%. Not a bad deal if you need them for a roof repair but nowhere near scrap price. I wandered on and spotted some similar boxes bearing the same warning on a bottom shelf. These were 3" boots and were marked down from $23 to 93 cents. I found a cart and scoffed up all three of them. I weighed them when I got home and they came in at 3 lbs 2 oz each. Almost 10# of lead for 2.65 out the door (after my Lowes military discount. I have no shame).
I asked about markdowns on the remaining sizes and I was told that if they were there long enough they would also be reduced until they sold. I will be checking back.