Atlanta Man Pays $9k for Shed from Home Depot in Cartersville, GA & Nothing Happened for 52 Days

An Atlanta man purchased a shed from Home Depot in Cartersville, GA for $9,058.03 and after not hearing anything from them for 52 days, he wondered when he would receive his shed. 

11Alive News reported that Atlanta resident Warren Kale found a tool shed he liked for his backyard at a Home Depot in Cartersville, GA. He paid $9,058.03 for the shed with his debit card and thought he would hear back from Home Depot that week.

Home Depot Told Customer: 'Your Money Went Somewhere, but We Don't Know Where'

52 days had passed and he had not heard from them, so he went back to the Cartersville Home Depot store to find out what had happened.

According to Kale, the store told him "there was a glitch in the computer," and that "his money had gone somewhere, but they didn't know where."

Kale continued to wait for 52 days, and nothing happened, so he was concerned that he would not be able to get a refund. He went to his bank, and then he went to 11Allive News.

After 11Alive News got involved and contacted both Home Depot and Ameris Bank, finally the bank refunded Kale $9,058.03 back into his account.

While this was an ordeal for Kale, he was determined to get his tool shed. He went back to Home Depot and repurchased the shed, and it is now fully assembled in his backyard.

The YouTube video can be watched below.

YouTube Video: A Metro Atlanta Man Bought a $9K Tool Shed from Home Depot

Source: 11Alive News

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Why Did UPS Leave 'Unattended Packages' at the Clubhouse on Green Mountain in Huntsville, AL?

Why did UPS leave packages unattended at a clubhouse parking lot on Green Mountain?

That's what everyone wants to know after a local Huntsville man made the startling discovery on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.

Unattended packages left in a parking lot on Green Mountain

Jim, a Huntsville man, found unattended packages in the clubhouse parking lot on Green Mountain on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. He sat for over an hour waiting for someone to return, but no one did while he was there.

WAFF 48 News Went to Green Mountain Clubhouse & Unattended Packages Were Gone

WAFF 48 News returned to this location later in the day with Jim, and the packages were gone. UPS sent a message saying that "they were trying to figure out what happened." WAFF also went to an address that was on one of the packages, which was about five miles away from this parking lot.

They checked with that homeowner, who confirmed that they had not received their package after several hours.

It is unknown if any of the packages left unattended were Christmas presents.

Local Resident Jim Spoke About Finding the Packages

Jim, a concerned Huntsville resident sat with the unattended packages to see if anyone would return within the hour. No one did, and he contacted WAFF 48 News.

Jim said:

“I mean this is an ethical dilemma at this point. Somebody just had total faith that nothing would happen to those packages up here. Thank you for thinking that way of the residents up here. But it only takes one person to take all of those. I just don’t understand what would be going through a driver’s mind to just unload them and leave them unprotected.”

Jim also said: 

“It’s almost unfathomable at this point. But you see it all the time, porch pirates,” He said concerned. “At this point they would have had early Christmas if they’d have pulled into this parking lot.”

The UPS spokesperson said, "Thank you for bringing this to our attention. UPS takes the security of customers' packages very seriously and we're looking into the situation." 

Have you ever experienced an issue with UPS or delayed delivery on a package?

Source: WAFF 48 News