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Robert niblock

Lowe's CEO Robert Niblock Email Address And Phone Number

Robert A. Niblock
First Vice Chairman, Chairman, President & CEO
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
1000 Lowe’s Blvd
Mooresville, NC 28117
Phone: 704-758-2084
robert.a.niblock@lowes.com

Tammy picks up, but if you use these tips for stating your case calmly and succinctly, you should be fine. Here are also some numbers for directly reaching their executive customer service team.

10:48 AM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By Ben Popken
776 views, 3 comments

home improvement

Consumer Reports Says It Doesn't Pay To Buy Cheap Paint


Our friends at Consumer Reports tell us that even though the price of exterior paints and stains has gone up a few dollars per gallon on average from last year (due to price hikes for many of the petrochemicals that go into paint), big box stores are keeping consumers isolated from manufacturers who would love to be passing on those added costs. It may be tempting to cut costs by buying a lower quality product, but CR warns against using crappy paint. Specifically, CR suggested Behr (sold at Home Depot), Valspar (Lowe’s), and Kilz (Wal-Mart) as competitively priced paints that "ranked among the top performers." More »

3:28 PM on Tue Jun 3 2008
By Meg Marco
7,179 views, 50 comments

Latest by lookatmissohio: i have to second the Oops paint. i've painted my entire apartment with it (6 rooms). the trick is to swing by your Lowe's and Home Despot frequently, until you see something you like. Lowe's used to the sell gallons more »

crime

Don't Believe That Guy Who Works At Lowe's Who Can "Get Everything 1/2 Off"

Here's the story of a guy who had to learn the hard way that "your friend who works at Lowe's and says he can get you everything 1/2 off" is a liar and a criminal. More »

5:24 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Meg Marco
17,839 views, 46 comments

A Lowe's worker says that at least at his store they're marking down all open-box appliances 50% to try to get rid of them before the end of their fiscal year. This type of stuff varies by store, so your best bet is to grab a manager and see if they're willing to bargain.

5 comments

christmas creep

Consumerist's 1st Annual Christmas Creep Gallery

Thanks to everyone who participated this year. The offenses against Halloween and Thanksgiving that you documented were many and varied. More »

11:27 AM on Wed Oct 31 2007
By Meg Marco
6,718 views, 45 comments

oh noes

Retail Panic: Will This Be The Worst Holiday Season Ever?

Analysts aren't pleased with Lowe's and Target's latest news. More »
complaints

Lowes Resorts To Legal Bullying Instead Fixing Their Horrible $3500 Fence Job

Allen ordered a fence from Lowes. It cost $3500. It sucks. If you lean onit, it becomes dislodged and loose. His dogs were able to escape just by pushing on the gate. There's a two-foot gap underneath the bottom of the fence. Allen refused to pay until Lowes fixed it. More »

9:59 AM on Fri Sep 21 2007
By Ben Popken
14,907 views, 54 comments

Latest by Trackback: We've covered a variety of cases involving so-called "sucks sites," where someone registers as a domain name the name of a company and appends sucks to the end in order to create a complaint site. more »

bad install

Lowe's Removes Your Carpet, Disappears For A Month

Rebecca was sick of her old wall-to-wall carpet and hired Lowe's to remove the old stuff and install some new laminate flooring and some new carpet as well. More »

4:13 PM on Wed Aug 29 2007
By Meg Marco
6,795 views, 48 comments

popularity contests

What Retail Slump? Target And Lowe's Are Doing Just Fine

Target and Lowe's cheered everyone up by announcing that they're doing just fine in the "tough selling market" that Home Depot was so worried about. More »

11:24 AM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By Meg Marco
2,466 views, 22 comments

out of the ashes

Lowe's Makes "Katrina Cottages" Available Nationwide

The small cottages designed to replace FEMA trailers after Hurricane Katrina are popular, so popular that Lowe's has decided to offer them in their stores. More »

2:19 PM on Thu Jul 19 2007
By Meg Marco
28,230 views, 75 comments

Get a 10%-off Lowe's coupon. [Lowesmoving.com]

1 comment

lowes

Lowes Steals Money From Old Lady's House, Threatens To Sue Her For Slander

Subcontractors working for Lowes stole money hidden in a reader's elderly mother's bedroom. When the mother complained, Lowes threatened to sue her for slander. More »

4:16 PM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Ben Popken
18,248 views, 33 comments

acsi

Customer Satisfaction At All Time High

Consumers, you're satisfied? From CNN Money:
University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) increased to an overall 74.9 score out of 100 in the fourth quarter of 2006, its highest level since the survey first started in 1994. That's a gain of almost 2 percent from the previous year and a 0.7 increase from the previous quarter.
So who is winning and who is losing? More »

9:59 AM on Tue Feb 20 2007
By Meg Marco
584 views, 8 comments

complaint

Lowes Blows

Dear Consumerist: More »
deals

Morning Deals Round Up

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