Shopping online has become a popular option nowadays. It’s convenient, timesaving, and usually worry-free. That might be why a third of the global population chooses it over actually touring the stores. However, it can be a double-edged sword, as you’re never quite sure of what you’re going to get.

Despite the descriptions and pictures, your purchase might look nothing like what was presented. It can also come in questionable packaging or be something you didn’t order in the first place. We have scoured the internet to find some of the best examples of shopping fails and scams. Some situations play to the buyer’s advantage, others—not so much, but most are far from what was expected. Scroll down for the images and check out more examples of shopping gone wrong here and here.

#1 I Came Home To A Package I Didn’t Order – I Opened It Up To Find This And Have No Idea Who To Thank

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#2 I Requested 8 Bananas In My Weekly Grocery Pickup Order… They Gave Me 8 Bunches And Managed To Only Charge Me $0.68 – The Price Of One Single Banana

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#3 My Fiancé And I Ordered A Navy Bathmat And This Came, 10/10 Would Order Again

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#4 BFF Got This Bear Hat For My Cat To Recreate An Adorable Instagram Post She Saw

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#5 There Was An Attempt For “Discrete Packaging” By The Adult Site I Ordered From

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#6 You Also Need To Order Hips, Thick Thighs, And A Push-Up Bra Then Dye The Clothes Red

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#7 The Cake That Was Ordered And The Cake That Arrived

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#8 What To Do When You Order A Small T-Shirt, And They Send You An XXXL

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#9 Ordered These Grinches For My Sister’s Baby Shower… Blown Away By What I Was Sent

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#10 I Ordered A Seinfeld Shirt From China And Not Only It Has “Friends” Printed On It But It Also Has R Letter Missing

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#11 Thought My Amazon App Was Frozen, Guess Not

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#12 Ordered A $3 Watch From Amazon. Nailed It

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#13 GameStop Sent Me 4 Controllers Instead Of Just The 1 I Ordered

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#14 Be Sure To Always Check The Size When Ordering Treats

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#15 Ordered From Instacart For The First Time And This Is How The Chicken Came

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#16 Ordered The Cake On The Left, Got The One On The Right

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#17 My Mum Ordered This Online

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#18 How Shoes I Ordered On Poshmark Arrived

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#19 Picked Up My Walmart Order And They Left The Formula I Bought In Its Security Box

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#20 This Is What Happens When You Order Stuff Off Facebook. What I Ordered vs. What I Actually Received

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#21 Labyrinth-Style Doll Bought For $55. Can’t Stop Laughing

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#22 My GF Ordered Some Ankle Weights For Running And Somehow Got Sent This Instead… Trying To Convince Her To Just Go Out Running With The Hammer

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#23 That’s What Achilles Wore When He Was Going To War

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#24 My Beautiful Order From ProFlowers

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#25 The Dog Bed My Mum Ordered For 99€

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#26 Ordered A Swimsuit From Amazon. This Is What I Got

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#27 What My Sister Ordered vs. What She Received

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#28 Just Ordered A Pepperoni Pizza

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#29 What Was Ordered vs. What Was Received Through Our Beloved Daraz

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#30 Even My Dog Was Disappointed In This Facebook Ad Purchase

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#31 Ordered A Cute Pink Pig Kawaii Cushion Plush. But The One I Received Is All Hairy And Weird

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#32 The Ice Cream Cake We Ordered vs. What We Received

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#33 My Buddy Ordered A Baby Yoda Doll From China. On The Left Is What He Thought He Ordered. On The Right Is What Came In The Mail

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#34 I Ordered A Sandwich On Uber Eats And Got This, Sucks For The Person That Ordered This

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#35 The Bear Mask My Friend Ordered vs. The Nightmare Fuel He Received

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#36 Made For A Tiny Laptop

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#37 So I Ordered A Spider-Man Mask A While Back, And This Is What Came In

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#38 What A Friend Of Mine Ordered On A Costume Site And What She Got

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#39 I Ordered Nice Knives For The First Time In My Adult Life From eBay. The Seller Sent Me A Box From The Set I Ordered But The Knives Were A Different Line With Much Lower Quality

Then accused me of swapping the knives out and refusing to accept a return.

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#40 I Ordered 4 Sliders And Received 270 Bread Rolls. Such A Waste

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#41 What I Ordered vs. What I Got

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#42 I Can’t Believe It Fell For This One. I’m Actually Impressed

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#43 Not Even Close To Looking Similar

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#44 I Was Trying To Return It, But Now It Might Have To Become My Signature Look

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#45 Ordered Food For My Mom Who Has Cancer And It’s Not Even Remotely Near My House

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#46 Amazon Literally Sent Me An Empty Bag And The Delivery Picture Shows It Was Open. (Say Hi To My Invisible Graphics Card)

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#47 I Ordered Clint Eastwood. I Received His Derpy Cousin, Twice Removed

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#48 I Told My Dad Not To Buy Anything From Wish, But He Made Me Order It For Him… It Didn’t Go Well

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#49 Amazon Took The Picture With My Box In Mid-Air

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#50 What I Ordered vs. What I Got

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#51 So For My Birthday My Brother Ordered Me Jacket That Was Supposed To Be A Size Medium. When I Got The Jacket It Was Way To Big

When I looked at the tag it said “medium” but upon closer inspection, this is what I found.

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#52 After Seeing The Pic Of My Nephew In His New Christmas Gift My SO Thinks He “Might Have Ordered The Wrong Size”

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#53 What Was Ordered vs. What Was Received

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#54 I Have A Sick Dog So I Ordered £70 Worth Of Groceries From Morrisons Via Deliveroo. Morrisons Accepted The Order But Canceled Almost Every Item. And I Got An Onion

I paid £5 for delivery and £5 tip. Deliveroo refused to cancel. Behold, the world’s most expensive onion.

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#55 Jack-O’-Lantern Pizza

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#56 What I Ordered vs. What I Got

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#57 This Is How My Walmart Delivery Order Came. I Called Customer Service To Ask What I Should Do And They Said Just Break It

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#58 Accidentally Ordered 500 USPS Boxes To My Mom’s House, I Thought I Ordered 25

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#59 Thought I Got A Great Deal On A Naruto Statue

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#60 The Dress My Mom Ordered From A Random Website She Found On Facebook

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#61 I Ordered A Chair, This Is What Got Delivered

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#62 These Whitening Strips Came In Our Walmart Pickup Order Like This In The Security Box. No Idea How To Get It Out

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#63 That Is Definitely Not The Same Fabric

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#64 This Used Watch I Bought On eBay

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#65 Ordered A Pink Floyd Stained Glass Panel. Received An Actual Picture Of It

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#66 Well, At Least I Got A Full Refund

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#67 My Mom Bought A Kiddie Pool Online But Didn’t Check The Size

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#68 Breaking Bad Mask My Friend Bought On Instagram

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#69 I Purchased A Wallace Mug To Go With My Gromit Mug. Unbeknown To Me, I Had Ordered A Comically Small Mini-Mug

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#70 Thanks, Amazon For Initially Saying I Couldn’t Return This Because It’s A Seasonal Item. Clearly, I Got Scammed

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#71 Ordered A Pizza Quesadilla From A Ghost Kitchen. 1st Picture Is What’s Advertised And The 2nd Is What I Got

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#72 AliExpress vs. Reality

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#73 Ordered 1 Lb Of Green Beans From Kroger Got Home And Saw They Only Gave Me 1 Green Bean

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#74 Waited 4 Weeks For Them

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#75 The Star Trek Poster I Ordered Was Two Days Late And This Abomination Arrived Instead

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#76 Plant I Ordered vs. Plant I Received. In Some Way, I Feel Like I Deserve This For Choosing To Order A Plant Online

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#77 My ASOS Coat Just Arrived. I Have A Feeling They Sent Me The Wrong One

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#78 Mom Ordered This From Wish. “Designed By Apple In California…”

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#79 Ordered My Sister A Birthday Cake

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#80 Ordered A Keyboard From Staples, Was Sent A Case Of Dr. Pepper Instead

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#81 Bought A Giant Realistic Cat Mask Off Amazon To Try To Scare My Cat With And They Sent Me A Lemon Mask

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#82 Ordered Some New RAM For My PC From Amazon. Got A Headband Instead. Ordered A Replacement, Now I Have Two Headbands, And No RAM

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#83 I Ordered A Lighter, Dasher Replaced It With Packing Tape

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#84 Ordered Some New RAM For My PC, But Instead, I Received This Book About Vintage Feminism. I Can’t Wait To Increase My PC’s Speeds With This Bad Boy

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#85 That Living Room Carpet

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#86 And This Is Why You Check The Size Of The Rice Cooker Before Hitting The Amazon Buy Button (Banana For Scale)

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#87 10-Year-Old Beside “Five-Tier” Bookshelf

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#88 Ordered The Cake On The Right, For The Cake On The Left

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#89 Sorry, The Slit Is Zipped? Enlighten Me

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#90 What I Ordered vs. What I Got – I Ordered Six Sets Of This Garbage For My D&D Friends

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#91 I Can’t Decide If You’re More Plankton Or Mr. Crabs

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#92 Ordered Steak From The Outback And This Is What Showed Up

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#93 Tried Ordering The Spider-Man On The Left. Got The One On The Right Instead

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#94 Ordered Dominos With BBQ Base, Not Metal

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#95 Ordered A Street Corn App From The Cheesecake Factory, Described As “Corn ‘Ribs’.” They Sent Seasoned, Corn-Less Cobs Instead Of The Corn

The corn has been stripped off and the cobs seasoned. The bite confirmed that this is seasonings and nothing more (description, with actual kernels of corn shown).

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#96 Ordered A Speaker From Target And They Delivered It With The Security Device On

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#97 Looking For Some Help After This Failed Etsy Purchase

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#98 What I Ordered From Shein vs. What I Got. No Hate To Shein, These Are Still Really Cute

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#99 Finally Ordered Our First Mr. Beast Burger And Then Realized After The First Bite That It Was Mostly Just Raw Meat

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#100 So Happy With My Purchase

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