Retailer auto-cancels paid order after routine delivery reschedule
A Home Depot customer who pre-paid for a full appliance suite and had approved delayed delivery had the order automatically cancelled and refunded after a single missed delivery attempt, despite confirming a reschedule was fine. Four separate calls to customer service, including a dropped call and an unfulfilled promised follow-up email, failed to restore the original paid order.
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