More often than not these days, when you buy something, you don’t actually see it until it shows up in front of you. Online shopping, food delivery and questionable listings all sometimes remind us why buyers have to be aware.
So we’ve put together a list of some of the best posts from the “Expectations Vs Reality” online group showcasing the times folks didn’t get what they expected. So settle in as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts and experiences in the comments section down below.
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#1 Ordered The Blanket From A Sketchy Seeming Website. They Nailed It!
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#2 My Daughter’s Birthday Cake From Last Year
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#3 The Way We Advertise Our Jack-O-Lantern Pizzas vs. The Way I Like To Make Them For Customers
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#4 The Birthday Cake My Wife Made For Our Daughter
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#5 This Patch I Ordered Off Amazon
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#6 I Got This Ice Cream Bar From A 7 Eleven Store In Tokyo And It Was Exactly The Same As In Picture. Plus It Was Delicious!
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#7 Husband Tried To Make A Dolphin For My Cocktail. It’s The Cutest Eel I’ve Ever Seen
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#8 Creepy
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#9 Beauty Products These Days
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#10 What My Sister Asked For vs. What The Salon Did vs. What My Mom Did After The Salon Disaster
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#11 These Things Never Work Out, Do They?
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#12 Reality Way Better Than Expectation!
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#13 My Friend Bought This Costume Online And I’ve Been Laughing All Day
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#14 I’m Seriously Impressed By This Frozen Pizza
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#15 The Top Is Pottery That My Mom Got In Germany, The Bottom Is My Attempt To Make It In My Ceramics Class ://
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#16 My Wife’s McDonald’s Cone In The Drive Through Last Night
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#17 Elsa Cake
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#18 Cute Little Aldi Ice Cream Cones
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#19 Merry Christmas Everyone!
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#20 What My Mother Ordered vs. What She Got
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#21 Some Boots From Amazon
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#22 I Ordered Bruschetta From My Local Pizza Shop
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#23 Started Off Carving Edna Ended Up With E.t
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#24 Underwater Scene Puzzle My Kids Got
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#25 I Feel Robbed Of My Chocolate
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#26 Seafood Bowl In Sapporo Japan
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#27 Minnie Gained Some Weight
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#28 Includes A “Private Balcony.” Is Just A View Of The Wall Of The Next Building
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#29 These Cat Socks
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#30 My Kid Cried
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#31 Latex Thigh Highs Ordered But Got What Seems Like The Case For Sleeping Bags
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#32 I Bought This Bob Ross Chia Pet . . . These Are Not Happy Trees
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#33 Well Then
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#34 My Aunt Tried To Make A Cake Of Dolly Parton For A Friend
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#35 Tasty Cheese
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#36 My Darth Maul Birthday Cake Ate Too Much Cake
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#37 Glass Mug
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#38 Are You Kidding Me
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#39 Shirt I Ordered vs. What I Got
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#40 Ordered A Cake For My Father’s Birthday
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#41 My Son Turned 1 Yesterday. This Was The Topper To His Space Themed Cake
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#42 Found On Twitter
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#43 The Crystal Mug My Boyfriend Ordered Me For Our Anniversary vs. What We Actually Received
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#44 Alien Balloons
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#45 The Mask I Ordered (Left) vs. The Mask I Got (Right)
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#46 I Asked For A Sugar Photo Bday Cake. I Got A Horrible Hand Drawing Instead
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#47 My Wife’s Felting Project
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