Loews has a number of regional outlet stores where appliances that are rejected by stores or customers are sent and resold for 30-75% mark down. It takes some searching and playing a game of "whats wrong with it". My fridgd couple small cosmetic dings on the front but the main issue was the plug had been broken during the initial delivery. I found a replacement plug from GE for $20 delivered and the swap looked easy (2 plugs and a ground screw). The outlet has a more strict return policy but I had 2 days to identify any issues that weren't known at the time of sale to return it and get another fridge. Once it was installed I discovered the posts for the handles were also missing so I spent another 60 total to get those shipped but after a total of 15 minutes of extra work I have a new inexpensive fridge. As a side note stay away from Samsung fridges. I had so many leaking and compressor issues.

But the Lowe's distribution model is really starting to piss me off. So my refrigerator died and the two best/only replacement models are Lowe's exclusives but completely unavailable on the East Coast (FL)...with like a 6-month back order I found out. But guess what, they're fully available on the WEST Coast and I know because my parents live in California and I can use the two zip codes.

That royally pisses me off that one distribution center cannot send to another... instead make you wait 6 months to get a natural refill. You have to adapt to this covid world and not screw over the customers. So they just lost about $1,500 thanks to that BS policy.