Retailer and Courier Blame Each Other for Unresolved Return Credit
A Best Buy customer returned a phone via their specified courier and received delivery confirmation, but the return credit was never applied as the retailer and courier blamed each other. Single complaint about multi-party return dispute. Chargeback via credit card is the existing remedy.
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