Posted: 2/9/2010 2:28:30 PM EDT
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Was on my receipt when I got home from Lowe's after I bought an unassembled trailer to haul behind the riding lawn mower. I already put it together, how do I prove they didn't? Check your receipts carefully when buying a lot of stuff.
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Quoted: Was on my receipt when I got home from Lowe's after I bought an unassembled trailer to haul behind the riding lawn mower. I already put it together, how do I prove they didn't? Check your receipts carefully when buying a lot of stuff. Return it....get your refund....buy another trailer....check receipt.... |
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Lowes by me is good about returns and stuff....I would just go in and say hey! This. I have never been questioned when returning anything at Lowes. I used to work there and was told that if anyone questions prices to just fix it. Even the cashiers have the ability to override prices. If I couldnt find a price on something I would ask the customer what the price was and charge them that. |
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That happened to me once with a wheelbarrow. I just took the box it came in to them with the receipt, as they don't sell the assembled ones in boxes. They offer to assemble wheelbarrow's for a fee there? Shit, if someone can't even assemble a wheelbarrow, I'm not sure they should even be attempting a project that would require one. 
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That happened to me once with a wheelbarrow. I just took the box it came in to them with the receipt, as they don't sell the assembled ones in boxes. They offer to assemble wheelbarrow's for a fee there? Shit, if someone can't even assemble a wheelbarrow, I'm not sure they should even be attempting a project that would require one. 
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I worked at lowes as an assembler some years back. When a customer ordered an item that had to be assembled they'd pay for it, then the assembly order would be put in the computer and they would call the customer to come pick it up when it was done. There would be records of all this in the computer. Dumb cashier was probably just clicking "yes yes yes" as quick as possible trying to get the the transaction over with. Heck they might even call you in a day or two to inform you that the wagon thing you purchased has been assembled and is ready for pickup Go talk to the customer service people and it should be easy enough for them to sort out. If anything they should be able to pull the security tapes which would prove beyond all doubt that you left with a cardboard box not an assembled product. Don't forget to be nice to the customer service people, its probably not their fault at all. Retail sucks like that
ETA: During the busy season for outdoor stuff, they usually build a bunch of the more common items like grills, wheelbarrows, a couple of each lawnmower, etc, and don't charge for assembly. If its low volume items or special order stuff, or the off season when they don't multiple assemblers working at once, they might charge for the service. |
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Quoted: You're right and they do, but those are people like my aunt.Quoted: That happened to me once with a wheelbarrow. I just took the box it came in to them with the receipt, as they don't sell the assembled ones in boxes. They offer to assemble wheelbarrow's for a fee there? Shit, if someone can't even assemble a wheelbarrow, I'm not sure they should even be attempting a project that would require one. She recently decided that to save a little money she was going to learn how to pump her own gas at gas stations. |
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You're right and they do, but those are people like my aunt.
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That happened to me once with a wheelbarrow. I just took the box it came in to them with the receipt, as they don't sell the assembled ones in boxes. They offer to assemble wheelbarrow's for a fee there? Shit, if someone can't even assemble a wheelbarrow, I'm not sure they should even be attempting a project that would require one. She recently decided that to save a little money she was going to learn how to pump her own gas at gas stations.
Reminds me of when I was around 12 years old and my aunt from NJ was visiting us. Since she spent her whole life in NJ where every station is full service by law, she never learned how to pump gas. So when she took me to the station I had teach my 30 year old aunt how to pump her own gas. From the way she looked at me as I explained it you would have thought I was teaching her advanced physics. 
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I worked at lowes as an assembler some years back. I always thought that would be a cool job. Since I was a little kid I've always been the one people call to assemble stuff and I like it. For a college male with reasonable mechanical skill it was not a bad gig. Beat the hell out of dealing with bitchy customers face to face Listen to the radio, put shit together. Once you build a particular item the first time its easy as heck to do them faster and faster. Makes the time fly. FYI, the cheapest products, like wheelbarrows and shitty grills, were generally the biggest pain in the ass to put together quickly. DIY modifications were often required due to the poor tolerances the parts were made to.
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