Repeated Big-Box Retailer Delivery Rescheduling Causes Missed Work and Lost Wages
A customer's four-appliance order from Home Depot was rescheduled multiple times over two weeks due to backorders and logistics failures, including a driver arriving at an empty new home. The customer lost roughly $2,000 in wages from taking multiple days off work to wait for deliveries that never arrived.
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