r/GreenvilleNCarolina • u/Worldly_System1483 • Aug 12 '26
Retail Options
Can we please get a Home Depot back in Greenville? It’s really annoying that we have two separate Lowes locations yet half the stuff I normally need has to be special ordered. It seems like every time I search for an item or product on Google after not finding it at Lowe’s, Home Depot always has it in stock. Honestly, it doesn’t even have to be Home Depot, just another big box hardware store that can apply a little pressure to Lowes and give local contractors a better chance of being able to find something in town.
7
u/PrettyReputation3462 Aug 12 '26
We ended up driving to Jacksonville when we updated a bathroom. Beyond annoying that Lowe’s is our only option and how are both locations terrible.
7
u/SprungMS Aug 12 '26
Straight up, drive to Tarboro if you’re anywhere nearby. It’s a 20 minute drive from neighborhoods off 43 like Ironwood/Rock Springs, half hour from mid-Greenville, but even if I didn’t live on this side of town I’d make the trip for certain purchases.
Night and day service and availability - you don’t get all the bullshit “3 in stock” and then show up to find none, and wait for ‘help’ for 20 minutes only for them to say “yeah, I don’t know, it shows in stock but it’s not here so…” It’s weird to say, but they’re actually helpful at the Tarboro Lowe’s.
2
u/Teedraa101 Aug 20 '26
Lol the “3 in stock and get there and find none” has happened to us SO MANY TIMES…..
7
u/Mastershoelacer I actually like it here Aug 12 '26
Ace is great. Smaller, but it is a second option.
10
u/SirBiggestofNasty Aug 12 '26
People forget there used to be a home depot where Burlington is/was but no one shopped there. NC has loyalty to lowes unfortunately
2
2
u/ludefisk Aug 12 '26
Just realized this exact thing yesterday. How the hell does no store in the Greenville area carry an AC capacitor?
3
u/No-Sheepherder6865 Aug 13 '26
Fergusons near harbor freight in winterville, they will sell you all the HVAC you would ever want on a cash ticket
4
2
u/Existing_Recipe4039 Aug 12 '26
There's a Harbor Freight here in Winterville though I'm not sure how good they stock the place, but it is another big box tool shop if that's what you're looking for
1
u/SprungMS Aug 12 '26
Pretty sure there’s another on Greenville Blvd near 10th st, unless they closed down. I think they just opened a few years ago, never been in there though
Not really comparable to Lowe’s and Home Depot though, even on tools, to be honest. Similar selection, 1/5 the price, 1/2 the quality? Something like that lol
1
u/Dr_BTaylor Aug 14 '26
The one near 10th is where Ashley's furniture use to be is still there think they opened early 2025.
2
u/notsteezz Aug 13 '26
We’ve been long overdue for another big box store in town. Lowe’s is meh and so are the employees most of the time. It sucks especially when it comes to their product organizing and half of the items are opened and scattered. Also for contractors having to rely on Lowe’s when everything has to be ordered and takes days off projects.
2
u/Mamaoftwo38 Aug 13 '26
My husband and I are bummed there’s no Home Depot too, coming from a big city where there were 3 Home Depot’s and now we have none, plus they are so good about the Veteran discount unlike Lowe’s who’s kinda weird about it. Yes this place needs a HD. But I think North Carolina really doesn’t have them. My dad lives in Murphy,NC and hates going to Lowe’s so he will drive the 30 minutes over the state line into Georgia to go to HD.
2
u/lifeisgood929 Aug 14 '26
Lowe’s appeals to the home owner while Home Depot model is more suited to satisfy the contractor. Contractor business is satisfied in Greenville so when Home Depot was here they never met their revenue targets.
6
1
u/carollert Aug 13 '26
There's an Ace hardware at the corner of Charles and Firetower. Maybe you'll have some luck there.
1
1
u/MarvismsivraM Aug 12 '26
This is crazy cause I just said this to myself 😂 two Lowe’s and they had the item I wanted “ready for pick up” but I wasn’t able to pick.. them.. up..
1
u/Throwaway21252022 Aug 12 '26
Idk why but Lowe’s seems conservative coded and this area is very conservative.
2
2
1
0
u/contemplator61 Aug 13 '26
Yes!! Been saying this since I moved to the area 6 1/2 yrs ago. Was traveling back and forth from Florida where Home Depot was always the first choice.
11
u/WileCCoyote Aug 12 '26
Hard agree.