- Online shopping can be somewhat of a gamble.
- Twitter users are sharing hilarious photos of eBay shopping mishaps.
- Some have received products with surprising designs they didn't ask for.
- Other users have bought products that turned out dramatically different than what they expected.
Online shopping is often somewhat of a gamble. You can never be too sure that what you see on a site is what you'll actually get in the mail.
Just ask Twitter user Robyn Moore, who is going viral after she bought a pair of shoes online that came with one unexpected detail.
"Remembering that time when I ordered some Doc Martens from eBay and they came with [the words] 'Royal Mail' imprinted on them," Moore tweeted on Thursday.
Remembering that time when I ordered some doc martens from eBay an they came with "royal mail" imprinted on them 👀
— Robyn Moore (@_Robynmoore) February 8, 2018
This is why you shouldn't order doc martens off ebay x pic.twitter.com/1CqUAZOnHl
— Robyn Moore (@_Robynmoore) February 8, 2018
It turns out Moore had ordered what she thought was an ordinary pair of black Dr. Martens shoes, but she instead received Doc Martens that were likely made for employees of the Royal Mail, a parcel service in the UK.
Moore's online shopping mishap quickly went viral, racking up 14,000 likes on Twitter so far. And she's not the first to be disappointed, albeit amused, by an eBay purchase.
On February 1, Twitter user zaryaswife shared a photo of some socks she had bought on eBay that also came with a surprising design. "I'm crying," she tweeted. "I got wholesale socks off eBay for a dollar and they f------ say 'I like bread' on the foot. Hello????? Is this the brand??? Weird humor????"
im crying i got wholesale socks off ebay for a dollar and they fucking say “i like bread” on the foot hello????? is this the brand??? weird humor???? pic.twitter.com/ubFdxoM3JP
— ❄️ zarya and mei are in love ❄️ (@zaryaswife) February 1, 2018
Unexpected designs aside, other people have received products that were dramatically different from what they ordered online. In December 2017, a Twitter user named Chloe Oliver posted a photo of a raw carrot with a sloppily-drawn smiley face in black marker. "Lady I work with ordered a Kevin the Carrot off eBay and this is what's just been delivered. I'm crying," she wrote.
lady i work with ordered a kevin the carrot off ebay and this is what’s just been delivered i’m crying pic.twitter.com/yOidmnYwJU
— Chloe Oliver (@_chloeoliver) December 11, 2017
Oliver's coworker was likely expecting a cute plush toy version of Kevin the Carrot, the animated star of Aldi's holiday campaigns in the UK since 2016.
In May 2017, Twitter user Thomas 'voxel' Purnell shared a photo of a watch he bought on eBay that turned out to be twice as big as he expected.
Bought a cheap wristwatch from China via eBay. It might be about twice the size I expected pic.twitter.com/DmYSQ2KF28
— ■ voxel ■ (@voxel) May 27, 2017
And in December 2016, filmmaker Melanie Easton, a producer at Network Ten and 57 FILMS, tweeted a picture of dance shoes her roommate had ordered on eBay that ended up being many sizes too small.
My housemate ordered dance shoes from a Chinese store on ebay and got the size disastrously wrong. I'm crying. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/bfZr8gmz66
— Melanie Easton (@MelanieJEaston) December 13, 2016
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