None of us want to see our hard-earned money go to waste. That’s what makes buying things of poor quality and other unnecessary spending so painful. But sometimes you can’t know that you’re spending money on something that is totally not worth it until you see what you got.
After such unsuccessful attempts at shopping, many people let their frustrations online, and today, we’re bringing them all to one bittersweet list – arguably only amusing to those who weren’t the ones paying. If you’re curious to see what people were frustrated about, scroll down to find netizens’ instances of ‘money not so well spent’ on the list below and use this as a reminder – buy cheap, buy twice.
On the list below you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with an expert in personal finance, the co-founder and CEO of ‘Spring Planning’, and the co-author of “Women & Money”, Julia Chung, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about saving money.
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The Box My Cats New Cat Tree Came In Had Instructions To Turn It Into A Little House, And My Cat Prefers The Box To The Tree
There appears to be two different types of behaviours in cats, the tree-loves, and the cave-dwellers. Some cats like being up high, on cat trees, the top of the wardrobe etc, and others like a safe retreat at ground level.
My cat is both. His favorite spot is my dark, enclosed bedroom closet (I have to keep the door ajar for 24/7 access)... but up on the top shelf.
Load More Replies...I don't see the problem. They just bought the materials and instructions for a cat box, with a free cat tree as a gift.
Bought A Fake Snake To Deter Birds. Instead They Used It As A Nest
That's pidgeons that make nests like that, minimalist. And pigeons ain't afraid of anything.
Load More Replies...We had fake owl in my boarding barn that was supposed to keep the birds out. They shat on it constantly.
Reminds me of how I bought life-sized plastic ravens to keep pigeons off my balcony... and they were scared at first, but at some points the pigeons became friends with the "ravens," making them mostly useless, except as a means to physically occupy the space where the pigeons would land.
I Think The Raccoons My Brother Paid To Get Rid Of Are Back
What did he pay them the first time? They look like they want double this time
The raccoons split the take with the 'Exterminator'.
Load More Replies...He didn't pay to have them taken far enough away.....they just came back, the very next day....
In some areas, the pest removers can't relocate, they can just remove the animal from the house and let it go again
Load More Replies...Here in California we're not allowed to rehome the raccoons or to exterminate. They get to keep living on your property as long as they want. All you can do is block holes so they don't get in the house. Opossums too.
Honestly not sure why anyone would do anything other than keep them out of the house??? They’re adorable!
Load More Replies...Is he sure they are the same ones? Could be a new family in the neighborhood.
Sometimes animals just take advantage of the vacancy when another animal leaves. We got one of our cats that way. The one we had died and a semi-stray that was largely cared for at a nearby business saw an opportunity for a full-time residence.
Load More Replies...The expressions on their faces says we know who you are and we’re coming for you
Have you ever found yourself in the “you have to save money” and “treat yourself” limbo? If you have, you might take comfort in knowing that you are definitely not alone. Arguably especially relevant for young adults, who are trying to create a life for themselves, at the same time trying to actually enjoy living life, such a limbo can feel really draining.
Take something fun, like a concert or traveling, for instance. Both might be quite costly, but on the other hand, you will never be this young again, so what better time is there to enjoy one or the other? (Or both?)
For many, feeling torn between saving money and ‘living life’ results in them looking for middle ground – buying the cheapest concert ticket, for instance, or looking for affordable ways to get from point A to point B. But the former might result in a seat with no visibility whatsoever and the latter – sleeping in airports, neither of which make the two experiences any more enjoyable.
My Husband Was Very Upset About This Cake. Thoughts?
The baker we ordered it through said it was "no problem" and she's done "many like it". It was $175 plus he tipped her $20. She dropped it off at our house at 6am (she was supposed to bring it around noon-2pm) so in the chaos of her literally waking him from a deep sleep with the doorbell and handing her the tip (he prepaid for the actual cake so he didn't have to handle that), he didn't even think to check it and she didn't offer (probably because she knew it's not what we wanted lol). He stuck it straight in the fridge and didn't even look at it until we were getting ready for my party, and he was heartbroken. We don't usually order cakes like this, we just don't have the money, but he wanted to do something nice for me this year because we've had a lot of crap going on. He was very upset with the final product. Not only was it ugly and not what he wanted, but it tasted awful, it was very bland but also VERY salty. He reached out to her about it, but heard nothing back whatsoever, so he left a review showing the pictures. Her site isn't up anymore, or on Google. 🤷🏼♀️
They have cakes at the dollar store that look better than this
Load More Replies...If a relative made this for me, I‘d be absolutely thrilled. A professional baker making this and demanding 175 $? Hell no.
Report it to your credit card company as fraud and file a BBB report. No way you should pay for that.
Not really. That's about right what you have to lay down for a designer cake. 175$ is even a bit on the cheaper side
Load More Replies...Paid $12 To Go To This “Pumpkin Patch”, Aka A Field With Pumpkins Placed In It
Wait - there was a fee just to go into the pumpkin patch? I've never seen that before; you pay for the pumpkins you take home, sure, and any of the carnival items they may have to help draw folks in (pony ride, face painting, snacks), but never just to enter the place. Is this typical now, or a fluke?
There's an old farm near me that used to be the best place to buy giant pumpkins and heirloom pumpkins that just had a little shack for the check stand. The only thing that cost extra was the corn maze for like $2 dollars. They added a petting zoo and a couple of small carnival rides and now it costs $21 dollars per adult and $16 for kids just to get in the gate. The pumpkins are an extra charge based on size.
Load More Replies...Not sure why people sign up for/fall for these scams. Don't they check them out 1st? The W1lly Wonka thing, the Winter Wonderland in Bournemouth, the CSI 'experience' in Southampton. All hilariously terrible.
Some of those (all?) were first time events; no reviews yet
Load More Replies...Can't speak for everyone of course, nor can I speak about current pumpkin patches as I've not been to one in several years, but the appeal for me is the shape of the pumpkins. The ones in the grocery store tend to all look alike: very round, very perfect. I prefer mine to have bulges, dents, and bumps so that the resulting jack-o-lantern will have a little character to it. (Edited to fix typo)
Load More Replies...Why would you ever pay anything to go to a pumpkin patch?
Most pumpkin patches are just fields with pumpkins set about but they usually have entertainment
"Be careful! Whatever you do, don't p**s off the Great Pumpkin!" Linus "You Know Who"
Be it traveling, a concert, or anything else, for that matter, it’s important to think long and hard about what it is that you want and if it’s worth spending your money on. In many cases, it is, so you can go ahead and treat yourself; but when it’s not, taking a moment to think about it can really help minimize unnecessary spending.
Discussing unnecessary spending, the personal finance expert Julia Chung pointed out that the things we tend to regret buying are the stuff that isn’t aligned with our values; like visiting a place we didn’t even want to go to or dining in a restaurant with people we don’t like. Thinking things through beforehand might help avoid such situations.
There Aren't Enough Seats In The Lecture Rooms, So I Don't Have A Table Or Seat, Even Though I Pay A Lot Of Money To Study
As someone working at a university - this shouldn't be allowed to happen. It's the university's responsibility to provide extra chairs, if they are needed. Or, at least, that's our policy.
It could be the first or second class of the semester. This happened in a class I was TAing and after the first few classes enough students dropped and everyone then had a seat
Load More Replies...From the angle, I thought at first that the shoes were placed in front of the empty pants.
Go sit at the very front, in front of the first row, right in the way of the professor. Make it hard for him/her to get around up there, and if the prof asks you to move to the back, tell them you can't hear or see. And that you paid to be in the class and expect a seat and a place to take notes.
Many, many, many years ago, I had a university history class with a somewhat ... controversial professor. I got there early, and had a seat, but soon, it was packed, not only at the back, but in the aisles. The professor said "Don't worry. Next week, many of these people won't be here. Now that they know who's teaching this class, they'll drop." By the end of the term, only about a 3rd of the first 3 rows were full. Certainly, the class was demanding, and absolutely, and certainly the professor had a somewhat robust way of expressing himself, but I thought he was brilliant. Nothing like the rumors.
As a college professor, my classes have never had enough desks with computers. I’m 11 years into this gig and it’s never been addressed. Having a dean leaving nearly every year hasn’t helped.
You have a really good bag there, Fjällräven - swedish brand and awesome bags.
I'm currently a student at a private university and I've noticed many other students have that brand of backpack. They are nice quality, a little more on the pricey side but I never found one that was big enough for what I needed. I commute from 2.5+ hours each way, so I tend to have to have more things in my bag, just in case.
Load More Replies...My 7 Year Old Spent Saved-Up Pocket Money On 4 Mystery Box Toys. We Warned Him
Awe poor guy. Hope he's hot sisters. Or cousins. Maybe girlfriends?
2 Minutes After I Bought My Breakfast And Left It Outside
The expert continued to note that there is no ‘one right way’ to spend your money other than a way that is aligned with your values and your goals for the future.
Just like there is no right way to spend money, there is no one right way to save money, either – while some tips and tricks regarding saving can be helpful to many, what works for one person may not necessarily work for another.
Poor Man Couldn't See Wtf Was He Suppose To Do
If he is like me he will either lose or break half of them before the end of the week, so no harm done
I think I’ve bought 30 pair in the last 5 years. 5 went to my dad, 5 got tossed to my husband to clean and missed and broke, 15 have just broke because they are junk. But my prescription ones were $600 with insurance so if you think I’m wearing them just to look at my iPad around the house and possibly sit on or drop sand step on you’re crazy! Those are my outside running around town glasses!
Load More Replies...Easily done, especially as you get older and your eyesight starts to fail
Load More Replies...If he was ok with the price when he thought there would be less then think of it as a bonus
Not if he thought he was getting one high quality glasses and got 60 cheap ones instead.
Load More Replies...I Need A Pair Of Those For Cleaning The Hair Out Of My Bathtub Drain
Might be a bit big for bumble bees, but it's the perfect size for barbeque.
Same here, I use them all the time for that purpose. Very handy to have.
Load More Replies...I bet this person takes a lot of pictures of people with trees or phone poles growing out of their heads. Between the background and not rotating them a bit it's hard to identify them even after reading the words.
Might come in handy for assisting a pregnant elephant during an awkward delivery.
Cyber Truck Is Cyber Stuck On Local Santa Cruz Beach
Gna gna gna. And as a Dane I get to feel skadefryd, in German: schadenfreude, the happy feeling you get when seeing an idiot getting what they deserve.
Load More Replies...Why does it not surprise me the type of people who buy cybertrucks are the same as the type who drive on the beach? Aholes are aholes.
As much as I don't like it, there are many places that allow driving on the beach in the US. Not sure about other countries.
Load More Replies...LOL, none of Santa Cruz beaches "allow" private vehicles on them...
Thanks. I felt very comfortable in just assuming, but it's good to have confirmation.
Load More Replies...Cyber trucks are a collassal waste of money. They do nothing a real truck can do. They’re a statement piece at best
I wonder if this is the same clown who shot his cyber truck because he thought it was bullet-proof.
Discussing advice for those struggling to save money, Julia Chung emphasized that it’s important not to beat yourself up about it. “Sometimes we're struggling to save money because we just don't have enough,” she told Bored Panda. “I've read enough personal finance media, books, texts to know that what people hear all the time is that it's some kind of moral failing on our part if we can't save money. It's not. The first thing to do is to stop beating yourself up.”
This Haircut That I Paid $60 For
hey person behind me while i'm sat on a chair covered by a gown while you have sharp objects, i'm not going to pay
Load More Replies...This is horrible, she went for a little trim on the edges and THEY CUT HER FACE OFF!
In the UK, we pay for something like that with tears while telling the hairdresser that "it's wonderful, it's perfect". This must be followed by not stepping foot outside for at least a month
Twice I've gotten my money back for bad hair cuts. A third time the manager cut my hair. I have THiCK hair and it's a c**p shoot if people can manage to cut it correctly. People need to complain harder. ....I had a coworker who paid 300 for baliage and it looked like c**p. I asked her if she got her money back "no, I'll do it myself next weekend" GAAAH!
I Paid 16 Euros For This Pizza
Don't believe this at all. No tomato or cheese base. Looks more like a naan bread with toppings.
Pizza doesn't necessarily have to have tomato (which this one does, but I have to assume you meant tomato sauce) and cheese. Pizza Bianco for example
Load More Replies...I Ordered An Iced Tea From A Cafe At My University. When I Complained To The Barista She Told Me “That’s Just How We Do It Here, This Isn’t Starbucks”
I mean... cold brew tea exists but you need at least 18h to 24h in the fridge
I have Twinings cold brew tea that looks like standard tebag and takes only 8 minutes of brewing in icy water. My top favorite summer beverage.
Load More Replies...Keep telling the barista that the tea bag is malfunctioning and you need another one. Repeat until they learn.
"If I get don't get what I ordered, I don't pay. THAT'S how it works anywhere....!"
“The second piece of advice is to be realistic: Do you actually have enough to save?” Chung continued. “Sometimes you do because you've been spending on things you don't even care about. Sometimes you do because there are changes you've been wanting to make in big places like the cost of your housing and transportation that you just haven't pulled the trigger on.
“It's not coffee or avocado toast that is getting you in financial trouble, by the way. It's larger expenses, whether housing, transportation, holidays, and so on, that really make it tough,” the expert added.
Wore These “Waterproof” Hiking Boots For 30 Min In The Rain
I have to walk home now
This is not caused by "not waterproof". Either production mistake or very old shoes
I wanna assume it's a production mistake, or maybe the owner walking in a weird fashion that removed the bottom of the boot.
Load More Replies...Yeah, you can tell just by looking at those that they're no-name boots. Never trust a brand you've never heard of at a price that is too good to be true. Decent hiking boots in the US are about $200 to start, for example.
It can happen to expensive shoes. Let some top notch Lowas sit for a couple of years unused in the wardrobe, then this happens, too. Dry rot. Was very unfortunate for me when it happened at work. Thought the old spare ones would do
Load More Replies...Look, I'm a music student, so I cheap out on a lot of things.. but not boots. Crappy boots cost more in the long run, because you have to replace them. They also cost you in suffering when your socks get soggy, they start to hurt, or they fall apart at an inconvenient moment. I saved up for some nice boots that I've been wearing since 2017. They still hold up against water. I wish that I could save up for other nice things in life, but you have to pick and choose.
The Sam Vimes boots theory of economic unfairness
Load More Replies...I Bought This Pallet Specifically For The “Blue” Middle Shade. Wasted My Money Because I Need It For My Halloween Costume
Makeup Revolution is uniformly a garbage brand who ships piles of c**p from China, they have multiple names under their umbrella, it's all junk, still the Vloggers shill it. ...Next time buy Wet N Wild, they have halloween makeup. OR shop at Camera Ready for real costume make up.
Not sure what look she/ he was going for, but either way both color options would give them Mimi from the Drew Carrey show
Do you? I sure don't. Because looking at the names of colours gives you much less information about what specific colour it is, than simply looking at the colours yourself. And I sure wouldn't go checking if the plastic case gives it a misleading colour, because proper brands don't do that.
Load More Replies...I Ordered This "Ottoman" For My Wife... Should Have Double Checked The Dimensions
I have resolved to stop buying things that turn out tiny on Temu
Load More Replies...Well, to be fair, it probably said foot rest- singular. Not feet rest. 🤣🤣
I was like, that's tiny! And then I saw it with the feet and had no more words.
Yep, Temu does it again (always read the dimensions ALWAYS)...I am sure she was still pleased you thought of her but also not re the shop!!
“Other times, you simply don't have enough,” Chung noted. “You may be in a low-paying job in an expensive part of the world and you are scraping your way up. You might be a single parent just trying to get through each month with enough food in the pantry. Those are really good reasons to not have enough to save. It doesn't mean you never will, but it might mean you don't right now.
“I often tell parents of very young children that if you can save anything during those first 7 or so years, I'm impressed with you. Reduced income, increased housing and childcare and living expenses all combine to make those times in your life really tough.”
I Spent My Hard Earned Money On A "Smile" Cookie To Brighten My Day. This Is What I See When I Open The Bag When I Get Home
Ya.. sorry. Canadian here.. they're not getting any better now that Burger King owns them.
Hey if you live in America there is a really good cookie shop called Great American Cookies, I suggest going there but if you are in Canada (I assume you are) sorry man I don't have any advice
This Is The Hot Tub Of The Airbnb Which Was The Main Reason Why I Rented The Spot. Smelled Terrible And Was Obviously Not Cleaned In Forever
One of the supposed advantages of renting through Airbnb or VRBO is the ability to recover your payment when there's a significant problem. They should have contacted Airbnb as soon as they discovered the problem, in which case I'd expect a substantial refund. Next choice is a dispute with your credit card company (as it happens, I just got the letter saying a dispute over a completely different type of issue with Lowes was resolved in my favor). Also, if the host doesn't step up on their own, write a scathing, but honest review.
We either find the cure to every bacterial disease or the end of the world in that thing
If you poop in it several times before you leave it should fix it for the next person.
Never ever ever get into someone else's hot tub. That is just a whoha's infection waiting to happen
I Paid $100 For This? I Can Barely See Half The Field
if they are not listed as restricted view yeah thats a rip off (i have no idea how much sports tickets costs)
They're way over priced, and I'd be wildly surprised if those seat weren't designated as having a restricted view. Of course it's entirely possible that the venue is honest bout it, but the OP bought them in some manner that didn't include that info. Could even have been bought from an original customer by using StubHub.
Load More Replies...Ya know the seating charts are listed online for every venue, look before you buy.
They aren't always very detailed. For example, if that wall is surrounding stairs, the seating chart would probably only indicate stairs. However, seats like this are supposed to be listed as obstructed view.
Load More Replies...Asl ong as nobody has a ticket for a seat further down take one of the empty seats.
During times when it’s difficult or impossible to save up money, it might be good to try and imagine when such tough times might end, Chung suggests. “Plan for those. What will you do when you get there? Yes, you might increase your lifestyle a bit – that's fair. [But] consider splitting the additional money between improved lifestyle and savings, so that you get to enjoy your life now as well as in the future.”
Something Tells Me The Salad I Bought Last Night Isn't Safe To Eat
Naaah, could also have been a change in altitude. We live in Colorado -- bagged stuff, especially potato chips, do this all the time.
I was going to mention that. I read about a small town at high elevation - when residents are driving groceries home, every so often a bag pops.
Load More Replies...Noooo don't eat that! I'd never have let anyone purchase that! (Am cashier.) Look, lesson in biology for you all: microscopic organisms are still alive, which means they eat, breathe, grow, and multiply. That breathing will fill any container with air, so if you have a package of food with a lot of air where there shouldn't be, DON'T BUY IT!!! Be it milk, oj, meats, or salads, or anything shrink wrapped that still somehow has air in it. It's a sure sign of contamination. If I spot this in my customers' groceries, I will pull it and see to it they get a replacement. It's not worth getting food poisoning. PS for the high-altitude comments: I live in the Midwest. Nowhere near high altitude.
Was it in the fridge? Overnight as well? Take it back if it is within the use by date..
My Window Seat On The Plane I Paid Extra For
Just pull random handles in a plane, what's the worst that could happen?
Load More Replies...No offense, but you paid extra for an exit row with more legroom, not a window. I bet you should have read the booking site closer.
Did you get a refund? I know, hahaha. Airlines are notorious for not giving any refunds. Is the emergency escape door or what?
To Shoot Some Sweet Archery Video
That is what happens when you place the wrong apple on your head..
Load More Replies...Assuming you were holding your phone at the time, I'd consider you very, very lucky.
My Neighbor Spent A Ton Of Money On A Granite Mailbox Post. They Used An “O” Instead Of A Zero To Make The Street Number. It Annoys Me Every Time I Walk By
He should've called the company back and had it done the correct way. People are too passive sometimes.
I Had Misplaced My Wedding Ring, Spent Money Buying An Exact Same One; Only To Find The Lost Ring Later At Home
I had misplaced my wedding ring, I didn’t want anyone to find out about the missing ring hence I spent a bunch of money to get an exact same band. Couple months later my mom found the lost ring at home. Now I’ve got two identical wedding rings.
That's how he tried to explain his girlfriend to his wife.
Load More Replies...But that's how Murphy's Law works! The most reliable way to find missing item is to replace it! The more expensive, the more reliable this method is! EDIT: And I just demonstrated this. Last week, a friend of mine who is connected to the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate loaned me a complete set of Burroughs' 'Venus' books. (ERB. Inc. is looking for people to write new books to keep some of their less well-known properties, e.g. NOT Tarzan or John Carter of Mars, alive). He thought I might try writing new novels in the 'Carson Napier of Venus' series. So, I started in to read the first one - 'Pirates of Venus'. I had it in my pocket when I went to hospital to visit a friend. When I got home, it was gone. I got on ABEBooks and ordered a replacement. Half an hour ago, I found the original in the back seat of my car.
i lost my students rail pass.... had to apply for a new one, took two weeks, extra money and paying for traintickets, came home with my new card, picked up a book i had been reading a few weeks ago and there was my lost rail pass... ugh...
I'm wondering about the picture - is that their and their partner's rings? Cause, you know, they are certainly not "identical"!?
I think it's just the way they're being held that makes them look like they're different.
Load More Replies...I lost my wedding ring too. Thank goodness it costed 25e and was pretty cheap to replace. Eventually i ended using one from ebay due to inflammation on my fingers, and my husband doesnt even use his.
As long as you like it, and it doesn't turn your finger green, the price is irrelevant. Nevermind how much money you save for practical things.
Load More Replies...Well , is no one going to talk about why they felt they couldnt tell anyone ?
I presume embarrassed that it was lost in the first place.
Load More Replies...Bought A 3-Pack Of Blank Cassettes And None Of Them Had Any Tape In It
There actually are people who still use casettes. And vinyl records too.
Load More Replies...I wonder if that was obtained on that terrible game show Blankety Blank?
I Spent $12 On "Anti Fog" Mirror Film
The anti-fog film was one stand further, this here is the fog mirror film.
You probably didn't follow the directions 100%. When I worked in a deli I was the only one that could put the antifog spray on the windows and it was actually antifog. I tried to explain to everyone that if there's any fog when you put it on then it won't work.. it will just make the fog worse. And the window has to start out almost 100% clean. Then it works perfectly. If you use the spray stuff you also need to rub it in completely.
It is the same as the one I bought for the inside of the windscreen ..it was as effective
Paid $3 For A Chocolate Croissant, Got This
When I was in uni I once bought an expensive cheese croissant from a fancy new bakery nearby as a small treat. It was HALF of a slice of cheese inside a croissant that was double the size of the one in the picture. I was a broke student and that was supposed to be my dinner.
Many years ago I went through Arby's. Part of my order was a 4 piece mozzarella sticks. One had very little mozzarella cheese in it and another one was just air. I was driving and I don't think I was in a big hurry but I didn't feel like turning around so I just went with it.
Buy the Safeway bakery chocolate croissants- it's something like 6 or 8 for $10.
I Paid For An Upgraded Lake View
At least they werent naked like the guy that took a picture out window in that other thread.
Load More Replies...So ? It is upgraded. You can also see an air conditioner, air filter, stink sucker, beehive or whatnot... even a ladder :D
You can also see a lake, and a hill. What the guy never saw was reviews or its location on Google maps.
Load More Replies...I deal with similar issues with guests like this daily. We’ve “garden, “golf,” “ocean view tower, “ocean view” & “oceanfront” room types. The first two are pretty obvious and a much lower rate ($990/night) than the others. However, the “ocean view tower” rooms have partially obstructed views, which not only is highlighted in italics in the description, but you can click in the room link and see the actual view from all 220 rooms. Guests don’t read that & opt for the $1290 tower room over the non-obstructed, $1790 “ocean view.” We also deal with issues of guests not understanding the difference between a view of the ocean and oceanfront, with rooms directly in front of the ocean. Then there’s our beachfront rooms that are ground floor & have direct access to the beach via an open space outdoor patio, but they’re reserved for beach club members who typically stay for two weeks or longer. If the hotelier is selling the above room as lake view without mentioning it is obstructed, that’s a shady hotel.
I learned long before the internet made it easy to see (more) pictures that the terminology usually tells you what you're getting. "Ocean view" can mean an unobstucted view, but the view is from a side that's perpendicular to the ocean. in some places ocean view has a great view of he ocean, but is not at ground level so you can't just walk off of the patio. I'd take issue with "ocean view tower" because it makes me think it probably has a better view, perhaps based on being higher, but as long as there's an accurate description it's okay. "Ocean front" on any honest place, will directly face the ocean, and may mean you're on the ground floor, with doors to a patio instead of a balcony.
Load More Replies...It had an unobstructed view of the city park on the opposite side of the building.
Load More Replies...I can see the lake. It's right there in the middle far right side of your pic. Too bad they didn't mention that it's really a large puddle!
Send a pic to the agent or owner of the wonderful views they promote
Hey, you can see the lake, what's the prob? Same way I get away with saying I live in a lakeview condo. I live in a high-rise apartment and if you lean over my balcony and squint, you can just make out the water of Lake Ontario sparkling in the sunshine! Magical.
Company I Bought A Sculpture From Claims "Approx. 12cm" Equates To 7cm
I bought this bird sculpture for my dad for Christmas and spent, what for us, is quite a bit of money on it (£90). It's just arrived and there is visible glue around the beak, its legs are so uneven in length it can't stand up, and it's less than a third the advertised size. I contacted the company, TwentyTwenty One, to arrange a return and refund, and whilst that's possible (which is good though still annoying), the person on the company chat tried to convince me that 8cm is approx. 12cm. They even told me that it's actually the height standing up that counys - which if it could, would make it only 7cm. That feels like that's a push, right? Anyway, the interaction with customer service upgraded this from a mildly frustrating moment for me to a mildly infuriating one for me.
A third less than, not less than a third. Order a few more and then you can commit murder!
Someone has measured down the length of its back, it looks like THAT measurement is approx 12cm..
No, that's what OP thought at first, too - and then the shop told him that it was the height. I feel you, I thought the same, but OP mentions it a bit later in the text.
Load More Replies...That's why you buy it with a credit card, all you have to do is dispute the charge and get your money back.
The Bacon And The Cheese Were Good And The Bread Was Fine Which Is Why It's A Shame The Egg Is The Size And Flavor Of A Buick
That "egg" is actually an egg and gelatin combo that was baked and cut up. I don't know why some places do this, it literally has no taste and a consistency/texture like jello.
You should have specified you wanted a chicken egg. Looks like they used an ostrich egg
The View From My 30€ Ticket
These seats are popular with blind people. There's usually a big discount on obstructed view tickets and if you can't see anyway it doesn't matter. My dad enjoys being in the mix with other fans at cricket matches and couldn't care less if he's behind a post.
These seats should be forbidden. The stadium could put in a table or something between the two surrounding seats with views and upcharge those seats for the table. It would work and they'd recoup the loss of the seat value
Rather than sit on your 30 euro ticket, why didn't you try an actual seat?
Why don't they show their seat in the picture or is this just them standing behind a support for the sake of attention?
The match obviously hasn't started yet, those seats might not remain empty
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Where did you buy it from? A lot of stores have a "Damn, I'm sorry bro" refund policy for this kind of situation.
Most jewelers have a 100% mark-up or more. Take it back and you'll get half what you paid for it.
Load More Replies...Diamonds are neither rare nor intrinsively valuable. The prices just were artificially increased by a huge marketing campaign by a specific diamond merchant at one time, and "traditions" like the fixation on diamond wedding and engagement rings kept the demand going.
It's okay, you can say DeBeers out loud.
Load More Replies...They say not to ask questions you already know the answer to, but this is the ONE QUESTION where you ABSOLUTELY SHOULD know the answer before you ask!
Yeah, back in the day I hinted heavily to my girl that this was coming. Then she developed a ring-sensing talent that would make a Nazgul weep, and kept asking what was in my pocketses until I nerved up to actually deploy the ring & the question... ;D
Load More Replies...Sorry, but the ring doesnot buy you a wife. She is allowed to say "no".
I proposed first and we went and chose a ring together. Not sure if it was more or less romantic that way!
Months Of Saving, Travelled Over 5000 Miles And An 11 Hour Flight. Ladies And Gentlemen The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA
Please. 99% of the time it burns off by mid-morning. Take advantage, cross over to the Marin side, and get an AMAZING picture of the fog over the bridge and city!
Native here: It's not one of the 'tourists' spots but if you can get to Twin Peaks, the view is spectacular. You see both bridges and much more of San Francisco. Also, agree with Leah Woodard. Just give in time and the fog WILL burn off.
Load More Replies...All of that time and money spent, you'd think that they would've done at least the most minor research on San Francisco. It's foggy there. But wait a bit and it will clear up and be nice before it becomes foggy again. The weather changes there about 6 times a day.
yeah ive been to SF several times and though there would be fog, mostly it was visible.
Load More Replies...SF is famous for fog, my guess is that a couple of hours later the fog had burned off and view cleared.
Live in San Francisco for my entire life. It’s where my grandparents and mom lived, too. First rule of Carl (the fog, which is actually a marine layer) is expect him to stick around all day in the warmer months. Something to do with the bay and Central Valley (which gets up to 110° in summer) sucking in that marine layer 100 miles, reaching Sacramento. Then as the day heats up, it flows back to the ocean. So, chances are you won’t see the bridge. April and October are perfect months with plenty of fog free bridge viewing. Anytime in Spring or Fall usually works unless it’s unseasonably hot. We have (had) “KFOG (radio station) Kaboom” fireworks shows in late Spring because of Carl. The 4th of July is traditionally too foggy for fireworks shows. I forget the exact meteorology behind it, but it has to do with convection.
My Sister Spent Her Own Money For A New TV For My Dad On Christmas Opened It And Turned It On And We See This
Good luck getting a refund for physical damage that they will argue occurred after leaving the store.
Load More Replies...this usually happens with delivery to the house or the store. my parents bought a tv from the store and set up blankets and bubble wrap in the car so nothing happened on the way home. wen the opened it the screen was cracked. an employee from the store helped put the tv in the car so he saw the cautious setup my parents had. they went back and found him and showed him the tv. he instantly went to get them not only a newer better model that was $500 more then the one they got but he also checked the tv right infront of them before giving it to them. my mom said he took awhile to come out with the other tv. he told them he checked every box from the same shipment the original tv came from and almost half had cracked screens. he gave them an upgrade as an apology even tho it wasnt the stores fault. no matter what theres a chance that ppl in the delivery service dont care about their jobs and will ignore how to properly handle things. bc of this i always check wat i ordered gift or not so i kno if i need to replace it or not right away
Aww that’s very nice. Luckily my TV was delivered unscathed.
Load More Replies...I can see physical cracks, so this one doesn’t make much sense. You‘d see cracks long before turning it on.
If the client would have noticed it before using it, would there be chance at getting a refund/a new model? I've never had to return electronics before, so I'm not sure about process.
Load More Replies..."she spent her own money" who's money does she be using all the other times?
You do know, don't you, that you need some kind of programming to get a picture.
My Mom Bought The Pro Power Save Devices. (Scam)
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 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.
From a commenter on the original post: I just went down the rabbit hole. Every site it’s advertised on includes a money back guarantee but also has a disclaimer at the bottom that they’re just a “marketplace” and are not responsible for returns. If you follow the link to the manufacturer, they require all of the original packaging to process a refund and don’t refund the original shipping cost (which they can completely make up). They also have a 15% restocking fee. To take it further, most of their registration information is redacted but I was able to link some to two older websites that were flagged for ransomware.
From OP: I did. I took it back to her in case she must return them and explained they are scams. I called first and by the time I got there she had already watched a couple YouTube videos explaining how they are scams. She plans to dispute with her cc and return if needed. But only if needed. She paid about $150…
Load More Replies...As moggie says, electricity can be "dirty". In theory alternating current should follow a perfect sine wave with no variation in amplitude or frequency. In reality there can be a lot of variation, depending on the source. Cleaning dirty electricity can potentially increase efficiency, but protecting sensitive equipment is the usual reason to do it. As a fairly wild guess any actual savings are probably 1 to 2% at best. Untitled-6...cda335.jpg
In the UK, you'd call your bank and use a chargeback - virtually no upper limit for a credit card, and £100 for a debit card if you receive something not fit for purpose, or a service that was never completed.
I've seen on here and on reddit that if you do that on Amazon they can and sometimes do close your account and that includes loosing Kindle books and any movies you've bought.
Load More Replies...Sell it to a Trumpaholic, they'll believe all of the lies and give your asking price, make it high 😉
Too many 'things' that claim miracles' on the Internet, we would never have bought if we saw them in real-time at a shop
Some research says Elon is NOT involved in this, that the 'scam' is that they put his pic and name on it without his approval.
Websites/social media outlets/magazines/whatever should be prosecuted for carrying products that are cons. I have complained to YouTube on several occasions about promises I know to be fake or even dangerous products, they continue to be carried.
Paid For First Story Furniture Delivery. Delivered To Staircase Instead..!
If it was true, which I don't think it is, you would have the good sense to measure the sofa and the space first. This is someone arsing about.
I'm guessing it's supposed to be going downstairs. You can measure lot of places that it will fit and still not figure out that it won't go around the corner. That's either trial and error, or advanced math.
Load More Replies...Who let them in and guided them in that direction. I do not think I ever had a delivery company break in and just start putting stuff where they wanted.
Some moving companies will do that when delivering to an empty house.
Load More Replies...Can't comment as wondering how it finally reached your livng room?
Looks Like Squid
Spent Four Months Building A Campervan, Decided To Make A Little Money Renting It Out, First Rental Came Back Like This
Hope you had insurance which covers using it for commercial purposes.
Need to take before another pictures of the campervan and put a disclosure on the rental form that if there is any damage to the vehicle the renter is responsible for the damage. Otherwise you will be responsible for the damage.
Bought A $2500 E-Bike Two Weeks Ago. Locked It Up In My Apartment Building's "Secure Storage Room". Walked Downstairs Today To See This Where My Bike Was
My bike was also stolen from a locked bike storage room of my apartment complex. It seems that a secure space is secure only until one resident leaves the door unlocked. Mine wasn't expensive, and not an e-bike, but I'm bummed anyway and have no money to buy new one
I had 2 bikes locked up on an outside rack. One was a $500 Redline. The other was a $50 Huffy. Thieves took the Huffy.
That really sucks. But if the thief was able to cut your lock with those pliers, the lock was rubbish. I do hope the apartment building storage room has video surveillance though.
we had an indoor bike parking in my old apartmen complex. The perfect place to have your bike dismantled. I would only park it outside with two decent locks, way more safe. And this was Amsterdam!
Those bolt cutters aren't very big, so somebody must not have ponied up for a really good lock.
Repaint Around Your Current Furniture, Keep The Tradition Alive
That's quite common (at least where I come from). I bought my apartment from an old lady and she did that. Before that, I lived with my mom and when we got the apartment painted, we did that. In both cases, the main reason was because the most of the furniture was attached to the walls (wardrobes, cabinets, desks, ...).
whatttt i do this too :-D theres a gigantic cabinet standing here since we moved it... nope...
So you bought a home without actually visiting it first or seeing pics of it? You get what you get and if that's all that's wrong with it, consider yourself lucky.
Just a guess, but the previous owner's furniture was probably still there when the buyers viewed the house.
Load More Replies...Bought This Ring On My Birthday And 9 Stones Fell Out In Just 48 Hours Of Wear. The Center Stone Is Loose, Too
From the Reddit post: "i bought it from a well known jeweler in my town. after just two days of wear, i noticed that around 9 stones from the band fell out and the center stone was so loose that i could spin it around with my finger. the jeweler isn't open to refunding or letting me return the ring."
Load More Replies...2 different rings! The 2nd ring is gold with "light yellow "diamonds & the 1st ring is silver/platinum with white diamonds
It's possible the first ring is from the company website, and they had it made in different colors/jewels. They just used the professional pic for how it was supposed to look since they didn't photograph it until it was broken.
Load More Replies...I bought a similar cubic zirconia one yesterday.. now I am going to check the centre stone..it was cheap, but we expect the stones to stay put after all
I Was Charged $62 For A Haircut And It Wasn’t Even Cut Correctly
Shouldn't have to correct a mistake that she already paid forb
Load More Replies...Didn't the barber/ hairdresser use the magic mirror to allow you to survey their handiwork?
S****y hair cuts have happened to me so many times. At cheap salons, mainly, but other mid priced salons, too. But I've had a really good hair cut at a salon school by a very excited student who was more than glad she didn't have to do another cookie cutter old lady style.
After 20 Years With My Previous Instrument, I Recently Spent An Ungodly Amount Of Money Upgrading. Today…
Maybe the grain pattern was off. Can happen anytime and is sometimes not visible from the outside. Instrument makers usually take pride in their work and will fix their mistakes with no additional cost for the customer.
Could be a genuine defect that they can replace at no charge, or get the customer a new copy of the same.
Load More Replies...Tell me you don't play the violin without telling me you don't play the violin. As long as the pegs are made of a hard wood like rosewood or a good composite, they're fine. In fact, they're ideal. It's the cheapo plastic and soft wood pegs that cause problems on a violin.
Load More Replies...This Pizza At The Airport
I don't know why airport food has to be bad and expensive? Like we are not on a space station or something...
Load More Replies...I Bought A Sprite, And This Is What Popped Out
Same difference as Coke vs Pepsi, as far as I'm concerned.
Load More Replies...My Wedding Tux Pants Ripped 45 Min Before The Ceremony
From OP: I complained when I returned them to the rental shop. They didn't charge me for the pants, so that's good. My friend grabbed some safety pins, and pinned them from the inside. Apparently, no one could tell during the ceremony. Not sure if the people I asked are being nice, or if I got away with a cosmic mishap.
Not sure what you mean. I got married last summer. We were doing final rehearsals, and I bent over to pickup my wife's dress because it was dragging on the little bridge we were walking into the venue on, they split. I ran to one of my best friends, also a bridesmaid. She had me take my pants off, and she used 3 safety pins to keep it together. What's the problem with the post? This honestly happened.
Load More Replies...Maybe beans and bourbon at the bachelor party. That's an explosive combination.
Load More Replies..."My future wife is so great she charms the pants right off of me." And then show your holey psnts.
I’ve ripped my pants at work several times due to them not fitting properly.. this has to be waaaay worse than what I mentioned above because you wont be able to get a new pair of pants in time
I sympathize with the groom, but on the other hand I've never heard (outside of US tv shows, that is) of a groom *renting* the suit for his big day - especially when brides are seemingly expected to spend 1500+ on their outfit (which I find equally ridiculous)
Load More Replies...I Paid For The WiFi On My 3hr Flight To Play, Only For The Servers To Shut Down 15 Mins In
World of Warcraft is the MOST addictive game I've ever played with. I count years not hours in that game. Thanks Microsoft you fheked up the game so I can be free.
WOW broke my couple when it came out. My boyfriend got hooked so bad he didn’t want to go to work, stopped doing chores around the house, stopped taking showers… it’s of course not just the game’s fault but it is very, very addictive.
Load More Replies...Bag of cheetos on my left and a rockstar on my right, I'm meeting my guild in Ironforge tonight, My cell phone is ringing and it's probably my girl, I let it go to voicemail cause I've entered the World........... Yeah thats from that ALL CAPS song World of Warcraft Ruined My Life
I was on a flight that had video games programmed in and controllers in the console. Didn't know this until my seat partner, who seemed like a well-seasoned traveller pulled it out.
Bought A New Volume Of Berserk. Did I Get Scammed?
Nah, it's fine; you just need to align the bottom of the book with the zero centimeter mark so you can get a true measurement.
If it actually has all the drawings but just super tiny, then this is actually pretty cool to have. They should have mentioned it of course, because most people will prefer a normal sized one that is easy to read. But I can definitely see some people buying a miniature version of their favorite one, just as a cool collector's item.
Headphones Purchased 1 Year Ago Brand New, I've Barely Used Them. Why Does This Always Happen?
OP shouldn't have to buy covers for something that new
Load More Replies...I hate this "paint" they use to simulate rubber/leather over cloth. Also, the "rubberized" coat over plastics is a whole other level of hell.
Yes. The oils from skin combined with age break down the coating, causing it to get sticky. At least at that point, it can usually be removed with isopropyl alcohol.
Load More Replies...Age. Who knows how long they have been sitting in the box. I've a Logitech headset that is going the same way.
This. I once tried to replace a pair of $15 Sony headphones that weren't great, but good enough for music on a phone. Turns out they were discontinued, but I found one pair somewhere. The mesh over the earpiece foam started coming off as soon as I opened the package.Turns out they'd probably been in a warehouse almost as long as I'd had the previous pair.
Load More Replies...It happens because they are cheap and/or you are improperly storing them - problem solved.
That's a syntetic leather. It happens when you don't use it. As a material, is a piece of sh...
That happened to a ha handbag of mine. Disintegrated. Rubbish Chinese goods.
Dropped $330 On A "New" Vacuum Cleaner On Sale For Memorial Day
Drove 1.5 hours to a big box store, saw that one of the vacuum cleaners one our list of potential buys was on sale for more than $100 off! Drove home, cut the box open, and started unpacking. My first clue something was off was the dust covering the brush rolls. Continued to unpack and found I spent over $300 for a used vacuum. So thank you to whoever reboxed this used vacuum to still look new from the outside so that I could waste my time and money on it.
I hope OP grabbed the receipt and the vacuum and went right back to that store for a refund
People do fraudulently return their old vacuums and get full price of what the box and receipt say
Accidentally Bought The Coach Mini Rogue 17 Without Fully Understanding The Size
Here it is modeled with its new owners, Bimothy and Bertha
I don’t know how I didn’t notice the size when I purchased this from Mercari!!! It’s adorable but so small!
Ah, they are talking about the purse, and Bimothy and Bertha are the stuffed racoons! Took me a long time to process that, but the size checks out with the outrageously tiny purses my wife buys.
Took me a while to process too, initially thought someone had bought a stuffed raccoon for their ‘coach’ and the raccoon was called mini rogue 17, thought maybe a new Star Wars character.
Load More Replies...Mercari is for buying used items. Sort of like eBay. You usually can't return things.
Load More Replies...Typically when buying anything online a reputable vendor has several pictures to scroll through showing the size. I know for a fact Coach shows the purse size on a model, even an after market seller would "usually" upload the same photos. What I do if I don't see this type of picture is google the item or look through product reviews where people will have pics or warn about the size...
Paid $3.00 Extra For Fries At The Appleton Airport
Does "Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk" Hold True When It's A $17 Milkshake?
Does it make it better or worse that the milkshake definitely didn't taste like it cost $17 in the first place?
Don't cry over spilt milk. Move away from it first so you won't slip on it, then you can cry.
*nomination for multiple upvotes for eminently practical advice! *
Load More Replies...Reminds me of the time I was going to take my homemade refrigerator cake to my neighbors. I didn't even make it out the front door. oh-well-67...14e2a9.jpg
Remember in Pulp Fiction when Vincent Vega has to try the $5 milkshake because,,, $5 milkshake. Who knew those would be the days?
This is the exact comment I was coming to make. Adjusted for inflation, the price of a $5 milkshake in 1994 is roughly equivalent to $9.50 today, so even Mia Wallace's milk shake wasn't $17!
Load More Replies...It's "It's no use *crying* over spilt milk" - because all the crying in the world cannot unspill it. This is also a feature of wildly over-priced beverages.
Gave My Stepkid $50 For His Birthday. Within 2 Days, He Gave It All To Streamers And Youtubers. He Got Nothing For Himself
I specifically gave him the money because he's always talking about Steam games he wants.
The step-parent gave a gift, and the child spent the gift in they way wanted to. If the step-parent wanted it to be spend on Steam, then give a Steam voucher instead.
This is always my go to when people complain about giving money to the homeless and say they use it on booze and d***s. The word "give" does not mean "give with strings attached". If you want someone to use your money in the way YOU want them to, then you can buy the item yourself and give that, have the person sign a contract, or sue them afterwards (good luck on that one). But if you're not going to do any of those three, just quit your whining and/or your giving.
Load More Replies...I once spent $3 on donating to three YouTubers I watch during the final moments of splatoon 1 (all three got $1 each, and I got yelled at by my parents for doing so). I’m 20…. and I have a job ffs
I brought my pet rat into the vet's and spent $50 on that. One of my friends went ballistic. I had to point out that to afford ONE month's rent, I would NOT have to bring my rat into the vet 16 times (this was during the 90s). So what was the actual value of $50, besides what I spent it on?
Load More Replies...From OP: All he really ever wants is Steam games though. Generally I agree with you but hard currency wouldn't help him get the games and I refuse to have my credit card on any of those accounts. Thing is, he literally spent two weeks talking my ear off about all the Steam games he wanted. I wouldn’t care if the tips (or whatever you call them) were part of it. But he got none of the things he wanted so bad.OP mentioned their stepson is 13
Who cares! People who give gifts, especially of money or gift cards should not care how it's spent. If you wanted them to use it for a specific thing then you should have bought that thing.
Kid's giving money to "influencers". Kid's an idiot.
Load More Replies...This Is Terrifying
I call that a bargain, this kid is a cutie, worth at least twice that amount!
The Wish version of Shrek and Donkey, I think. Not sure why Shrek is scaring the kid in the car.
Load More Replies...My Sister Bought Me Donuts For My Birthday. They Were Left Outside For 4 Minutes. Found This Next Street Over Later
As with the mouse post, I don't understand why people are leaving their bakery 'outside for a few minutes'. Is this an American thing?
Based on the water bottle, I think the mouse post happened in Italy. For this one, I think what happened is it was delivered by a food delivery service, i.e. left on the front porch, and someone took it before OP could get to it.
Load More Replies...It was probably a DoorDash and the instructions said "okay to leave at door". But someone was watching and opted to be a d**k and steal the donuts. Hence, my DoorDash orders (infrequent as they are) always require them to hand me the order.
I'm an American and I've never done it. I think it's a stupidity thing
Not downvoting but I think if it was a Dog n Dash there'd be tooth marks somewhere. It looks like what's left is just crumbs.
Load More Replies...Money Well Spent On A Map!
This is a perfectly good map. It might not have been what the person wanted, but that's down to them ordering the wrong thing rather than the product being defective.
You assumption is based on the unproven theory that this is what they saw before they bought it and not that the place they bought it from showed something else.
Load More Replies...Looks like one map of a map set and it just happens to be the edge of it.
OP bought the wrong type of map. This is a topographical map, the cutouts of a country are based on full latitude and longitude and include any ocean area that belongs to said country. One has to be very lucky to find a cutout that has a city centered. If you want a city map, buy a map that says so.
I actually looked this map up and found it for sale. From the description:" From Lagos to Nerja, this map covers a thin costal strip, with the remaining area being sea, it includes Huit, El Morche, Los Llanos, Castille Bajo Conejito, Torrox Costa, Macaca along the coast and inland to Torrox. WARNING - A LARGE PORTION OF THIS MAP IS SEA". Yep, they even put it in uppercase letters. Caveat Emptor!
Well, it's not. No moorings, no lighthouses, no current flows or strength... what you see is a military-grade map, so-called "special".
Load More Replies...Sliced Open A Newly Bought Cabbage For Dinner And Found This Surprise Inside
I've never had a cabbage like this before. Is it worms? Rot? Bummer.
It is a dead root that didn't feed this certain leaf. Cut it out, use the rest.
That's just nature, not anybody's fault. Still good. Cut around the brown.
This Checkerboard Rug My GF Bought. It Gets Worse The Longer You Look At It
This is not a fail. It's the design. It sounds like the person doesn't like the design, but that's a separate issue.
I don't know about you, but "checkerboard" means identically-sized squares. These are neither identical nor squares.
Load More Replies...Couch Doesn’t Fit (Horizontally) Into Room
I bought an 8’ couch. It doesn’t fit horizontally around a corner, so I had to carry it in vertically. Problem is, my ceiling is 8’ and there’s absolutely no room for the couch to tip down from this position.
Do I have any options? Partially break the couch and repair it? Partially break the ceiling/flooring so I can tilt the couch then fix it? Any suggestion is welcome at this point.
Take it out the same way. Then slightly angle it while in the vertical orientation and move it in.
I once had a large sofa delivered by a furniture company. They tried to leave it in the hall of the apartment building, claiming that it "wouldn't fit." They literally took it back to the store, had it disassembled, and had a company reassemble it in the apartment. We eventually moved and never had to disassemble it...it's definitely all about the angles (and the balconies)! 😉
Load More Replies...That Wall Used To Be One Big Writable Surface. Then They Spent Time And Money To Make It Less Functional
If OP is saying the wall used to be painted with whiteboard paint so you can write on the whole wall, that stuff never holds up. You can never keep it clean, certain colors don't erase well, there's nowhere to set the markers, a surprising number of people will accidentally use a permanent marker on it. Whiteboards are better, the glassy kind are more expensive, but are the best.
It may have been whiteboard paint, but you can also get a wall made of whiteboard material.
Load More Replies...I’ve Been Saving Up For A Switch For A Couple Months Now. I Finally Got It Last Week And Found This In My Dog’s Mouth This Morning
It wasn't so much you got ripped off as much as your dog got hold of your controller and ruin it.
My Son Was So Excited To Build In His Tempered Glass PC Case He Saved On His Own For…
This is more than likely a shipping problem than being ripped off from the company.
Tempered glass is still glass at the end of the day, and you still need to be delicate transporting it. Only difference is that it shatters into smaller, less shaper, square pieces, and not massive sharp pieces. Granted, this could have been mishandled in shipping, or the kid handling it.
No Wonder I Had To Pay $50 Shipping And I Didn’t Even Question It
I've always wondered how people always order an absurd amount. Do they not check the price? Same with size mistakes. before buying anything online, i always read the description, read the reviews and watch videos on youtube.
I actually managed to do this the other week on an order of Key Blanks. I needed 10, ordered what looked like 10, got 10 boxes of 10. Price was within 50% of what I had paid for 10 on a previous order. Guess that they had a sale that day.
Load More Replies...I've never heard the term, but since they say card case on them I'm guessing cases for memory cards.
Load More Replies...Just Paid A Lot Of Money To Get The Bathroom Re-Done
That doesn't fix the water leak from the bathroom that's causing that bubble. Or are you believing that is somehow air and not water? That's a water bubble.
Load More Replies...Spent Money On A "No Soliciting" Sign, But People Ignore All The Time
I open my door, point to my No Soliciting sign, don't say a single word and close the door in their face. Then tend to understand after that.
I've thought about putting up a sign that says, "If I'm not expecting you, I won't be answering the door."
Get the sign that informs them that you charge $50 per minute to listen to their spiel, and by knocking or ringing the doorbell they consent to those terms and conditions.
My wife and I have a No Soliciting sign on our front door, one in the flower bed and one on the grass beside of our walkway to get to the flower bed and front door. We still get people ringing our doorbell and knocking on our door trying to sell c**p and services. At least 4 or 5 every month. You just have to be rude. My wife will open the door and deadpan stare at them while pointing to the GIANT sign on our door.
Something Tells Me These Cheap Adhesive Hooks Aren't Working For Them
We're supposed to put in facilities requests for everything at work, but I figured I could just hang some things up with these sticky hooks. Apparently my work's walls are a cheap paper covered dry wall and after a day or two the picture I hung not only fell but ripped a huge chunk of paper wall covering down. Oopsy!
You reminded me of a situation years ago, when I was on the construction crew here where I work. I was the person who people would come to if they wanted to hang a bulletin board in their office, of needed a specific piece of furniture built, etc. One day one of the engineers came to me and said he needed a bulletin board hung in his office, but the office manager had said not to put holes in the wall. I went to her and asked her how I was supposed to hang the bulletin board without putting holes in the wall. She replied "I told him HE couldn't put holes in the wall. You go ahead and do whatever you need to do."
Load More Replies...The Silver Roll Of Wrapping Paper I Bought Is Actually Clear
Absolutely no way of knowing this was clear wrapping paper until I bought it and went to wrap something in it. It's clear wrapping paper. Who would use clear wrapping paper?
Clear wrapping paper, or cellophane, is brilliant way of keeping things together, and looking wrapped, whilst still being able to see inside. I've used tissue paper and cellophane together, and it looks beautiful. It's also fantastic for wrapping flowers and plants.
I use brown paper and coloured string because it's both recyclable and biodegradable. Wrapping things in cellophane is HORRIBLE.
Load More Replies...I use that stuff a lot to pack gifts for customers who want things in gift boxes. Maybe thats more usual in germany, no idea.
Clear wrapping paper is indeed plastic film used to wrap gift baskets, flowers, .... I had something similar happen when i thought the roll I had bought was clear film, but it turned out to be silver paper. I will wear my glasses next time I go and buy wrapping paper ;-)
Get coloured tissue paper for wrapping, then cellophane wrap. Looks great.
What The Hell I Bought This Dij Drone Off Of Temu Did I Get Scammed?
Don’t buy from TEMU. I’ve heard really mixed experiences on the app so far.
Not just the experiences. The whole concept is based on exploitation, design/copyright theft and meant to collect data. Please don't use Temu or Shein.
Load More Replies...looks like you got what you ordered - an original Dij drone (if you wanted Dji, you better order Dji)
Came here to say this, they got what they ordered, which was NOT a DJI
Load More Replies...I love Temu, that being said, I carefully read the entire description and then I read the reviews and look for pics. 98% of the time I get a pretty darn good product. Its really on you to look deeper into it.
What Happens When You Hire The Cheapest Contractors
You got what you paid for, cheapest contractor equals shoddy results
Would it be plain red or plain blue with a not-so-cheap contractor though?
I Might Be The Idiot Here For Not Doing My Research Beforehand, But, I Spent The Extra Money Buying Transition Lenses Just To Find Out They Don't Work In Cars When No One At The Office Said They Wouldn't
No. UV light causes the lenses to darken, and most glass (including the windows of a car) is opaque to the UV frequencies that cause that effect.
Load More Replies...My optometrist's assistant told me they won't work through windshield. They only work with direct UV rays.
Yup, there are transition glasses made specifically to work in cars (or in general behind some glass), but default transition glasses are not
Aaaah. I read the original post on reddit - I thought "transition lenses" meant varifocal glasses, but it's about being UV-activated shading, making them transition to sunglasses.
Load More Replies...There are transition lenses that change in the car, I have had mine for at least 3 years now.
Spent All My Money On A Gold Bracelet For My 31st Bday And Today I Look Down And It’s Gone. Rip
Was all your money $5, because that thing looks like a mosquito could wear it has a harness.
Rude. She's showing her wrist without the bracelet she saved for...because it's GONE.
Load More Replies...That's not a gold bracelet, and not something you'd save up for. I'm guessing this is a pic supplied by BP, not the OP.
Load More Replies...I Accidentally Bought A Pair Of Pink Non-Stretch, Non-Refundable Jeans Online Because I Didn’t Know They Made Jeans That Don’t Stretch And. I Looked Up How To Stretch Them And. Oh God. And You Have To. I’m Almost Cry-Typing Writing This. I’m In A Really Dark Place Right N
Jeans are supposed to stretch? And what's wrong with this pair? They look okay to me.
If it says 100% cotton = jeans as they are supposed to be in their original form. 95% cotton and 5% elasthane = stretching jeans. And what OP is doing is what we did as teenagers 40+ years ago with the original jeans: Buy them as tight fit, get into the tub, get out and bend (stretch) them by doing gymastics and let them dry on your body. They fit your body then, until the next hot wash. PS: You don't "have to". Just buy jeans in a size that firs your body.
Some people I know have done this with new leather riding boots that are tight. (Soak them and let them dry while you wear them around) Personally I find that scary because good boots are expensive - but there are others who swear by it.
Load More Replies...This was what people would do all the time in the 70s, to make their jeans fit better, according to my mom.
Your mum is correct, but the jeans were shrink-to-fit, not stretch.
Load More Replies...Gave me a bit of an eye twitch myself. Possibly besides the faux drama, it's all the extraneous punctuation.
Load More Replies...Denim isn't a stretching fabric... Not sure why you'd expect it too, unless you only know jeans from 'relaxed fit' jeans with spandex in the waist area.
Why is this person bathing with their pants on? And why is this person not buying pants the right size and need to stretch?
"Continue reading with Bored Panda Premium" - seriously? Not going to happen.
Once my mum ordered some Christmas things online. Only half of them came, and she got a little figurine. It was a man leaning over with their pants pulled down flashing a moonie. My mum went back to the site, and oh what a surprise, it wasn't there anymore.
My TV. Last 2 couches. Shoes. Purses.Tim Hortons anything. Warehouse One clothes. Bedsheets. Comforters. You name it, I've had regrets.
Yes everything from mute ( letters jumbled ) I ordered some great looking Van seat covers £14:99 Was told to pick four things from the “ Free “ list The handbag just disintegrated and the storage canisters were damaged so badly I could only use the little one . . . I never got the seat covers and they charged me Forty Quid Lesson learned
I am not a fan of the posts cutting off and requiring a premium account now. That is not a good way to go Bored Panda. It's a definite turnoff.
"Continue reading with Bored Panda Premium" - seriously? Not going to happen.
Once my mum ordered some Christmas things online. Only half of them came, and she got a little figurine. It was a man leaning over with their pants pulled down flashing a moonie. My mum went back to the site, and oh what a surprise, it wasn't there anymore.
My TV. Last 2 couches. Shoes. Purses.Tim Hortons anything. Warehouse One clothes. Bedsheets. Comforters. You name it, I've had regrets.
Yes everything from mute ( letters jumbled ) I ordered some great looking Van seat covers £14:99 Was told to pick four things from the “ Free “ list The handbag just disintegrated and the storage canisters were damaged so badly I could only use the little one . . . I never got the seat covers and they charged me Forty Quid Lesson learned
I am not a fan of the posts cutting off and requiring a premium account now. That is not a good way to go Bored Panda. It's a definite turnoff.
