Lowes Military discount, pays our 9.87% tax plus some fuck The orange box store

Ego, is that a
Electric string trimmer for the metro's?

I'm done with Home Depot, their return policy sucks. Was refused a refund to my credit card because they said I had brought in too many items for exchange or credit. No warning , no nothing. It was a 50 miles round-trip and even had the receipt. Fuk Home Depot.

OP is not wrong.

Having worked at both establishments, I was amazed at Lowe’s desire to keep things visually pleasing.

Bagged goods in outside garden would be pulled and marked for a loss if the labels were faded. I asked why we were zeroing them out of the inventory and was told, “Our shoppers expect a fresh and pleasing looking product.”

IT’S FERTILIZER!!!

Both suck ! In VA , MD and WV . All you will find is overweight moms who cant answer any questions and dont know anything about a trade ! 20years ago homedepot was awesome .  I find more knowledgeable, helpfull and happy people at Ace

It’s a true statement. I’ve worked for both companies. HD’s strategy was to focus mostly on contractors, which is mostly men. Lowe’s said they were focused on the matriarch of the family as most big home improvement decisions are made by them.

Just two different marketing strategies.

It's a lot closer to drive to Lowe's.
Almost an extra hour in driving.

HD is like Blackthorne. To often they sell shit.

This, HD is my last resort.

OP is either 16 or super insecure.

For those that don't agree with my factual statement, think about this: HD sells individual sockets and bits; Lowe's sells them in sets. That's just one of many examples.

The only reason you would need an individual socket or bit is if you 1) lost it or 2) broke it because you used it wrong.

Neither seem particularly manly.

Both carry cheap-ass Made in China crap for 90% of items.

Same with Tru-Value.

I’ve started buying tools & drill bits online if I can find “Made in America.”

‘Cause, ‘Murca!

Oh look, another "prove me wrong thread."

I like Home Depot far more than Lowes but I go to Lowes about 70% of the time because my Lowes is 2.5 miles from the house and HD is 9+.  If I'm gonna buy a lot of stuff for a project I'll make the trek to HD, if I need a PVC fitting I'll go to Lowes.

This.  And Fuck Menards mask requirement too.

I'll be giving my business to Lowes from now on.

Home Depot = Walmart

Lowes = Target

We aren't in high school anymore.
I know I am wasting my time saying knock off silly shit in GD, but knock off the silly shit or no chicken tenders for you!

I’ve never been into Lowe’s

Maybe this varies by region, but Lowes sucks. Constant inventory shortages and limited selection. My Lowes ran out of pressure treated lumber. How the fuck does that even happen?

Plus they are pushing the new Craftsman junk hard.

Home Depot has been solid, with none of these issues.

I can't find shit in Home Depot.  Lowe's is laid out better for me.  Same with shopping at Ingles versus other grocery stores.  I can always find what I need.

It's amazing what people will grasp at or cling to.

I use both depending on what I want, I find the HD store here has very narrow isles and not much room to move around.

The one that Lowe's allows you to use for store pick up and home delivery, but Home Depot requires you make a production of asking for it each time, and only allows for when buying in store?

Lowe's let as many people in as they wanted during the shutdown.

HD limited hours and numbers of people entering the store.

How do you explain that?

Or because I'm working on something that requires a 10mm hex bit and I don't feel like paying three times the amount for a complete set.

Torn.

Lowes has Husqvarna stuff.

Home Deportation has Milwaukie, Ridgid, Ryobi, and Ego

This is true.   But, around here lowes is the contractor place and the new HD is a bunch of fag face mask wearers and have higher prices.

And want to pay 22% more for the same thing you can find elsewhere.

Local HD is kind of a shithole.  Too many shady-looking "contractors", way understaffed, generally messy.

Lowes does too.  They're bagged and in pull out drawers in the tool dept.

They don't make you wear masks at my local menards.  (ND)

Both suck about equally, but they at least have ample locations and decent hours for the DIYer or even pros working an emergency job on the weekend - something that can't be said for supply houses, lumber yards, and some independent stores. I find that I usually end up going to both stores anyways since something I need is usually out of stock at at least one store. More annoyingly, the web sites often show things in stock that you can't find when you get there, though some of that is because the ridiculously high theft that happens at those stores, especially for small items like plumbing fittings.

One big difference between them: Home Depot seems to have the better web site. The search function on the Lowe's site is terrible. Functional web sites are important especially when the employees are poorly  trained on what they sell, which is an issue at both places.

The customer base between the two seems to reflects more on the area than the store itself.

IDC, I go to whichever one has the best price and is the shortest drive.

In Florida Lowe's speaks English. Home Depot doesn't.

I was at Home Depot and asked the tool guy (an older white guy, probably early 60s) if they had those drill bits for making large holes. He insisted no such thing existed.

I found a set on the Lowe's website and they were delivered to my front door three days later.

That's because Lowes is placed near Karen's neighborhoods. While Home Depot isnt.

Lowe's wins.

Negative around here.

Fuck Fag Depot.

Meh.  Lowes is 10x closer to my house.

Lowes here sells individual sockets, wrenches, and bits.

Both Lowes and HomeDepot.

Fact: I live 1.5 miles from Lowes. Yesterday I needed some stuff from the hardware store and I drove to a home depot about 10 miles away.

A guy in the tool department was wrong, therefore women shop at the store where the guy was wrong.

Holy fuck what a bunch of girls. No wonder antifa runs wild in the streets. College kids confused on whether their buttholes are vaginas or their penises are feminine are burning our cities down, and we're talking about the manliness of home depot.

truth

This is actually factually correct.  

Lowe's basically became what they are today when they purchased Eagle Hardware. Prior to that Home Depot had been basically kicking their ass in every market. They bought Eagle because Eagle was kicking Home Depot's ass in every market -- including a few locations in which Home Depot built specialized stores in an effort to take out Eagle.

Lowe's wanted those stores, the racetrack store layouts Eagle had pioneered, the computer systems, and the business model. One of the critical factors in Eagle's success -- and one of the few things that Lowe's actually managed to take away from the merger (other than locations, mega box stores, and expert staff) was women are actually the ones making the final home improvement purchase decisions. Eagle built stores and layouts (and trained expert employees) specifically to target women and make it easy and fun for them to shop.

With the racetrack layout a woman could enter the big box store, make a lap, and see every department. The race track was lined with product displays showcasing the products in home environments -- complete down to high end decore. The stores offered everything from lower end Home Depot level products all the way up to the most expensive brands on the market -- all depending on the location of the individual store. Store employees were actually trained in their departments and the products that they sold. They could instruct the customers in exactly how to do the job or at least use the product properly -- and they were encouraged to try and help.

A woman could go into an Eagle with nothing more than an idea for a home improvement, and they had staff that would help design and build the entire project all the way through to providing plans and contractors to complete the job properly.

Eagle's entire business model was based around customer service. Items were ALWAYS in stock (a big deal to them), the stores were wide open and easy to navigate, and they had helpful trained staff waiting to wisk a woman through the entire process. And women loved it.

Lowe's wanted to buy that success, but they didn't understand what made the model actually work and most of it has been forgotten.

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Why would anyone care? Go to the closest one that has what you need. Lowes is 2 blocks from me, the nearest Home Depot is 7 miles. Even Ace is closer to me than HD. If Lowe's doesn't have something I need then it's over to Ace which at least is in the same direction from my house as Lowes.