The PetSmart Trick - How to save a LOT of money buying through PetSmart
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- It's time to show you the PetSmart trick. I've used this multiple times to buy some fairly expensive things for my aquarium hobby at drastically discounted prices, now you can to!
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Hey Bentley! I will add on one more piece. For those that have a Sam's club membership... they sell petsmart giftcards...$80 for $100 worth of giftcards.. so save an additional $20 for every 100 you spend. So, in your example of a bigger filter or tank set.. you could be saving another 20, 40 or more. We always look for the deals. 😊😊😊
Now if I could just figure out way with petco half price tank sales. 🤔
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Great tip!
Problem is price matching requires exact item, because our generic tanks are TopFin and not the Aqueon that Petco sells during the tank sales, they aren't able to be price matched. HOWEVER, if Petco was smart they would honor a competitors coupon as PetSmart does.
For sams is that just petco?! Any other gift cards with deals like that?!
@@Blindlabel Hi, I am about to try it but I wasn't that good at the puzzles. I only got the 10% and the 15%. Only got 2 of 3 stars for the 20% one. Also I think you are misunderstanding the price match thing that he spoke of. He's not talking about matching another store. There is often a disparity in price for the exact same item on THEIR OWN website. I ALWAYS look up the item I am about to buy when shopping in the brick and mortar store. They will always match their website price if it is lower. I think they intentionally price some things higher to help the profit margin and pay the rent and payroll. Hope this was helpful!
Petco tank sales are easy. They are like every 2-3 mths.
I never thought about doing the price matching deal with their own website. I always loved that I could get things cheaper online (to pick up in store) than I could in the store, but other times, it was so annoying. I didn't want to pay more by buying it in the store. This will definitely help me. Thank you so much.
Coming from someone who works at PetSmart, we only allows one treat trail coupon per transaction. If they do more than that they have to manually override it, which they likely will not do.
I love videos like this cause this is a LEGIT trick, not like when people figure out the way to bully their way into winning. This is just informing people who weren’t aware of the price matching and how to use it. Thank you!
I actually use to work at PetSmart. If you notice something wrong as well like with the packaging most of the time you can get a discount from that as well. This trick does still work but we don't have the treats trail any more unfortunately but if you guys all call corporate we can try to get the treats trail back.
I haven’t gone to pet smart since they got rid of treat trail! I’m so mad about it. What did they end up replacing it with?
Found this out the very first time I step foot in their store. A lot of their online pricing is much cheaper than their shelf pricing. Always compare prices, great way to save.
Thank you! Got a Fluval 407 today and got the same price you did for your recently purchased 407.
congrats on 3 days posted I just gave your 1k like on this video, looking into getting back into aquariums and scanning videos and this was a great insight before I start buying
Often during Petco 50% off or dollar per gallon you can get PetSmart to match, then apply coupons. Another tip!
I don’t think words can describe how much I appreciate you for sharing this tip, picking up a Fluval Aquasky light tomorrow now with my 20% off coupon 😎
Damn, I knew about the price matching. Had no idea about these coupons. Downloading now. Guess I'll be going to Petsmart for the first time in a few years. Thanks for expanding on this.
thank so much for the info bro you are great !
If you read the bottom of the coupon on the treat trails, it states that it's not to be stacked and can't be used with any other coupon or offer.
Why is this the first I've heard of this? 😂 K, I'll subscribe; you've obviously got more brains than me! 😅 So I'm definitely interested in what else you can teach me. Thanks!
And after browsing your channel, I gotta say, yeah, you're an awesome dude! You ever find yourself in the Hoosier state, lemme know! I'll at least buy ya a good meal. The least I could do. Take care!
Just did this at my local Petsmart to get an FX2 for $165. Normal in store price $320. Price match app to $270 then stack the 20%, 15%, and 10% coupons.
The cashier didn’t think it would work but scanned them anyways and they all went through.
Awesome!
Thanks for the tips, it’s the kind of thing that can really add up over time. Just downloaded the APP, and ran through the games.
Hey thanks!!! I've never heard of the "PetSmart trick" before. This is way cool. I LOOOOVE a great deal AND saving money. I mean, what's not to love about saving money 🤑💰? Thank you Bentley. Very much!!!!!!!!
This video did really well, good job Bentley !
Within the last 2 weeks, I bought 2 Fluval M50 heaters at Petco, marked as $38 on the shelf, by having them price-match their own website for $16. I also bought a Whisper 40 air pump (~$28 on the shelf) for about $6 after the online price-match and the 20% VitalCare discount. Now, I always check the online prices before checking out at the store. Also, if you pre-order >$50 for in-store or curbside pickup, there's an additional 15% off. The trick to that is finding $50 worth of stuff you need available at the same location....
awesome, I am planning to buy the FX6 as well. Right on!
Hey brother, i wish i would have known about this earlier. I just set up my 12 tank and purchased all kinds of items. I spent a lot of money. Oh well, I can't unring the bell. I'll definitely try it next time. Thanks a lot for looking out for us fish enthusiasts.
Thanks Bentley ☺️
I've been doing this for years! I bought a 125g, fx6, and smaller stuff as well. I've never tried to use all the coupons at once, just waited for sale prices. Great idea tho!
How often does everything go on sale?
that treat trail game AINT EASY MAN
Hmmm the Canadian one we don't have the treat trail thing and a lot of conditions with price matching. No amazon, sales, has to be reg price...here in Canada not only higher prices but less deals. Same for camera gear, pc stuff, art supplies...well anything lol
Thank you ❤
There wasn't a treat trail icon at the bottom on my app.
Welp it seems they fixed the trick. The app wouldn't let anyone see coupons for awhile, and after an update you can now, but the machine will only scan the highest value coupon at the store.
Hey Bentley, can you tell us what shelves you are using for your tanks? I am looking for something to handle a 55 gallon on bottom rack and a 40 breeder on top.
The ones behind me came out of an old fish store that closed down and were custom built. Good industrial metal shelves that are the kind you knock together and use plywood (not particle board!) Are great options. So are the husky shelves you can find at Costco or Home Depot/Lowe's etc, just put plywood over the wire shelf.
One of my stores doesn’t let you stack it up was able to get still get the stand 40% with the 20 and another 20% for online so I’ll take it :) need to play again for my filter lol or might use it on the fluval 3.0 light 😂 you giving me great ideas but my wallet won’t be happy 😂
This is awesome! Thanks so much.
Unfortunately they've killed off the trail so you can no longer get the stacked coupons. There is supposed to be a replacement to treat trail coming but nothing has shown up yet.
@@BentleyPascoe thanks for the update. So does that mean all I can do is still download the app and still try to price match?
@@brianmizway9324 it does have some coupons, but they are much more limited for now.
no they won't allow stacking. that was a mistake in the beginning. now they will only allow one, once they try scanning additional coupon, the previous one cancels
Might be a silly question but does the coupons apply to the animals there like the fish?
In looking at the legal text on the coupon itself, the only thing that it excludes is purchases of gift cards and services like dog grooming. The real question is are they going to consider a singular fish one item or 20 of a fish one item. Because the discount only applies to a single item per the coupon. This might be a good question to ask. Just your local PetSmart they'll probably give you better answer than I can
Great looking tank!!
Thanks, I was wondering what the trick was as I watched your videos
😳🍿 So excited for this!! I'm ready, I'm ready!!!
PetSmart MIL here
Most stores won't accept that many coupons.
But if you work for us, you also get huge discounts, and virtually unlimited browsing time 😂
fellow MIL 🤝
@@kylerkoinzan CEL here 😅
That person is just hooking you up…I also screenshot the coupons so you still have them even after removed
well i am a card carrying member and i have treats. i guess i have to get with the times thanks for showing us how. see you next time.
My phone doesn't have a treat trail at the bottom. How did you get it on your phone?
@@Spidious PetSmart removed treat trail several months ago unfortunately
It's really in Petsmart's best interests for consumer's using these "tricks" in their stores. They want you to pimp their games, etc to get more people in more stores more often :)
Tried the trick and it no longer works. The register doesn’t allow stacking of coupons sadly.
Great tip. I'll share this
Now if I could get someone to help me in the fish dept at my local petco. There’s only 2 people that can supposedly handle live animals and plants and they are always on break together whenever I go in. I have also had to walk out mid ring up because the service is non existent or they mad dog you for interrupting their socializing with each other. Every time I go there I always tell myself never again .. unfortunately I can usually go shopping after 6 pm and most small shops close by then - and my animals need to eat-
Confused here you said if you go to Petco you can stack 3 coupons from petsmart? Just a slipup?
Slipup 🤣 it's all PetSmart
Just bought the petsmart stand and 20long for 100 bucks, love their sales
None of my stores can the treat coupons due to the system only accepting 1 per purchase
Some locations won't price match Amazon because of how low amazon prices are
Two things: the code is the same for everyone for each prize level and changes every coupon cycle. If you have a bunch of friends, one person can get the 25% and send it to everyone.
The second is to look closely at the rimless tanks. They come packed one inside another at some point and if someone never separated them, you could have up to 4 rimless tanks in one package (I did) When you look inside the tank, if you can see all the way through it, then you know there’s nothing else in there, but if it is packed full, and everything is super heavy then it is probably got a tank inside of a tank inside of a tank inside of a tank. Like Russian nesting dolls
That's an awesome tip! Now to hunt lucky double tanks!
Yer, nah that one is stealing.
That’s stealing
@@piffy5594 yea people don’t care about stealing anymore. I don’t do it but I’m one of the weirdos that have morals.
@@pentatonic7833 exactly. I bet if he owned a store and customers did that to him he wouldn’t like it.
And if you go to chewy and they match the price to
Awesome video bro. I'm Mxrider btw. Changed my name. Thanks for the tricks.
Is there a hack/trick for PETCO?!!?
Rock on...
Not really unless you have several pets that are not fish and readily buy a lot through them
My app doesn’t have a treat trail option anywhere and I do have an account
Interesting, it's possible they don't do it in certain states. I'm not sure on that
I once owned a clown pleco … with my coupon it’s now a common pleco in a 10 gallon🥰🥰🥰
🤣
Also off topic but I hope your wife gets better soon. Saw one of your past videos and truly hurt. Stay strong and super knowledgeable about the aquatic life style🤣 CORYGANG‼️🤣
My PetSmart also doesn't scan them. They type it in so I can reuse them!!!
They also have a membership thing where you save I believe 40% on all food, supplies, equipment
Nice! I did not know that
@@BentleyPascoe it’s called vital rewards membership or something like that
petco app always has the price cheaper especially in the tissue culture plants
Thank you Bradley
Lol... I saw your post, and have been looking for some plants, so went to Petco's site to see what they have. Picked 5-6 different plants, and each one was not available. Not for local pickup, not for shipping... All show as 'Out of Stock'.
@@lmychajluk that sucks, I guess I’m lucky cause there’s 5 petco’s around me
@@GODwithus73 I have at least 6 within a 30min drive...
It seems that the Treat Trail button at the bottom of the app is gone now. :(
Yes, unfortunately they removed it entirely and said "something new is coming" but seemingly have not released it
I was not aware of this, appreciate the tip!
I only knew about price matching their website or chewys. I usually get food and prime at 30-50% off that way.
Correct in concept but bad math. Stacked percentages are not directly additive. 10% and 10% for example is a net of 19% off not 20%.
Does this work at the moment?
It depends on the store. I had somebody recently report to me that they had it work at their local store but they don't let me stack all three at my local store anymore. Give it a try! Always worth trying
The Petco vital care member discount stacks on top of the 10% order online discount so when they run one of their 50% off sales all the tanks are 75% off. Makes it easy to make a bunch of bad decisions 😂
nice tank!
Hey Bentley! Do you ever have issues viewing the coupons? My phone won't show me the coupon after I beat the games. I click and nothing...
Any thoughts?
I haven't had that issue before. They're all the same I have been told so in theory a screenshot of someone else's would work
@@BentleyPascoe Yeah I found it very odd, it's almost as if the software doesn't recognize me tapping the "View coupon" button. Going to try on my wife's phone today or maybe log in online?
Update: (if curious) loaded the app on the wife's phone (Iphone vs my Android). Coupons showed up! But showed the account had no stars completed hah
@@italianjob685 that is kinda funny
my app doesn't have the treat trail either
I just pay the kid there 50 bucks to leave a fx6 out the back door much cheaper and I feel I'm getting justice for all the mistreated fish in the store 🤙🏼
Do all canister filters require drilling holes in your aquarium ?
Nope, canister filters are designed without the need to drill holes in your aquarium. Typically, you only need to drill holes if you are trying to hide some of the equipment or you're using a sump
@@BentleyPascoe that's great news! Thank you, Bentley 😊
Store Leader here, only 1 coupon should be accepted at a time. Petsmart will likely lock these coupon to your TREATs account so sharing is not a good idea. Price matching and coupons are always great tips to utilize. Additionally I would reserve these big coupons for holidays as Fluval products are often features of our ads.
So... question for you - Why wouldn't I be able to log into the PetSmart app w/ the same ID (email) and PW that I use to log into the website? Keep getting a ID/PW does not match message, but I can log into the website from a PC just fine...
Stop it karen
@@OrignalRobRobertthink you're in the wrong comment lol
Is there some reason petsmart doesn't seem to carry the fluval flex 32 gallon tank? I had a great coupon I would like to use on one
Store lead, funny dig for u to petco, next time u have a tank issue just write under petco observation for the next 3 months on all ur tanks in paint pen 😂 dang petco tanks are always under observation !
As of 10/1/24 the treat trail is gone. It looks like they stopped this unfortunately
Amazing, thank you!
I’m excited to see what you mean 🤣
“Grab and run” 🤣🤣
YO WHAT the app is the key?? 😳😳. I would’ve never thought … I’m starting to learn a lot of stores save their good coupons for their apps.
Does anyone know if this works in Canada?
It might not stack anymore, but you should be able to combine the price matching with the coupons from the treat trail
I hate video games, and It's taken me days and I still do not have a 20% coupon. Also it specifically says only one coupon per purchase, so I won't even bother asking about stacking them. Glad it worked for you, but I don't see myself putting time into this again.🤦🏼♀️
I need all the tricks I can find, LOL
They discontinued Treat Trails on 11-1-23, probably due to misuse. Now we are all screwed.
Is it effective for India?
If you have PetSmart, maybe?
I have been doing this because i just bought a fx4 and in store it was 350 on the website it was 300 and they had aquarium heaters 300watt heaters in store $46 on website $23 so i got 2 for the price of one.
I'm going to go there today to PetSmart I'm gonna buy a fish tank n stand 125 gallon
You said “certain petco locations” @3:37 did you mean Petsmart? Or does Petco offer the same?
PetSmart, I just can't speak 🤣
I used to have that app for treat trick when I had my furry Baby till my furry Baby passed away so now my boyfriend’s puppy Niko became mine due he listen to me the most. I downloaded that app again but don’t see where my treat trick😔
They removed it unfortunately
Nice
been abusing the treat trail for a while now - sometimes the employees look so pissed?!
Doesn’t work anymore 😢 any new tricks?
@@Jlui83 nope, they said they would bring something new and still haven't
Treat Trail gone from app effective 1 Nov 2023 😢
My jaw is on the floor. I think it’s time for a new tank.
I already knew this :p
What's the trick on the hard level....can't seem to get the three stars there.
Clear the blocks fast so you can line up larger combos
I often use Treat Trail coupons, but didn’t know they could be paired with a price match and stacked 🤯 Thank you Bentley!
Stacked might not be allowed. I have a feeling it was unintentional
@@BentleyPascoe got it! 👍
Love all of this advice but I can guarantee that petsmart will sooner than later make an app update to fix this so that only one coupon can be used in 24hrs, etc. And that the stores/employees will eventually get a Memo on specifically not allowing more than one coupon during a one day period, etc. Again, thanks for the advice as it is beneficial, however I think it is a short term trick.
It's one coupon per visit. You can use all 3 the same day but have to make multiple purchases
@@danielnicholson300 exactly however the way this trick works is to be able to use multiple coupons in a single visit/purchase which it seems like some locations will accept but potentially due to a misunderstanding or lack of company coupon policies
@Spencer I'm not sure about other states but the stores in SC couldn't stack the coupons even if they wanted to because their computer won't allow them to. I've tried at a few different locations in the past and unless you find one with a manager that's just willing to manually punch in a discount, it's impossible to get this to happen
Just tried this today at a PetSmart and the computer system didn't allow the cashier to scan more than one.
From what I've read, this trick was largely nerfed. Has this been your experience when you've tried it lately? Also, I get my tanks from Petco where they have a 50% discount from time to time.
I unfortunately it seems to no longer stack
@@BentleyPascoeWell, I'd still say that using the 20% coupon is still worth it. It's not as overpowered as it used to be, but combined with price matching, I'd still say that it's worth it.
stacking the coupons isnt really 45% off,Closer to 38% ( $100-20%=$80-15%=$68 -10% = $61.20 --- Still an Excellent deal!
👍pet smart trick only if you can stack the coupons 👍🇨🇦
Awesome
I price match everything even with petco
I have my own trick.
I shoplift everything I can.
Well, I suppose that's a trick.
Bruh
Big risk big reward 😂
Going to a chain like PetSmart for hardware items is a good idea. You can get screaming deals!
These include all things like filters, tanks, heaters, and substrate.
(Note, avoid Red Sea products)
But fish, food, and any plants should only be purchased thru reputable fishkeepers and dealers.
PetSmart fish and plants are sick and disease ridden.
Furthermore, the staff is uneducated, offering nothing but an ignorant shrug to all to important questions.
Cool trick
Can’t you just… order it from the app for the lower price?
You couldn't use treat trail from app orders, but treat trail is now gone, so yes.
Thank you,retired on a fixed income so anything I can save a dollar helps!
It's no wonder PetSmart closed here😮
Wow…groundbreaking 😂🙄