I don't like to leave negative feedbacks, but I feel the management at this store reads this and do something about it.
I and my wife went shopping for flowers and plants in the garden centre area. We bought some flowers and small plants and loaded them into our SUV but could not take the larger plants that we wanted to buy with us. I asked the cashier to let me pay for 7 plants and I will pick them up later that day or tomorrow morning. She said no, I don't need to pay now. However, I really wanted to pay for them so I will be guaranteed to get the plants we already selected and put aside. She still insisted that we can not pay now. She told me to talk to the lady working outside to hold the plants for me. This lady told me that I must pay first. So I went back inside and tried to pay the cashier. After 10 minutes back and fore she agreed to let me pay and hold for pick up. Since the plants are very big and heavy (about 5 ft), I took pictures of the price tag and shown them to the cashier. She asked me to bring 2 plants to her and I explained to her that they are too heavy for me to move them by myself. Then she instructed me to go take the tags off the plants and bring them to her. So, I went out and got her the tags and after another 15 minutes of waiting (she needed manager's approval to sell me the plants at the discounted price).
After I paid for the plants, I asked her to please put a "sold" sign or something on the plants so no one will buy them. Again, she asked me to talk to the lady outside. This lady kept telling me Ok and I waited another 15 minutes but she didn't do anything. Finally, I got fed up and went to the service desk. One gentleman came out and took the plants inside and held them for me.
I went back to the store an hour later with my trailer. I asked the same gentleman at the service desk whether I can take the wooden pallet as well. He asked another person and agreed to let me take the pallet. So, I pushed the plants (already on a pallet) outside to my trailer. As I started loading the pallet a guy came to me and told me that I can not take the pallet. I told him, I got permission to take it. He said, no I have to pay $25 for it. I told him, I don't want it, he can take it back. He started to get mad at me and insisted that I must go inside to pay for it. I said, no I don't need to go back inside. He can go talk to the service desk if he wants to. For unknown reasons, he started to swear and scream at me saying that HD has to pay $25 for it, I need to pay for it. I kept telling him that I do not want to BUY the pallet. He continued to harassed me and gave me the middle finger. Once he started raising his fist, I reacted by kicking him in is butt and ran inside to the store to notify the people at the service desk.
Manager/Supervisor came out and talked to me. He was kind enough to let me take the pallet for free and also helped me load the plants onto my trailer. I did not take the pallet.
I spent thousands of dollars every year at HD and always received outstanding services. Unfortunately, I found the service I received at the garden centre was extremely poor. The cashier was LAZY. She was NOT busy, but refused to even walk 20 steps to the plants to check the price tags. The lady working outside was also not busy, but not helpful either.
Lastly, the guy who harassed me for taking the pallet definitely is not fit to even get near customers!
Avoid this location (428 Ellesmere Road) if you can, especially the guy hanging out around the garden centre and exit area. read more