This store has quite possibly the worst delivery sub-contractor(XPO) on the planet. I am not sure if this is an across the board problem for Lowes or if it is just this store, but I will never be ordering anything from Lowe's again that needs to be delivered. Especially since Lowe's apparently doesn't have a centralized distribution system. I went to this store because it is near where I work, and while there are closer stores to me, I apparently had only a dream that a company as large as Lowe's would dispatch deliveries from either a centralized warehouse, or from the store closest to the delivery locations. Nope, everything physically leaves the store where it was purchased instead of being smart about logistics.
I placed an order for a freezer on a Thursday and was told it would be delivered on the following Tuesday, and that I would get a phone call on Monday evening to let me know the window that it would be for delivery.
I never got a call on Monday about the time window because they changed my delivery date to Thursday, but didn't feel the need to update and let me know that it had changed. It certainly would have been helpful since I need to let my boss know when I will need to be out of the office for the delivery.
I went to the store on Tuesday to find out what was up, and apparently the freezer was only arriving at the store that morning, so it couldn't be delivered that day. So I asked for it to be delivered on Wed since I was buying this to replace a freezer that was dying and my food was currently being kept cold with dry ice, which I had to buy a second time because of the delay in delivery. Why it was pushed out 2 days doesn't make any sense either if it could be delivered the next day then it should be delivered the next day, that is inexcusable.
I was supposed to be given a call on Tuesday between 6 and 8 to give me the window of delivery for Wednesday, and as luck would have it, I never got a call. I called Lowe's at 8:30 to ask them, and they couldn't tell me so they gave me the phone number of XPO to ask them.
I called XPO and the automated system told me that my item was going to be delivered "Today between 1pm and 5pm" - Kind odd since it is well past that time "today" and the delivery is actually tomorrow, and I would receive a text and a phone call approximately 30 minutes before they were scheduled to arrive.
So I leave work at 12:30 to be home for the window between 1 and 5, which is a little bit ridiculous in the first place for such a large window. Any logistics company should be able to narrow down the window with whatever software they use, but even someone with a pad of paper, a pencil and a map should be able to do the same.
I waited patiently at home until I got a phone call at 3:30 telling me that things were delayed slightly but they would still be there today. I waited another hour before calling the company back to try to talk to someone.
The woman who I spoke to on the phone could only tell me that my delivery window had been updated to 2-6pm today, no notification, but why would I expect that at this point anyway?
I asked them if they could tell me where the truck was located now and how many deliveries were ahead of me in line for that truck. She told me she did not know that but she could send a message to the truck to have them call and let me know.
20 minutes later I got a phone call and was told that they would be here in 45 minutes. I asked where they were located, and they were in a town 45-60 minutes away, at 5pm, in Boston Metro, where they will need to travel up RT 128/95 during rush hour. So what are the chances that 45 minutes is actually 45 minutes? Slim to none is my guess.
So glad I spent my entire afternoon waiting around for a delivery that I could have spent my day at work instead of taking time off, because it didn't arrive until after the time I normally get home from work.
Never, ever, ever, ever buy anything from this store if you need to have it delivered, it will drive you mad and not be worth it, you would be better off renting a Uhaul and getting it home yourself. read more