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Lowe's Reviews Summary

Lowe's has a rating of 2.1 stars from 1,362 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Lowe's most frequently mention customer service, home depot and next day. Lowe's ranks 79th among Home Improvement sites.

service
414
value
348
shipping
269
returns
255
quality
305

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Rhode Island
1 review
2 helpful votes
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We went to Lowe's on July 3,2018 to begin the process of having blinds installed in our new home. Since then the process has been a nightmare. There is absolutely NO communication between the installer and Lowe's. After the installer measured, he said Lowe's would have our measurements within an hour, but when we went the next day we were turned away beacause Lowe's hadn't received them. When we finally picked our blinds it took TWO HOURS in the store to have them ordered and sign a contract. Our blinds arrived in the mail two weeks later, yet it took another week to hear from installer, and a week after that to have them come out. When they finally arrived, half the blinds were the wrong size! It was hell to have them reordered (another month long process) and when the installer came out again there were pieces missing and one of the blinds was still too long! We couldn't believe the incompetence, inconvenience and lack of response from Lowe's. We made multiple calls to the store manager and even corporate office with official complaints with promises to receive calls back, which never came. It is now mid-October ( a whole month after contract expired) and we still don't gave all the blinds we paid for. We have not even received any kind of call with an apology or so much as a coupon for reimbursement. I paid Lowe's in full in July and haven't even been offered a discount! We urge anyone reading this to avoid Lowe's installation services at all costs! We definitely will never be using them again!

Date of experience: October 14, 2018
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Lazy workers
October 8, 2018

I purchase a John deer zero turn on sep 30th and the store delivered it two days later when they deliver it I couldn't get it started because they brought me a mower that had a dead battery i was mad because why would you deliver a mower that don't run at least do a check point before you deliver a riding mower to a customer home and when I took the battery to the store the employees and one female manager didn't know what to do and the manager told me they always have dead batteries in there mowers. For her to be a manager I wouldn't tell a customer that but it was a male manager that was able to order me a battery that he said it will take five days instead of them having John deer batteries in stock I have to wait but they wasn't going to order me a battery they want me to call John deer because it's a John deer mower and I paid for the three year warranty but when I talk to John deer about my issue with my battery they told me it was the store responsibility but after I pay off my Lowe's card I will be doing bussiness with Home Depot for now on the $#*!erson pike Nashville location need to get it together a five minute just order a customer a battery or call another store to see if they have one in stock turn into a 30 minute I don't know what to do situation.

Date of experience: October 8, 2018
Minnesota
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I recently purchased an item on Lowes.com for an in store pick up. I was searching for Trim for doors and window. I found a trim that was priced amazing and available at my preferred pick up location. I placed the order, received an email about my order was in process. Later that week, I decided to check on my Lowes account to find my order was CANCLED! And without an explanation. I did not receive any kind of notification from Lowes regarding the plans to cancel my order. I wish there was an attempt to correct the issue. It was advertised as a low price and I proceeded to purchase the item at the price listed. Most stores will not allow you click the purchase button if they are unable to complete the order. But not Lowes, I thought I purchased something, but hey, they can just change their mind and price whenever, even when it's an error on their part. Very unsatisfied, and this was only my second time ordering from Lowes. At least I learned fairly early.

Date of experience: October 5, 2018
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Baths & Kitchens R Us are the installers for Lowes, owned by Mark & Deb Witte of Colorado Springs. Their business practices are very shady and tend to lack the responsibility of their installers. I would highly not recommend using them to install your products. Their fiduciary responsibilities are lacking in moral character on top of the absorbent amount of fees left for the homeowner to pay with any project and change orders.

Date of experience: October 1, 2018
North Carolina
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bad Business Practice
October 1, 2018

I have a contract with Lowe's Home Improvements for a Tile Floor Installation. We set
Up an installation date for October 1,2018. They called us on Friday
Sept 28, and gave us the time for the work to start. We cleared all
The areas for the work, kitchen, laundry room, and guest bathroom and
Moved everything to my living room. At 8:30am on Monday October 1,
They called us to postpone the installation for Wednesday. After
Talking with a bunch of managers on Lowe's, all they can say was "We
Apologize for the inconvenience." So we do not have a kitchen,
Or a laundry room just because Lowe's decided they do not have a crew
Ready. Is that a Way to Do Business?

Two years ago we did
Half of our house with Wood flooring through Home Depot, 5 Stars,
Perfect and on time. So we learned the lesson.

Recommendation: Do
Yourself a favor and save some headache, Lowe's is not worth it.

Date of experience: October 1, 2018
Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Had Lowes install carpet in my home. We got high quality carpet and paid over $8,000.00. After 15 months the carpet developed rolls and ridges due to poor installation. Lowes has a one year warranty but many carpet issues develop after the 12 month warranty. I called both the local and corporate office and they were unwilling to budge on the installation issues. They didn't even acknowledge that they would look into the subcontracted installers, so the chance of this happening to someone else is a possibility. Do not allow Lowes to install carpet in your home

Date of experience: August 22, 2018
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This store has the worst customer service. The employees are rude and impatient. They need intensive training to improve customer service from top to bottom. Management needs to be made accountable for the quality of service subordinates provide. HD Supplies and HomeDepot provide much better service for customers in this area. I filed a complaint last year when I had a similar negative experience. Waste of my time, management is still not accountable for the poor customer service. Today they hanged up on me 3 times and when I asked for the manager they did it again. Pacoima Lowe's is a disgrace to our community.

Date of experience: August 21, 2018
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I don't know if anyone has ever done business with Lowe's but we have made our last purchase from them. We ordered a fence from them on May 28th. We signed the contract on that date. We were told the installation would be in 6 to 8 weeks. The fence was finally delivered on August 6th. It has sat in our driveway for 2 weeks now. After calls to rep who wrote the contract we still have no install date. Going into week 13 and just disgusted with the way Lowe's conducts business. Never again.

Date of experience: August 19, 2018
Pennsylvania
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Decked by Lowe's
August 17, 2018

We had a deck installed in 2011, from the start there were issues, some of the deck wood had to be returned, some step boards had to be replaced, some deck floor boards were messed up, they did not replace all the damaged pieces i requested, i continued to call, mostly got ignored, i told the manager that someone needed to come out and make a visual inspection, they refused and said, " we will not come out nor will we do anymore repairs". The deck continued to have other problems. The top railing separated from 2 different locations, more boards cracked and split, the support hangers underneath the deck separated, making it dangerous to walk on, especially since it is right at the entry door. This deck was very expensive, i feel they should have backed up their work. I will take pictures and post them later. Very poor customer service.ONE STAR IS TO MUCH CREDIT FOR THIS

Date of experience: August 17, 2018
Minnesota
3 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I found a piece of equipment I needed on Lowes.com. It had mostly 5 star reviews but a significant number of 1 star reviews. It seemed like it would suffice so I went to Lowe's and bought it. The equipment self destructed after several uses. I called the manufacturer who sent a repair kit to arrive in 10 to 14 business days. I needed my equipment to work yesterday, not in a few weeks so I called up Lowe's and found it was still returnable. I did return it but stupidly bought another identical item rather than take the time to go shopping elsewhere. The new equipment fell apart during the first use of less than 30 minutes. A minor problem but tedious to repair.

From there I left a less than complimentary 1 star review about the quality of the equipment while commending Lowe's for their return policy. My review generated a response from the manufacturer's rep with instructions which I followed. The manufacturer did sent parts but they sent the wrong parts. I called again and was told they didn't actually stock the part that fell off my machine. Too bad, so sad. I had to either return it to Lowe's for refund or remove parts and mail back to them so they could justify reimbursement.

Here's where it gets funny. I posted a followup review that wasn't any nicer than the original. Lowe's not only failed to post my new review, they removed my original review.

Then by arranging the sort order of the site from oldest reviews to newest reviews I noticed the first 75 reviews carry the notation of [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] And guess what? That was the end of the long string of 5 star reviews and that is where the long string of one star reviews began. Deleting my original 1 star review did bring the ratio of 1 star to 5 star reviews to under 30%

Date of experience: August 9, 2018
District of Columbia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Snow blower
August 2, 2018

I Brought a snow blower@ store in norwalk ct had to bring it back after 3 months of use they told me had warranty so i told it to orange ct lowes after they check it they changer
Me for the repairs they sucks o star because not the frist time

Date of experience: August 2, 2018
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Lowe's does NOT stand behind their work. DO NOT WASTE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY AT LOWE'S. We had a faulty carpet install done - the carpet is buckling all over. We have been trying to get this resolved with Lowe's CPO. What a complete joke. They make excuse after excuse after excuse and do nothing to resolve the problem. I will NEVER set foot in another Lowe's store and I advise you to do the same!

Date of experience: July 26, 2018
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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LOWE's LOSS
July 26, 2018

On Saturday July 21,2018 I went to Lowe's to purchase a new refrigerator. I must have walked around the appliance department for a good hour hoping to find someone to wait on me, and to sell me a refrigerator. I might add that I was not the only one searching for help. This was the Lowe's store located off Peter's Road in West Knoxville TN. I eventually grew tired of waiting to find someone to take my money... I left Lowe's and drove to Home Depot where I spent $1700 on my new refrigerator. I had it bought and done in less than one hour. Like I said [above] -- its LOWE's Loss..

Date of experience: July 25, 2018
Oregon
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Terrible
July 23, 2018

My mom has been having her home remodeled since early 2017. She was told by the interior design consultant and her contractors that everything would be done July 12th 2017. Yes, 17 not 18. A year ago. The FIRST set of contractors provided by lowes was a bunch of Russians who seemed not to have even been licensed, installed almost everything in her house wrong, wrong cabinet doors, wrong trim, used the trim for the bathroom in the kitchen. This was after waiting 4 months AFTER the finishing date for them to even start. Then a few months later, well past when it should have been done, after my mother called lowes for the millionth time either to no response or no viable explanation as to why it was taking so long, the Russians disappear. No, really. They left the country and took her money according to Lowes. NOW 4 more months later there's a group of contractors. All seems fine except one guy acts suspicious. Iphone 7 plus goes missing, okay can't prove it and move on. Then, a few days ago my mother walks up her stairs, sees that the box to her $900 roomba has been tampered with. They stole it from the box that had been there for months, SCOTCH TAPED it back together, and left only the box. DO NOT TRUST THIS COMPANY.

Date of experience: July 23, 2018
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ripping people off
July 22, 2018

Go to surplus warehouse they carry the exact same stuff but at warehouse price. You can buy one item or multiples. I used to go to lowes till I found out about this.

Date of experience: July 21, 2018
Maryland
4 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I decided to buy two 50 dollar gift certificates for a couple of upcoming birthdays. Normally, I would have gotten them from our local Lowes, but I was feeling lazy and felt like I had plenty of time to buy them online, so thats what I did. On 7/8/18, I placed the order. I should have looked closely at the shipping information because apparently, in the past, my husband or I had typed our home address in with the last digit being off by one. I take full responsibility for that part of the issue. While it was never a problem before for any other order, it began a series of unfortunate events. The cards were shipped on the 10th. Money was taken from my bank account on the 11th. I followed the shipment with the tracking information given and saw they should have been delivered on the 12th, but instead they were headed back to Lowes in Minnesota. I called Lowes customer service on the 12th. The woman who helped me seemed efficient. I explained the situation, and she said that she would change the address in the computer, and would tag the order so that when the cards arrived back at Lowes, they could be sent to me. Well, as of the 19th, I had 0 communication from Lowes, so I called again. This time I spent close to 40 minutes on the phone, mostly on hold, only to be told that I would have to cancel the order and reorder it. Okay, why did I have to call them to find this out? And why was my money not refunded? I told the woman to cancel the order and credit my account. That was just after 9 a.m. today. Its almost 9 p.m., and I dont see any signs of the money being in my bank account. I know Im going to have to call again which is irritating. I use Amazon, Walmart, and Target all of the time and never have issues with orders, returns, etc. If Lowes wants to play with the big boys and stay in the game, they need to be more efficient and user friendly. Because this is now the second time Ive ordered something and theyve failed to communicate information to me, I will no longer use them for online purchases.

Date of experience: July 20, 2018
California
7 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I tried to return 2 items that I bought online. I went to the site and was able to print the return label that goes inside the return. I tried to print the return SHIPPING label because they were not included in either item. I could not print it. I called in and was told that I needed to use Firefox or Internet Explorer ( i mean... who uses those anymore?) and that Chrome would not print it. Then I got a lecture by the CS associate on how Lowes only uses Firefox for everything online. Are you kidding me? They are not able to create a shipping label for you and email it like any other big online store does. All I can say is... Amazon. Walmart. Lowes is a dinosaur.

Date of experience: July 19, 2018
Germany
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Please people DON'T even think on Lowe's when you try to buy any washer machine. We have less than 10 months with it since the first 15 days we noticed that was not working on certain cycles, we called to the customer service couple times and they "try" to make an appointment but when they said we call you later to confirm... after 3 or 4 days still waiting on the call. We called back same ting and finally the tecnichian came one time ok they have to order "this part and this part" 3 or 4 days later they have the part, came work on it guess what? Week later same thing we have been dealing with this for since the beginning. We went to the store and they said after 3 times the tecnichian change parts and more parts we are eligible to have a new one ok this is the more than the 3rd time and now they said we have to wait maybe one or two times more. How they start to fix something that's supposed to be new? After 15 days using it? I will never buy anything again form Lowe's and of course I will talk about this with family and friends. Check for better options before to buy at Lowe's.

Date of experience: July 15, 2018
Montana
7 reviews
13 helpful votes
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I purchased this house 4 years ago, and have installed a bathroom, done extensive
Landscaping and various projects, and my local store has been such a great resource for material, advice, and helpful hints. Service can be a little slow, especially finding special orders for some reason, but overall, I could not have done this without them.

They have a great crew, and appreciate all the time they have taken to help me achieve my project goals.

Date of experience: July 14, 2018
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Horrific
July 3, 2018

I have enjoyed shopping at Lowe's for years and have spent over $35,000 in their store totally remodeling an entire house ad yard!
I recently hired their professional services to do siding and they sent one person in winter to do the whole thing.
There are so many quality issues I can't even begin, then instead of siding under some windows they put aluminum with NO J Track or something and when a large rain came the kitchen ceiling flooded and caved in!

I have been calling and dealing with their customer service and insurance people and NOT ONE CALL OR EMAIL BACK ever! It's just horrific!

STAY AWAY

Date of experience: July 3, 2018