Home Depot Tool Rental Charges Wrong Customer and Fails to Refund Cancelled Reservation
A customer's tool reservation was cancelled by Home Depot when the item was unavailable, yet the $300 deposit was never refunded. The same customer was later billed $130 under a completely different customer's rental contract. This billing error exposes failures in rental system data isolation and refund processing.
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