So, let me tell you about the complete clusterfuck that is Lowe's Home Improvement. The thing that most needs improvement is their customer and delivery services. Talk about the right hand not knowing what the left one is doing, my delivery (of a dryer) took 3 attempts.
1-I was given a window of 11-2 for the delivery and when 2:15 rolled around I called and was told that the delivery was not happening today and "didn't anyone call you?" No they did not.
2-I rescheduled for the following Monday, and explained that I was away for that weekend. Saturday night at 8pm I receive a phone call telling me my delivery will be there tomorrow morning (Sunday). I call and explain again that I am not home which is why I scheduled it for
Monday. "Okay."
3-Sunday morning I get a call from delivery saying "we're here can you open the door?"
No I can't because, as explained, I'm not home.
I call again and am told there are 2 deliveries scheduled, one for Sunday and one for Monday. Clearly a screwup.
4-Monday arrives and the truck pulls up, the guys get out, lower the back of the truck, disappear inside for a moment and reappear with an embarrassed look. The dryer had not been loaded onto the truck, so I need to reschedule. Again!
5-I receive a phone call at work on Tuesday, that my rescheduled delivery for Wednesday cannot happen because they are out of 3 prong outlet attachments. Really??!! On Wednesday morning I visit Lowe's and find dozens of 3 prong adapters, and when the warehouse was checked, it shows 8000 in stock. So, that call I got on Tuesday was a lie. Also, considering the total fiasco that this had become, wouldn't it have been appropriate to physically pick up the needed adapter either from another Lowe's or (god forbid) a Home Depot, just to finalize the delivery and placate the customer?
I have taken 3 days off from work, and spent many hours telling and retelling this nightmare. I have been told that Lowes now subcontracts their deliveries to another company, in order to streamline the process. It is clearly not working. I have asked to speak to supervisors and/or someone further up the chain and have been told that someone will get back to me in 24 hours, multiple times. NO ONE CALLS BACK!!
I was promised an "appeasement"'of 10% (which hasn't happened yet), but honestly, with all the time lost at work, I could have purchased this dryer twice over. I have purchased multiple appliances at Lowe's in the past and will be taking my business elsewhere as well as taking to social media to share my experience. I, too, am a business owner and know the proper way of taking care of my customers. Do NOT disregard my complaints, do NOT ignore me in the hope that I will just go away, I will not!
The other day I did speak to a representative who told me 10% is all he could do, but said I could return the dryer, now being used for a few weeks. So, I asked him, you would rather I return this item, which will then be put up for sale in the scratch and dent section of the store at a decent discount, rather than offering me that discount, for my substantial inconveniences. I was told yes, that's the way it's done. I am truly tempted to do just that, return the item and buy another somewhere else, just because I am so pissed off with Lowe's.
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