What could be better than finding the thing you need for cheap on the Internet! True, upon closer examination it may turn out to be not entirely necessary or even not at all what is required. How did it happen, for example, with the heroes of this collection.
39-year-old Katie Briley from Poole bought a second-hand dress for 10 pounds (about 1,000 rubles) from an online store. The outfit, according to the owners, was worn only once. Katie didn't notice that she was ordering from the pet supplies section and the dress was made for dogs.
After receiving this jacket, Newcastle's Demi Hart will think twice about buying items online without trying them on.
Lisa Rosell, 34, from Birminster, bought the guitar through a private ad on the Internet. “It’s not exactly what I wanted,” the girl admits. “But at least you can have fun.” The guitar turned out to be inflatable.
Sarah Wotton bought a masquerade hat without paying attention to the note in the ad: “The size is not true to life.” “My son uses it for his toys,” says Sarah.
Kelly Hanson bought a toy stove for her daughter to play with in the kitchen. When it was delivered, the slab turned out to be for a doll's house - about the size of a couple of matchboxes. Only Barbie could cook even toy food on it.
And this Italian bought a gramophone from the 1920s over the Internet - as the seller assured, it was real. When, having paid a very impressive sum, the buyer received what he wanted, he showed the gramophone to an expert, who declared that it was a crude fake.
An elderly eccentric English woman bought second-hand pink Martins via the Internet. When she received the goods after paying, it turned out that they were the size of a preschool child. “Fortunately, I have a granddaughter who liked them just as much as her grandmother,” laughs the unlucky customer.
A pensioner purchased a wig for a carnival on eBay. I just didn’t read the small print warning that it was a doll’s wig.
Nicole Martimore, from Farnham, bought an outdoor table from an online flea market. When the purchase arrived, it turned out that it was only a countertop! But Miss Martimore came out of the situation with honor, having designerly adapted a trash can as a leg.
Wendy Moore from Bristol bought a giraffe figurine for £5 during an online sale. She expected to put it on the shelf in the bathroom. But, as it turned out, the photograph did not fully convey the size of the object: the giraffe statue took pride of place against the wall, almost resting its head on the ceiling.
The offer from an online grocery store sounded tempting: six packs of mayonnaise for 100 rubles! But when the customer received the goods, she was unpleasantly surprised by the size of the packages.
The 63-year-old pensioner was so amazed by the penny price of cute summer slippers that she did not pay attention to the postscript “two left”. Thus, she became the happy owner of a pair of the cutest sandals... for her left foot.
Molly Malone bought a bikini swimsuit from an online store. The name of the product “bikini - small” did not bother her at all: she believed that this was just a designation for the standard size S. But, having received the swimsuit she ordered, she was amazed to realize that it was really small!
