61. Unicorn Raft

Price: Unknown
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: Amazon
If you only glance at this picture without taking a closer look, you might not see what the problem is. But, upon closer examination, this product is far larger than it should be, taking up almost the entire patio. It definitely would dominate the pool.

Unicorn Raft @pinkafterblue / Instagram.com
The unicorn rafts on Amazon are pretty popular, but it’s likely a safer bet to buy one where there is a human model sitting on the raft. That way, you can see the dimensions of the product. This unicorn raft could fit an entire family on it—a bit too large for anything but a lake or ocean.

62. Extra Underwear

Price: $145* (average)
Made by: Nike
Purchased at: eBay
This is definitely one of the grosser items on this list. @SneakerGodDez ordered a pair of Nikes off of eBay. The shoes themselves appear fine, but what was inside of them is a different store. As Dez put it, the seller “stuffed” the shoes with two pairs of underwear—and, judging from the picture, the underwear were not clean.

Extra Underwear @SnakerGodDez / Twitter.com
Tweeted in 2016, thousands of people, probably with eBay horror stories of their own, faved, commented, and retweeted. It’s unclear whether @SneakerGodDez outed the gross seller, but he definitely needs to be taken off eBay—not for fraud, which is why most eBay oustings occur, but for health and safety reasons.

63. Subway Sandwich

Price: $3-$5*
Made by: Subway
Purchased at: Subway
The quality of your Subway sandwich pretty much depends on the person making it for you. Subway is one of the most popular fast food franchises in the world, and it is continuing to grow each year. One Reddit user found that their “fungi toastie” (“mushroom sub,” for those of us in America) didn’t look exactly as advertised.

Subway Sandwich @u/UndesirableWaffle / Reddit.com
Instead of mushrooms, sauce, and cheese, the Redditor—who’d likely ordered online and wasn’t there to supervise the sandwich-making in person—got jalapeno peppers, cheese, and no sauce on bread that looked barely toasted. Unless you have a pretty strong stomach, that sandwich was inedible.

64. Playing Cards

Price: $4-$5* (for real cards)
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: Unknown
Dollhouse dimensions strike again. One shopper went to purchase playing cards and, likely enthused by the cheap price, clicked “Buy It” without looking closer at how large (or small) the cards were. What came in the mail were playing cards more fit for a Barbie doll’s hands than an actual human being.

Playing Cards @theresa.gilhooly / Instagram.com
Playing cards aren’t even that expensive to begin with. On Amazon, you can get a two-pack of Bicycle Playing cards for $9.47. Bicycle is more expensive, though according to Expat Best, there is a Blue Blood playing card deck, beautifully illustrated, for $100. Gold Venexiana cards sell for $425.

65. Knitted Pillows

Price: Unknown
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: Amazon
One Amazon buyer thought she was purchasing knitted, cream-colored pillows for her home. What came in the mail were regular pillows with the knitted pattern printed on them—no actual knitwork involved. While it’s not unheard of for people to buy pillow coverings without realizing the pillow doesn’t come with them, this is a new level of “buyer beware.”

Knitted Pillows @hannah.in.wanderlust / Instagram.com
A cursory glance through Amazon’s page shows that this seller is likely long-gone, having taken their pattern-printing scam as far as it would go. Beware of products that don’t have any reviews (or products that have reviews that appear canned or fake).

66. Custom Image Hats

Price: Unknown
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: Unknown
Fans of Parks & Rec’s campaign episodes will see the parallels between these hats and Leslie Knope’s disastrous campaign signs. Instead of getting an image printed onto a hat, one shopper ended up getting the image’s URL—un-downloaded, clearly—printed onto the black hats in white text.

Custom Image Hats @r/pics / Reddit.com
It’s unclear where the shopper bought these “custom-made” hats, who made them, or how much they were, but, hopefully, that seller is no longer in business. Oddly, the image URL printing looks embroidered, so it must have been somewhat time-consuming. Perhaps no one noticed there was a problem with such a strange request?

67. Panda Pillow

Price: $9.40-$75.50*
Made by: Angle’s Park Store (correctly-sized pillow)
Purchased at: Unknown
The correctly-sized pillow is sold by Angle’s Park Store, and it is available on AliExpress. Where the purchaser bought this teeny-tiny pillow is unknown, but the real panda pillows cost anywhere from under $10 to over $75. The panda pillow, done in the kawaii anime style, was supposed to be child-sized.

Panda Pillow @Expectation Vs. Reality / Reddit.com
However, one purchaser ended up with a panda pillow that could fit on a keychain instead. Though it had the same design (pink tongue, black nose and eyes, and pink hearts on the cheeks), the pillow was definitely not what the buyer ordered, as evidenced by him being able to hold the pillow in the palm of his hand.

68. “Wifey” Nightgown

Price: Unknown
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: Unknown
Twitter user @faarraahh_ wanted to buy a cute “Wifey” nightgown online, but what she got instead was what appeared to be a giant, oversized, long-sleeved t-shirt. As Farah said, she thought she ordered a “really cute wifey nightgown,” designed in blue and white stripes, with short sleeves and “#Wifey” printed in cursive on the front.

“Wifey” Nightgown @faaraghh_ / Twitter.com
Instead, Farah got an absolute mess, around five sizes too big. The two weren’t remotely similar. As she stated in her tweet, “just don’t buy anything online.” While that seems impossible, it’s definitely a good idea to look into the stores/platform from which you’re buying to make sure it’s legit.

69. Plush Carrots

Price: $0.24* (whole raw carrot)
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: eBay
This one had to be a prank. One eBay buyer ordered two carrot plush pillows that would be a cute addition to any bedroom. Instead, he/she got a raw carrot with a very creepy smiley-face drawn on it with black Sharpie. The face wasn’t even intact—it was smudged, giving this prank an extra horrendous vibe.

Plush Carrots @Chloe Oliver / Twitter
The carrot pillow debacle has made the rounds of the many “worst eBay purchases” sites and webpages. Though this perhaps isn’t the worst eBay purchase ever (the aforementioned Xbox one was more expensive), it definitely is up there on the list of biggest eBay fails.

70. Swing Set

Price: Unknown
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: Unknown
Even the tiniest of babies wouldn’t be able to fit in this swing set. One online buyer attempted to purchase a swing-set for his child, but what came in the mail instead was a swing-set more fit for a miniature baby doll (even a real one wouldn’t fit). It’s hard to tell who the brand-name is from the picture, but it’s safe to say this isn’t Fisher-Price.

Swing Set @r/funny / Reddit.com
One clear indicator that something may be amiss is an unusually low price for an item. A swing-set like this usually costs $25-$50, so prices that are half that should raise a red flag.

71. Prom Dress

Price: $300-$700* (for the real dress)
Made by: Sherri Hill
Purchased at: 3rd party seller
We couldn’t go through a list of the biggest online shopping blunders without shouting out all the many prom dress debacles. Every year, like clockwork, some girls purchase their prom dresses online or from third-party sellers who are just out to make a buck. The results are tragic (and pretty funny).

Prom Dress @marrahaley / Twitter.com
One Twitter user, @marrahaley, found that out when she bought her prom dress online. What was supposed to be a sleek, fishtail dress from designer Sherri Hill ended up being way too large and covered in gaudy fake pearls instead of actual embroidery. AS @marrahaley put it, “This is what happens when you order online.”

72. Sassy Jersey

Price: Unknown
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: Unknown
Online clothing buying will never not yield hilarious results, and this one mixes bad online sellers with vampirism. While the majority of online purchases go well, some do not, and this is yet another example of one that did not—and all because of just one letter. One shopper wanted a sassy “Bite Me” Jersey with the number 29 on it.

Sassy Jersey @i.dailymail.co.uk
She received her jersey, almost identical save for one detail—instead of “Bite Me,” the jersey read, “Bite Men.” Unfortunately, that extra letter made the dress pretty much unwearable, unless the buyer wanted to get weird looks every time she went outside.

73. Colorblock Dress

Price: Unknown
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: Unknown
This one is another tragic prom dress failure. One buyer went to purchase a colorblock halter-top prom dress in pastels. There were trendy gaps in the fabric that made the dress pop (but likely wouldn’t get the buyer dinged by stringent school dress-code enforcers). Sadly, the buyer didn’t get that perfect dress in the mail.

Colorblock Dress @i.dailymail.co.uk
As the buyer put it, what came in the mail looked like a “sack.” Though the colors were (somewhat) correct, literally nothing else was. Once again, dress shopping is best done in-person, where you can see the dress up close and try it on.

74. Jumpsuit

Price: Unknown
Made by: Unknown
Purchased at: Unknown
What was supposed to be a navy jumpsuit with a thick brown belt at the waist turned into something completely unwearable. For a jumpsuit like this, you would think that the online shopping risk would be it being way too long (like many other clothing items we’ve seen on this list so far).

Jumpsuit ©Imgur.com
However, this shopping fail went the other way—the jumpsuit was way too small, looking immensely uncomfortable. This doesn’t even seem like the buyer ordered the wrong size, as the product she received was not even the same color, making this appear to be a good ol’ fashioned scam.

75. Gold Leggings

Price: $6*
Made by: Bratz
Purchased at: Online
Twitter user @pvnk_princess shared her mom’s tragic shopping story. She wrote on social media that her mom ordered what she “thought” were “cheap gold leggings” for herself. What she got, instead, were gold leggings that were for Bratz dolls, judging from the teeny-tiny size and the Bratz packaging in which they were wrapped.

Gold Leggings @pvnk_princess / Twitter.com
The tweet got over 32,000 retweets and over 43,000 likes. The low price might have been a clue—leggings for dolls usually cost $3-$6, while gold leggings for humans, judging from Amazon, cost between $16 and $35. @pvnk_princess closed the tweet by saying, “LMAO I’m done with life.”

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