Home Depot delivers wrong paint color and requires in-store return
A customer received the wrong paint color in an online delivery order and was told to physically return it to a store for a refund — with no option for a pickup or at-home resolution. Reordering was blocked by a checkout error. Online retailers' return policies for bulky fulfillment errors put undue burden on the customer.
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