35 Funny Examples Of ‘The What I Ordered Vs. What I Got’ Trend

There’s always a risk involved when you order something online. The purchase could be defective, in the wrong colour or even the wrong size, and various other issues might crop up. However, these little inconveniences are to be expected, but when the item in question is of sub-par quality in comparison to the product image, it can be extra frustrating to deal with. There’s even a popular “What I ordered vs. what I got” trend online where people share their most hilarious product quality fails that left them utterly disappointed. Scroll below for a compilation of examples of items so shamefully low in quality that folks just had to share them online. 

#1 Can’t Really See It From The Other Picture But The Print Literally Has A Crochet Pattern In Addition To The Weird Flesh Tone. They Really Just Played In My Face

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#2 I Bought A Cat Tower Online That Turned Out To Be Much Smaller Than Expected. Trevor Is Still Trying To Be Appreciative Tho

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#3 The Little Nail That Could And Two Hammers That Couldn’t

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#4 I Washed A Blanket With My Clothes And It Basically Disintegrated…

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#5 The Incredibly Short Tang Of This Knife Was Only Secured By One Breakable Plastic Post. The Three Thicker Securing Pins Are Purely Aesthetic

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#6 The Crystal Mug My Boyfriend Ordered Me For Our Anniversary vs. What We Actually Received

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#7 Adamant – High Quality

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#8 You’re Not The Only One

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#9 Ordered Doc Ock, Received Depressed Ock Instead

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#10 Ordered The Robe You Wear When The Police Comes To Tell You Your Millionaire Husband Died In Suspicious Circumstances

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#11 I Ordered A Happy Sad Octopus, Both Sides Came Sad,

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#12 My Boss Ordered Chairs For The Break Room Last Year. He Too Did Not Get What He Expected

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#13 Paint On My New Cheap Barbecue Melts When Coal Is Burning

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#14 Phone Was Dying And I Was In A Hurry, And Didn’t Get The Chance To Read It Properly Until I Got Home

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#15 This Garbage “Leather” Coating That Eventually Flakes Off And Gets Everywhere

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I love these headphones (Anker Soundcore Life Q20), they have great sound quality and noise cancelation for their price. But my GOD can manufacturers stop trying to make imitation leather with this garbage? Every time I use them, my hands and ears get covered in little black flakes.

#16 The Mask I Ordered (Left) vs. The Mask I Got (Right)

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#17 Ordered Jordan’s Online. Got Fake Ones

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#18 What I Ordered vs. What I Got

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#19 Broke After A Month On Untangled Straight Hair

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#20 My Toilet Brush Broke

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#21 My Toaster Melts Its Own Plastic When Toasting

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#22 Just Bought This Underwater Protective Case In Thailand And Went Swimming With It

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#23 My Hammer Broke When I Hit A Nail On Workbench Trim

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#24 Almost Burned Down Our Kitchen

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So we got gifted a Warming Toy that you warm up in the Microwave and it has lavender scent to help kids sleep. We followed the directions excatly, keeping in mind the wattage of the microwave too. Well the small store it was bought from put a bowtie on it because they probably thought it looked cute. However that did not go with the toy and turns out it can’t be warmed either… cought fire inside the microwave. Smoked up the whole kitchen. Threw away the microwave as it was stained with burned plastic. Kids were both traumatized… ugh.

#25 Bought The Walnuts And Nutcracker From Local Market

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#26 My Shoes Crumbled Into Literal Powder On My Way To Work

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Swipe through the pictures for reverse disintegration I guess. For context, these were relatively cheap off brand shoes I bought a few years ago and had not worn in the last 2 years. Had almost reached work when I noticed, had to ask the cab to take me back home and then bring me back to work.

#27 It Said 72 Bags. Didn’t Say They’d All Have Tea. A Few Of The Bags In My Great Value Green Tea Box Are Like This.

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#28 The Handle Just Broke Off My Brand New Cast Iron Skillet. I Haven’t Even Cooked Anything With It Yet

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#29 Scam Level: Expert. Ordered These Cute Little Guys Assuming I Would Receive What Was Advertised….you Know What They Say About Assuming

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#30 BBQ Set Came With Metal Skewers, But The Handles Are Filled With Plastic So They Melted All Over Our BBQ After The First Use

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#31 This Electric Heater Can Melt It’s Plastic Casing When At Full Power

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#32 My “Genuine Leather” Calvin Klein Belt. Got Home, Tore Off The Tag Which Peeled Back The Plastic Coating Revealing The Rubber Core

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#33 Shoe Has Holes In The Plastic Sole That Let’s Water Pass In Between The Styrophome And The Plastic. Results Are A Mobile Pitre Dish

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Today was a hot day and I did alot of walking. They did not look this red in the morning. They are new shoes too!!

#34 When You Purchase A $20-30 Stained Glass Lamp On Amazon With Bad/No Reviews

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Listings I could find ranged from $20 to $30, all using the same product photo just edited into different backgrounds. Most had no reviews, a few had bad reviews but most people at least got something 3 dimensional!

#35 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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