I'd give zero stars if possible. We have a small farm business and raise free running angora rabbits for their fiber. We ordered sheet vinyl flooring for a new renovation to expand the buns area and since the website didn't allow pick-up we had to choose shipping. This order was Dec. 12 scheduled to be delivered December 16th. Not only was this the cheapest vinyl flooring, but the delivery window was perfect as we have a litter of unexpected kits. The day before delivery there is news of a blizzard and we are rescheduled for Dec. 23. That was fine, we were notified 24 hours in advance and let our helpers know not to come for install as well as not needing to take off work (because it says you need to be there to sign for delivery, delivery window is 8 AM - 8 PM). December 23rd arrives, we've moved everything from the space (currently have limited space) and our helpers have arrived. We receive only an email after 8 AM that they are rescheduling for Dec. 30.
Our animals are growing, our space is limited, our time is valuable, our helpers time is valuable. Dec. 30 comes - same thing as before - days off from work, costly help, animals moved, house in disarray- 3 PM we start calling for an update. We speak to someone on an 800 number that actually tries to help. She is the only person that shows any empathy. She needs to contact the store to verify what is going on and keeps me on the line. If you read the comments below, same experience. No one was answering, when they finally answered, they told us the product is marked for customer pickup and is at the store. The 800 number colleague asks why they have it for pickup when it is marked delivery and we've paid for delivery. Store colleague doesn't know and hangs up. The 800 colleague tries to get this figured out with the store and has no luck so she puts in a ticket because ultimately, the store has the item sitting there but hasn't delivered 3x now.
5PM comes and still no update and the order still shows are arriving today. (Delivery window is until 8PM) We call the store and this is where the frustration lies. The most received answer was "I don't know", closely followed with "We don't handle this". Our first call took about 10 mins to have someone answer. We asked about the shipment, she gave us the phone number of the delivery crew to call to get an update. We called that number, the woman told us it didn't make it on the truck and to call Lowe's back. We called Lowe's back and waited no less than 20 mins for a pissed off employee to answer. She seemed to find our frustration humorous, actually refused to apologize when I directly asked (at the end of the call) if someone can at least apologize "No". She consistently said the manager was with a Customer and not available. We were finally able to get her to understand we are not hanging up until we speak to the manager- who shockingly was able to pick-up the call within minutes. We spoke with Andy (said he was the manager). After dealing with the girl that found our frustration funny - Andy straight told us he didn't work this morning so he doesn't know why the item didn't go out. But he did say that the driver is on vacation so they have no deliveries.....No one could tell us why our item was rescheduled for this day if there was no driver, why it is STILL showing as arriving today, help us understand why we are still receiving different response and that we want this product delivered ASAP. The only thing they wanted to do was reschedule: to mid-month. Finally my husband was able to get them to set for Jan 4 BUT we were told this is not guaranteed. Also, we paid 1.09 sq ft for this and it is now on sale for .22 sq ft. We received no empathy, no apology, no refund of any sort (could refund delivery to help us cover lost funds for delays communicated after delivery window) or marking down what we ordered to the sale price. They were upset we called.
Lowe's does not help small businesses. If you are not a contractor, don't go here. We do not have the time and financial resources to have this happen. Communication would have changed this review. An apology or any sort of empathy would change this. I filed a complaint with BBB and FTC. *Did I note, online does not offer a way to now cancel this (that I've seen I am now extremely overpaying). I have to call the store and speak to that nice guy Andy. He could barely view the order and then his terminal went down. I spent 4 hours on the phone dealing with this. I will now be spending another 4 trying to cancel this. Meanwhile Home Depot is delivering the items and answered their phones in under 5 rings. read more