Woman Orders Plastic Chair On Amazon, Gets Way Less Than She Bargained For

Oh the perils of online shopping πŸ˜‚

We’ve all been there: you’re perusing Amazon and the bargain of the century catches your eye. Not wanting to miss out on the find, you immediately add it to your cart and click β€˜order’, before even reading the description.

In Blaque’s case, her bargain buy was a plastic chair on sale for $4.29 (Β£3.35) - she thought it would look great in her apartment.

But unfortunately her order didn’t quite turn out as expected.

When it arrived, Blaque noticed that it was a bit too small to sit on...

Blaque tweeted a photo of her failed order with the caption: β€œAnd this is why you should ALWAYS read the description while shopping on Amazon.”

She told HuffPost that when ordering the chair, she didn’t read the description or the reviews - after all, a bargain like that doesn’t crop up every day.

When her parcel arrived, she thought that the box looked β€œkind of small to hold a chair”, but considered that it could have been flat-packed.

She then rummaged inside the box and found a smaller box, complete with the tiny plastic chair inside.

β€œI immediately busted out laughing,” she said.

If only she’d have scrolled down on Amazon, she would’ve noticed that the chair was β€˜made of acrylic, only 6” tall and a miniature replica’.

When Blaque tweeted her error, other people were quick to share their own online shopping fails.

A similar event occurred earlier this year when a cat owner ordered a climbing tree for her feline companion for $13 (Β£10).

Unfortunately she’d completely missed the part in the product’s description that said the cat tree was for a doll’s house.

Needless to say, her moggy wasn’t impressed.

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Moral of the story: always read the small print.

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