Appliance & Big-Ticket Deal Watch

Why this is recommended

The same washer swings $300 between a random Tuesday and the sale the Tab knew was coming, and a mattress or TV at the all-time low is $200 to $500 saved in one purchase.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Anyone replacing a big thing this year, planned or not, and everyone furnishing a first home.

When it runs

Retailers launch appliance and furniture sales on Thursdays ahead of the weekend and holiday events

Scope

Models rated highly by Consumer Reports, Wirecutter and RTINGS in refrigerators, washers, dryers, dishwashers, ranges, microwaves, TVs, soundbars, mattresses, sofas, office chairs and vacuums; Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowe's, Costco, Amazon, Walmart, Target, Wayfair, IKEA and manufacturer stores; all-time lows or 25 percent off; Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Black Friday and Prime Day windows; price-match, delivery, haul-away and installation fees; open-box and outlet programs; stackable rebates; recalls and class actions

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Historical-low prices on the top-rated refrigerators, washers, dryers, dishwashers, ranges, TVs, mattresses, sofas and vacuums, sale event calendars with dates, price-match and delivery fee changes, open-box and outlet drops, rebate stacking and reliability recalls and class actions, with the product first and the price beside it.

Track big-ticket home purchases in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: all-time-low or 25 percent off prices on models rated highly by Consumer Reports, Wirecutter and RTINGS in refrigerators, washers, dryers, dishwashers, ranges, microwaves, TVs, soundbars, mattresses, sofas, office chairs and vacuums at Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowe's, Costco, Amazon, Walmart, Target, Wayfair, IKEA and manufacturer stores; sale event dates such as Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Black Friday and Prime Day with early-access windows; price-match, delivery, haul-away and installation fee changes; open-box and outlet program changes; rebate programs that stack with sales; and recalls or class actions on top models. Prefer retailer pages, manufacturer pages, price-history tools and established product-testing publications; ignore affiliate roundups without price history. Put the product first in the title with the price and the previous price. Use high severity for an all-time low on a top-pick model or a sale event starting within 3 days. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for the product, the price, the window, where to buy, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.