Home Depot Charges Customers for Rental Contracts They Never Signed
Home Depot charged a customer $130.84 for another customer rental contract they never authorized, discovered only after the charge appeared on their card. The unauthorized billing from a rental system confusion represents a serious payment security failure. No resolution path was provided through standard customer service.
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