Online shopping is a gift to humanity. You can buy anything you want without even leaving your living room or changing out of pyjamas.
Need a new pair of jeans? Done. A crate of wine? No problem. A good night’s sleep? Well ok, you can’t buy everything…
But even though online shopping has gotten us out of some sticky situations, (we’ve all forgotten the occasional birthday and prayed for next day delivery) and can make Christmas shopping so much easier, it can go wrong. And when online shopping goes wrong, it goes very, very wrong.
Here are some of our favourite times online shoppers didn’t get exactly what they were hoping for.
1. This mum who splashed ยฃ300 on a ‘dream dress’ for her daughter’s prom, and didn’t quite get what she’d asked for
So Kia Wagner called my daughter Malexa Maeweather THE NIGHT b4 prom to pick up her dress which she charges $300 for. R u serious.. was i wrong for wanting my DEPOSIT BACK… im so thankful for Kamera Warren
Posted by Sham Sincere Lewis on Monday, June 5, 2017
2. This doormat, that turned out to be nothing more than a picture on a piece of foam
Tried to buy a doormat and here's what arrived: a piece of foam with a photo of the thing I wanted printed on it. pic.twitter.com/sqK7vgH7Ii
— Emily Heller (@MrEmilyHeller) July 20, 2016
3. This girl, who thought she had bought cute pyjamas… then looked closer to find out they were a bit more raunchy than she was expecting
Thought i brought the cutest little pj set from Ann Summers until i looked closer at the pattern ๐๐ณ pic.twitter.com/t6VOEXesYw
— intoxicated โ (@fxck_chrissy) September 22, 2015
4. The man who forgot the importance of checking sizes before you buy
https://twitter.com/adamhess1/status/741235835333398528[/twitter][twitter]https://twitter.com/adamhess1/status/741988938563375104
Rule: If it’s ridiculously cheap, it’s probably for a dolls house.
5. The same can be said for this chest of drawers
https://twitter.com/brendablancart2/status/633715152106430464
6. When someone clearly didn’t understand the meaning of the word ‘subtle’
Tried to surprise my mum for Mother's Day. put this in the special requirements and they FUCKIN PRINT IT ON THE BOX pic.twitter.com/jXHWmVKFlG
— Nicole (@NicoleDaviess_) February 27, 2016
Surprises are overrated anyway.
7. The beautiful bouquet of flowers that turned out very different
Just look at those flower lion eyes. It actually looks like it’s in pain.
8. Or this bouquet of flowers that went slightly wrong
Thanks for the flowers substitution @sainsburys ! pic.twitter.com/6rhZqDmTtU
— Suzanne Bradish (@SuzanneBradish) February 29, 2016
Who needs daffodils to decorate a spring kitchen when you could just use spring onions?
9. Clothes shopping is the most risky to do online. It looks like this mum will have a tough time getting into her cool new trousers
my mom thought she ordered some cheap leggings for herself and this came in the mail LMAO im done with life pic.twitter.com/9ugBfqimcQ
— โงห. โฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ก๐ถ ๐ช๐๐ฏ๐ถ โฉ .หโง (@lilveggiez) November 26, 2015
10. While these look more like flippers than jeans
https://twitter.com/GeorgeRiggall/status/735868663518072832
11. These boots weren’t exactly what they were hoping for either
My sister ordered boots offline for her Halloween costume and this is what came in the mail…. ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ pic.twitter.com/moATSi4hre
— Sally Bryson (@Sallamandersal) October 8, 2013
12. Even when you’re shopping online, why is it clothes always seem to look better on the model?
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH0nAYAgiC2/
13. On the plus side, if your online order isn’t right, it can sometimes be turned into a cute outfit for your pets
Image: Amazon
14. Especially cats
My mum ordered my nephew a converse rucksack for school online and this is what came ๐ญ pic.twitter.com/zNzeRARtxC
— Dan (@dzzzny) December 8, 2015
15. This mum won’t be relaxing in these deckchairs any time soon
How can my mum order deckchairs for the garden for her and my dad and this is what came ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ dead pic.twitter.com/vrsojR0szy
— ellie harford (@ellharfordxo) July 8, 2015
Maybe next time we’ll actually leave the house when we go shopping…