Bad Move Lowes!!!!

[DarkBlack]

Be happy yours still has regular checkouts.
Mine only has it at contractor checkout.

 

[RickB]

You win.
There is a complaint or criticism for anything.

 

[Oldoak]

Then they charge me for carpenter pencils and blue buckets for me to do their advertising, They should be free; used to be years ago.

Ron

No different than any other corporation or company putting their logo on what ever they are hawking in big bold print . Particularly clothing. I refuse to pay good money to walk around like a billboard advertising their brands.

 

[bnold]

How do you get cashier's checks, wire escrow funds, get bulk coins for change, foreign currency never stepping inside a bank?

One of the properties I managed has a coin laundry... I was forever rolling quarters for deposit after they took out the coin counter...

Again... the banks here often have armed guards such as BofA and Wells Fargo... all have plexiglass in the lobby and some like Chase you can only enter by being buzzed in through two sets of doors...

When the banks started accepting check deposits via cell phone I thought OK... this is great... my joy was short lived as I learned there was a daily limit and dollar amount limit per checks... no way was I going to be able to deposit rent roll checks using one of these apps...

Cashiers checks online or phone call, wire online or phone call. Generally $20 fee waived, generally free overnight shipping or a couple dollars.

USAA daily mobile deposit limit is $100,000/day



I have Wells Fargo business accounts and well they are terrible. Want me to come in the building for every little thing. Really need to find a more business friendly bank that isn’t stuck in yr 2000.

10,000 daily limit and a stupid low monthly cap, have to go to location for cashiers check or wire. Ugh, makes me mad just thinking I’m still with these people.


No coins here... or cash for that matter, pretty rare I have either, doesn’t make financial sense to ever use cash, almost always cheaper on plastic. If I do need cash for labor or something, USAA will reimburse any and all ATM charges up to some amount per month.

 

[zmountaineer]

There you go. Rub it in and mention MENARDS. Menards puts both Lowes and Home Depot to shame. And there aren't any Menards stores east of Ohio. We travel far west every year and I just love shopping at Menards stores.

Yep, and we know why store clerks nearly have a heart attack when they see you up on those ladders carrying boxes down. :shocked:

They are building a Menards by me in WV. Very close to both Home Depot and Lowe’s.

 

[FarmerPhilip]

Yea, I don't think Farmer can prove that. Lowes has been slowly raising their prices s well as their competition.

Ron

I have no idea where Home Depot or any other company is putting their profits. Was suggesting that a company might lower prices to sell more, which potentially increases revenues if they are getting more customers. On the other hand, corporate fat cats could be stuffing their pockets with the labor savings. Or somewhere between. I also previously suggested they could hire more greeters, especially people who might not have the skills/physical ability to do other jobs. I have no idea if there is a direct link between the two but it makes me feel better that they hire those people for those positions, so I'll continue to think that my using the self checkout enables this.

The fact that prices are going up might or might not have a direct correlation with the reduction in labor costs. For example, if the price went up by 30% but the company can reduce labor costs to cover for 15%, there is still going to be a 15% price increase. It's not all even trade offs, it's a balancing act.

I didn't need to respond to the other post because they are correct, I should have stopped before that paragraph. The optimist in me struck again!

 

[ovrszd]

No different than any other corporation or company putting their logo on what ever they are hawking in big bold print . Particularly clothing. I refuse to pay good money to walk around like a billboard advertising their brands.

Couple months ago my Township bought a new $250K road grader. It was delivered with Dealer Prep problems. Still has a couple. Second time the service truck came to work on it he made the comment that the dealership must have forgot to put their large logo on the side of the machine. I said no they didn't forget, I removed them. He didn't say anymore, just went on working on the machine.

 

[ovrszd]

I didn't need to respond to the other post because they are correct, I should have stopped before that paragraph. The optimist in me struck again!

I do that all the time.....

In regards to prices and profit. I understand the delicate balancing act that corporations have to play in this regard.

In regards to reducing employee numbers. I think that's considered first to increase profits. Secondarily it might nudge the prices down a bit. But probably not.

 

[newbury]

Since this is the latest rant thread about lowes:
I frequent two lowes, on in Alexandria, Va, one in Tupelo, Ms.
The Tupelo, Ms staff is pretty good most of the time. Not the Va. people.
I like to order online for pickup of things that may be in short supply.
In Va it used to be that they would email me when they pulled the stock and set it aside.
I've been burned when:
I ordered a bunch of tool sets they were clearing out. Got the email they were ready, when I got there someone else had come in after they emailed me and bought most of them
I ordered a tool cabinet. Got the email , get there, they had to dig in the back and what they brought out looked like it had been run over by a forklift twice.
And last time I ordered 3 sets (they are sold in packages of 3) of Bayco-150-ft-Plastic-Cord-Organizer/1260167 that showed "in stock". Got an email they ordered it from the warehouse and it was going to take a week. Finally got the email it was in. Got there and not only did it take the clerk 15 minutes to find the order, when he brought it up it was ONE PACKAGE OF 3. Then he tried to argue that there were three individuals there, counted them twice for me. Then admitted he was wrong, asked if I wanted to order more, I told him to cancel the order and to stick them where the sun don't shine.
I've also had four online orders canceled in the last few months because days after they sent the email that the items were processing they were out of stock.

 

[Diggin It]

Why they (or any store) have 7/8" ID flat washers, but no 7/8" bolts or nuts?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

No 5/16” concrete anchors.

 

[ultrarunner]

Cashiers checks online or phone call, wire online or phone call. Generally $20 fee waived, generally free overnight shipping or a couple dollars.

USAA daily mobile deposit limit is $100,000/day



I have Wells Fargo business accounts and well they are terrible. Want me to come in the building for every little thing. Really need to find a more business friendly bank that isn’t stuck in yr 2000.

10,000 daily limit and a stupid low monthly cap, have to go to location for cashiers check or wire. Ugh, makes me mad just thinking I’m still with these people.


No coins here... or cash for that matter, pretty rare I have either, doesn’t make financial sense to ever use cash, almost always cheaper on plastic. If I do need cash for labor or something, USAA will reimburse any and all ATM charges up to some amount per month.

I tried and failed to get into USAA... there was a window where it was open to enlisted veterans and family around 2000... dad was WWII vet... when I tried it was too late... they said the program might come back and from that inquire 20 years ago I still get email ads...

USAA simply does not want my business...

I would be happy with less cash but when you give a 3-day notice to pay or quit and the tenant shows up with $2000 in twenty dollar bills it is not like I can say NO when it means the Sheriff will evict... cash, large amounts do happen when managing rentals at times... if a tenant bounces a check we no longer accept personal checks... but cash is cash.

 

[Diggin It]

I tried and failed to get into USAA... there was a window where it was open to enlisted veterans and family around 2000... dad was WWII vet... when I tried it was too late... they said the program might come back and from that inquire 20 years ago I still get email ads...

USAA simply does not want my business...

Try again. They've opened it up to pretty much anybody who has even passed by a base. If I can get in, anybody should be able to.

 

[ultrarunner]

^^^ I might... Dad has passed now but it would be Mom and Me...

A lot of my friends are retired Navy... all have nothing but praise for USAA all retired as officers...

As to Lowes... maybe I have been just lucky or the Lowes I go to in Olympia WA is exceptional... the difference was more than noticeable...

I was up for two weeks between tenants... working on the house everyday... taking Mom to dinner every night and then stopping by Lowes with my list... the store manager would see us coming in and greet us as did the associates... in two weeks we were like family... or so it seemed...

Then there was the time on a different trip where they opened the store for me after closing... or the Appliance Department guaranteeing a refrigerator I had bought Saturday afternoon would be delivered by 9 am SUNDAY morning as I had a 12 hour drive to the Bay Area...

 

[Jim Nelson]

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Just like I said, they have to do a physical bin check. Which is exactly what I said above. There is less labor involved in inventory management when individual skus are maintained AT THE POINT OF SALE as opposed to bulk sales.

At our local hardware store you put your fasteners in a bag and write the number and price of items but not size or SKU. This is the honor system in a small town, as far as inventory ,the vendor sends a sales person on a regular schedule to inventory and replace what's needed. The guy that owns this store owns another in the next city North of us and wasn't even fazed when H.D. and Lowes came to town, if anything his business gained because people know that he has the odd items for our area such as well system parts. He also has the same employees from years ago and they all know what they are doing. When needed, he never has trouble finding help, because of his reputation he has a waiting list of people wanting to work for him.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

#1 they shouldn't be testing for a legal substance. If something happens on the job, the employee has already signed up for a drug test as part of their employee contract. There are tests to help determine if the employee was using at the time of the accident. This has been the case at many (all that I can think of actually) labor jobs I've worked since the 90s. Home Depot needs to get off their high horse with this, much like Chic-fil-A is beginning to do, if they want to continue to increase profits. Don't get me wrong, I'm not promoting the use of anything.

#2 I believe this is a cop out answer on the part of the store. If they pay better, employees come, smoking mary jane or not. Simple as that. I don't buy the "whoa is me, can't find employees" corporate line in this case. For skilled workers it's a different case.

Talk to insurance companies that provide workers comp and liability insurance and you will may sing a different tune. What we are now calling a legal substance is still a federal crime. Another legal substance, alcohol, has triggered drug tests as pre-employment screen out for as long as I can remember, on construction jobs.

Some unions have supported testing to the point they are now doing the testing and providing pre-screened workers. Overhead cost saving for the contractor covered by union dues and no lost time they pay for. I have seen employment contracts by non-union companies that require the applicant to bring a clean drug screen to the first interview. Strict compliance with safety codes requires it by fiat.

As a foreman/general foreman/superintendent I was part of the liability chain on job injury lawsuits to the point I upped my liability insurance to $10K.

Terminated many foremen because their crew accident rate was above normal or obvious lack of action on drug abuse. Sent many a guy home and/or dispatch office for alcohol problems prior to the implementation of testing. Union always backed me up when they complained.

Federal contracts requiring on site labor; all require a drug testing program as part of your submitted Safety Plan, for approval by the Contracting Officer. I am now seeing signs at construction sites that state "we are a drug free project".

Stand by tobacco may be next. That issue is warming up. It is a big lost time issue with employers and fellow workers who do not smoke. Spitting of chew all over the place has become a sanitation issue also

Ron

 

[ultrarunner]

The number one reason my contractor friends don't hire is Driving Record... they never move to the next step without a clean record...

 

[FarmerPhilip]

Seabee, yours points are why I put the caveat regarding skilled workers (which construction and tradesmen are). I'm talking unskilled workers, cashiers, stockers, etc.