Lowe's: No vet discount in Canada

[aesop081]

Re : Lowe's

Who cares.

Go shop somewhere else. There are other options. Lowe's is not obligated to offer a military discount and we have no entitlement to one. It is their business, they can run it however they like it.

More than one post around here pointing out that some segments of society are "entitled to their entitlements"...............don't look too far...........

Build a bridge using Rona stuff and get over it.

 

[OldSolduer]

Re : Lowe's

Who cares.

Go shop somewhere else. There are other options. Lowe's is not obligated to offer a military discount and we have no entitlement to one. It is their business, they can run it however they like it.

More than one post around here pointing out that some segments of society are "entitled to their entitlements"...............don't look too far...........

Build a bridge using Rona stuff and get over it.

I quite agree. It's their loss. We do have options.

 

[Occam]

Re : Lowe's

Who cares.

I do, and clearly others do as well.

Go shop somewhere else. There are other options. Lowe's is not obligated to offer a military discount and we have no entitlement to one. It is their business, they can run it however they like it.

More than one post around here pointing out that some segments of society are "entitled to their entitlements"...............don't look too far...........

Build a bridge using Rona stuff and get over it.

I happen to think they're quite within their right to revoke the military discount.  It's their business and they can run it however they like.  My beef is that they claim that granting the discount was an "error", and that they apparently have a number of reasons for which they aren't going to continue to offer the discount.  What I'm saying is that their excuse stinks, given that they continue to offer the discount in the USA.  If business is not well, and they can't afford to offer the discount anymore, don't pull some malarkey out of their corporate butt and try to sell it as an "error", and treat us differently than our American counterparts.  Be honest with the consumer.

If you don't care about it, carry on to the next post.  Nobody has claimed that we're entitled to a discount, so don't make it out that anyone has.

 

[Rheostatic]

Actually, it would be nice if this could go back to being a Military Discounts List, and outrage over your 10% at Lowe's could go in its own thread.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Actually, it would be nice if this could go back to being a Military Discounts List, and outrage over your 10% at Lowe's could go in its own thread.

Ask and you shall receive - Lowe's thread on its own.

 

[421_434_226]

I also believe that they have the right to run their business anyway that they please., besides our business is probably a drop in the bucket anyways.
Although it would be nice if another company (read Homedepot or Rona in my area) decided to spin it into good PR for themselves by starting to offer it.

 

[aesop081]

  What I'm saying is that their excuse stinks,

What did you want them to say ?

given that they continue to offer the discount in the USA. 

They are a US company. They are not the only business offering things in the US that they do not offer here in Canada.

 

[Occam]

What did you want them to say ?

The truth is usually a pretty good start.

They are a US company. They are not the only business offering things in the US that they do not offer here in Canada.

But they did offer it here in Canada, for an extended period of time.  It's not as if they never gave us one.

 

[old medic]

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/19/canadian-soldiers-irked-after-lowes-pulls-discount-program

Canadian soldiers irked after Lowe’s pulls discount program 119
Jerome Lessard, QMI Agency
19 Oct 2011

CFB TRENTON, ONT. - Some Canadian soldiers are feeling a little unappreciated after home improvement retail giant Lowe's announced it would pull its discount program it said was offered by mistake – the discount program was only intended for U.S. military members.

The U.S.-based company had offered the 10% discount since 2008 to members of the Canadian Armed Forces at four stores – two in Ottawa, one in Kingston, Ont., and one in Belleville, near CFB Trenton.

The company said the program was never intended for Canada and just recently realized its error.

“I’m not able to get into the specifics of our (Lowe's) systems and processes, but it (the discount) was a combination of misunderstanding and miscommunication that unfortunately went undetected until now,” Joanne Elson, corporate communications manager with Lowe's Canada, said Wednesday.....................

 

[aesop081]

The truth is usually a pretty good start.

They said it was offered in error. Is that not possible ?

But they did offer it here in Canada, for an extended period of time.  It's not as if they never gave us one.

McDonald's in Comox also offered a 10% military discount for well over a year. The, they stopped. Did the world end ? No, everyone just went elsewhere, like Subway, that decided to offer a 10% military discount.

They had one, it was an error and now it is gone. Seriously, get over it.

 

[Occam]

They said it was offered in error. Is that not possible ?

Not according to the store manager who told me earlier this year that Lowe's head office was trying to figure out how they were going to publicize the discount.  That would imply that they knew they were giving it out, which contradicts their claim that they were giving it out "in error".

They had one, it was an error and now it is gone. Seriously, get over it.

Again, if it doesn't bother you, then feel free to move along, nothing to see here.

 

[Zoomie]

Build a bridge using Rona stuff and get over it.

But what legendary bridge could we build?

 

[Gramps]

Where does this sense of entitlement for discounts come from that some people seem to have? Regardless if it was offered then taken away or not. Really, who cares?

 

[GAP]

But what legendary bridge could we build?

There's the mythical one at Trouty......maybe reread history and find the design and try to copy.....nothing will ever equal the original I know, but........

 

[Occam]

Where does this sense of entitlement for discounts come from that some people seem to have? Regardless if it was offered then taken away or not. Really, who cares?

I said it before, but apparently it needs to be said again:

Nobody has claimed that we're entitled to a discount, so don't make it out that anyone has.

 

[Scott]

A "store manager" told you that the higher ups were trying to find a way to spin this? Sounds like fluff to get you out of his face to me.

"In error" sounds good enough to me...that could mean a number of things, none of which anyone has proof of.

I suggest that if anyone wants to build that mythical bridge (I saw what Zoomie did there) that they do it with timber from any of the others, make your choice of who based on a discount, or not, it's up to you.

Freely participating in threads is allowed here...just a reminder.

 

[Occam]

If the store manager wanted to blow me off, I'm sure there would've been excuses far easier to fabricate than explaining that Lowe's corporate was trying to do the opposite of what they're now claiming.

"in error" could indeed mean a number of things.  Perhaps if Lowe's elaborated, their reasons might be more easily understood.

Freely participating in threads is allowed here, I agree.  What is not allowed is floating accusations that some people have claimed "entitlement" to the discount, when no such claim has been made.

 

[LOLslamball]

Where does this sense of entitlement for discounts come from that some people seem to have? Regardless if it was offered then taken away or not. Really, who cares?

Even though this was just replied to, I would like to add that not only has no one claimed entitlement, but from reading the whole thread I don't even see it implied. 

What I do see is people upset at the explanation of it being an "error" and while I have seen posts express this thought I haven't seen any finish it by saying something along the lines of "we would not be upset if we were told it was for economic reasons." Which perhaps is where some read it as entitlement, or they're just trolling.

That is how I have read the thread so far anyways, as an outsider.

 

[Occam]

Actually, above I did come out and say that if business is not well, then they should just come out and say it, and to be honest with the consumer.

After all, they're still offering the military/veteran's discount in the USA, even though they just announced the closing of 20 US stores.  The military discount down there must be paying them dividends...

 

[Journeyman]

If Lowes Canada is causing such heartache and grief, shop somewhere else.    :