43 Shopping Fails That Made People Instantly Regret Buying Anything

Where's the hole? How does this make it past QC?

Wasted my money because I need it for my Halloween costume…

Well, this is a first, ordered a Dremel on Amazon and received the biggest potato I’ve ever seen.

The color order is whatever, but them being tiny and it never stating that on the box feels like a huge scam.

I’ve had it for a bit and finally saw the plastic was breaking in the middle. Decided to open it up and whaddya know!

They're tiny 2D pieces of plastic. Most of the labels are illegible AI swirl text. She's a sweet lady trying her best to do something nice. Sad that she got scammed.

It showed up in the sealed Amazon box, and inside that, the graphics card box still had intact security stickers and shrinkwrap.
Taking it up with support, but also screaming internally for fear that they'll think I'm the one scamming and won't refund or replace.

And the store won’t even take it back, because they don’t believe that the contents were incorrect, like I swapped them.
The box was undamaged and unopened and perfectly packed when I bought it, no sign of someone ELSE switching it before I bought it.

Honestly, I can't complain... It's gorgeous, and now I feel morally allowed to buy another properly red one.

It was bundled with this National Geographic for Kids magazine that is sold in Europe.

They were behind locked glass, and the packaging wasn't tampered with.

She called me and told me she had a gift for me. To come over and pick it up. So I did. She excitedly hands me this and tells me how it’s supposed to save me 100s of dollars on my power bill. Tells me how it cleans my dirty electricity from my appliances, and it was developed by ELON MUSK…. Wow!! It’s so amazing I can’t even believe it!! She’s not got dementia or anything, but she sure did fall for this one.

Thankfully, the dispensary was as flabbergasted as we were and replaced it for him with no problems.

My cousin bought this Apple 4K TV 64GB from the Walmart in Chamblee, Georgia. It was sealed when purchased. After he got home and opened the box to find a measuring tape, instead of an Apple TV, he immediately went back to Walmart. The managers at Walmart were very rude and stated, "It is not our issue. You need to contact Apple." My cousin's wife has posted this on some social media sites, but neither Walmart nor Apple have stepped up to resolve this known product swapping issue.

Bought these at Target just to come home and find a literal wooden block inside instead of the headphones…

P.S. Target did do the exchange, as I purchased and discovered this within an hour.

Went to Target in the morning, went to the electronics section, and asked employees a couple of questions about the camera, as I was still debating between the doorbell camera and this one. I purchased it with the 2 year warranty after they finished unlocking it and taking it out from the glass shelf. Spent the next couple of hours driving around town and buying more gifts from a mall and a couple of other stores.

Finally got home 30 minutes later, ready to set it up when my bf opened it, the rice was upside down, and my Bf thought it was the camera at first until he flipped it over and saw it was rice. Called Target, they said they can look at their security footage, but I would have to return to the exact location where I bought it. Sadly, I bought it at a Target 30 minute drive away as I was in that area in the morning. So now we were driving over there hoping they would believe us, because we had to open it to find out. There was not even wires or anything. Not even a manual or something.

Went to Japan in March, and as a big matcha enjoyer I bought one matcha for me and one for a family member who loves tea.
Today I decided to finally try the matcha, so I opened the package and, surprise, surprise, it's completely empty.
The one meant as a gift was not empty, but the amount of matcha in it is so small that it might as well be.

Bought it from a FamilyMart in Shibuya when I was visiting Japan. The code inside is not working. Contacted Apple support online, and they said they couldn’t do anything about it.

And I have to work from home tomorrow.

He was diagnosed with pannus, so he will probably be getting these for the rest of his life. As long as he gets to keep his sight, I will be sure to get them for him.

Just bought a 2022 Tacoma TRD PRO, and it comes with a center console safe. The dealership sold it to me without ever mentioning them not having the combination and it not being on the factory setting. Took it home and realized I can’t even access it at all. They said they would try to contact the previous owners, and I haven’t heard from them since.

They specifically called out that theirs didn’t have the type of hardware that it does in fact have.

Ordered from a company called Lakiq. They were charging me for shipping it back to London (I'm in Texas) for a return. Citi denied my dispute because I didn't return it, even though I sent emails offering to return it at the seller's expense.