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Thread Number: 7162
why I hate Lowe's |
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| Post# 141164 , Reply# 2 7/9/2006 at 22:36 (6,492 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Stuff like this is why I try to shop at locally owned businesses whenever possible. There's more to it than the lowest price! May spend 5-10% more, but the service is so much better, and to be able to deal directly with an owner of the company.....can be a big help. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
Post# 141193 , Reply# 3 7/10/2006 at 00:55 (6,492 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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| Post# 141557 , Reply# 4 7/11/2006 at 22:36 (6,490 days old) by harold (Madison, WI) | ||
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But I think their employees are too busy! Bill, I am total agree with you! I went to Lowe's not too long ago, the guy total me just look for myself. I have 10 different items in my basket. I just place them around his computer. I say Screw this... Now, I go to Home Depot.. | ||
| Post# 141808 , Reply# 5 7/12/2006 at 20:36 (6,489 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Just the Opposite
I find the serivce better at Lowes than HD. And the Lowes stores seem cleaner and better kept than the old HD's. When I bought my last appliance purchase, I got same day delivery ( ON MOTHER's DAY). Lowes will still get my business first, if they don't have what I'm looking for, then I'll go to Lowes. MRB | ||
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Post# 145453 , Reply# 8 7/27/2006 at 11:02 (6,474 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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In my part of the Bay Area, pretty much every HD sucks. They're sloppy and nobody knows anything. Lowes is just now trying to get their foot in the door here. Only a few widely scattered stores. One recently opened within a reasonable distance from me and of course since it's new, it's a very nice store and well stocked with a lot of interesting stuff that can't be found at HD. Whether it stays that way and whether the employees are helpful remains to be seen when I go there on a serious mission, but it's a much nicer environment currently than any of the nearby HD's have to offer. But for my regular trips to the hardware store, I'm with Maytagbear. I go to the big Ace Hardware a few blocks away. It has almost everything and has the industrial section too, way overstaffed with people asking to help you all over the place, and in some cases the prices are lower than OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware, a smaller faster alternative to the big box guys and my #2 choice behind my local ACE) a California hardware/home improvement chain that started locally in 1937 and is currently owned by Sears. | ||
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Post# 145454 , Reply# 9 7/27/2006 at 11:09 (6,474 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT) |
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In my old age I've decided I'd rather pay more and s | ||
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Post# 145786 , Reply# 12 7/28/2006 at 23:18 (6,473 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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Tom, I can't stand the incessant paging, screaming into the microphone, and paging all the time at our Home Depot. Just when I hear a song I like over the Muzak it's BUMP! then screaming, "GET Your Returns". Think I will be sending HD an email. Excessive paging and abuse of the paging was a problem when I worked at JCPenney too.
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| Post# 145835 , Reply# 14 7/29/2006 at 10:49 (6,472 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
rinso, you got it "but they make it so difficult to do that. We had the same issue with Beard Equipment (the John Deere Dealer) this past week. Begging them to take our money for a new tractor, and they just couldnt seem to find the time or the memory of someone wanting to PAY for one of thier machines. It just kills me SERVICE AND KNOWLEDGE ARE G O N E FOLKS! Steve | ||
| Post# 145836 , Reply# 15 7/29/2006 at 10:51 (6,472 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Oh and the Blue and Orange | ||
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Post# 145891 , Reply# 17 7/29/2006 at 17:26 (6,472 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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There's a Lowes in the town north of me. Picked up their trade in's out back before,even had an employee help me with the forklift. Never a problem. 'Bout 6 months ago,was picking up a Kenmore S/S fridge there,when some snotty kid came out,and asked me what I was doing. Told him I was picking up their junk appliances. He then told me that I couldn't have them,that they were donating them to the "less fortunate".Besides the S/S,there was a DD Whirlpool that had been dropped at least twice,and some other assorted 'garbage'. This is what they donate? The local scrapyard gets better stuff than that Lowes after their 'crack' delivery team gets done with 'em! Haven't been back since..... | ||
| Post# 145943 , Reply# 19 7/29/2006 at 23:12 (6,472 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Not if you seek out the remaining independently owned businesses. (If there are any in your locale!) There is a high cost to chasing low price. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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