Lowes rant

[pnoon]

Wow!

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[GoatLocker]

Originally Posted by pnoon

Wow!

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[shilala]

Between the choices of "sharp stick in the eye" and "shop at Home Depot", I'd take the stick.
Thing is, they're both whores. Lowe's is my whore, and I know how to get around her. With Lowe's, I have talked to all the folks who work there, and know what's in their power and what's not. I know what the manager can and can't do. I've got a good idea how the top end of their stupid-meter ticks, and they have very little power to help a brother out, too.
So I know a few things...
1.) If it ain't on the shelf, it's very highly likely it will never, ever be seen again.
2.) If it ain't in the store, don't buy it.
3.) In the name of all that is good and holy, NEVER accept "it'll be here in two weeks." They have nothing to lose by saying that, there's no consequence on their end. It seldom if ever shows up within a month, and oftimes, never.
4.) When you take something off the shelf, call for two guys to take it out of the box and inspect it. If they are dicks about it, tell them to leave and go get two new people explaining that the other's attitudes are unacceptible.
5.) Expect everything to be wrong, broken, missing parts, or completely unusable. Make sure there are 3 backups on the shelf so you can get what you need.
6.) Don't expect them to ever get any better, it'll save your blood pressure.

On the upside, there are tons of things they can and will do for you.
They'll load your car, push your cart through the store, personal shop for you, lift stuff, move stuff, cut stuff, look for stuff, and go to the other end of the store to fetch you something.

Fleshed out, I absolutely love their human services, and I use them. I'm not shy. It makes for an awesome experience, and that's what I'm paying for anyways. Where else can you get one or two personal employees to go shopping with you for an hour or two? Then imagine how happy you just made those two guys by getting them out of work.
Just like Home Depot, you can't use their corporate usefulness to so much as wipe your ass. They suck. But if I stay within my bounds, I can get lots of help at Lowes.
At Home Depot, I got nothin except three fat old guys leaning on the lawnmowers.

[Silound]

Funny thing, I've never had an issue with either store down here, but in this part of Louisiana the local business gives big corporate stores a serious run for the money. Albertsons (big grocer chain similar to Winn Dixie, Kroger, Super1, Meijer, and the like for those of you who aren't familiar) can barely keep a store open here because the local family owned grocers have most of the business.

I find that when I go to Lowes/HD, I already know the SKU of what I want, and if the website says it is in stock or not. I just have an employee look up the SKU and tell me if it's in the store inventory, and if so what bin (generic term for row/shelf/aisle location) is the item located in.

But then, I tend to do all my shopping by going in ahead of time with SKU's and prices already figured out. Prevents me from picking up "extras" as someone put it

[MajorCaptSilly]

I like the way Lowe's mixes their paint. They mix their paint real good.


MCS

[T.G]

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

I like the way Lowe's mixes their paint. They mix their paint real good.


MCS

Cuban paint is better.

[Subvet642]

Originally Posted by T.G

Cuban paint is better.

That's because they don't skimp on the lead.

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by T.G

Cuban paint is better.

Hey, you can now go to Dunkin Donuts for Cubans.

[massphatness]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Hey, you can now go to Dunkin Donuts for Cubans.

And one day, you will be able to go to Cuba for Dunkin Donuts

[Subvet642]

I have a Lowes about 5 minutes from my house and I gotta say that I love it. I especially like their Cobalt line of hand tools.

[Blueface]

Well, at the end of the day, can OP agree Lowe's doesn't suck after all?

He got the items at an incredible price, that would likely not be matched, all for a relatively short wait.
On top of that, a gift card for his wait.

Life's good!

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Well, at the end of the day, can OP agree Lowe's doesn't suck after all?

He got the items at an incredible price, that would likely not be matched, all for a relatively short wait.
On top of that, a gift card for his wait.

Life's good!

Lowes Rules!

[shilala]

I didn't go to Lowe's yet today, and I'm gettin' the shakes. They're running out of stuff for me to buy, though. I need a Lowe's Plus.

[Sled Dog]

Originally Posted by shilala

I didn't go to Lowe's yet today, and I'm gettin' the shakes. They're running out of stuff for me to buy, though. I need a Lowe's Plus.

I do love walking into Lowes.... so much stuff there to make a guy happy. I walk in for a caulk gun and walk out with a new grill.....and no caulk gun.

[J0eybb]

It seems I've been at sears a lot lately. MADE IN USA

[captain53]

To me your Lowes Rant pretty much represents various aspects of service at all of the major Big Box Stores. Unfortunately though they are about all we got left to shop at so we just learn to deal with it. You just have to go in the door after educating yourself on what you need then find it and check out with no other expectations. Then if you stumble on a pleasant experience enjoy the moment but don't go back expecting it again.

[Bruins Fan]

I mostly shop at HD, to me HD is better set up for contractors and Lowes is geared more to the home owner.
Every time I go to Lowes I have to ogle over a new Husqvrna chainsaw, a brand I can't get a HD,and when the wife is with me she reminds me I'm not there for a chainsaw