... Lowe's military 10% discount?

thinkxingu · 05-15-2019, 01:28 PM

Saw this today. Didn't ask about proof required, but I would think they'd make it somewhat easy given how prominently they're advertising it.

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Major · 05-15-2019, 03:03 PM

Funny, the last time I shopped at Lowe's, the cashier asked me for my military ID. I didn't question it, but I thought since I was in the system (I had to provide my home telephone number) that I was already vetted and approved. My takeaway was that perhaps there's some people asking for the discount who did not qualify.

Jersey Bob · 05-16-2019, 06:44 AM

I have a My Lowe's card I use every time I go there. I went to the service desk a few years ago with my DD214, showed it to them and they put me in the system. I get the 10% discount when they scan the card. The other advantage is there is a record of my purchases. It is NOT a credit card. You can also give them your phone number.

Major · 05-16-2019, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Jersey Bob

I have a My Lowe's card I use every time I go there. I went to the service desk a few years ago with my DD214, showed it to them and they put me in the system. I get the 10% discount when they scan the card. The other advantage is there is a record of my purchases. It is NOT a credit card. You can also give them your phone number.

I do not have a card (I think my wife has it), so when I approach the cashier, I inform him/her that I am entitled to the military discount and provide them my telephone number. With my last visit, after providing the cashier my telephone number and seeing that I qualified for the discount, she asked for my military ID.

Bob M · 05-16-2019, 07:35 AM

When asked for my at the Gilford Lowe's I was told that it was now their policy to ask for identification. I didn't ask if this was just a Gilford store policy or a corporate wide policy.

Descant · 05-16-2019, 04:31 PM

Went to Lowe's today. Yesterday, bought a stove on the phone to get the sale price which was expiring. We had to go to the store in person to get the discount, and a supervisor had to be called to enter it, presumably because the transaction was already in process. They did not ask for ID since we were in the system. Fifteen minutes later at Home Depot (Lowe's was out of Vermiculite) the cashier at HD asked for a veteran's ID. The cashier remarked that my VA ID was a card she had never seen and it wasn't on the approved list. Before I could respond, she had rung up the sale with the discount included. The two stores were in Amherst and Merrimack, respectively. (Oddly, HD had no Vermiulite on the shelf either. I suggested that they had four bags when I looked on line an hour earlier. They looked it up--they had 10 bags on a pallet 20 feet in the air in a different part of the store. They got a crew and a forklift and got the pallet down. Very nice, helpful and it only took a few minutes. Oddly, the clerk in the Bedford Lowe's said they had Vermiculite, he had seen it, but then couldn't find it. Kudos to the HD inventory system.

ApS · 05-17-2019, 06:59 PM

I don't know what's in New Hampshire Post Offices; but, in preparing my address-change forms, Lowe's had inserted a coupon for 25%-off on furniture.

For that 25% discount, you don't even have to shine your shoes.

Cobalt 25 · 05-19-2019, 09:14 PM

I was very disappointed with Home Depot concerning the recent purchase of a refrigerator. The advertised price was $1,899 so I was fully expecting ten percent to be taken off of that price for my military discount.

No, I was told. That price already included a 10% discount, they said, although it was never made clear WHY there was another 10% discount.

For every other purchase I had made previously the 10% was given with no issues. Was it just because it was a fairly big ticket item that the military discount "disappeared"?

I told the clerk that although I wasn't upset with him (because he was just doing hi job), I was unhappy with the Home Depot policy for taking away what I fully expected to get.

I suppose I should just be thankful for my previous discounts!

Descant · 05-20-2019, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Cobalt 25

I was very disappointed with Home Depot concerning the recent purchase of a refrigerator. The advertised price was $1,899 so I was fully expecting ten percent to be taken off of that price for my military discount.

No, I was told. That price already included a 10% discount, they said, although it was never made clear WHY there was another 10% discount.

For every other purchase I had made previously the 10% was given with no issues. Was it just because it was a fairly big ticket item that the military discount "disappeared"?

I told the clerk that although I wasn't upset with him (because he was just doing hi job), I was unhappy with the Home Depot policy for taking away what I fully expected to get.

I suppose I should just be thankful for my previous discounts!

I've run into that. HD offered me either the sale price or the Vet's discount (which was better), but not both. Many businesses advertise "May not be combined with other offers"

05-15-2019, 03:03 PM	#2
Major Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Laconia Posts: 1,095 Thanks: 449 Thanked 1,024 Times in 429 Posts	Lowe's Military Discount Funny, the last time I shopped at Lowe's, the cashier asked me for my military ID. I didn't question it, but I thought since I was in the system (I had to provide my home telephone number) that I was already vetted and approved. My takeaway was that perhaps there's some people asking for the discount who did not qualify.

05-16-2019, 06:44 AM	#3
Jersey Bob Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Central NJ Posts: 82 Thanks: 75 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Lowes discount I have a My Lowe's card I use every time I go there. I went to the service desk a few years ago with my DD214, showed it to them and they put me in the system. I get the 10% discount when they scan the card. The other advantage is there is a record of my purchases. It is NOT a credit card. You can also give them your phone number.

05-16-2019, 07:35 AM	#5
Bob M Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Gilford, NH and DeBary, Fl Posts: 51 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Lowe's Military Discount When asked for my at the Gilford Lowe's I was told that it was now their policy to ask for identification. I didn't ask if this was just a Gilford store policy or a corporate wide policy.

05-17-2019, 06:59 PM	#7
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 6,053 Thanks: 2,282 Thanked 789 Times in 565 Posts	25%-off on Furniture—at Lowes I don't know what's in New Hampshire Post Offices; but, in preparing my address-change forms, Lowe's had inserted a coupon for 25%-off on furniture. For that 25% discount, you don't even have to shine your shoes. __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't.

05-15-2019, 01:28 PM	#1
thinkxingu Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 6,446 Thanks: 1,182 Thanked 2,146 Times in 1,330 Posts	Saw this today. Didn't ask about proof required, but I would think they'd make it somewhat easy given how prominently they're advertising it. Sent from my Moto G (5S) Plus using Tapatalk

05-16-2019, 04:31 PM	#6
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,480 Thanks: 1,393 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 Posts	Went to Lowe's today. Yesterday, bought a stove on the phone to get the sale price which was expiring. We had to go to the store in person to get the discount, and a supervisor had to be called to enter it, presumably because the transaction was already in process. They did not ask for ID since we were in the system. Fifteen minutes later at Home Depot (Lowe's was out of Vermiculite) the cashier at HD asked for a veteran's ID. The cashier remarked that my VA ID was a card she had never seen and it wasn't on the approved list. Before I could respond, she had rung up the sale with the discount included. The two stores were in Amherst and Merrimack, respectively. (Oddly, HD had no Vermiulite on the shelf either. I suggested that they had four bags when I looked on line an hour earlier. They looked it up--they had 10 bags on a pallet 20 feet in the air in a different part of the store. They got a crew and a forklift and got the pallet down. Very nice, helpful and it only took a few minutes. Oddly, the clerk in the Bedford Lowe's said they had Vermiculite, he had seen it, but then couldn't find it. Kudos to the HD inventory system.

05-19-2019, 09:14 PM	#8
Cobalt 25 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 229 Thanks: 229 Thanked 36 Times in 20 Posts	I was very disappointed with Home Depot concerning the recent purchase of a refrigerator. The advertised price was $1,899 so I was fully expecting ten percent to be taken off of that price for my military discount. No, I was told. That price already included a 10% discount, they said, although it was never made clear WHY there was another 10% discount. For every other purchase I had made previously the 10% was given with no issues. Was it just because it was a fairly big ticket item that the military discount "disappeared"? I told the clerk that although I wasn't upset with him (because he was just doing hi job), I was unhappy with the Home Depot policy for taking away what I fully expected to get. I suppose I should just be thankful for my previous discounts!