Home Depot Broke Compensation Agreement and Charged Wrong Account
A Home Depot customer was promised a damage accommodation but received a smaller unauthorized refund to a third party's credit card instead. Multiple escalation attempts failed to resolve the discrepancy. Individual retail dispute without systemic market implications.
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