online shopping is great! The convenience and prices are second-to-none, and there's the added thrill of not knowing exactly what you will get, and when you do get it, you might have already forgotten that you ordered it in the first place - just like getting a present from yourself!
Shopping online may be a great way to save a pretty penny, but it can also turn into a hilarious if not unfortunate experience. Here at Bored Panda, we have compiled a list of funny online shopping fails, such as the famous painting of Great Wave of Kanagawa composed entirely from pugs, a chair so tiny that it can only be meant to be used for ants, a ginormous unicorn float and many other online scams and perfect examples of crappy design. All of these bargains can shortlist you for wish fails, proving that sometimes, the mall is better after all.
Scroll down below to check the hilarious misfortunes and shoddy product designs out for yourself and learn the lesson from these funny online shopping fails!
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Wait What Is It Made Of?
I Got This Tank Top On Amazon And They Sent Me A Dress. On The Plus Side It Does Make My Ass Look Great
Dinosaur Pillowcase
Me too...I thought what's wrong with it looks the same, then it hit me, so blonde today... Lol
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Oh, it took me a minute to see what was wrong with it lol I'm so blonde sometimes. I thought she took a pic of her kid but then realized it was the same kids lol duh...
Don't feel bad - I totally missed the part about even the photo of the kid being included in the actual product. If another poster hadn't pointed that out, I'd still be wondering why the kids in both photos look identical. Yes, I too am blonde...
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"Timmy, this is who we wish was here as our little boy. So, please sleep under the pillow so we don't have to look at YOU. We will be kissing him goodnight."
It's actually very helpful, so you know where to lay down your child :D
I didn't get that, either, until another poster pointed it out: The photo on the actual product is EXACTLY the same as in the advertisement. Meaning, the kid's photo is included. Stellar design fail.
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But it is a pillow case, right? cause it looks a flag or something that you can hang on the wall...well, I guess you can do that to a pillow case as well :) I'd say the kid being on it, is the thing that's wrong here
I don't have anything against kids! The picture is a kid sleeping on the pillow and so you expect the case but not the case with the dino and the kid
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Bought My Girlfriend A Pillow Of Myself For When She Went To University. Didn’t Work Out As I’d Hoped
Beauty Products These Days
My Sister Ordered A Dress Online
You can exchange with the guy that ordered a tank top and received a dress!
I Saw $10 And Just Bought It
My Friend Ordered 50 Shades Of Grey On Ebay, This Is What She Received
well I certainly didn't waste my time counting all the squares to check there was 50... nope...
I Knew I Was Taking A Gamble Ordering From Wish.... But Still, I Couldnt Stop Laughing When My Blanket Finally Arrived!
Online Shopping: Keeping Things Interesting. Amazon May Want To Recheck Those Product Dimensions
Hopeless
This Is What Happens When You Buy A $20 Punching Bag From China
A Good Tip
Love My New Yeezys
I don't know what to think of people that pay 750 dollars for sneakers.
Bought New Shoes Online... Nice!
Never Buy A Speedometer From Aliexpress
My Boss Ordered Chairs For The Break Room Last Year. He Did Not Get What He Expected
Still Dope Af
For once , the reality turned out to be bigger than the expectations ...
My Friend Ordered A Dustpan On Amazon... Trying To Figure Out Where We Find A Broom To Match
For when you need sweep an entire government conspiracy under the rug
This Scale
These Shoes
This F*#$!^ng Mug
Is China Just Trolling Everyone?
Easy to get confused. They are both petty little shits endowed with delusions of grandeur!
I’m Never Ordering Online Again...
I Can’t Handle This
You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do When You Don't Have Tissue To Stuff Shoes
Check Out This Three Foot Pool My Friend Got On Special From Online This Summer. I Can't Wait To Jump In
In An Unusual Turn Of Events, Amazon Has Decided To Mail Me 72 Chinese Finger Traps Instead Of My Multivitamin
Wow, enough finger traps to never go bored... That's better than any damn multivitamin, what's wrong with you woman?!?!?!!?!
Kai Ordered This “Pillow Husky” On Ebay. It Came Today... Not Quite The Same As Advertised
Trust Me, I'm A Pepper
Shirt Online Vs. Reality...
Ordered Two Shirts From Old Navy, Received 40 Pounds Of Security Tags And A Coupon
Wtf? They seem to have good customer service though so I'm guessing you could go to a store and they would fix it. I order from the all the time! Only issue I've had was they sent me an extra item one time which I brought back for no refund obviously but they didn't know how to enter it into their system since it was never purchased lol
Bought Rings Online
I Ordered My Girlfriend A Collage Blanket Covered In Photos Of Myself, And They Sent Another Family's Blanket. Gave It To Her Anyway
Lol at the family getting a blanket with a random dude's face on it
Gotta Love Ebay
When You Are Not Sure About Your Outfit. It Says Lion Costume Online. Really? More Like A Bad Hair Day Costume
They Weren't Wrong...
The funny bone these sellers have is huge 😂 you know when they see what they sold, they're in their office just laughing at the buyer, because you know, they know the buyer don't know their trickery.
Ordered Guitar Picks From China. "Sample Text" Is Now My New Band Name
So My Roommate And I Ordered Chairs Online And This Is What We Got
Mother's Day Nightmare Gift: My Nephew's Faces On Pillows
It looks like they're gonna rush forwards for a jumpscare or something..
When You Order The Wrong Card Size
They will be fine for when you ask people “Do you want to play a little poker?”
When You Think That You Are Buying Knitted Cushions From Amazon But You Have Actually Bought Cushions With Pictures Of Knitted Cushions On Them
A Friend Ordered Two Snapbacks With A Custom Image. This Happened
Final Product Not As Advertised
Upside you now have to do all the explaining as your hoodie kicks back
Dress Fail
These Chest Of Drawers Will Forever Haunt Me. When You Order A Chest Of Drawers And Don't Have Any Concept On Size Or Cost Of Items And End Up With These
A Friend Of Mine Bought A Ipad From Ebay For $5. Shipped From Hongkong. I'm Still Laughing
My Buddy Ordered This Pillow For His Daughter
Expectations Vs. Reality - Not Even Similar
My Mother Bought A Swing Set From Amazon... She Said This One Cost $17 The Other One Was $22
This is why people really need to start using www.fakespot.com when buying on amazon. Way too many Chinese products with FAKE reviews. This website will tell you if those reviews are fabricated or not. Amazon also needs to fix this problem ASAP.
never heard of this site I have now bookmarked it thanks
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Well to be fair, lots of these are a result of people not checking the size before ordering.
exactly. especially all the tiny furniture, scale, etc? it says in the TITLE that its for dollhouses. yes i have found some of that furniture on amazon.
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When you buy cheap from China you are supporting the bosses of people working in terrible conditions for very poor pay. Most of the posters here have the money to buy from decent companies with reputable work conditions that you can check out. They just want to get as cheap a deal as possible. When you buy from China you are buying potentially dangerous items using banned chemicals, unsafe equipment or clothing for your children etc. Proper companies have to adhere to the laws that protect the consumer and the factory worker. Equally you Know named products are fake at those prices, come on people!
I love to shop online and have never had these issues. However I dont just buy anything online, I dont buy clothes unless its from a store that I have shopped at before and no their sizes. I never buy electronics unless its from best buy or a store near my house I can easily return it to. But I buy things from Ali Express all the time and I am careful to look at the measurements of the item I am getting. If it looks to good to be true it is.
Around 2005 or so, my son's friend (about age 17) spent money he'd been saving for a LONG time and bought a car through some guy in California. It was to be delivered. He got a matchbox car delivered to his door. The kid (a football player) went to California. He returned with his money and a mean look in his eye. We didn't ask any questions.
Whaaaaat?!? Who would order a car online without have it seen before? Even 17 year olds. But well ... it also takes me a while to save 200 $, I always use these 199 $ for shopping tours and then start again and again and ... 😂😂😂
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Always read the ENTIRE description of the product, including product dimensions. Avoid clothes shopping online, but if you venture into it, proceed with caution and understand that, unless you are built like the model in the pic, it will NOT look the same on you. Read the reviews and notice red flags (lots of reviews posted on the same date, really bad grammar, etc.) and read the negative reviews first. And, the tried and true saying applies; "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Following these guidelines has saved me from dozens of online shopping fails, I'm sure. I've never had an issue.
Look. You bought cheap. You bought spontaneously. You bought foolishly...... stop being lazy and get down the ACTUAL shops you vile consumers
Some people dont have the time in their everyday life to go looking for stuff for hours at a store there is some weird trick whenever you to a store you ALWAYS spend over 100-200 bucks and you are in there for 1-2 hours
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Sure glad to read about Fakespot. I will use it all the time now. Just had to send something back yesterday because it was not as advertised. Thanks.
Wow. Worst problem from Amazon I ever had was a late shipment. I don't even think about buying from e-Bay!
I've been shopping online fot the last 7 years and the only item I wasn't satisfied with was a cheap pair of earrings that were way too glittery (in the photos they had much less glitter) but since they were 2$ I didn't complain... most of these situations are a result of not reading the product specs or ordering the wrong size of clothes or clothing items that are not suitable for the body shapes of the people who ordered them.. And is something is way too cheap then don't be surprised if you receive that toy iPad (for 5$).
Why do I feel that around 90% of these are just people not checking the listing over carefully before buying? The only time I've ever had a problem, was when I bought some silicone keyboard covers for my MacBook. Size was fine, but they sent me EU style ones. They didn't believe me. I sent them pictures, so they sent replacements... They were STILL the EU ones. So I sent them another message, asking them if they were paying attention. They sent another set... still EU ones :| I just gave up at that point.
all this products why don't they make a Tiny Ali Express, for us who love miniatures
Ok real quick...the blankets? they aren't selling the blankets they are selling the yarn.
Ordered a beautiful "throw blanket" in mauve plush from WISH. It was for my cat's bed. I even took the time to convert measurements of purchase from metric to US. I received a rectangle of mauve plush that was not even as big as a hand towel. Way too small for my fat cat. On the bright side, if I ever have a pet hamster, I'm good to go!
This is the Pantheon of Idiots. Jebus. Stop buying from these places. They hold our debt and now apparently the wallets of the myriad of morons who are cheapskates.
Facebook, Amazon, Ebay etc... Should be liable for fake store ads for products!
Great information, every time I shop for something I usually go to https://www.dazzdeals.com/ to get a discount code
You guys go to find coupons before buying certain products, the address that you and I often go to is https://www.dazzdeals.com/
This is why I'm using the Showping app to get recommendations only from my friends.
It’s good to see the product yourself and buy,on line goods I have bought didn’t meet my expectations ,size,colour,texture they differ
These are good gags, fun by your expense. When you have experience much worse gags this freeing, what also make you laugh but ruin your life for years.
This is the stuff BP should be posting. Stop with the SJW c**p. We like this.
I recently purchased a steering coupler on amazon for a dune buggy I'm building. What did I get? An aluminum seat that looks like it came from a fighter-jet.
My daughter bought a friend off of eBay and it was a toy sink, it was 100 dollars!! THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SHIP MY DAUGHTER A HUMAN FRIEND!!! IM SO MAD!!!!
my daughter julie has a frieand named tatianna and she ogt her off of ebay
omg so funny this is falisha and my daughter julie i am a very rpotective mother
Some of it is okay. I have bought this off this app called Wish. So far, I have not had any problems.
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Most of these issues are the buyer's fault. You have to read and understand the sizing. Also look at reviews. If others say it fits small buy bigger. I always buy clothing online and have only had problems twice. Once because I bought the wrong size, and once because they sent the wrong item (which they fixed and credited me and gave me a 10$ voucher for my next purchase).
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This is why people really need to start using www.fakespot.com when buying on amazon. Way too many Chinese products with FAKE reviews. This website will tell you if those reviews are fabricated or not. Amazon also needs to fix this problem ASAP.
never heard of this site I have now bookmarked it thanks
Load More Replies... Well to be fair, lots of these are a result of people not checking the size before ordering.
exactly. especially all the tiny furniture, scale, etc? it says in the TITLE that its for dollhouses. yes i have found some of that furniture on amazon.
Load More Replies... When you buy cheap from China you are supporting the bosses of people working in terrible conditions for very poor pay. Most of the posters here have the money to buy from decent companies with reputable work conditions that you can check out. They just want to get as cheap a deal as possible. When you buy from China you are buying potentially dangerous items using banned chemicals, unsafe equipment or clothing for your children etc. Proper companies have to adhere to the laws that protect the consumer and the factory worker. Equally you Know named products are fake at those prices, come on people!
I love to shop online and have never had these issues. However I dont just buy anything online, I dont buy clothes unless its from a store that I have shopped at before and no their sizes. I never buy electronics unless its from best buy or a store near my house I can easily return it to. But I buy things from Ali Express all the time and I am careful to look at the measurements of the item I am getting. If it looks to good to be true it is.
Around 2005 or so, my son's friend (about age 17) spent money he'd been saving for a LONG time and bought a car through some guy in California. It was to be delivered. He got a matchbox car delivered to his door. The kid (a football player) went to California. He returned with his money and a mean look in his eye. We didn't ask any questions.
Whaaaaat?!? Who would order a car online without have it seen before? Even 17 year olds. But well ... it also takes me a while to save 200 $, I always use these 199 $ for shopping tours and then start again and again and ... 😂😂😂
Load More Replies... Always read the ENTIRE description of the product, including product dimensions. Avoid clothes shopping online, but if you venture into it, proceed with caution and understand that, unless you are built like the model in the pic, it will NOT look the same on you. Read the reviews and notice red flags (lots of reviews posted on the same date, really bad grammar, etc.) and read the negative reviews first. And, the tried and true saying applies; "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Following these guidelines has saved me from dozens of online shopping fails, I'm sure. I've never had an issue.
Look. You bought cheap. You bought spontaneously. You bought foolishly...... stop being lazy and get down the ACTUAL shops you vile consumers
Some people dont have the time in their everyday life to go looking for stuff for hours at a store there is some weird trick whenever you to a store you ALWAYS spend over 100-200 bucks and you are in there for 1-2 hours
Load More Replies... Sure glad to read about Fakespot. I will use it all the time now. Just had to send something back yesterday because it was not as advertised. Thanks.
Wow. Worst problem from Amazon I ever had was a late shipment. I don't even think about buying from e-Bay!
I've been shopping online fot the last 7 years and the only item I wasn't satisfied with was a cheap pair of earrings that were way too glittery (in the photos they had much less glitter) but since they were 2$ I didn't complain... most of these situations are a result of not reading the product specs or ordering the wrong size of clothes or clothing items that are not suitable for the body shapes of the people who ordered them.. And is something is way too cheap then don't be surprised if you receive that toy iPad (for 5$).
Why do I feel that around 90% of these are just people not checking the listing over carefully before buying? The only time I've ever had a problem, was when I bought some silicone keyboard covers for my MacBook. Size was fine, but they sent me EU style ones. They didn't believe me. I sent them pictures, so they sent replacements... They were STILL the EU ones. So I sent them another message, asking them if they were paying attention. They sent another set... still EU ones :| I just gave up at that point.
all this products why don't they make a Tiny Ali Express, for us who love miniatures
Ok real quick...the blankets? they aren't selling the blankets they are selling the yarn.
Ordered a beautiful "throw blanket" in mauve plush from WISH. It was for my cat's bed. I even took the time to convert measurements of purchase from metric to US. I received a rectangle of mauve plush that was not even as big as a hand towel. Way too small for my fat cat. On the bright side, if I ever have a pet hamster, I'm good to go!
This is the Pantheon of Idiots. Jebus. Stop buying from these places. They hold our debt and now apparently the wallets of the myriad of morons who are cheapskates.
Facebook, Amazon, Ebay etc... Should be liable for fake store ads for products!
Great information, every time I shop for something I usually go to https://www.dazzdeals.com/ to get a discount code
You guys go to find coupons before buying certain products, the address that you and I often go to is https://www.dazzdeals.com/
This is why I'm using the Showping app to get recommendations only from my friends.
It’s good to see the product yourself and buy,on line goods I have bought didn’t meet my expectations ,size,colour,texture they differ
These are good gags, fun by your expense. When you have experience much worse gags this freeing, what also make you laugh but ruin your life for years.
This is the stuff BP should be posting. Stop with the SJW c**p. We like this.
I recently purchased a steering coupler on amazon for a dune buggy I'm building. What did I get? An aluminum seat that looks like it came from a fighter-jet.
My daughter bought a friend off of eBay and it was a toy sink, it was 100 dollars!! THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SHIP MY DAUGHTER A HUMAN FRIEND!!! IM SO MAD!!!!
my daughter julie has a frieand named tatianna and she ogt her off of ebay
omg so funny this is falisha and my daughter julie i am a very rpotective mother
Some of it is okay. I have bought this off this app called Wish. So far, I have not had any problems.
Load More Replies... Most of these issues are the buyer's fault. You have to read and understand the sizing. Also look at reviews. If others say it fits small buy bigger. I always buy clothing online and have only had problems twice. Once because I bought the wrong size, and once because they sent the wrong item (which they fixed and credited me and gave me a 10$ voucher for my next purchase).
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