I ordered a cabinet, a minifridge and some small stuff from Lowes on-line service back around the first of the year. It had a scheduled delivery date which was getting close and I had not heard from them so I contacted them to ask when to expect delivery. After they fumbled around looking for it, I was finally told I had to pick it up at the store instead of getting delivered as requested and they did not have the cabinet. I specifically requested delivery because I am 78 years old and am limited in the weight I can pick up due to prior open heart surgery. I told them this was unacceptable and after speaking even to a store manager, told them to cancel the order and went out and bought the items elsewhere. Lo and behold, in July, I get notice that someone in the store, without authorization from us, resubmitted the order and we were getting deliivery that following weekend and that they had already charged it to my account. I immediately called and again worked my way up to the manager and told them they were not authorized to do that reorder and to under no circumstances, deliver this order. Then I get a bill for the merchandize from that second order for the goods never delivered so I filed a dispute with their credit card company. After weeks of wrangling with them about the fact that the first order was never delivered and was cancelled and that the second order was not authorized they finally admitted that their records showed no delivery but they were charging me a restocking fee for the 2nd order that was not authorized . They refunded all but about $33..77 claiming this was a resto cking fee. I told them I would not pay them for an unauthorized order. Next, I received a bill for the same exact amount as this "restocking fee" only now they were claiming it was interest on a deferred interest payment which was still wrong because they should not have been a charge if nothing was delivered and they were not entitled to charge deferred interest if no charge could be made. And today, I received a new bill from them claiming I failed to pay the $33.77 deferred interest fee which was not legal in the first place since this is based upon the 2nd unauthorized re-order and they charged me an additional $30.00 for late fee on top of the $33.77 wrongful fee raising the balance to $63.77 now due so I called them again. As I spoke to that agent it became obvious he was not reading the file as he tried to "school techer“ explain the fee without listening to what I was telling him. When I again tried to explain what was wrong, I told him the fact that I am a retired court clerk who spent 17 years doing contract law and that the charges they were attempting to collect could constitute fraud he finally sat up and listened. They have now filed a new dispute resolution claim which is supposed to wipe out the entire balance. I have since closed my account with Loews and we no longer shop there. My parting statement to him is that I do not do business with companies that cheat their customers and gave him a promise that if I received any further bills on this issue I would escalate it to up the channels and indeed I will. I wlll file a complaint with their corporate offices, the BBB and since Synchronym lists itself as a bank, I will include the bank regulaters. This is a petty amount of money that should have been simply handled the first time but I am retired and have all the time in the world to return petty with petty. This should never have happened in the first place.

A very good point on weight! I just serviced a small corded electric Black and Decker Shrub and Hedge Trimmer that I thought would be a joke. It did all I wanted and needed a trimmer to do but the fear of the cord had me “Half Stressed”. I use corded Electric Chainsaws weekly this time of year. I have no concerns as I did with the Small Light Weight Hedge Trimmer. I feel it’s the environment of working with Busy Shrub/Hedges. The small 8114 Black & Decker with a 11-12”cut to me was handier than my 22’’ Weedeater on the “light weight trimming”. The Weight, Size and Handling was Ideal for a Lady IMO. Mainly if they are not use to using corded tools. The Black and Decker had been trashed from previous use but serviced very easy with a lot of life left in it. Believe it or not, the gear box was full of “Shrub Bits” which was not the cause of the “Grind Sound”. I saw no damage from the “Grind Sound”. Which led me to believe it was the nature of the design. I have 3 Pics of my service if you are interested. In exchange for “A Service to a Gas Trimmer”(LOL)!

I don’t think the burning smell had anything to do with BPA. Anything that burns will spell bad! And are you sure it was rust and not mineral buildup/lime scale in the stainless kettle? I have a pretty “high-end” stainless kettle that is discolored on the inside but it’s nothing out of the ordinary, and certainly not worth throwing out an otherwise beautiful, perfectly working kettle over!

Take a look at the Plush Sectional made by American Signature/Value City Furniture.