DO NOT BUY APPLIANCES FROM LOWES!!! I just went through a horror show with a refrigerator delivery from Thmaston, Maine. Here are my issues.
#1 - Lowes is THE ONLY store whose policy is they will not come inside your house to deliver anything due to Covid. Home Depot will. Agrens will. Not Lowes. So they will drop your large appliance in your yard and YOU are responsible for getting it into your house, getting it hooked up and put together and getting your old fridge out of your house for them to take. Buyer beware - I can't imagine a poor little old lady in this position.
#2 - The fridge they delivered was defective - the gasket leaked air and condensation built up into pools of water inside. Could they just replace the gasket? No. Could they just replace the door? No. They insisted that I had to BUY ANOTHER WHOLE REFRIGERATOR to replace it and that I would get my money back when they got the other refrigerator back.
(note - this fridge is at a cottage where we were not residing so scheduling delivery was a nightmare since it took two adult males to move the fridge - also a door needed to be taken off to get the darned thing into the house!)
#3 - After delivery of the second fridge, (which was also missing a shelf so I had to contact them AGAIN) I got a refund of $195.12 - not the $895.70 that they had charged me for the replacement fridge. After 6 phone calls and many different explanations, I was finally told today that the refund had gone on my brother-in-law's Lowes card (which the original purchase was made on) even though I had explained numerous times that my credit card, not my brother-in-law's was the one the replacement was put on. They suggested I ask my brother-in-law for the money.
Needless to say, I was pretty hot under the collar by then. Oh and the reason I was refunded $195? Apparently, my brother-in-law got a discount so they were able to give me back the money I paid above and beyond the initial purchase but they were not able to refund my card the amount they charged. Say what? Does this even make sense? They did not tell me this when I was told to buy the second fridge and they would not put the second fridge on that initial Lowe's card, so I had no choice but to use another card. Again, I was told this is Lowe's policy.
Oh and one last kick in the teeth? When the delivery men came with the replacement, they said it was no problem to replace just the door, which was very nice. This was the only good experience in the entire exchange. However, my husband and brother-in-law drove an hour and half each way, took the door off the cottage and waited around for delivery. Had we been told in advance, it would have saved us a lot of hassle.
This store is poorly managed and communication is abysmal. The company policy is ridiculous. Every call gave me the runaround.
If you enjoy getting screwed and tattooed, by all means, buy from Lowes. I never will again. I have shared this on social media and I hope their sales plummet. My reviews have had that effect on other businesses since I have a fairly large following. Lowes sucks. read more