But every now and then you get an item in the mail that doesn’t quite fit the description or match the photo you saw. Maybe an item of clothing is a bit small or the material just isn’t right. Or perhaps the dimensions of a bathmat just don’t work.
These folks had some much more serious issues – comically so, in most cases – with their online orders. From size debacles to warehouse mishaps (in which they received an item ridiculously different from what they ordered), it just goes to show that sometimes you really don’t get what you pay for.
How would you react to opening your package and finding these things:
1. Nailed it
We’re just not sure what the Amazon seller was doing – joking around or running out of room for extra letters.
2. But why?
Be careful next time you order dinosaur-themed bedding.
3. Wardrobe malfunction
Do you think the seller just figured they might not notice? Or did they make the items so expensive to return that it’s just not worth it?
4. Not impressed
Can you believe 1) someone sells a cat climber that small (why?!) and 2) it cost $20?!
5. But Yoda it’s not
It looks like they took a kid’s drawing of the creature and tried to recreate it. And the eyes are ears are just so…wrong.
6. Dollhouse decor?
How are you even supposed to grab onto those?
7. Wedding woes
Imagine thinking that you’re going to get your dream wedding dress and then receiving – whatever this is!
8. Superzero
This looks more like a children’s character, which Deadpool most certainly is not.
9. What the… ?
Did part of the building just fall off into the box?!
Girlfriend ordered a jacket from Target, got this instead. They don’t even have this item in their inventory. from r/funny
10. Skerple?
That seems like more effort than it’s worth.
11. Hello, my name is Blank
We doubt a person ever laid eyes on them before they were downloaded, printed, and boxed up.
Time for some cover-up stickers.
12. Extra lame
Either way, this looks more like stripper Spiderman than superhero Spiderman.
13. A watch with an apple
We’d be pretty annoyed to find this “apple watch” in the box after anticipating it all week.
14. High rise
These certainly go above and beyond!
15. More for the money
Sadly, we don’t think he was going for the minidress look though.
16. Small and hairy
And how could this be considered a rug in any way?
We just wish we could see what dimensions were listed on the seller page.
17. Room to grow
How on earth is this the same product in the photo?
18. We’re confused
But it looks like this person received a sneaker glued onto the last remaining pair of lifts the factory had lying around.
We’d pass on trying to walk around in these disasters.
19. Not so cozy
Always make sure to check the dimensions! Large versions of these chunky blankets run into the 3 figures, so if you feel like you’re getting a deal, chances are you’re going to get bamboozled.
20. Too good to be true
Then again, we might expect it to be chintzy, but not mouse-sized.
21. No one is amused
The cat, however, is clearly trying to tell mom that it’s not her style.
22. DIY?
If we wanted to build our own we would have headed to the craft store instead.
I knew I was taking a gamble ordering from Wish…. but still, I couldnt stop laughing when my blanket finally arrived! from r/ExpectationVsReality
23. Maybe a wee-bit small?
24. Just a little typo
You probably couldn’t order this if you tried. It can only be an accident.
25. Unauthorized dealer
We can’t believe that whoever made these shoes decided to embroider a buttcrack on there.
26. How small is she?!
And this wasn’t a mistake in reading dimensions, the seller really led the buyer to believe the pillow was huge.
27. Not quite
We just hope it wasn’t too expensive to return.
28. But does it work?
Now we just want to know if it changes color when it heats up.
29. A little mistake
Those are going to be some uncomfortable high schoolers.
My boss bought 50 chairs in an online auction. It wasn’t until we went to pick them up that we realized it was at an elementary school. from r/funny
30. Teddy long legs
Imagine paying over $100 for this weird thing.
31. But what kind of dog?
The worst part is that other commenters insisted they ordered the same thing from a different company and got a genuinely huge pool.
32. Name that animal
Maybe with a little manipulation they might look ok, but we hope that’s in the instructions.
33. Squeezys
And while we don’t share the same taste as Kanye West, the shoes received are so much worse than one could imagine.
34. Baby mask?
On what planet is this a legitimate item to sell?!
35. Poor pumpkin
If they had to wait for it to be shipping from China, it’s probably not worth sending back either.
36. Woe, Christmas tree
But we’d be sending it back for false advertising. Just look at what the box implies it will look like.
37. Adopt don’t shop
We know lots of people go online to find breeders of purebreds, but if this isn’t a reason to head to the shelter instead we don’t know what is.
38. Size matters
And make sure items have free returns before you click “purchase”!
39. Not so cute
Once you put them on they don’t look quite the same.
40. Sorceress’ hoodie
At least it looks warm.
But did the seller think “meh, I’ll just send something red and they’ll never know the difference”?
41. Maybe his head is huge
Or may the bed in the photo is just really small.
42. Potato head
Do you even give this terrifying gift to your loved one or just burn it?
Bought my girlfriend a pillow of myself for when she went to university. Didn’t work out as I’d hoped. from r/CrappyDesign
43. Bone(r)-shaped
Or maybe they did and they just wanted to punk anyone who bought them.
44. Good luck with your project!
Although it did allow another Redditor to make the excellent joke: “It’s a dance instructor tape! And 5..6..7..8!”
45. Marshmallow trooper
And that’s a pretty long torso for a person to have!
46. Floral fail
Often, the florist has the right to substitute whatever they think is best, but that’s no excuse for the difference between these bouquets. And having a bereavement letter misspelled is double embarrassing!
Sympathy Bouquet. Left: bouquet purchased online (115$), Right: picture sent from grieving family who received the “order” (5$ Trader Joe’s bouquet). The bereavement letter was misspelled and not incorrect English. Do not purchase from Terry’s florals. from r/ExpectationVsReality
47. A horse is a horse…unless it’s this
Either way, we’d be putting this bizarre decor right back in the mail.
48. Who does this?
This guy really got what he paid for (veneers are expensive), though we’ll admit he was misled by the ad.
Still, who thinks this is going to go well?
49. Level of commitment
What size did they order?
Clearly, they had no idea what they were doing.
50. It’s missing something
Can we all just agree that most of the time the cheapest version of something isn’t really worth it in the long run?
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