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We called Chase, Capital One, Discover, PNC and Wells Fargo on the same Saturday evening and asked how a dispute works. All five put us through to a person. Here's what they said, what federal law actually requires for credit and debit cards, and the 60-day deadline three of the five representatives left out.

We called PNC's credit card line on a Saturday evening with no card, said we wanted to dispute a transaction, and reached a live representative 2 minutes 16 seconds in. Here's the dispute menu, what he said about evidence, timing and provisional credit, how PNC debit disputes differ, and the full 4 minute recording.

We called Wells Fargo's credit card line on a Saturday evening with no card, asked how a cardholder disputes a charge, and reached a live representative 2 minutes 52 seconds in. Here's the phone tree, what he said, the one answer he got wrong, the separate debit card claim lines, and the full 9 minute recording.

We called Chase Card Services on a Saturday evening with no card, asked how a cardmember disputes a charge, and reached a live specialist 2 minutes 14 seconds in. Here's the phone tree, what the specialist said, what Chase's own dispute page says, and the full 4 minute recording.

We called Chime's Member Services line with general questions for this guide. Two key presses got us to a live representative 1 minute 21 seconds in. Here's the phone tree, what the representative said about hours, callbacks, disputes and lost cards, and the full 5 minute recording.

We called Capital One's general customer service number with questions for this guide. Two spoken answers got us to a live representative 1 minute 22 seconds in. Here's the phone tree, what the representative said about hours, callbacks and disputes, and the full 6 minute recording.

We called The Home Depot twice with general questions for this guide. 1-800-HOME-DEPOT left us on hold until a survey picked up. The online orders line reached a live representative in 1 minute 34 seconds. Here are both recordings, the menus, and what the representative said, checked against homedepot.com.

We called AT&T at 800-288-2020 and said "my bill is too high." A live representative answered 2 minutes in and listed the discounts and promotions AT&T offers. Here is the route, what was said, and the full recording.

Best Buy's own return policy, quoted, plus two recorded calls to Best Buy customer service asking what happens after the 15 day window, who can approve an exception, and how a purchase is found without a receipt.

We called Amazon's customer service line with general questions and no account. Here is how we got past the AI assistant's verification texts to a live person, what she said about callbacks and refunds, and the full 7 minute recording.

We added call4me to Goose as a remote MCP extension, ran it headless with goose run, and had it call Amazon customer service. Here is the config.yaml that keeps the API key out of the file, the permission mode headless runs need, and what the call actually got.

We called Southwest's general questions line, 1-800-I-FLY-SWA, for this guide. Saying "representative" put us on hold, and a live reservations agent answered 4 minutes 10 seconds in. She wouldn't take general questions. Here is the route, the full recording, and where Southwest answers them in writing.