HubSpot Sales Hub duplicate records confuse users across linked accounts
HubSpot Sales Hub users report confusion from duplicate items appearing between their primary account and deal-linked accounts. The overlap makes it unclear which record is authoritative, though the reporter suspects their own configuration is partly to blame.
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