Retailers Renege on Written Agreements to Cover Repair/Replacement Costs
A customer whose special-order windows arrived with wrong sizes and mismatched colors got Home Depot to agree in writing to cover replacement materials and labor, but after the new windows were installed and old ones collected, the retailer refused to reimburse the agreed labor cost. The internally-approved settlement got lost or reversed during handoffs between staff and store management, leaving the customer with no reliable way to enforce what was promised.
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