Does @home have genuine sales, or is the discount off an inflated price?

It varies by item, and the gap can be wide. Across the 79 @home deals we have tracked long enough to judge, the typical badge is 50% off, but measured against the price the item actually holds, the median real saving is R0 (0%). The rest of that percentage is calculated off a was-price we have not seen the item reach. We show both numbers on every deal so the badge does not do the deciding.

What is the biggest genuine @home price drop SaleDrop has recorded?

Right now the deepest genuine @home saving we are showing is 56% below the usual price: Statue Male Torso On Gold Plinth 25cm, now R399 against the R900 it usually sells at. That is measured off the price the item genuinely held, not the advertised was-price.

How many @home deals is SaleDrop tracking right now?

We are tracking 80 @home deals at 50% or more off, priced from R39 to R10,500, up to 94% off. Of those, 79 have enough recorded history for us to judge the saving, and 45 are at the lowest price we have on record.

How do I know if a @home deal is actually a good price?

Ignore the percentage badge and look at two figures we record: the lowest price we have ever seen the item at, and the price it usually holds. If the current price is at or near that recorded low and clearly below the usual price, the saving is real. Our method is on the how-we-verify page.

@home sale, checked

@home sells furniture, decor, kitchen and homeware. Here is how its sales behave while we watch the prices, and every live deal it is running at 50% or more off.

80 deals live79 with judgeable history45 at a recorded lowbadge says 50%, typical real saving 0%

How @home sales really work

@home is TFG's homeware and decor retailer, so the catalogue is furniture, kitchenware, bedding, bath and decor rather than clothing. Homeware discounts differently to fashion: the markdowns are less frequent but tend to be deeper and more honest when they land, because stock is bulky and ranges turn over more slowly.

Because items sit on the floor for longer, the price history is genuinely useful here. A dinner set or a duvet that has held one price for months and then drops is a clearer signal than a fashion item that bounces around weekly. We flag the ones that are actually at their lowest recorded price rather than just wearing a sale sticker.

Furniture and larger decor pieces give the cleanest signal: a long flat price then a real cut is usually a genuine clearance.
Kitchen and dining sets are discounted in waves, so if a set is not at its lowest yet, it often gets there.
Watch the delivery cost on bulky items at checkout. A good shelf price can be eaten by freight, so confirm the all-in figure on the retailer site.