I got a project and I need sandpaper, wood filler and primer!! Where else would I go?! People are milling about: a you g couple is trying out the screw guns, another couple is looking at paint examples, a single man is looking for the right nails, and a lady with colorful hat is getting a key made. I find my items, because of the easy-to-read lists at the head of each aisle! There are only 150,000 items in this store, thank God it's organized! I was in and out in about ten minutes...not bad at all!! read more

Lowe's Home Improvement - Good price! - Hardware Stores Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

Kids Workshop Saturdays at Lowe's. This was a FREE event. I liked the idea of getting the kiddo out the house to a little Mommy and Me time. Inside of Lowe's is clean. I approached the first associate I saw and mentioned the workshop. They were not aware of the event. After a couple of radio calls we were directed to the garden center. We were handed a bag and told to sit down and jump right in. It is not instructor led. The project was building a lawnmower. The contraption was to be made with precut wood, coordinating nails and a hammer. The image leading project was not easy to understand because there was no way to guarantee the pieces aligned. I asked one of the associates for help and was told they did not know how to do the project and it was one of their harder projects. The average age of the attendees was maybe 6. After only one parent finishing the project within the hour I was there. I left like others with an unimpressive unattractive unfinished lawnmower. A thought came to me to just finish it at home. I asked for wood glue, and a Red Vest bc my daughter to place her badge on it, and if I could purchase the hammer. This an added to an additional 40 mins to an hour of just frustration. I would not recommend anyone to go to this workshop unless you want to participate yourself. read more

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Needed some items in plumbing ! Gary the staff member helped me out and was very knowledgeable ! Great to have staff there thats knows their stuff so when I'm troubled by a project he told me what I needed ! Thanks Gary. On a side note this survey is a scam It's not with Lowe's ! When you call number it's not for Lowe's but claims is it ! Don't be scammed ! read more

Lowe's Home Improvement - This is a imposter for Lowe's. I didn't realize it when doing my survey ! Be careful out there people - Hardware Stores Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

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I love this Lowes. i truly can not believe they have less than 2 stars on Yelp. all the employees at this store are extremely helpful! I love coming here, they have everything I need and then some. read more

dirtiest lowes i have ever been to... this lowes never cleans their floors. management is obviously horrible! read more

If you like to wait around and have list time this is the store for you. Never enough registers open. Even some self checkouts closed... why? Item locations frequently wrong in app. Better off going to Home Depot. read more

Lowe's Home Improvement - People waiting - Hardware Stores Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

Went to the Butler Plaza Lowes in Gainesville, Florida a few days ago to return a few things I had over purchased for a previous project and to pick up a few things for a new project I was prepping for when I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Phyllis, an associate at the customer service counter. She should get the most valued associate award. Wonderful smile, thoughtful demeanor, kind and gentle tone. She absolutely embodies the thoughtful, caring and engaging true essence of what customer service used to be like and should still be. So, if you want a pleasant reminder of how it feels to be a valued and appreciated customer, go see Ms. Phyllis at the Butler Plaza Lowes in Gainesville Florida and feel what you have been missing. read more

Went to get a multi fuel generator at the Butler Plaza Lowes. My husband is a Veteran, and is supposed to get a Veterans discount . The two guys who were helping us take the generator out to our car helped us at the register to pay for the generator, and get the discount. Apparently, the generator we got wasn't multi- fuel, so we brought it back to get one that was-and while we were paying for the replacement, found out we didn't get any discount on the last generator, even though the two guys said we did get the discount. Neither my husband or I looked at the receipt after we purchased it- next time before we leave the store, we will. I do not appreciate being lied to. Don't tell us we got the discount- when we didn't. read more

I was asking for directions in the parking lot when a worker came up and told me I was loitering and I needed to leave. She was very rude and took pictures of me and my car! Ya'll need to get control of Jennifer! What a weird way to treat potential customers, and very trashy, Jennifer. read more

Lowe's Home Improvement - Jennifer, the cart ninja, and a rude employee who was harassing me in the parking lot. This is who ya'll are paying for, Lowe's! - Hardware Stores Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

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Would not recommend purchasing appliance installation from Lowe's. It's outsourced and you get caught in the middle of two dysfunctional organizations. You have been advised! read more

We visited because we needed plumbing supplies to repair our washing machine pipes and valves. Hubs went looking for the supplies while I aimlessly browsed the store. We recently moved into our new home and need A LOT of things. There is no carpeting and my dog loves to do carpet scratchies so I found a shaggy rug for her! We then went browsing in the appliance section. We have been searching for months now for basically anything you need. The refrigerator that came with the house might be older than me so that was a necessity. We decided on a whim to purchase one during this visit. Since I have maxed out most of my cards from this move, I used a $250 Lowes gift card, and split the payment with two credit cards. Carlos was very personable and helpful with our checkout. Carlos scheduled out delivery and made sure we had all the parts we needed. He also rang us up for other items we were purchasing. It was close to closing time so we did not spend too much time browsing. We stopped on our way out to look at the garden section but didn't get to browse too long. We left quickly after and the staff acknowledged us when we were walking out. The refrigerator was delivered on the day it was scheduled. There was no damage. The two delivery men were super quick and very good at getting the fridge in the door. We were actually in awe of how amazing they were. read more

I have never been met with such incompetence at a large corporate store in my life. First they misled me to get a credit card, "you get 20% off your purchase!" then after I applied and got approved for 2 toilets and faucets and free install they said "I TOLD you it was only up to $100." Then the rebate was messed up so I had to come back next day. Then there were more problems. Then I was told they'd deliver Fri morning, so I waited around, and no one showed. I called Taylor, again, and she didn't apologize but rather said, "the system kicked back ... la de da...now they will deliver Monday" This was my only experience with Lowe's, other than a small purchase. I will never shop at Lowe's again. Home Depot is TOP. read more

Ms.Kniyah At Garden Lowe's On 13th st is so sweet she was very attentive to my needs on decorating my moms grave. she gave me her honest opinion on how she would decorate if it was her moms. read more

Rip off. Service estimate $109 Quoted a price of a $450 just to clean out the drain! Called a private company and quoted half that price. read more

An employee stole from my father at this Lowe's (store 3278). The manager, Jeff, had no concern about the theft. The item was a Gerber multitool that was given to my Dad from a family member that has passed away recently. My Dad left the Gerber at the pickup counter where only one employee was working and when we came back about an hour later the tool was gone. The employee said she checked the footage and said a customer stole the tool. After getting no answers from her, I called the manager Jeff a day later and he said he didn't see anything on the security footage. We have been told that it is "Lowe's store policy to never show customers security footage or give out employee information." Called their corporate and after a week of doing nothing they told us to file a police report to see the footage. Forget disciplinary action, it would have been easy for corporate to get us our tool back. They wouldn't even tell us what happened. A giant reason we got screwed is because there has been an enormous amount of racial tension from most employees at this Lowe's, directed at me and my white family. The ladies on the phone for corporate and Jeff the manager were of the same attitude: the theft doesn't matter because people of my type-white people-can't really be stolen from. There is hardly any representation for the type of man that shops at Lowe's: the employees do not reflect the customer ratio. As a result, customer service will ruthlessly protect their own people while basically telling my family and my Dad to fuck off. Don't bother with Lowe's. We get ten times the service and know-how (from employees that reflect the type of shoppers) at Ace or Harbor Freight. I hope Lowe's customers will start to reflect the type of employees they've been hiring-then maybe this company will care more about a complete loss of integrity and theft. I know for a fact that if a white person like me were to steal from Lowe's, they would have charged me for the theft and I would be arrested and thrown in a jail cell that day. read more

The lumber selection is just abysmal. They want to charge an arm and a leg for twisted pressure treated lumber. I wouldn't give them a nickel for some of the wood they sell. I am bulding a pump house for a friend and I went in looking for some 4x4 PT and 2X6 PT lumber, what was left was twisted and bent. Being that the 2x6 PT boards would be visible, I needed them to be as straight as possible. They flat out refused to open a new bundle until the old boards were sold. I asked for a supervisor to make a complaint, and he was nonchalant about it. Ended up going to another hardware store in Bell to pick up what I needed. The wood there was better and straighter than what Lowe's wanted to pawn off on me. read more

After a long day of work I had to swing by to get a couple of paint items for a project my cousin and I are working on Mr.Jacob and Ms.Deborah who assisted us in the paint section were possibly the most polite, resourceful and humorous store associates I've ever come across. If you are in need of assistance in the paint section...ask for Mr.Jacob and Ms.Deborah! read more

Long time Lowe's shopper. Came in on 5/1 and bought a washing machine to be delivered the next day. *After* the 9:30-1:30 delivery window, I get notified that the washer washer was broken and a new one had to be delivered with my delivery delayed to Wed. 5/4. Again, *after* the delivery window, I called the Jax warehouse and was told the washer was not out for delivery and I needed to call the Gainesville store for more; information. So I call the store, and after 30+ minutes on hold get a totally uncooperative guy in appliances who can give me no information except that delivery has be rescheduled again for Fri. 5/6. When I asked about a refund so I could buy a washing machine from a place that actually had them, I was told it would be 5-7 days before I could get my money back. So now I'm waiting for Friday and I will never set foot in a Lowe's again. Save your time, money, and frustration and buy from Amazon, who actually knows how to both sell and deliver. read more

I ordered an oven about 4 months ago. I got the Lowes credit card so I could get free financing on it at the same time that I ordered the oven. I was told that the oven would be in in a few weeks. A month went by and I got the bill for the oven but no oven. I called the store to ask when the oven would be in. They said, in 4 weeks. So I waited another 4 weeks. No oven but another credit card bill. Each time I tried to call the store no one would answer the phone. I went to the store and stood there waiting for help but no one was there. I kept calling but no one answered. I asked for a manager and was told he was busy. Today...4 months later I got another bill for the oven that I do NOT have. Had to call to sort that out. Then I called the store and asked for the manager but apparently he is on vacation and no manager is there! I finally was able to cancel my order. This is NO WAY to treat a customer!!!!! read more

I have been a Lowe's customer for over 30 yrs. Why has their customer service gone down the tubes? I placed an order via website (NE Gainesville store) early in the morning for 6 patio chairs. My order status shows they are working on it. Come 5 pm I go to the store and manager tells me they are still working on it. I go to the garden and purchase a few items. I return to Pick-Up desk and I am told order is still being worked on. Fifteen seconds later I speak to manager and he tells me they only have 2 chairs in inventory. I ask if they can order the other 4 from Lowes at Butler Plaza. No. You would have to place order with them. I cancel my order. I go home and call Lowes at Butler Plaza. Customer service rep tells me my card is cancelled. I tell her that's not correct. I had to give her my account number 4 times before she got it right. I proceeded to placing my order. Following morning I get email and text message my order is ready for "pick up". I rush over during my lunch break to find that there is no order ready. Customer service rep at the Pick Up station has no idea what's going on. I tell her I could see the chairs stacked up outside. She goes to get help and I bring my car around. The chairs are released from their security device and I HAVE TO LOAD THEM INTO MY CAR MYSELF. There was no offer to help me. No thank you. No come back to see us again. Total incompetence in both Gainesville stores. read more

I tend to go to the garden section. They have a good selection of fruit trees, in summer only. (Winter is planting time in Florida, to beat the heat.) Today, as I'm here, they've put the seed display out in the garden section. Then they hosed down plants near it, and also hosed down all the seed packs. So, all those seeds new and packed for 2019 are ruined. With the damp paper envelopes, they will sprout in the envelope this week, or get moldy, and then be ruined if you try to plant them later. It's wrong to sell stock you know is bad, and that's what they are doing, taking something bad and selling it as new and good to unsuspecting customers. read more

Lowe's Home Improvement - Visible mold on seed pack. Seeds are near plants. I've seen the seed display dripping wet, told management, they leave seeds out. - Hardware Stores Near Me - Gainesville, Florida

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This store has horrible customer service. Still waiting for an estimate to measure our counters. They send over delivery folks who are inept and that will not do their job. We have a dishwasher sitting like a 300 lb deadweight and it's been arguments, representatives on the phone hanging up with us and being rude. We spent ALOT of MONEY and I hope nobody spends a cent in Lowes. This has been a nightmare. read more

We bought a 16" craftsman chain saw from this store what a big mistake. The first one the next day after our purchase the pull start would not ingage, so we were allowed to exchange it for another one. The next day after bringing the second one home it had the same problem with the pull start not engaging. I called the store and told the problem we were having and the manager informed me that they shouldn't have taken the first one back and in a really snotty tone told me that once you take them out the door itnot there problem if it's defective take it up with the manufacturer. Long story short had to pay 60 bucks for it to be cleaned and the warranty would not cover. So they are down there passing off defective chainsaws We will never buy power equipment from this particular store again!!!!!! Wish yelp would give negative stars. read more

Janine that works as a cashier was rude and impossible to deal with when trying to return goods. The most annoying person I've dealt with in customer service so far. Assumed the item I was returning was missing pieces, and then processed my refund incorrectly so I had to go up and deal with her a second time because she doesn't know how to count. Had to go to the head cashier to process the refund on an item that had looked like it was open, but clearly had everything inside.. seemed like she enjoyed wasting people's time. read more

Worst Lowe's in existence. Store is like a toddlers toy cabinet in terms organization. Employees are on sidelines behind registers sitting down gossiping or on phones and definitely have not a single clue about what they are selling. Refrigerators are broken with doors hanging open. All registers beaten to crap and have functions that don't work without out of order signs. Whoever's manages this store needs to do their job or find someone who will. read more

Ordered a custom window and in-stock patio door for install. Initiated May 2023 and after corresponding multiple in-person visits (measure, re-measure, delivery (but didn't deliver), second deliver, 3 different install dates to no avail) the window and door were installed 7 MONTHS later. Stay away from this store. Go to Butler plaza (maybe they have different project coordinators). No one seemed to care about the numerous delays. I constantly had to follow up with rep to get this project moving along. I was coordinating all delivery and corresponding install. No communication between departments. 3 full days of having to be available for access were completely wasted on my end due to delays, non-communication and no show. Save your time and multiple headaches and go anywhere else. read more

Lowe's isn't my favorite big box home improvement store of the ones available to me in Gainesville, but I had a gift card so it's where I went. Since I am not a regular I don't know the store as well as my normal go to. I had to ask for directions to find what I was looking for, which as most people know requires a merit badge in tracking to find someone. Once someone was finally located, it was quick and easy to get my items and check out. They should have had more staff around, especially since the holiday season for increased shoppers is days away. While this trip didn't require any "expertise", in the past their staff has been found wanting in expertise as well. read more

DO NOT BUY SERVICES FROM THEM. I ordered tile and instillation. They told me I wouldn't have to leave my home but they were there until 9 almost every night for a week and a half. Forcing me to get a hotel. Not to mention the fact that they unhooked my fridge and stove the first day and didn't put it back until the 5th day. Then took apart all my bedroom furniture and DIDN'T put it back together (even though they were paid to do so). So now me and my 9yo daughter are stuck with beds we cant put back together. Also THEY DIDN'T FINISH. A bundle of trim is still in my carport untouched and the bottom of my baseboards look terrible because they never installed it! Gainesville FL read more

Love Lowes but they never have register's working. Even self checkouts are closed. I appreciate the veteran discount.

Do not use Lowe's subcontractor flooring installer named "Legacy". Daniel installed our laminate flooring and he did an awful job! Left me with permanent scratches throughout the floor bec of the work shoes he was wearing. He also left me with uneven placement of the planks that needed to be redone. Definitely poor quality of work and poor customer service from Legacy except a lady named Lydia. Do not use Lowe's. Just use your local contractors to install your floor laminate. Legacy will let you wait too long to fix the problem. They will put you on a forever hold, they promise to come but will not show up. You have to call them to follow-up rather than they call you to update you what is going on. A big mistake not to use our local installer. I thought through Lowe's service will be much better. WRONG!!!! read more

This Lowes store service is absolutely pathetic. Spent almost $15000.00 for cabinets and install. Took forever for the install to take place, I am talking weeks after receiving the cabinets. Installer was to give us two days for the process. Upon removing the old cabinets there was an issue with the Sheetrock behind the sink that needed to be repaired. This was on the supposed two days the sales lady told us. That same day we had the wall repaired and the installers left telling my wife and myself that he will come back in the future to install the cabinets, " he will try to work us in". We have the countertop people coming in on the following Tuesday to make template to finish the install, the cabinet installer left on a Wednesday. Here we sit with all cabinets removed, no stove, boxes all over the house filled with cabinets and our kitchen pots, pans and such, no sink waiting until God knows when we will be worked in. We contacted the supposed customer service number and with them was basically we have your money, sorry. if you deal with this store you better have an attorney on speed dial. PLEASE DO NOT DUE BUSINESS WITH THIS STORE. OR BUYER BEWARE. read more

This my second trip... into this store...... results were the same. No cashiers on register 8 9 10 11..... ever single day I go there it's like this. Usless management. .... they make excuses and claim they have cashiers. The store manager is NEVER available. ...... after looking around the store an seeing the employees and a picture of the manager I understand now why this store is a shit hole. Attached are pictures of the empty registers ..... as I was taking pics a Lowe's employee walks to a register and starts taking 1 customer......... NOTICE ALL LIGHTS ON REGISTERS ARE OFF. Don't shop here do yourself a favor. I will NEVER RETURN HERE AND I'M CANCELING MY COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS......... SO YOU HERE ME LOWES? read more

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Most imcpetent lowes I've ever seen, amazing how incompetent both management and employees are

Well for those of use who remember the locally owned hardware store those days seem to be gone. There are a few Ace hardware stores still hanging on and others like Zells. But Home Depot and Lowes like walmart have driven the smaller locally owned ones out of business. Personally I like the 13th street Lowe's better than the Archer road location. Probably because it's larger and things are organized better. We went to the nursery section today to do some plant shopping. They had a very good selection, and the prices were very low compared to other places we have recently shopped. One thing I really really like is Lowes is very supportive of the military. As long as you have your military ID you get 10% off no questions asked. So we got our 10% off which helps pay for taxes and save a little bit. read more

I stopped to make a very large purchase because I'm redoing an adding on to my garage.. I didn't make it three feet into that store before I was accosted literally accosted by a young black woman with a mask screaming at me that I could not walk into her store without a mask.. I told her she had no authority over me but I'd be more than happy to leave for store and then I called one of the managers and said you have no need to worry about me ever stepping foot inside of a Lowe's again for the rest of my natural life I am done with you all together!! if you were too weak-minded to stand up for the rights of your customers and not enforce this idiotic rule than I have no need to give you my money whatsoever.. read more

Everyone was very helpful and knew the store inside out! It was very easy to find help and quickly finish shopping. Great costumer service

Never a good experience at Lowe's. Crappy customer service and negative vibes from any employee over the age of 30. Silvia is a great example of what NOT to do, and of making a customer feel crappy - she works slowly, which made it awkward waiting for her to return to the register. She was unwilling to fix a mistake, not realizing or caring to realize that a mislabeling of an item price is the store's fault, not the customer's. I suggest Lowe's consider accepting some of the superior customer service skills from Home Depot. Definitely sticking to Home Depot for my home improvement needs. read more

I ordered windows from this Lowes in April 2018. I was promised installation within a couple of months. 13 months later- I am still waiting for the job to be complete. Over the past year there have been numerous errors in the order and with the permitting. They actually let the permit expire! I will never buy another thing for Lowe's and I am telling everyone I know not to use their installation services! read more

Beware buying any appliances at Lowe's. I purchased a washer/dryer combo on the Friday after Thanksgiving because there were great sales. I did not purchase any extra warranties, but I paid for installation which was to be on the following Sunday. It was installed and the installers left. I am recovering from surgery and didn't feel like using my new washer for four days, on Thursday. I tried to wash, and it didn't work. I immediately called Lowe's and I was told "It is out of my hands." I was astounded, and asked why. Because you waited four days to try it out, I was told. Yes, I should have asked the installers to check, and I didn't. On the other hand they should have done it on their own. Lowe's would have nothing more to do with me, even though I called and spoke with the appliance manager who said he would contact me after he talked to corporate. Never heard from him. It is sad when customer service is this dreadful, but in the future I will always seek out a mom/pop store that cares enough to make sure I have a functioning washer when I pay for it. read more

Ah, Lowe's. Your commercials are so cute. The reality is so different as to be completely laughable. When I bought a refrigerator from this store, it came right on schedule just as promised. The problem was that the new unit had a water dispenser and the old one didn't. The delivery men highly recommended that I buy a new water line, as the previous occupants of our house hadn't exactly cleaned behind the unit much. (They had managed a pretty impressive collection of kids' toys, dust bunnies, dog biscuits and general filth, but I'm not one for collecting.) I went back to Lowe's that same night, bought a water line, and placed a request for delivery to return for the installation. According to them, that's part of their service. *chuckles* 1. After one week and no call/no show, I returned to the store and spoke with the appliance manager, who rescheduled a visit. The man said with a straight face, "You know, you could have just called this in." Me: "..." 2. After one more week and no call/no show, I returned to the store and spoke with an appliance employee who immediately directed me to customer service. (I probably had the crazy look on my face again. Wise man.) Customer service called for a manager and we all waited for about ten minutes before one showed up. They said (and I quote) "We assure you that you will get a call on Monday." 3. Monday (yesterday), no call/no show. My husband suggested that I call the store. This time they connected me directly to deliveries and I spoke with the same man who had installed the unit originally. When he showed up, he said something I expected and something that I didn't. I figured that he had never gotten a message to return to my house, and he said that he hadn't. He then said, "But that's becoming pretty common at this store." Maybe it's becoming common to the industry as a whole. I may be closing my credit account with them shortly. The products are fine and the people are helpful enough while you're physically in the store, but if you need any help after the sale, bring patience and a relatively good sense of humor. You'll need both. read more