Shopping online has many benefits including convenience for the modern, busy customer – but it can also be perilous if you don’t check out what you’re buying beforehand.
People from the US and the UK have shared snaps comparing the items they ordered online with the products they actually ended up with.
BUZZPLUS shared snaps of their most hilarious shopping fails in an online gallery to make the rest of us feel better about our purchasing mishaps.
They include one person who bought ‘heavy duty’ hiking boots but they arrived miniature for a Barbie doll.
Another person thought the personalised message box on a website was for delivery instructions and she received wireless earphones imprinted with the instructions she had left for the delivery driver.
People from the US and the UK have shared snaps comparing the items they ordered online with the products they actually ended up with, including a Class of 2022 T shirt that was lost in communication
Someone else’s cat looked less than impressed after his scratching post arrived too miniature to play on.
And a grandmother who wanted a personalised Christmas stocking left blank for her unborn grandchild received an item which had ‘no name’ sewn into it.
Here FEMAIL takes a look at some of the most bizarre online shopping fails…
Another person thought the personalised message box on a website was for delivery instructions and she received earphones with ‘leave in the back garden’ engraved on them
Another person really regrets not checking the dimensions of the TV and TV remote they ordered online
Someone’s cat looked particularly unimpressed after his scratching post arrived in miniature and was far too small for him to play with
One person who bought ‘heavy duty’ hiking boots for an absolute bargain, but they arrived in miniature, having been made for a Barbie doll
This online shopper bought a desk lamp for studying – however it was another case of not checking dimensions in advance
Another person bought a baby Yoda doll online but what arrived looked very different to the picture and might cause nightmares
While many online orders arrive much too small, this person had the opposite problem with their soup ladle
Another shopper, from the US, vowed to never shop online again after their TV cabinet arrived miniature
Bah Humbug! Another buyer from the US lost their festive spirit was ruined after they opened their Christmas tree and found it was a dwindling twig
While one grandmother who wanted a personalised Christmas stocking blank for her unborn grandchild but instead they embossed ‘no name’ on it
This company took the customer’s manners too literally and printed ‘Kane Please’ on the back of their England football shirt
