Emailed Lowe’s CEO and got a quick response
While reading through my Google Reader feeds, I happened upon a post with Robert Niblock’s contact information. Robert is the ” First Vice Chairman, Chairman, President & CEO” of Lowe’s Corporation. I decided to email him.
But I wasn’t emailing to complain. Rather, I was emailing to praise Lowe’s. Here was my email, with some identifying information edited out:
Subject: Cheers to Lowe’s
I found your email via consumerist.com. I just wanted to say that I actually enjoy shopping at Lowe’s, specifically when compared to Home Depot. The stores are always clean and well laid out, the workers are helpful and courteous, and the prices are usually better. I just wish that Lowe’s was closer to us in Rockville, MD. The closest is in The Kentlands in Gaithersburg, MD, which is about x miles away. In comparison, the Home Depot is only about x miles away. Sadly, I must give them my business due to time constraints and the cost of the extra gas. I wish there was a closer, more convenient Lowe’s to the xxxxx zip code!
And just 9 minutes later, I got a response from ole’ Bob’s blackberry:
From: Niblock, Robert – Robert A
Micheal, thanks for your feedback. We will continue to try and get a store more convenient to your home. Take care.
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Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
He actually spelled “Michael” wrong, but that’s ok. I can understand how his thumbs might be tired after probably receiving a few hundred emails already, thanks to The Consumerist. Honestly, I didn’t expect any email back, although I WAS hoping for a coupon (hint, hint). Looks like I will have to settle for my Home Depot for the time being until a Lowe’s is built closer to me.
In the meantime, consider getting a $50 Lowe’s gift card at Amazon for someone who would appreciate it.
I really do like shopping at Lowe’s, just like I said in my email. I’ve visited about 5 different Lowe’s across 4 states, and probably the same number of Home Depots, and the comparison is always the same between the two. But my father-in-law explain it to me that Lowe’s is more for professional contractors who know what they want, need fast access to it, and don’t tend to carry stuff around needlessly and drop it wherever they want. Home depot is, well, the opposite.
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You people are a riot, pitching fits because a company has policies and won’t break their backs bending over backwards to kiss your butt over something that isn’t their fault when they are already going a mile to make you happy in the first place.
I for one do not want any co. to kiss my butt just want the damn truth from their workers Lowes In w. Cola Said they would have someone to pick my riding lawn mower up and take it to one of their contractors called about five times each time i was told a flat out lie emailed you and never heard from Lowes ceo or the janitor so you people are not so great in taking care of customers needs now tell another lie and dont answer this one again Bertha Wilkes Harr
Dear Mr. Niblock, I live in Washington, DC and was so happy to have the first Lowes in the area. It is a beautiful store but the management and customer service is the worst. I ordered custom made shades for my front porch and they were delivered and left on my porch without any notice. I called for several days to get them installed without any success. I called the store and was put on hold or they let the phone ring for several minutes ( 20 or more rings). I wish I had never placed the order. I called a different dept., to let off steam and found a young lady that tried her best to assist (Yakina is her name), but no success. I am happy that she did try. Please address this issue since you have a beautiful store and I hope we get to keep it.
Thank you.
On 9-4-2016 I purchased blinds from your store in Fredericksburg VA. Some arrived, some arrived broken and some never arrived. Replacement blinds have been sent to my home (left on my doorstep while I was on vacation) and others are in your store and I’m waiting for those to be delivered.
People are horrible at follow up and CONTINUE to call me on 540-373-5893 although I have requested they NEVER use that number. This is the worse experience EVER and its obvious no one cares to resolve it QUICKLY. My contact number is 540-538-2220.
It is 10-25-2016 and I am still reaching out to you for what I paid for in full. Blinds that cost a total of $690.11.
I realize this is not the customer service dept and I am posting and sending this message to every outlet available until this issue is resolved to my satisfaction.
There is no sense of urgency from employees to have the remaining blinds installed until 11-11-2016 when others are scheduled to be here.
A VERY FRUSTRATED CUSTOMER
William Wilson, JR
Project number 484852755
540-538-2220
Mr. Niblock
Sir, we are on our third fridge from Lowe’s in five years. We are under the manufacture’s warranty, and we have always gotten the extended warranty. The head tech from Stanley’s Repair advised me day before yesterday that it probably can’t be fixed. Ice Maker doesn’t work, Freezer has holes in the bottem, wires burned up in one of the drawers, water leaking from the ice maker and that is what burned out the wires. You may be a great guy, but we need help. We were told that Whirpool would not care anything about our needs…and Lowe’s has done NOTHING for us. Mr. Niblock, you may be a wonderful man, but your Kansas City, Missouri store sucks! The manager there knows exactly what we are going through and has done nothing….I went to Rants and Raves and they pretended they were going to help. I don’t know if you will really get this, but will send a hard copy to your coorperate offices.
Thank You
Pat Mulholland
would u consider a dent and scratch sale in the future in your stores?
mrs. maxwell
Mr, CEO, or to whom this may concern I am a regular customer of Lowe’s in Erie, Pa on Keystone Dr. and I am a very unsatisfied customer at this point concerning the fence that was put in July 2017, and I have visit back to the Store in person and not getting anywhere with the Store, they always away, on lunch break, or maybe Vacation left several of messages haven’t received a call back yet, and I know there must be someone who can come out and solve this problem to satisfy me in this matter, or you all come get this fence out of my yard, and take it down, or I will find a source of having me a proper fence put in, this problem has been going for about 5 months, and I have been over backwards to be a value customer, i look forwarded hearing from you as soon as possible. Mr. Willie Hopkins phone number: 814 454-3918
Mr. Niblock,
I am hoping you do read this. I have been dealing with your Wentzville MO. Lowes now for 8 months on my install of carpet and tile job of only 800 sq ft of carpet and 50 sq ft of tile and it is still not finished and i am still getting many stories of no concern, no rush, and sorries, doing the best we cans, etc… I AM DONE WITH THAT !!!! This is past the frustration point.. There is so much more to this story and wish you could contatct me for the details.. You need new management and an overhaul in this store and people that care about their job and your company.. and a new third party contractor that does the same. This is INSANE …. This job should have been finished in 3-4 weeks TOPS !…. WE ARE 4 MONTHS SHORT OF A YEAR and its still not finished.. I REALLY need to speak with you .. I have pics, dates, names, etc…. . before i take this further.. Thank you for your time.. I hope this site is legit….
I have the same issue here in SC; could you contact me directly please.
The Lowe’s Executive team is useless in help.
Enough is enough, and reaching Mr. Niblock attention is impossible.
We purchased a refrigerator from Lowes in the Hartsville S.C store , it is still under the protection plan. we called for two days, we talked with someone, they said someone would call us back. No one has returned the calls, were put on hold several times for 30 minutes, someone finally answered said they would call back. The refrigerator will not cool. We need someone to help us with this problem and get it fixed. My phone no. 843-537-3578 Thank you Billy Sellers
Theories in our home town sucks big time ,they are not senior friendly and I live in Brazoria county we just experienced a hurricane “Harvey” I understand that our communities are all working to get things going again but at 10 min till 7pm I arrived and parked in handicapped and as I very slowly walked to the door the man standing in the door way and never said a word and when I was 12 ft from the doors he closed them locked them and walked away he saw me struggling to get to the door knowing that and closing the door on my face was unacceptable so I’m contacting you to let you know I’m a retired Corp manager of retail business especially and I will spread the word thru media and let our news channels know that seniors aren’t welcome at Lowe’s I am so angry cause people are helping people all over Texas from every where and this man just wanted to go home and saw a slow old person and COULDN’T be bothered so my mission now is to show the way Lowe’s treats customers in a time of need.
My local Lowe’s sucks
Hello! We are still dealing with a entire remodel of our home, which began in November 2017. We chose to use Lowe’s of Palm Bay as our sole-source supplier for the entire project minus some quartz shelving in the bathrooms. We spent over $45,000 on all of the supplies purchased through this Lowe’s location. Unfortunately, for anchor pieces (kitchen cabinets, kitchen appliances, our front door, and shower door) we have had no end of difficulty. Where the mgmt. of Lowe’s has attempted to right the wrongs that have occurred we are currently stuck with a shower rod and liner where a shower door should be in the master bathroom. We have been scheduled and forgotten five times (today is the fifth scheduled appt that has not been made). We have paid for the shower door, the install was being comped by Lowe’s due to a snafu with an earlier issue related to this lengthy remodel project, and yet we have no shower door.
Concurrent to this issue is the installation of our front door, which was done by Lowe’s a couple of weeks ago. This is the second new door install since February. Unfortunately, our new front door #1 was damaged by a Lowe’s third party vendor while they were moving out a defective kitchen appliance (the refrigerator). Please note that our home exterior was painted as soon as the new front door #1 was installed. The insurance company for the third party vendor was dragging its feet on getting the claim wrapped up and Lowe’s interceded by ordering a new door and arranging for the installation of the door. Installation of new front door #2 came with a price afterall…the paint around the front door is damaged and needs to be repainted and the holes made in the door for the many screws, need to be filled and painted. We feel the door is installed at the 80% point and now we get to pay for someone to complete the job…again.
We are tired. The amount of our time and energy that we have taken to help work these many issues has been ridiculous. It shouldn’t be so much to ask that when you say you will take care of something, schedule an appt. that you stick to it and that the customer not be left in the role of babysitting the contractor to ensure he keeps to the schedule.
Dear Mr. Niblock: We had a very bad problem to happen at our house last Sunday. Our window unit Air Conditioner went out. So the next day My boyfriend Bobby Crawley went to the Lowe’s Store here in Augusta, the store is the one at Peach Orchard and Windsor Spring Road. Store Number 1116. Well we purchased the Air Conditioner and we paid the 170.00 to have it installed. Well the sales associate told us that it would be 24 hours before someone called us. Well 24 hours passed and no one called us, so I called the store and spoke with a manager I believe he said his name was Bill, well I told him what happened and that we were told we would have the air conditioner installed, he told me that Lowe’s does install air conditioner, I told him we were charged 170.00 and I want this done. So he please hold and he was looking up the order and he found the order well needless to say the installer never called us until Thursday well I went to the store to pick up my air conditioner and I had the 170.00 credited back to us. I think the service we receieved was very poor. And when I called the corporate office a lady by the name of Jeannine told me that she could not talk with me about this that my Bobby would have to call. Again Poor Service. There are very lazy employees in this store especially at Customer Serivce. I have worked in retail for 15 years and I always gave 100% to my customers.
Would like to be added to your liquidator list for pallets of returns from your stores
While shopping in your Estero,Fla. store yesterday I attempted to use my Lowe’s store credit card and was told it had expired. ( apparently if not used with in a calendar year it gets cancelled and as I live closer to a Home Depot – I don’t use as often) Here is the rub – I was told to go to the help desk and that they would re-instate it for me. NOT ! Instead I was told I would have to fill out new paper work and apply as if I was a new customer. I am 78 yrs. young and don’t feel I should have to this when all my info was connected to the original card. Needless to say I told the lady to keep the card, as I would no longer come into a Lowe’s store.
Perhaps a change is needed to handle similar situations in the future ?
I am essential worker been with the company for almost 5 years. I work during the hold covid 19 virus never took anytime off and filled in when needed and even work extra hours to cover any shift. Now I feel like I was never important part of Lowes team. I guess my award for being there through this ordeal is that my hours are being cut and like always the seasonal people are getting our hours. I would like to know if you think that’s fair. I am old school as far as work we were always awarded by our attendance, tardiness, and our performance on the job. I guess things have change.
Good morning,
I read on Twitter this morning the CEO said conservatives were not welcome at
Lowes—–just wanted to know if that statement is true
This comment is for Mr. R. Niblock (CEO): May 14, 2021 was my first and last visit to Lowes. I had a bad experience, but because I stated that I was going to contact the Corporate Office the Supervisor and Manager decided to do their job. On May 28th I called customer service attempting to set up a delivery date and was given the run around. Your customer service area sucks at the Camden Location. Representatives are disrespectful (Jennifer). I again called back the next day to set up an appointment and six times I was disconnected/hung up on or once I was switched to a number noone answer the phone. Noone had a problem with accepting my money, but they sure have a problem with doing their job. They all need to be fired. After two hours of waiting to speak to someone I spoke to one person who put me on hold and never came back. Approx. 15 minutes later Joyce answered and asked if she could help me. I gave her my information and am waiting for her to call me back with an answer as to if I can have my items delivered on the 11th.
I HAD OPEN A ACCOUNT AT LOWES AND HAD NO PROBLEM FOR I WANT TO SAY 6 TO 8 MONTHS WITH THE SAME CRIEDT SCORE WHEN I OPEN IT NOW I GOT A LETTER SAYING THAT MY CARD WAS CLOSED DUE TO MY SCORE I THINK THAT IS A BUNUH OF BULL BECAUSE IM HAVE NOT BEEN LATE ON MY PAYMENTS I CAN SEE IF I WAS ALL THE TIME EVERY MONTH LATE BUT I HAVE NOT BUT THANK U FOR TREATING A VETERAN LIKE THAT THANK YOU
PLEASE READ MY REQUEST
I purchased a range, dishwasher and microwave from Lowes on April 4th, 2023 by cash and the appliances was delivered to me and I was told by the installation guys that the range could not be installed that it wasn’t enough room so I told them take it back if they cannot install it and the dishwasher they stated that the dishwasher needed a electrician and plumber to install it. They returned the range to the store and I kept the dishwasher and microwave and I went to the Lowe’s Store in Glen Burnie Maryland and asked about my refund for the range and the installation I paid up front . The Manager Karrie (Lowe’s) advised me they submitted a refund from Lowe’s on April 11th of 2023 Invoice #719 as the Store Manager stated and showed me on Lowe’s computer that it stated a refund was submitted for the range and Installation I had to contact the Installation people to cancel to get my refund for the Installation and so I did and they ( The Installation company) informed me they would contact Lowes for my refund within two business days and this was after I talked to the Store Manager. I told Karrie I believe her name was that how come they gave me a refund for the installation when I just contacted them , there are too many stories and no one knows what is going on I even contact the corporate office and talked to several people and all I got was just transferred to another person. I was told the Corporate Office should have some type of document/check to verify my refund which it was never refunded to me. This is not just a few dollars its approximately over $1495.00. so if the Corporate Office can’t verify who can show me or see where my refund went. I would like to have my money refunded to me . No one will show if there was a check issued or cancelled. I would like to have this investigated …I thought I was getting a good deal but I got shafted
I ordered a washer/dryer set for my sister and paid for delivery and set up. they delivered the unit and just left it in the back yard. i contacted the Merced, Ca store and tried to talk to someone in that department. I was on hold for twenty minutes. I called back and spoke to a manager, I was told that they were very busy. I can understand taking time from a customer. However I left my name an phone number and asked that I be called back. I never received a call back. (5-14-2023).
I called again today and was put on hole for 25 minutes. I called back and asked to speak to the manger. I was told that an associate would be with me shortly. The phone rang twenty five times. No-one answered.