The online shopping gods work in mysterious ways. Sometimes, they reward you with an unbelievable deal. Other times, they make sure the one thing you desperately want is always out of stock. And then there are those moments when they decide to have a little fun at your expense—sending you a package you were eagerly waiting for, only for it to be nothing like what you ordered.
These people found themselves on the receiving end of those cruel surprises, but instead of getting mad, they shared their fails for the world to enjoy. Now, it’s your turn to laugh at their unexpected deliveries—just don’t be too quick to judge, or the shopping gods might decide you’re next!
#1 Just Shein Being Shein Again
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#2 My Wife Ordered A Squidward Wall Hanging For Her Sister But Was Sent This Pillow Case Instead!
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#3 My Tree Topper Looks Like Hedwig After A Rough Night At The Leaky Cauldron
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#4 What I Wanted vs. What I Got. If Anyone Wants These They Can Have Them, Just Pay For Shipping From Australia
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#5 The Crystal Mug My Boyfriend Ordered Me For Our Anniversary vs. What We Actually Received
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#6 Wow…just Wow. My Mom Insisted I Order This “Cute Sweater” For Her. What In The Polyester Screen Print?
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#7 Yard Decor For Christmas. Thanks Temu
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#8 Ordered Online And Was Sent Only One Right Shoe. They “Fixed” The Issue By Sending Me Two More Right Shoes
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#9 3 Years Ago I Unknowingly Bought A 2 Person Child's Tent Thinking It Was Adult Sized...and I Still Took It To The Festival
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#10 "Discrete Shipping". Ordered A New Toy In The Mail. "Very Discrete Packaging". As Long As The Mail Carrier Doesn't Have Eyes
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#11 What I Ordered And What I Got! Prince Christmas Tree Ornament
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#12 What I Ordered vs. What I Got
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#13 Always Check The Size Before You Order
We needed a good spoon to stir jam making and I accidentally ordered this spoon that can double as a short sword. lol
Going to give it to a friend that has a giant wok.
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#14 Ordered A Canvas Print Of Me And My Kids. At Least One Of Us Made It Fully Into The Picture I Guess
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#15 What I Ordered vs. What Was Sent
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#16 Newegg Sent Me A Brick Instead Of A Gpu
500 on a GPU. Thier support sent me an email saying "they confirmed it was shipped out and have denied my claim" I even had a video of me opening the box. I knew I shouldn't have bought from newegg.
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#17 Scam Level: Expert. Ordered These Cute Little Guys Assuming I Would Receive What Was Advertised. You Know What They Say About Assuming
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#18 Printed Sweater. Yall… They Printed A Picture Of A Sweater On A Sweatshirt
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#19 1-800 Flowers. How Bad Is This? Should I Be Annoyed For $85?
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#20 Ordered A New Mug Online And It Arrived Broken
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#21 I Ordered 200 Clothespins From Amazon. Didn't Read The Description
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#22 I Bought A 20pk Of Bamboo Straws To Reduce The Plastic I Use. They Were Shipped In A Box With Bubble Wrap. And Each Straw Is Wrapped With A Piece Of Plastic That’s As Big As My Hand
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#23 Christmas Carousel I Ordered vs. What I Received
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#24 My GF Ordered Some Ankle Weights For Running And Somehow Got Sent This Instead... Trying To Convince Her To Just Go Out Running With The Hammer
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#25 Goofy Werewolf Mask Scam. Ordered A Werewolf Mask Offline Described As Hyper Realistic Pictured As This. Second Picutrw Iis What Ended Up Arriving In The Mail Few Weeks Later
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#26 Ordered A Microwave, Got A Gaming Chair, Customer Service Say They'll "Consider Fixing The Problem" But Might Not
After weeks of calling customer service to actually get what I've already paid for, I finally got a knock on my door. Delivery!!! Finally!!! New microwave!!! Weeeeee. Not. I signed, got the parcel inside, and discovered the microwave was now a gaming chair, a low quality one too. So I called customer service. After keeping me on hold for an eternity, they said they'll let me know in a week (or two) if they'll pick it back up and deliver the item I actually bought.... IF!!!
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#27 "We Can Confirm The Item You Received Matches Exactly What Was Ordered.." Yeah, Okay Ha
The letter says:
"Dear, ****
After reviewing the product and comparing it with the provided pictures, we can confirm that the item you received matches exactly what was ordered. Unfortunately, as we are unable to identify any discrepancies, your purchase does not qualify for a refund according to our refund policy. We understand this may be disappointing and are happy to assist you with any further questions or clarifications. Have a nice day!
Best regards,
David
Support executive"
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#28 I Ordered A Light From Amazon. They Sent Me Someone's Shirt Return Inside The Box For The Light
It even had the paper insert the person used to describe the shirt. I guess Amazon didn't even look inside the box when processing the return. I ordered a new item, not a warehouse deal. Recently they sent me another returned item without original packaging when I ordered new, but at least it was the correct item that time.
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#29 Ordered An Official iPhone Product Got Tea Instead
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#30 Ordered Wooden Bottle Openers. Received A Fuel Pump Nozzle
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#31 Ordered A Ps5 For My Birthday And Got Sent A Carpet Instead
Package said it was delivered. I went to open it up and found this carpet...which I did not order. Has anyone had something similar happen and did it get resolved?
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#32 How My Guitar Hero Controller Was Shipped. Purchased From An Ebay Store, Can't Quite Check If It Works Yet But I'm Surprised The Post Office Accepted It
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#33 My Girlfriend And A Group Of Her Friends Decided To Order A $150 Rug As A Birthday Gift For A Friend. The Rug Arrived Today, And It Seems No One Bothered To Check The Size
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#34 Ordered A Power Ranger Costume Online For Halloween And Here's What I Got
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#35 Ordered A New Carpet For Christmas And I Got This Instead. It’s Cool And All But I Really Needed The Carpet To Pull Together My Living Room
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#36 Temu Strikes Again - Christmas Edition. My Purchase Last Christmas. I Still Laugh About It Every So Often
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#37 The Bracelets I Ordered vs. The Bracelets I Received. So Bad It’s Actually Funny
Bought these long distance bracelets off a Facebook ad. Reviews were good, had a legit website and social media pages, everything checked out. Now almost 2 months later I finally get my package….. I actually laughed out loud it’s so bad. Learned my lesson for sure but figured y’all would appreciate my laughable luck.
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#38 My Mom Thought She'd Ordered A Carton Of Cigarettes Online
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#39 Temu Fail. When You Think You Bought A Nice Lamp But This Stuff Comes In The Mail. Its Literally A Printed Photo On Aluminium. And I Was So Excited For This Lamp
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#40 I Purchased A Wallace Mug To Go With My Gromit Mug. Unbeknownst To Me, I Had Ordered A Comically Small Mini-Mug
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#41 The Dried Bouquet I Ordered Versus The Bouquet I Received
To be fair, they sent the wrong item, but this was after months of waiting because it was on back order.
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#42 I Think I Learned My Lesson On Third Party Vendors. What I Ordered vs. What I Received
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#43 What I Ordered vs. What I Got…
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#44 Found A Blanket In The Box That Was Supposed To Contain My Kids’ Mini Air Hockey Table Christmas Present
It was a heavy weighted blanket to mask the thievery. My sister ordered this for my kids on Amazon. My kids were so bummed out even though Amazon is letting us return it.
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#45 I Ordered “20 Replacement Ps2 Cases” From Ebay UK. This Is What I Received
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#46 My Dad Got Scammed With A Facebook Ad
It was supposed to be a gift from him to my mom. They still love it but… The outcome is just so terrible I think we can only laugh about it instead of being disappointed.
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#47 I Ordered 20 Air Filters And The Company Shipped 20 Individually Boxed Air Filters
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#48 Ordered One Brussel Sprout By Mistake For Our Christmas Dinner
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#49 Ordered A Gift And Pasta From Target. They Have Sent Pasta With Gift Note
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#50 The Shoes I Ordered Are Both For The Same Foot. Online Shopping Saves Me So Much Time
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#51 How Bestbuy Ships A $1000+ Camera. I Guess Bubble Wrap Costs Too Much These Days. I’ve Had $5 Amazon Orders Packaged Better
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#52 Snoop On A Stoop. This One Held The Smoke In For Too Long
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#53 What I Wanted V What I Got (Tshirt)
etsy is wild.. this seller goes by christophebytatoyian & willingly shipped this god awful design to me. 10,000+ sales & w speechless.
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#54 Beautiful “Prince” Tree-Topper
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#55 What I Ordered vs. What I Got
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#56 Amazon Said Item Couldn’t Fit In A Locker So I Ordered It To My House… I Have No Words For This. It Is Just A Bluray Set
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#57 Ordered A Bag Of +100 Geometrical Chain Links For My Autistic Son To Replace His ‘1 Blue Square’ That He Lost
I actually laughed because what are the odds exactly that one piece I was looking for is missing?
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#58 This Was In My Daughter's Advent Calendar A Couple Of Days Ago
It is from a Kuromi advent calendar from Amazon. The other stuff has been fine, so far (little figures, hair accessories etc) but wtf is this. It's some fluff and tape. At first, I thought maybe a day later, at least, there will be a small diy finger puppet or something in it that would explain whatever this is, but nothing yet.
Weirdest thing about it is that I went on Amazon to my past orders because I was curious if other people maybe left a review and mentioned something about it and my order history is now showing a completely different calendar that I have never seen before and definitely didn't order. Can't find the calendar I have anywhere.
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#59 I Ordered Something From Amazon And It Arrived With Some Xmas Wrapping Paper Taped On The Box
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#60 The Sandals I Ordered vs. What I Got In The Mail
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#61 I Ordered Solar Eclipse Glasses But The Package Got Stuck In The Mail And Just Arrived Today
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#62 Gamestop Forgot To Remove The Anti-Theft Ink Tag Before Shipping My Online Order
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#63 Gamestop Won't Return My Calls. I Ordered A Steam Deck
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#64 Best Buy Shipped A Game To Me In The Security Box
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#65 Ordered A Custom Kirby Rug From Etsy Last Year, They Sent Me A Blanket With Ground Beef Printed On It. If I Remember Correctly It Was ~$170 And I Never Got A Refund
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#66 Bought Dust Filters For My PC, Got This Instead From Aliexpress, Lmao
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#67 A Client Of My Friend Working In A Phone Shop Said He Bought An iPhone X On Facebook Market And Realized He Got This Once Home
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#68 What I Ordered vs. What I Got
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#69 Ordered A New Cpu, Received A Cotton Pad And A Sticker Instead
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#70 Ordered Mystery Shirt Packs, Got 4 Of The Same Shirt
Ordered 2 mystery shirt packs (2 shirts in each) from Bethesda, and got 4 of the same shirt.
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#71 A Onesie I Ordered For Carnival This Week-End
Minor defaults everywhere but the head. Made in China indeed. I really fear the first wash, hoping it won't fall apart.
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#72 Had This On For A Month And Just Realized
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#73 Ordered A 4080 From Worstbuy. They Shipped Me This, All Shrink Wrapped As If It Was New. I Had No Idea A Graphics Card Could Also Clean My Hair
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#74 Ordered Allergy Medicine For My Child And I Got This Instead
I placed the order online throughout my insurance provider, they said "keep it, we'll overnight your order". Now wtf I'm supposed to do with it.
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#75 Ordered Stickers From Aliexpress A Month Ago, The Delivery Got Delayed Twice And When My Package Finally Arrived It Was Wrapped In 3 Separate Bags
The sticker bag was empty and instead, I received a party hat set.
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#76 25 Days Of Christmas Elf Kit. Also Never Included Any Answers, Not That That Would Of Saved It
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#77 Company Ordered Me A Replacement Monitor But It’s The Wrong Size
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#78 I Work In A Gyn Clinic, We Just Got A Shipment. Never A Great Sign
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#79 I Ordered One Dark Blue And Got This Instead
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#80 Ordered A $300 Graphics Card And Received 3 iOS Chargers. Talk About Disappointment
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#81 Amazon Sent A Used Period Cup. Ordered A Period Cup From Amazon-They Sent A Used One. If You Zoom In You Can See The Toilet Paper Lint
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#82 Ordered A Custom Embroidered Sweatshirt Of My Girlfriend’s Cat. First Photo Is The Cat, Second Photo Is The Ad, Third Photo Is The Product
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#83 Ordered Surface Pro From Amazon, Got Refunded, So That's Good
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#84 Poodle Eyeglasses Stand I Received From My Wife
Ordered for Christmas, but delivered now. Totally worth the wait.
The back piece doesn’t even fit to hold it up.
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#85 I Ordered The “Walnut” Stained Chairs
These are ordered from Nordina Home. I opened a case and they confirmed these “are the walnut ones”. They also quoted their site about how “individual items may vary”. I ordered 12. They did give me a 20% discount because of the mismatch though. I’m almost certain they’re just shipping out their less popular colors knowing it’s better to lose a percentage than to write them off completely.
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#86 Scammed Of $2k On Amazon
My husband recently purchased a large construction tool on Amazon or $2,000. We both had a feeling it was fake because it had no reviews and was $1K off the original price. But he bought it anyway to see what would happened (assuming Amazon would reimburse us if it was a scam).
This is what we got in the mail has anyone else seen this scam on Amazon?
Note that the pamphlet states that the item will come in a separate package. We know it won’t and my guess is that the scammer hopes people will just wait until the 30 day return lapses and never get the “second” shipment.
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#87 Just Received My Rough Colombian Emerald (Shipped From India) Bought From Etsy (The Dye Is Still Wet)
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#88 Never Trust The Images
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#89 I Make A Terrifying Panda, But An Excellent Monster
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#90 Shoes My Mom Ordered vs. What Actually Received. I Didn’t Pick These But Still
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#91 Ordered My First Piece Of Jewellery As A Guy, And The Leaf's Edges Are Cut/Bent
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#92 My Husband Bought Me These Books Today And When I Went To Take The Store's Sticker Off I Ruined It
It isn't just sticker gunk, it pulled off some of the covers. I am annoyed and now also scared to take the one off the other book.
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#93 I Ordered 10 Copies Of The Same Book And Amazon Shipped Them Individually
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#94 Ordered A Ring Online From A Brand With High Reviews
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#95 I Need To Give Feedback On This Portrait
I ordered a portrait of my dog from a website and this is what they sent me. I can request a change but I don’t know where to start. The portrait just feels creepy for some reason.
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