Appliance Delivery Crews Remove Customer Belongings Without Accountability
During an appliance installation, a delivery crew removed the old unit along with the customer's personal bakeware still inside it, and over a month of follow-up tickets produced no return or reimbursement. The incident highlights a lack of process for cataloging and protecting customer property left in appliances being swapped out during delivery.
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