I have Lowes stove and pipe.......
And I love'em.. What particular brand are you looking at? Simpson?
Depends on the stove you buy as to how crappy it is.
You can buy a $3,000 stove. But burn wet/unseasoned (less than 1 yr split and stacked/at least) and any owner will think that $3,000 stove is crappy.
Welcome to the Forums. I understand were you are coming from. My 1st stove was a Quad (quality/expensive!) But my last 3 stoves (17 yr old Englander 25-PDV (pellet) / Engalnder 30-NC (wood) / and a Englander 10-CPM (pellet/corn)) have all been Englanders that can be found at Lowes/Home Depot. There customer service is second to none and there stoves are built in the USA!
There is a saying... Good Cmstuff aint cheap and Cheap stuff aint good.. But sometimes there are exceptions. Many here have Englander stoves. Both pellet and wood.
Anyways. Soapbox off.