Today, I am coming out of the woodwork from years of not yelping, now on the East Coast, to warn you about this Lowe's. I wish I had read reviews before going there.
My husband and I just bought a house and came here to buy all brand new appliances, $10k worth. The girl who helped us order the appliances was lovely & helpful. I knew what I wanted - I could have just ordered it all online, but I wanted the face to face and felt it might be helpful to go in the store. Our order was placed with no issue, we left the store excited for our delivery date about 2 weeks later (all appliances were scheduled to be delivered except for the dishwasher which was on back order til January which was not a problem for us). It actually could have been delivered sooner, we were told, but we set the date for Dec 4 since we would be out town for Thanksgiving.
The weekend before our delivery, I received a call from the appliance department. She said that half the items were there and would be delivered on time, but was concerned about the other three major appliances - Fridge, oven, and dishwasher - all Kitchenaid. And said I should call back Monday and inquire about their delivery.
On Monday I was told that those three items were unclear. The Lowe's employee couldn't tell me when they would be delivered because the other two kitchenaid appliances had to wait to be shipped with the dishwasher. The dishwasher was originally scheduled for late January, but at the time of this call, they had no ETA for it. But also, he said, maybe everything would be delivered on the 4th. Let's wait and see.
Ok.... What?!
I was busy and couldn't deal with it that day, so I waited until delivery day and sure enough, no fridge, no oven, no dishwasher. The team that delivered my other appliances that day was very kind and efficient. I have no complaints about the delivery team whatsoever.
I took to the phones to call the Lowe's store. I spent hours on the phone trying to get through. I was hung up on every single time I finally made it to the appliances department, which was probably 1 in 10 times of calling and sitting on hold for 10-15 minutes at a time before their system times out and sends your call back through to the beginning.
I tried nearly every department, only having luck one time with the Pro desk (I'm an architect, so I do have a Pro account) and one time going through to actual customer service desk. When I finally had luck after hours of trying, I immediately asked to speak to a manager. The customer service rep patched me through and I was hung up on - 5 times this happened! And when that happens, you have to call back and start everything over again.
I couldn't take it anymore, I called Lowe's corporate number and got a very lovely lady who was so helpful. She informed me that since they knew originally that the dishwasher was on backorder, they should have put it on a separate order from the other two kitchenaid appliances and that if they had originally done that, they would have arrived on time with the other appliances. Since it was too late for that, she did everything she could to try a new solution which was to cancel the original order and create a new order. Great! She did need new payment but assured me the Dedham store only charged when the items shipped.... Um...no, I informed her, they had charged me for everything the day I made the purchase in store. Oh no, she said she had no idea why they would do that. So she had to talk to the store. She eventually got everything sorted, but could only take me so far because it was an in-store order and not an online order, I had to speak with the store. She was able to patch me through to what was supposed to be a store manager. This was after well over an hour on the phone with her and her creating new orders for me with the same discounts I had received previously (black friday deals + veteran's discount)
So I am talking to this supposed store manager that she's already spoken to. He knew nothing. I had to explain the entire situation to him again. Everything I told him I could hear him covering the receiver and telling someone else. I could hear that other person - who I assume to be the actual manager - telling him what to say and do. Eventually, after probably another 30+ minutes, the old order got canceled and the new order placed, of which I was told December 19th was the earliest delivery day for the fridge and and over and the dishwasher would be delivered after Dec 30.
Not ideal, but it's all I could get, so fine.
Now I've called to ensure delivery of the two appliances in happening Dec 19 and was told that no, everything is scheduled to come together on the 30th because it all had to wait on the dishwasher.
I hate this place. I don't think I've ever been so furious. read more