- The following FB Message was sent/ posted to Lowe's on FB-
When you place an online order, you are told an email notifying you when your order is ready for pick up. the order was for several items, roof shingles which were to be arriving in two weeks as noted among them. Yet I received a PHONE CALL and email that my order is ready for pick up. Also an email with green line in-store status, ready for pick up. Yet despite the email notifying me of pick up ready status, and the call saying the same, the order IS NOT READY for pick up. Based on the arrival of the shingles, is the scheduling of the roofer to install them/ and picking them up from that Lowes location... To check the REAL-TIME status of the shingles, I struggled for a full half hour to get to the customer service desk. Once there I was told" If you could see all the people in the store right now, you'd understand why" you had to wait 1/2 an hour to have the phone answered. My background is ALL CUSTOMER SERVICE both as a business owner and employee and this kind of response from a customer service phone representative just is unprofessional and NOT CUSTOMER SERVICE. She offered no help to check my order and said "probably it would be in on the date it said when I ordered it". AGAIN, NOT PROFESSIONAL and offering no assistance AT ALL. Meanwhile, based off the PHONE CALL, asking me to come get my order and the confusing order status off the website, checking order status, there is perhaps hours between the arrival date of the shingles and date the roofer plans to pick them up!! Ok, not Lowe's problem except WHY BOTHER TO CALL ME AT HOME TO PICK UP MY ORDER IF IT ISN'T COMPLETE?? And then have your customer bounce around your answering system for a full half hour to get to Customer Service - by accident- there is NO DIRECT LINE TO CUSTOMER SERVICE there, and once there, get NO HELP AT ALL..?? You have us all by the "TOOLS" at this- Rockingham, NC location because that is the ONLY big DIY materials and supplies location within 25 miles and therefore, we either put up with the crap customer service ( and no, the vested reps on the floor in the store DO NOT WILLINGLY OFFER ASSISTANCE, and then KNOW NOTHING - this goes for roofing, lumber, hardware and paint departments. I miss HOME DEPOT and other similar big name materials stores. Rating: --0 stars... lump of coal at Christmas to you guys... Sad there is no alternative within 25 miles ( 50 round trip)..
*** The lack of professionalism must be directed at lack of proper training or instruction from management. There is a definite procedure to handling phone customers while working with customers in front of you; which offers respect and serves the needs of both customers, without whining about your personal job stress ( you don't whine about your job to your customers, ever..) If you have to ask what that procedure is, then perhaps you, as a customer service representative, needs a bit of refresher training. *** read more