• Lowe's

Lowe's

Overview

Lowe's has a rating of 2.36 stars from 1,614 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Lowe's most frequently mention customer service, home depot, and next day problems. Lowe's ranks 534th among Home Improvement Other sites.

  • Service
    386
  • Value
    324
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    248
  • Returns
    233
  • Quality
    284

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 13.3%
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • I just want to let people know how wonderful the customer service is!
  • This place is like a fancy version of home depot but still cool to shop at.

Critical highlights

  • Right before the delivery date, I got an email saying it was backordered and they had no idea when it would arrive.
  • Meanwhile the store manager was no where to be found.
How would you rate Lowe's?
Top Positive Review

“Lowe's is my go-to destination for all my home improvement needs.”

Nat G.
3/29/24

Lowe's is my go-to destination for all my home improvement needs. The store offers a wide selection of tools, materials, and appliances, as well as expert advice and assistance from knowledgeable staff. I appreciate the competitive pricing and frequent sales and promotions that help me save money on my projects. The online ordering and in-store pickup options add convenience to the shopping experience.

Top Critical Review

“Credit card charges”

Robert P.
2/8/24

I ordered 2 items. $179 each for a $358 total. My card was immediately charged 3 times. $179-$179-$358 for a $716 total. Yes the charges were pending. However there was a hold on $716 on the card meaning I can not use that credit. Is this legal? I called Lowe's and spoke with 4 people. Everyone knew about this and says it is how Lowe's places charges. That means debit cards too. I won't be going back to Lowe's. I didn't like the place before, now it's just too much.

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Thumbnail of user do108
2 reviews
23 helpful votes
April 10th, 2024

Lowes currently has advertised buy 3 bags.75 Miracle Gro Garden soil get 3 free on sale for 2.29$ bag …BIG LIE.nothing is free here and the store is dodging the question when you speak with the manager. Call corp #*******937 good luck there too wait on hold over 40 minutes then put your number for call back then they call back and hang up as soon as you answer it …wonderful.another great American company gone to hell!
If you are a victim of this ad scam, first post. It here and second call and let them know how you feel!

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Be sure to post your response here and call them .

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Thumbnail of user edc741
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 5th, 2024

We bought a fully-assembled, brand-new electric golf cart from Lowe's store #2656 on 12/13/23. Almost immediately, the golf cart had pieces fall off including the wheels from the stripping of the bolts during assembly. We asked to return it since it was a damaged product and they refused to take it back and instead wanted Coleman (the manufacturer) to repair, with us paying the delivery charge. After doing so and sending to a recommended shop by Coleman, the cart remains unfixed with Coleman and Lowes fighting over whose fault. We are frustrated with false advertising about the return policy, the poor assembly and the lack of help by the store personnel. We want our money back and will never do business with Lowe's. We are preparing a Texas Lemon Law filing to get the government involved. The bottom line is don't buy expensive items from Lowe's, there is no return policy.

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We bought a fully-assembled, brand-new electric golf cart from Lowe’s store #2656 on 12/13/23. Almost immediately, the golf cart had pieces fall off including the wheels from the stripping of the bolts during assembly. We asked to return it since it was a damaged product and they refused to take it back and instead wanted Coleman (the manufacturer) to repair, with us paying the delivery charge. After doing so and sending to a recommended shop by Coleman, the cart remains unfixed with Coleman and Lowes fighting over whose fault. We are frustrated with false advertising about the return policy, the poor assembly and the lack of help by the store personnel. We want our money back and will never do business with Lowe’s. We are preparing a Texas Lemon Law filing to get the government involved. The bottom line is don’t buy expensive items from Lowe’s, there is no return policy.

Thumbnail of user sont39
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 29th, 2024

I was at Lowe's on Malabar road Palm Bay FL yesterday MAR 28,2024 around 4:00 PM to buy a water softener. But the guy who was assigned to give customer service ignored my present. He said that he had other customer to taking care of. For this kind of his service, I walked out of Lowe's to go to Home Depot to buy the water softener instead.
I think Lowe's customer service managers should look into this to avoid further problem in the future. Otherwise Lowe's will loose lots of good customer like me.

Thumbnail of user lorrained343
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 19th, 2024

I purchased flooring for 2 bedrooms from Lowe's in Sarasota Florida they sent Eryk Szulborski to install. This guy was the best worker. He worked alone n worked til 8:30 pm til the job was finished. He was polite kind respectable he cleaned every thing up, also moved the furniture by himself n left the rooms spotless n put the furniture in its original place. Because of Eryk i will be using Lowe's for my future projects n recommend Lowe's to all my friends n neighbors. Lorraine DelCore *******030

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installer was excellent

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Thumbnail of user geraldw168
4 reviews
27 helpful votes
May 25th, 2020

I am a long time customer. Horrible Customer Service. I had purchased with cash Lowe's made floor laminate. There were two boxes of floor laminate left over. I could not find the receipt and attempted to return it for a store credit about 45 days later. Store manager stated too many returns? Lowe's Return Center also would not authorize a credit. That's how they treat their customers? Very disappointed.

Thumbnail of user robertp5326
1 review
2 helpful votes
February 8th, 2024

I ordered 2 items. $179 each for a $358 total. My card was immediately charged 3 times. $179-$179-$358 for a $716 total. Yes the charges were pending. However there was a hold on $716 on the card meaning I can not use that credit. Is this legal? I called Lowe's and spoke with 4 people. Everyone knew about this and says it is how Lowe's places charges. That means debit cards too.

I won't be going back to Lowe's. I didn't like the place before, now it's just too much.

Tip for consumers:
When you shop at Lowe’s open every box to make sure it isn’t a return

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Garage door opener and installation

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Thumbnail of user terryt249
1 review
5 helpful votes
March 29th, 2020

We were 1 day late returning $200 items during CV29 lockdown. Lowe's has a 90 day policy, no exceptions. We even offered to do an exchange. We both are in the vulnerable age group and told to stay at home. We will return all recent purchases and never set foot in their stores again.

Thumbnail of user debvilinskis
1 review
3 helpful votes
November 18th, 2023

This is absolutely the worst place to by appliances. Lowes in beechgrove indiana and as company do not care about your purchase. We spent 3k on appliances and the delivery people couldn't be bothered, it was a mess lazy people and customer service is a joke we have a fridge sitting garage because lowes won't find a tech to take doors off for 2 days now unbelievable company

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Thumbnail of user robertl1409
1 review
6 helpful votes
April 14th, 2020

Power Washer Briggs and Stratton on sale 174.75. Called to get one non available in US ask for rain check or similar items at that price, told no available. Made complaint to FTC

Thumbnail of user sallys854
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 17th, 2024

Ordering packing boxes, ordered enough to get the "free shipping", next day text says "ready for pickup", ordered as a guest, called customer service, she says one was for pickup, one to be shipped, yet all one order. CSR was nice, assured it was all cancelled, but how can one order, one payment end up split with have for pickup, have shipped for free because I hit the threshold for free shipping? HOW? Their site is a mess.

Thumbnail of user richardc4872
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 28th, 2024

Lowes is second to home depot for a good reason... their return policy. Its the second time they would not return a product because i either lost receipt or replaced the card i used after admitting it was a lowes item. Home depot on the other hand returns anything they is one of their store items without proving sales with a store credit! Mr. Lowes is it really worth losing a customer for not issuing a store credit for 20$. Really?

Tip for consumers:
they suck

Thumbnail of user cindyd320
1 review
11 helpful votes
April 7th, 2020

Lowe's refused to acknowledge that their packed stores were spreading virus but when they refused to postpone their spring black sale, that validated where their priorities are! My heart goes out to their employees serving rude, selfish, inconsiderate customers buying flowers, ice chest etc. Hope those that have been following rules will remember to shop at Home Depot only after this is over!

Thumbnail of user rita.johnson.business.87
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2024

All of the staff are wonderful, caring, helpful and nice which is hard to find in the world! Lorey Howerton and Forrest are 2 of the names that come across in my mind at this time, but there are others and I did not forget about the other wonderful staff! Every hardware store should model this location on everything on how they do business, how the employees interact with customers, etc.
From: Rita J.

Tip for consumers:
Everything is wonderful and the staff is very helpful!!!

Products used:
Paints, tools, wall glue, gloves, boxes, tapes, wall brackets to put up curtains, wall brackets for closets.

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Thumbnail of user amandas3094
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 31st, 2024

The card service is really bad and prices are too high. Never going here again. Apparently even this review thing sucks bc I need to type more words.

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Thumbnail of user ultimateplexllc
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 14th, 2023

So, we went to the store in Killeen TX to purchase pressure washer and right from product help and checkout was awesome. The gentleman that helped us get the pressure washer was honest and straight forward with us. Also the lady at the checkout her name is Neomia as well also was jovial and easy going also helped us with the checkout as well as saving money. I usually don't do reviews too much but I promised her that I will definitely do that. Neomia we appreciate your service and continue doing what you doing.

Thumbnail of user stevew2478
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
January 4th, 2024

This company is nuts. They just raised their interest rate to 31.99 percent even for contractors! All I can say is bye bye Lowe's. Spent a lot of money with you but never will again. Bye

Thumbnail of user walterw402
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
February 9th, 2024

Ordered some items order number *******. They never sent me an email giving me status and now they tell me they don't know what the status is. I have called customer support twice and they have not been able to resolve it. Because they say it a store issue, no it is a Lowes issue. I keep getting the run around and I still don't have my order and it has been two weeks. I need it know! I would never order anything from Lowes again because they do not care about their customers. You cannot even talk with a manager. They say call the store. The issue is I order the items through Lowes Web site and they did not give me a choice to send the parts to my house. They forced me to pick a store so I picked one that was the closet. Now they tell me corp is not responsible I have to work with store. Why is that when I ordered them from Lowes, not the store. Just another way they can give you the run around and take no responsibility screw the customer. You cannot even call cooperate to log a complaint. Not a good way yo run a company. I recommend no one should buy anything from Lowes because they don't care about the customer!

Tip for consumers:
Customer services is the worst!!! I would recommend no one buy from them.

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Haven't gotten them and so I have not used them

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Thumbnail of user najik3
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
March 6th, 2024

Never buy anything from Lowe's. They are SCAMMERS disguised as a reputable company. I received a Primo water cooler advertised as "new". The box was torn apart, the the top and bottom gone and only styrofoam to support. I had no option but to dispose of the remnants. It's very possible that we received a REFURBISHED item. The previous PRIMO we owned lasted us almost 10 years with the pump sort of failing at the end. Instead of trying to figure out to fix it, we ordered from Lowe's thinking their price was decent for the item because Sam's Club and Costco were out of Primo's under $200. A little over 2 months, it's defective (does no cool water and everything comes out warm). We contacted Lowe's who, gave them the whole spill about the "no box" and the circumstances. They assured us that this was not a problem, and that Fedex will take care of boxing it at their expense. So we scheduled for a pickup with Fedex noting that there is "no box" and faced no objection. A Fedex rep showed up today and said he won't take it without a box. This resulted in additional hours spent over the phone and they prompted me to re-scheduled another pickup with them, saying "this time we should have no issues", adding an apology that "it wasn't noted correctly". I thought that was that. Then some Fedex supervisor called me changing his tune and saying they WON'T take it as it and that even if it was dropped off at a location, it won't get accepted. I do not have a vehicle that fits the cooler and I shouldn't be liable for driving 12 miles to drop it off at a location, but I wanted to find out if there is a distinction between a pickup and a dropoff. I have now started a credit card dispute and I'm in the process of submitting a complaint with BBB.

Do yourselves a favor and spend the extra money, if you have to, to buy your appliances from a trustworthy source to get a "brand new" item with a reliable return policy. I purchased another unit through Costco knowing their guarantee is trustworthy. They have their own staff to pick up large appliances if a customer is not satisfied. Lowe's simply scammed us, exploiting our limitations.

Tip for consumers:
Anything short of a refund, whether they get to pick up or not, will result in a complaint with the BBB.

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Primo water cooler that came in a torn up box that turned out to be defective.

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Thumbnail of user christines2885
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 2nd, 2024

They don't return calls. My 3 year old GE dishwasher with an extended warranty hasn't been fixed in three weeks. They don't return phone calls. They don't honor the service contract.

Tip for consumers:
Stop using Lowes

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Thumbnail of user paull1466
1 review
5 helpful votes
July 16th, 2021

My Trex deck was done in September -October of 2018 by JWC construction. It was put in with no spacing, the board are curling and coming up. I paid $*******. 00 to Lowes who I believed was a reputable company. Was I wrong! There not even willing to send professional to even look at the deck. Its been a nightmare for close to 3 years. When rains I have a pool on my deck. I've given up talking them they've offered me $2500 for what is a $9000 repair job. Do not use Lowes there customer service is ridiculous. I'm taken them to court for not responding to the problem. Also I have a letter from Trex saying problems are due to bad installation.

Tip for consumers:
stay away from Lowes !

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JWC CONSTRUCTION

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Thumbnail of user irenep279
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 12th, 2024

Went to lowes to buy a washer and dryer. Wrote a check the I hope Mike goes to helln decided I did not want to deal with them. I cancelled the order must have left check behind I told the I did not want the appliances this week I receivek
From a collection agency that the guy at lowes turned in my check and sold it to a collection agency which means they expect me to pay for his thievery I am so tired of being treated like this. This is how old women are often treated

Thumbnail of user sn139
1 review
1 helpful vote
August 17th, 2021
Verified purchase

We ordered a dishwasher from the North Stockton, CA Lowe's. Delivery was promised a couple of days ago, and it never arrived. No one at Lowe's has returned our phone calls and emails. No follow-up, and terrible customer service.

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Thumbnail of user ashleyt551
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 3rd, 2022

Ordered a LG front loading washing machine (WM3600 model) from their Sandy Springs (Atlanta) location. Paid at the store on Jan 5,2022. They said that it will take a few weeks to deliver and gave us a date of Jan 22. They also said that the delivery company will call us the day before the delivery and give a more specific time for the delivery date.

3-4 days later, we got an email that said the delivery date had been changed to Jan 19th. No more phone calls or emails.

Suddenly one day (Jan 18th), my wife hears this huge banging on the front door (like when the cops show up). It was the Lowe's delivery guy with the washing machine. Since I wasn't home and given the loud / rude banging, and given the lack of notice (no phone call the previous day, no other email), she said she is not comfortable having it installed when she was alone at home. The guy said a few rude things and left. Didn't hear from Lowe's for 3-4 days more.

Then again the same guy showed up... this time on a Saturday. Again with no previous phone call or email to let us know about the delivery. But since I was at home, I said let's do it. He brought the new washer, took out the old washer... and was about to leave.

I asked him why he is not installing it and why he was not using the new hoses that we had paid for. He immediately raised his voice and said that we haven't paid for the hoses and he won't install it. Made a big deal of showing me his order from Lowe's which didn't have the water hoses listed. So I took out my receipt and tried to show him the installation fees of $30 and the water hoses of $32.38 listed on the receipt. He refused to look at the receipt, said he doesn't have any spare hoses, said he doesn't work for Lowe's (just a delivery company) and said he is just going to take back the new washer. So I said that is fine, as long as he brings back my old washer back into the house. He left in a big huff... and then came back with a new set of water hoses and installed the new washer. The washer works fine.

Thumbnail of user karlm202
1 review
2 helpful votes
April 20th, 2021

I special ordered a door for my bathroom at the store. It resulted in 6 weeks of waiting, not knowing where my door was because nobody called me to update me. When the door finally arrived it was the wrong one because the "Manager" of the department never showed me an image to help explain what LH vs RH means when ordering a door. I will never order anything from them again.

Thumbnail of user dafneyb
4 reviews
12 helpful votes
February 1st, 2024
• Updated review

I stopped at Lowe's and bought 4 bags of mulch. Because I have a still neck, I was unable to lift and put them in my car. I asked for some help and waited 10 to 15 minutes for someone. The cashier asked a lady and she paged someone even though she said they had no one to lift. Finally, a female named Annika came and helped me. Everyone else just standing around joking. I swear it is so hard to keep your patience at Lowes. The people are so dam lazy. Thanks, Annika for your help. She lifted 4 bags and put them in my vehicle without an attitude. Lowes needs more workers like her. She gets 5 stars from me but Lowes gets 1 star for hiring lazy people who hide when there is work to do... Train your workers to have integrity, pride, and manners please.

Tip for consumers:
Give Annika a pat on the back and a raise. She is so nice and humble

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October 12th, 2022
• Previous review

I went in Lowes 22 Sep to inquire about a cabinet built for my marble table. I paid the $75 charge on my credit card and that is the only proof. Lowes guy said they could do the job and Mckinley from Carolina Construction came out on 28 Sep. And took measuremnets for table and wall. I told her the cabinet and measurements were for the table not wall. I went into Lowes on 5 Oct because I heard nothing from them. I waited 2 hours that morning so I went back that afternoon and waited 2 1/2 hrs. I left and went back the next morning and Juan was busy loading for someone is what the guy said. This guy said he was the boss, skinny black guy that seemed to be irritated at me because I asked what was taking so long. He was explaining how busy Juan was and I told him why don't u help. I said I waited and waited and paid the money and cannot get a call or contact from Juan to get my cabinet for my table cause he is so busy. To make a long story short, Juan was doing all himself. I finally got to sit down with him and he and the other guy made it seem like Mckinley didn't give measurements for the table but for the wall. They were guessing figures and Juan gave me the figure the skinny black guy guessed so I knew it was a scam. Juan never gave me any paperwork but showed me a cabinet no matter how I told him I wanted it to be cost efficient. He said when done I would hear from him by Friday but I didn't. I called him Tuesday Oct 11th and he said he was just getting back to work and was about to call me. He said I could get the cabinet for $1500 but they couldn't put the marble on top of it cause it was a liability since I didn't get it from them.If I buy the marble from them it they would do the job. HOGWASH. These lazy liars are a bunch of crap. I can't believe them. I called another company and they came out and will be doing the same project for half the price and didn't give me the figures like Juan and his boss guessed. This Lowes on 1701 Freedom Blvd florence employees are the worst. They all should be fired for lying and for thinking because I am a female that came in the store alone, I didn't know they were liars. They were mad because I called them out on how long it took on the days I went to the store. They act as if we customers got all day to wait on them while they walk around doing nothing but blowing smoke. It is ridiculous and a shame. Hire more competent people and for godsakes get rid of that little lying wanna be boss doing nothing. Help Juan out! Do something besides run your mouth and not know what ur talking about. Lowes People, You are working in a store. Not a 5 Star store dressed in a suit. STOP ACTING LIKE IT AND DO YOUR JOBS. Stop lying to the customers because I am one that investigates. All they do is pass the job to the one or 2 people that does work. FIRE THE REST THAT SAYS THEY DON'T WORK IN THAT DEPARTMENT OR GUESSING PRICES AND NOT GIVING ANY PAPERWORK. They are full of crap. PEOPLE BE WARE OF THE CABINET DEPARTMENT PEOPLE AT LOWES ON 1701 FEEDOM BLVD. FLORENCE SC. I am and will be. If I could I would give them a BIG FAT ZERO and terminate that skinny black guy that had so much to say but doing nothing.

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