Home Depot VS Lowe's!! 

I think that’s so people don’t steal.. they say something to me every 30 seconds 😂

Ace. You like over paying I see.

Man I thought the workers at ace were just eyeing me.. Thought maybe I fit a hardware thiefs description or something.. Glad to know it's not just me now..

Them old timers that have actually tried to keep up on technology will school u on you about anything

@@georgeshannon7603 it’s like a couple Dollars more expensive on most shit.. for me it’s a 1 minute trip to ace or a 30 minute trip to HD or Lowe’s… with the price of gas… and the time saved.. plus way less people… I’m picking ace every time… you sound broke lol 😂

bro check online before going to the store. I have 5-6 stores in my area I always check online before wasting my time at any of them

@@abtwopoint0 That doesn't always work for either store. I've looked online and it would say there are 40 of an item and there wouldn't be any, or it's tucked away where it shouldn't be. If the website says there are 1 or 2 of an item, it's questionable whether they have it.

@@joeweatlu5169 Actually they leave a lot of the product on the upper shelves where you can’t get to, read the item code and it’ll be on the top shelf above the area its supposed to be and ask someone to get it down for you

I bet you still go there and just bitch online about it.

@@jonathanrouse I've asked and the employees can't find it either. That's what I'm talking about.

They are paid to do that. No further recognition is needed and half the time they have no idea what I'm talking about.

Or you could come to lowes and find it your self like an adult. We have signs for a reason. Lowe Employee gang

​@@gabrielglover2649 Lowe's gang here

@@rogerwilleford1551 hire a professional then goof, expecting professional advice from people working a minimum wage retail

I’ll definitely do this

Yup.

@@scottfletcher1956 yup. The app is a life saver

I tried my best to be a very helpful Lowes employee, but most of the staff around me ignored my department calls. ESPECIALLY when the customer had an urgent need for their order, which was placed well in advance, and was promised to be at the counter upon arrival. I wasn't supposed to leave the desk, but I had to almost every time to get the customer their shit within a reasonable timeframe. And yes, I got bitched out by the manager for that multiple times. Also, with most departments (lumber!), if they did pick up my call for once and confirm that they were bringing the order, they would suddenly take an impromptu break beforehand, because driving a forklift twice a day was soooo taxing on them. And so, I don't work at Lowe's anymore.

Perfect answer.

Yes generally it HD doesn’t have what I need Lowe’s does. ( baseboard heaters, coils and pans etc)

U got that right

Or the thing you need is DIRECTLY behind that giant stocking ladder they keep moving around the store.

@@w3vjp568 so true

Right, because they move 4 times the volume than Lowes.

L😂L. .. you can guarantee that to.

You mean the "under table" hand jobs

Honestly, take any Home Depot Associate's advice with a huge grain of Salt. I've heard some crazy shit in my time standing in the Electrical Aisles and Plumbing Aisles. You're better off asking a random Contractor you see. I'm a Contractor, I'm probably going to try to sell you my services but we also just love giving advice for things. Makes us feel important and shit.

​@@justinlast2lastharder749 soooooo, how important would you feel giving your opinion on adding showers to basements 😗. Assuming you have knowledge in that particular area of home improvement. (Also I'm half teasing, but I seriously would like to avoid wrecking the dungeon by accident😅)

You shouldn't be getting your advice from home depot electrical/plumbing associates anyways. We are paid to keep the shelves stocked and point people to what they need. If we knew trade secrets we'd most likely be at a better job.

@@jhautrey7565 the older guys are sometimes retired tradesmen. The younger ones often know very little or they would be in their own business

Well said

as a contractor myself I agree actually

Having worked at Lowes for 3 years, which is 3 years too many, this is correct. I always told new hires that contractors shop at Depot, homeowners shop at lowes.

And if it falls in between go to Menards and don’t forget the rebate slip when you leave. Shit adds up

Me like home depot

Yes, that's what I see. I just never put it into words. 👍👍

haha fr because i need to check if we have 2x8x16s in thw back

😂

I thought it was just me, I guess everyone gets the same treatment

Special

No idea what store you worked at. The one I worked at for 6 years the pretty much brainwashed you into asking customers "what project are you working on"? Most of the time the store was so busy people would line up in que for help, it was like you were guiding them on a damn tour, through the store. I was so busy my wife walked up to me and I said "I'll be with you in a moment miss" I quit seeing faces and started just seeing problems I had to solve. Glad I'm not there anymore!!!

Very funny idiot! Then you should if been fired asap!!!

@@scotthopkins2235 our store sucked, our manager sucked, as a normally hard worker, I would hide from customers in the back. If they caught me I was their slave for that 10 minutes

As a former Home Depot employee, I would have been fired for walking past a customer without speaking to them. Today I can stand next to a HD personal and they will not acknowledge my existence.

Idk what Lowe's you worked at but we're not allowed to hide from customers we're actually required to go find customers who need help.

They have crappy wood

A month ago I went by ACE to buy a large snow shovel that had to be assembled. While waiting in the center by the pop corn, I was asked 8 times if I needed help finding something. 3 times by the same person. 😂 Each time I explained I was just waiting on a shovel that an employee was assembling in the back. They have so many employees and they are like vultures. Friendly to a fault, I prefer stand by and know your job.

​@@CortexGaming that's what she said

I totally agree!! Love Ace!!!

Yes, Very quick to help, but it almost always a woman that pretends to know what you're talking about and has no clue.

Depends what time you go too. I like going to home depot early morning when they first open up, very few people and they are friendly and willing to help you but go in the afternoon forget it, busy as he ll and the employees are cranky by that time and had enough and they just want to go home.

Yup. All politics is local politics.

100%

This was me yesterday I work in lumber but I don’t think I spent 1 hour in lumber my whole shift they had me all over the store because we don’t even have half the amount of people we’re supposed to have working there

H.D. does the same shit. I worked for both...

Not where I live. Home depot is an absolutely unorganized nightmare. The staff sucks too

@@Nick-kj4nq Starts with how the management leads by example. Poor leadership equals poor performances.

Nah, I literally just went to Lowes a couple of hours ago to fix my leaky faucet and I had the nicest worker come and try to help me, I took a couple of pics of the parts but it wasn't enough so I went back home took more pics and he showed me what I needed and even said that once I was done with the cartridge puller I can just bring it back. Unfortunately it was still the wrong parts so I still have to go tomorrow but I look forward to seeing him again

I still prefer a small mom and pop owned place or your neighborhood Ace/TruValue/ Taylor’s type of Hardware store. And both Lowes and HD lumber sucks grows from the same pretzel tree forrest

As a contractor, I get much more support from Lowe’s. I only go HD for Milwaukee tools and for the few materials that Lowe’s doesn’t carry. It really depends on the management.

But they both price match. Lowes just did for me yesterday on a dewalt work light

Lowes is usually always cheaper.

Although the concept should be reversed because of supply and demand, yet lowes and home depot defy the odds💀

HD is more expensive they’re $4-10 on items I could of gotten at Menards. Lows has better appliances for cost over menards & hd.

Lowes is always cheaper

That's definitely lowes.. u better b able to find it yourself. And load it. F lowes.

Lol here in Australia we have what's called Bunnings looks similar and their employees either run when they see someone's looking for help or they say " sorry I don't work that aisle " , then there's the paint section , good luck trying to find those employees they're the hide and seek world champions 😅😅

I thought I was the only one that felt that way

And then they don’t know where the thing your looking for is.

Funny because I noticed the exact opposite lately, 10 years ago I would have agreed with you.

Helpful folks.. You Forgot to add the woke.

​@@DigitDesign you must be young that was the old ad

@@bluehornetgaming nahhh. I was being silly. I Remember the change from Man to folks

No. They went woke and got rid of "the man" years ago.

@@THX-vx8vm Ah, so that's what woke is! Treating people equally... what a farce! Men rule, women just do... like the good ol' days. Woke... smh... ps, don't tell my wife I said that.

And that's a lie. I do this for an actual living. You can go to Home Depot in San Diego RIGHT NOW and get an 8ft 2x4 for $3. Go to Lowe's? Paying almost $7 for warped 2x4s. Thinset. Home Depot has multiple brands at various price points. Lowe's has Maiopi or however you spell it at insane prices. You can buy a Flushmaster 400a Fill Valve at Home Depot for 8.98...at Lowes it's 14.98. Damn near anything you can think of at Lowes is more expensive than Home Depot.

Actual lie I work at home depot I know the pricing for our items and theirs, home depot is cheaper on most things and if it's not they'll lower the price.

Don’t think it will ever happen. Lowes is owned by TTI who also owns Rigid and Ryobi

@@thisguy59 You mean Home Depot, and they aren’t owned by them, they just have a deal with TTI to stock their tools and then TTI creates tools for HD’s Rigid line.

@@TheKurtTribute yeah I mean Milwaukee is owned by tti, had a brain fart lol

Dewalt will give Milwaukee a run for its $$

Then fill out a paper of things they can improve.

Ur a Karan

I used to work at Lowes as well. This is 100% facts

me taking 7 15s on my 4hr lowes shift

I'm glad they do...they have zero knowledge and rarely know where anything is.

​@@threadie associates are people u meet in jail

Are you talking about the contractors that are looking to get hired that hang around home depot? 😂

Lowe’s now has some ex Home Depot executives and they have been aggressively going after the contracting business.

Lowes is complete ass when it comes to being a contractor.

Never, ever home depot.

Have you got your eyes fixed yet?

milwaukie sold out years ago

That really depends on location of the store. The Home Depot stores around here (Bay Area) have employees who rather wander around the store pretending to look busy than actually offer any help and if you ask them anything, they look annoyed that you made them stop daydreaming and point you to another employee who also doesn’t know what’s going on and won’t offer any help.

Ryobi is far superior

No wonder people who have no clue what they're talking about are constantly trying to help me find s*** that they don't even know where it is

Neither's greetings are sincere. A sincere greeting would be someone saying hi when they don't have to. In both places, they are only talking to you because it's their job

@@nathanbates9561 Why would they ever say hi to you?

Behrman paint at home depot much better quality than Valspar especially cabinet paint and our home depot usually has the basics for all the construction projects even tho they're busier. Also has friendly helpful workers!!

what didn’t you like about Home Depot? Curious because was thinking of applying to work thrre

@@meatofpeach Home Depot they just to stock shelves and get contractor sales. Lowes is more for home owner and nicer products plus it’s way cleaner place to work home depot doesn’t care as much for cleaning. I physically worked harder at Home Depot then at Lowes is a lot more organized but both places sucked honestly just Lowe’s was better. Alittle bit more drama at Lowe’s then Home Depot because everybody was so miserable at Home Depot everyone hated everybody and everything. In my opinion anyway.

If I had to choose between the two I would pick lowes. It has to be easy. You don't have to know anything and you never have to help customers

@@Steve-sz7yz lol

I’m sure you preferred working at Lowe’s because you can just sit at a desk and do nothing all day. Lol 😮 Lowe’s is the worst

I just bought a washer using $120 from a previous rebate, AND I got an 11% rebate for it. Add to that they had the best price to begin with. Love their rebate program. It's worth the stamps.

Here in Minnesota, the Menards stock everything you would need to build a house - neither HD nor Lowes can match their selection. But I do sometimes shop at HD, as they will match the 11% rebate on common items.

Spend big money at Menards

We don't have Menards here on the east coast. I'm from the midwest originally so I do know what they are

Menard's is great as long as they don't blow up your neighborhood. They actually did transporting forklifts. Yes. the Truck Driver did die.

they did over $80bn in revenue last year...

Remind them that 56% of our customers are female and that you pay our bills...

Or you could just ask them for help like an adult and not just stand there like a socially awkward person hoping to be acknowledged.

Probably depends on where you shop

Dude! I’m a cashier at Home Depot. I have zero incentive to have the knowledge of the HD website

That’s because their employees aren’t contractors they’re just retail workers 😅 kind of like if you go to Marshalls and ask what fabric and where it came from. They’re not going to know.

Not quality thou… screws and nails are cheap, low grade tools.

Menards beats them in price because everything Menards sells is the lowest price stuff on the market. Their lumber is good for building arches

I wish they were everywhere.

I'm from Minnesota....I miss Menards

I lived and Eau Claire and everyone avoided John Menard. He is not a good person. A friend that worked there said they would hire pretty girls and encourage employees dating to lure guys to work there. If they got married the woman was always quickly laid off or hours cut until they quit.

100% true

Home Depot is a contractor store. Hahaha😅🤣🤣🤣

That’s a lie😂😅😂😂

I used to work at lowes for almost a year, some ghetto shit would go down. I almost got in fights multiple times there over trivial shit. Literally a 70 year old man that works there walked up wanting to fight me. Even one guy talked about how he wanted to stab me. People on powered equipment like fork lifts would wreck shit and damage things around the store all the time. People would stay 15 min after there breack ends not giving a shit. There would be thefts all the time. One guy got ran over by the fork lift because the driver was Literally drunk. Boss would try to fuck over employees. One of em would either cover up most of the shti that happens or tell us thing he should not have told wich caused conflicts againts other employees. Do your self a favor. Shop at home depot. Itll be alot safer for your life. People at depot are alot more caring and civilized. Lowes is hood retail. Even the rats will attack you. Yes that almost happend once. I was chased out of the building because of rats at the green house. People at depot will take care of you and help you out.

​@@trentmorrison6074depends where you're at. When I was in So Cal I worked at HD near East LA and the parking lot was like a fucking swap meet with illegals trying to sell fruit, belts and the day laborers that posted up begging you to hire them.. A lot higher volume of theft and shady returns.. Here in TN and working at Lowe's you see some shady shit but not as often but thats juat cuz the area.. I hear the Lowe's stores in Nashville area are pretty bad which any major city is bound to have more crime

my home depot is next to a target.

over the age of 45, yes.

LOL FACTS

That is true. There are about 4 Lowe's stores near me. They all absolutely Suck. There are also about 5 HD around here and two are great while the others, by comparison to the other 2, are not as great to shop in. However, the one I mainly use, is within walking distance if I needed to, is also something like the 5th busiest/5th largest by volume in the world. When I first started using it about 8 years ago, it was great. The store was stocked, cleaned, well staffed, trained staff, etc. Well, right after Hurricane Ida hit here, they had a huge management team change. (Apparently the outgoing was promoted) The incoming crew had a few hiccups. So I figured it was growing pains. I used to be able to talk to the other managers and they'd fix the issue or at least make an effort to do so. We'll, this new team is hard to contact, rarely gets back to you and some are a bit dismissive at times. They hired a few new associates that are lazy or just don't care. They forget that we also have the survey at the bottom of the receipts.

HA

We prefer to be called Mexicans jay p Hahahaha no but you are telling the truth that was a funny comment dawg gagagaga

There's more homosexuals at Home Depot.

LMAO 😂

'Odélah !

Home Depot stores vary, but the one near me has a small park sharing its parking lot. A lot of illegal immigrants and legal immigrants wait in that lot to be hired on spot projects. During the worst part of the 2008 downturn, you even had laid off employees there seeking daily contract employment. It's 2023 and I still see the same going on at that park, so this Home Depot ironically is able to indirectly supply short term employees to contractors.

Go online and they (hd) app will verify you almost instantly with a few questions about you. Then you never can be turned down, just need a smart phone with the hd app. A bit of a pain, but worth it. They do limit the 10 percent total to 400 dollars a year, before it was unlimited when you would just flash your id.

true.. same here even when i showed my v.a. card

That's very odd considering Home Depot started it waaaaay before Lowes ever did. Then Lowes made you register online to verify that you are actually a veteran because they would only take the active duty id's at the register. Then Home Depot just started their online registration because it cuts down on time at the checkout line. But at no time ever have I been challenged or denied at Home Depot!!! Lowes.... yes, quite a few times because they would only take active duty or retired, not my disabled veteran id.

As a plumber, Home Depot carries Pex A and Lowes doesn't, so it's a reason to appreciate Home Depot.

My Lowes and HD both carry pex A, it's all I use. Yes, I know which one is pex A.

Ace is great at 3 times the price.

that's because all the managers sit in back playing on their phones and that 1 or 2 people you see have a ton of work to get done or they get yelled at. Home Depot is cancer.

Ace stuff is junky

I currently work there lmaooo

@@danielalmanza2301 everything can vary from store to store. Basic word of advice watch your six they’ll get you for nothing. Also, if they say that because you work in a right to work state. That does not mean you can’t sue them especially if it’s justifiable.

Yes bro too many fucking people

You got that right,

But that’s everywhere?

They do it so their truck doesn’t get stolen

@@jeremyvalderas8146 no they feel privileged lmao

You’re lucky in both Lowe’s I go to they took all the buttons out

Not true

That’s a German retailer lol

North Carolina* and y'all are right, its a separate store. It's like 2 miles down the road is the Lowe's grocery store. 😅

​@@Enragedhippo they have em in SC too

Wood chips?

Exactly

Opposite here, The Home Depot has actual greeters who can direct you while Lowes is understaffed ghost town most of the time

Depot is a project store, their money is with the contractors that know what theyre doing. Lowes is for home repairs n small weekend jobs.

@FBR Former Pro Desk Supervisor here. Home Depot is setup towards contractors who want to get in and get out, no fancy store setups just get and go. Not the majority of customers but the majority of money. Lowes is now trying to play catchup to that and it's an uphill battle

Walmart owns Lowes

Not all stores are like this, the store I work for is helpful… we get written up if we DONT ask people if they’d like help.

That's usually because they're already trying to help Buick Buck and Lincoln Lilly. They don't have time for Cadillac Jack. Get there when they open.

@@prospector442 great play on the names. I'm speaking as a customer and a vendor. Retail people suck. Home Depot employees minus a few suck.

@@cadillacjack3240, im apart of the Hutch Home Depot. It’s a good store,

Cleaner? Lmao why because there's no wetbacks in parking lot

Home Depot never has anything in stock no more . You have to order everything …. But then why even come to the fking store

@@Gen10civic you have to hit it at 6 in the morning with the rest of the blue collar teams 🤣

@@mattgrigsby8907 at my stores they don’t carry any appliances. Everything showroom floor not for sale must make an order. It’s ridiculous

@@Gen10civic wtf. That's wild man, I'd be so salty if my local one did that

Metabo,skil,dewalt,Bosch

Skil is hot garbage. I’d rather buy Kobalt and Kobalt fucking sucks. I still have my Hitachi grinder I bought at Lowe’s 12 years ago. It was the only one that came in a case and had a better warranty than Stanley…I mean…DeWalt.

and a $400 limit for the year - Lowes has NO LIMIT - thanks Lowes!

You don’t need the app. Just set up a phone number.

I shop there for the same reason.

Me too.

Never an issue with military discount, I have had to register 3 times since 2014 and my discount disappeared again 1/1/2023. Since when does being a veteran EXPIRE? FHOMEDEPOT