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You should have asked them to check their overflow stock.  Often they'll have some in the back or at the top of a shelf, and they haven't refreshed the shelves.

jeff-o wrote:

You should have asked them to check their overflow stock.  Often they'll have some in the back or at the top of a shelf, and they haven't refreshed the shelves.

They said they didn't have any in the back (both stores).

The lowes near me is so much better than the Home Depot. I mainly go for the nursery section, and the Home Depot never has any terra cotta pots in stock, their stuff is all dead and it's pretty expensive. Lowes has been much better for me and my feeble attempts at growing things.

Last edited by keprydak (2007-10-09 4:21 pm)

About the time i posted this, i also fired off an email to customer service explaining that this was my first experience with them and will likely be the last if this is the way they treat customers. I had to leave for a while, and when i came back, i had a response email asking me for the specifics like my name and address as well as the product i was looking for.

We'll see what happens.

One of the many reasons I shop my local hardware store first.

Jasoco wrote:

Next time ask for a litre cola. Watch out, they might try to sell you a large farva instead.

Malkin wrote:

One of the many reasons I shop my local hardware store first.

I would spend more money at the corner Ace if their prices on stuff weren't 4x the price of the bigger stores. As it is, though, I support them plenty.

The people who work for Lowes, Menards, and Home Depot around here seem universally retarded. None of them know where ANYTHING is.

It's a big store, I get it, but come on - you work here. Get on the phone and find somebody that knows where the stuff I want is.

(Half the time, I end up finding it in 2 minutes at Walmart.)

Try Sears?

Jasoco wrote:

They've got allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters, trash compactors, juice extractor, shower rods and water meters, walkie-talkies, copper wires safety goggles, radial tires, BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers, picture hangers, paper cutters, waffle irons, window shutters, paint removers, window louvres, masking tape and plastic gutters, kitchen faucets, folding tables, weather stripping, jumper cables, hooks and tackle, grout and spackle, power foggers, spoons and ladles, pesticides for fumigation, high-performance lubrication, metal roofing, water proofing, multi-purpose insulation, air compressors, brass connectors, wrecking chisels, smoke detectors, tire guages, hamster cages, thermostats and bug deflectors, trailer hitch demagnetizers, automatic circumcisers, tennis rackets, angle brackets, Duracells and Energizers, soffit panels, circuit breakers, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers, calculators, generators, matching salt and pepper shakers.

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justine wrote:

About the time i posted this, i also fired off an email to customer service explaining that this was my first experience with them and will likely be the last if this is the way they treat customers. I had to leave for a while, and when i came back, i had a response email asking me for the specifics like my name and address as well as the product i was looking for.

We'll see what happens.

I'd lock the doors and not let strangers in for the next week justine. They are coming to get you, you disloyal almost customer!

dvpierce wrote:

Daniel wrote:

Chickenhawk wrote:

Back when home depot was the only game in town, lowes was a godsend. But now it seems that home depot has gotten their act together, and lowes has gone really downhill. For example, when I needed to get copies of keys made for my new apartment, I stood at the key counter at lowes waiting for somebody to come over and help for at least 10 minutes, and then drove over to home depot, where there was somebody there to make my keys, and I did not need to wait.

I went to get copies of my apartment key at Lowes back in the spring, and not only did the copy they made not work, but in the process of making it they somehow managed to cut one of the ridges off the end of the original, making it not work either.

I was rather pissed.

My apartment keys have always said "do not duplicate." Rent is charged based on the number of people given access.

I suppose if I were trying to get keys duplicated in violation of a contract and I found somebody unscrupulous enough to do it for me, I'd deserve what I got.

Your lease may be different, though.

I've never seen apartment keys that had that. I've seen the keys to the pool, laundry rooms and rec areas, but not the actual apartments. They can't keep you from changing the locks on your doors as long as you supply them with a key, too.

dvpierce wrote:

Daniel wrote:

Chickenhawk wrote:

Back when home depot was the only game in town, lowes was a godsend. But now it seems that home depot has gotten their act together, and lowes has gone really downhill. For example, when I needed to get copies of keys made for my new apartment, I stood at the key counter at lowes waiting for somebody to come over and help for at least 10 minutes, and then drove over to home depot, where there was somebody there to make my keys, and I did not need to wait.

I went to get copies of my apartment key at Lowes back in the spring, and not only did the copy they made not work, but in the process of making it they somehow managed to cut one of the ridges off the end of the original, making it not work either.

I was rather pissed.

My apartment keys have always said "do not duplicate." Rent is charged based on the number of people given access.

I suppose if I were trying to get keys duplicated in violation of a contract and I found somebody unscrupulous enough to do it for me, I'd deserve what I got.

Your lease may be different, though.

My keys do not say that, neither does my lease, and in fact the manager told me to get my key duplicated when I requested one from her, but thanks for the condescension regardless.