My recent experience only points to what a complete shit show this big box store retailer really is (Clackamas store in Milwaukie, OR). I knew exactly what I wanted--a Bosch 500-series dishwasher. Lowe's had this on sale, competitive price so I drove to the store to purchase. This was a Saturday afternoon, typically a busy day for many retailers, right? Well, they did not have enough sales people to help with several of us customers loitering around the one salesperson who was helping this customer. I waited almost 1 hour just to be able to buy the damn thing. I needed delivery and installation services so I asked about how this works. The nice male salesperson explained it and said it looks like they can deliver this on Monday, just two days later. I happened to have that day off so I said, "Great! Let's do this!". I purchased delivery/install services for $200.
This is where my already shaky experience with Lowe's took a sharp, direct dive south into complete incompetence & dysfunction.
If you need delivery or delivery/install, DO NOT BUY ANY APPLIANCE FROM LOWE'S. Lowe's contracts w/ a third-party "delivery" service called CRST Home Solutions. Most of their "services" are automated so it's hard to find anyone who actually knows what's going on. AND Lowe's, who contracts with this company for scheduling delivery and install services, DOES NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. The day after my purchased I got an email from CRST saying my deliver will be a week later, Monday, 11/4/24. Hmm...okay. I rearranged my day off to meet this date instead of 10/28. CRST's email gives a window of 7AM TO 7PM. On 11/4/24, I got an email from Lowe's stating my dishwasher was picked-up and CRST will contact me about time of delivery. I received a text from CRST my appliance will be delivered btw 11am-2pm. By 2:15pm and not hearing from anyone, I tired contacting CRST Home Solutions. This took me two phone calls. By 2:45pm, I was told they are running 1.5 hours behind. Not good. By 4:45pm, the delivery truck with two men finally arrives. They get out and ask me if I have my dishwasher. WTF? I bluntly say, "No, you should have it. That's the whole point of this delivery and install service." They look in their truck and claim that they don't have my appliance. I asked them, "What are the next steps here?" The delivery bro just shrugs his shoulders like it's not his problem and says, "I guess call the company". I get on the phone with the Lowe's store, talk with a manager and she can clearly see how upset I am with this. I mean...don't they want to know what happened to this dishwasher if it was confirmed my appliance was picked-up that day? I give her credit for reaching out to CRST, then promptly calling me back and telling me someone from CRST Home Solutions will contact me. I get a call, the woman at CRST is very apologetic and understanding. I rearrange the delivery time for the following Monday, 11/11 but I specifically request a morning delivery because I'm not waiting all day again. I called Lowe's and spoke with the same managers two days before this delivery to see if she can contact CRST to make sure this is going to happen, given I have little confidence it this process. She transfers me to some install service but they just shrug their shoulders and say, "You'll hear from Juan the day before on the time frame". I get a text Sunday night my delivery is between 11am-2pm. THEN, on the day of delivery, I get an email stating my delivery has been moved to 11/25/24. WTF???? I called Lowe's and got a different manager, explained this clusterfuck of a situation and he looks into it. He calls me back in 30 minutes and states the delivery was moved to 11/25. Nope...I ask for a full refund which I'm still waiting to receive confirmation on.
Lowe's has lived-up to it's namesake...a very low bar indeed. Bleh. Go to a local appliance retailer instead. read more