PODS Order Cancellation and Customer Service Failure
A customer experienced repeated failures with PODS including unauthorized order cancellation, account data corruption by a representative, and inability to reach supervisors. The entire interaction was marked by miscommunication, hostile agents, and a missing disclosure document. Affects consumers relying on moving services with no accountability mechanism.
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