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We called the number Booking.com's own Help Center shows to US visitors, with general questions for this guide. There's no phone menu, just a queue, and a live agent picked up 4 minutes 10 seconds in. Here's what the agent said about hours, property cancellations, refunds and callbacks, and the full recording.

Uber says it doesn't offer a customer service phone number for Uber Eats. The one Uber Eats support line on its help center, 1-833-ASK-EATS, is for restaurants. We called it twice and reached a live person. Here's what she said about customers, refunds and callbacks, and the full recording.

We called Ticketmaster's customer service number with general questions for this guide. A virtual assistant answers first; asking for a representative and saying "something else" got us to a live person 1 minute 48 seconds in. Here's what they said about hours, refunds and missing tickets, and the full 7 minute recording.

Costco's own return policy page, quoted, plus a recorded call to Costco customer service asking what happens past the 90 day electronics window, how a purchase is found without a receipt, and how the refund comes back.

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 Instacart's customer support line with general questions for this guide. Two key presses got us to a live agent 24 seconds in. Here's the phone tree, what the agent said about hours, refunds for missing items and cancelling Instacart+, and the full 5 minute recording.

We called Airbnb's support line twice with general questions for this guide. Here are the key presses that got us to a person, what the representative said about last minute host cancellations and refunds, and the full recordings.

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 called Costco's membership and warehouse line with general questions and no member number. Here is the touch-tone menu, how long it took to reach a person, what the representative said about prices, refunds, non-members and scams, where Costco's own website says something different, and the full 19 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 1-800-WALMART with general questions for this guide. An AI agent answers first; asking twice for a representative got us a live person. Here's what the rep and the AI each said about hours and refunds, and the full 6 minute recording.

We called DoorDash's support line to ask about missing items and refunds. Here are the exact key presses, the words that got us transferred, what the live representative said, and the full recording.