Incomplete Furniture Shipments Leave Customers With No Working Vendor Contact
A customer's online patio set order arrived missing a box of hardware, cushions, and wicker pieces, and Lowe's could only provide a non-working phone number for the drop-ship vendor to resolve it. This reflects a structural accountability gap between marketplace retailers and third-party fulfillment vendors when shipments are incomplete.
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