Retail Delivery Errors Leave Customers Stuck With Wrong, Oversized Items and No Accessible Pickup Process
A customer received an incorrect, extremely heavy item from a large retailer's delivery service, and was told it could only be retrieved if moved to a location unreasonable for an elderly resident to reach. Repeated follow-up contacts failed to produce a resolution, leaving the misdelivered package exposed to weather for over a week.
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