Home Depot Mislabels Clearance Items and Refuses to Honor Listed Price
A Home Depot online clearance listing drove a customer over an hour to a store, where staff refused to honor the mislabeled price. The retailer's failure to correct the pricing error despite the customer's reliance on it reflects poor inventory-to-listing accuracy controls.
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