Promised Home Depot Refund Never Processed After Wrong Item Shipped
After Home Depot shipped the wrong lawn mower and the customer independently repurchased locally as instructed, the promised refund never arrived despite multiple follow-up calls and a suspiciously timed satisfaction survey ending the call. Points to accountability gaps in post-resolution refund processing at large retailers.
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