Unrecorded In-Store Promise Leaves Customer With Unwinnable Dispute
A customer replacing a faulty handset was told in store that the phone and an accompanying tablet would be free, then received bills for both. The fraud case they opened was denied and the return request refused, leaving them liable for devices they accepted on a verbal representation. Nothing in the transaction record captures what the associate said, so the dispute reduces to the customer''s word against the billing system.
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