20 Pics That Show Online Shopping Could Go Hilariously Wrong

We all have been victims of a scam when shopping online. One thing that we keep in mind, is that nothing is really as we see in the pictures. However, for some with big faith, that’s not true. Often we buy things based on the pictures we see, without stopping to check the reviews and the details of the product. We know, it’s fabulous and you want it, but first, make sure you’re going to get what you want. There are a lot of victims of these online scams, who had nothing to do, except swallow their mistake. It’s okay to happen once, you learn from it. And hey, you’re not the only one.

A lot of these victims of scams shared their experiences with the internet on the r/Scams subreddit. This group counts 256k members, and this is the place where people inform each other about all kinds of scams. Today though, we’re going to focus on the shopping scams in particular.

Although we try to be cautious about the way we’re spending our money, sometimes people are just too good at getting away with it. Below we have compiled a list of some of the worst, yet hilarious scams people decided to share.

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1. My sister bought this dress on wish. Never buy anything from wish

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2.BEWARE OF Acelote.com!

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3. I paid almost 40USD for an Automatic Sprouter Machine and they sent 2 plastic recipients

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4. What I ordered (left) vs. What I got (right)

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5. We ordered the cake on the left and received the cake on the right. Elmo has seen better days

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6. Bought This Beauty During Quarantine For $60. I Was Stoked To Get My Hands On One Since They Were Sold Out Everywhere

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7. Ordered a gourmet dipped pears gift set – received overpriced bag of pears with disgusting chocolate bars (Hazelton’s Gift Baskets)

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8. My poor manfriend ordered an inflatable trolling boat online. He expected mediocre quality, but what arrived exceeded his wildest expectations….

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9. This guy bought a smartphone online but received a stone

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10. Bought dust filters for my PC, got this instead from AliExpress, LMAO

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11. What was ordered vs. What was received. Pretty disappointing

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12. I ordered a meditation book from amazon and every page just says “Inhale” and “Exhale”

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13. Dad made the classic mistake of buying something on amazon without checking it’s size. We now have two 10 foot lamps

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14. as a reminder, don’t buy anything from an Instagram ad

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15. Ordered online and was sent only one right shoe. They “fixed” the issue by sending me two more right shoes

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16. I ordered a 6ft tall rainbow tree from a Facebook ad and this is what showed up. I’m crying from laughing so hard, I’ve never had this happen in real life

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17. Mom ordered steps for the dog. What she thought she ordered vs. What she got

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18. What we ordered vs. What we got (feat. My dog)

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19. So today I received my airpods from amazon. God these are huge

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20. Online vs. when it arrived

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#21 The Shoes

Here are the Cinderella Nike shoes that look fabulous. Believing is reputed brands for everything they manufacture is not right. This buyer experienced it when they received the product.

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Times Historians Had No Idea What Something Was And Women Stepped In And Told Them

In class, I learned that when I don’t understand something, someone else probably does. It’s more useful to learn someone’s perspective in a field than to force your perspective and fail miserably.

That’s the moral lesson to be learned in this viral Twitter thread by Gennifer Hutchison. For her, there are things that male historians and anthropologists get wrong because they usually don’t involve women’s perspectives in their research.

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Writer Gennifer Hutchinson pointed out online that male scientists struggle to figure something out because they restrict women’s access to their fields

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