Lowe's Cannot Refund Apple Pay Online Purchases, Leaving Customers With No Recourse
Lowe's retail staff have no system capability to refund purchases made online via Apple Pay, stranding customers with hundreds of dollars in unreturnable items. High upvote count indicates widespread systemic failure in payment reconciliation across online and in-store systems.
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