[dotti105]

I agree with the OP.

It wasn't until we moved here that the veteran's status on Lowe's became an issue to us.

In Utah, if you had a DD214 your driver's license was stamped VETERAN, and all my hubby had to do was show his driver's license and he received the 10% discount at Lowe's. Any day, every time we shopped at Lowe's, his veteran status was honored.

I think perhaps because there are so many retirees here, the "written policy" is strictly enforced. We weren't aware of the "written policy' in Utah. For 25 yrs he received the veteran discount with no questions asked. It was a bit embarrassing when we first bought something at Lowe's here in Lady Lake with my hubby and although he had his Utah driver's, stamped VETERAN, he was denied the discount. We felt like we had been trying to cheat them. Very perplexing.

We went online and found the policy. But it certainly isn't enforced uniformly across the country. They could make the qualifications much clearer. A "veteran" is anyone who honorably served our country and can show their DD214. Extra criteria should be clearly spelled out in ads that offer a10% discount to "veterans".