Home Depot Delivers Defective Furniture Missing Hardware and Ghosts Customer Service
A Home Depot furniture delivery arrived with defective swivel chairs and a table missing all hardware and assembly instructions. Customer service promised a 48-hour response, then went silent despite multiple follow-ups. Large-item ecommerce delivery defects with no rapid resolution path leave customers stuck with unusable products.
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