Online shopping is in a weird position. On the one hand, it offers fantastic convenience, saves you time, and grants access to products from around the globe. On the other hand, there’s always that small chance that you might get something entirely different than advertised or a particularly cheap knock-off. And ‘Wish,’ a popular American e-commerce platform, is often guilty of this, as well as offering some utterly bizarre—albeit incredibly amusing, fun, and quirky—ads.
One subreddit documents some of the most hilarious and egregious cases of shopping fails when browsing ‘Wish.’ We’ve collected some of the top pics to amuse you and remind you to always be careful when buying stuff off the net. Remember—if your gut is telling you it’s too good to be true, then it probably is.
Bored Panda was interested to learn more about online shopping, unmet expectations, and quirky advertising, so we got in touch with consumer psychology specialist Matt Johnson, Ph.D., the host of the marketing psychology blog and author of ‘Branding that Means Business.’
#1 Always Check The Dimensions In Online Shopping
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#2 At Least He Printed The Shirt
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#3 My Mom’s Old iPad
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#4 Oh?
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#5 Seems Legit
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#6 Seen On Twitter
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#7 Turns Out I’m Not Very Good At Online Shopping
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#8 I Thought The Personalized Message Was For The Delivery Driver Not The AirPods
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#9 I’m Just Shocked Someone Had The Nerve To Order A TV From Wish
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#10 I Was Sent 75 Pounds Of Lube Today Instead Of The Meal Kit I Ordered
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#11 Wish Freddy
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#12 Another Wish Gem. Friend Posted What She’s Got. She’s Super Pissed But I Would Be Dying Laughing
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#13 Bad Review + Seller Response
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#14 When You Don’t Have A Female Model For Your Product
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#15 Never Buy Anything Even If It Looks Legit Wtf
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#16 Wish Offering An Alternative To Assisted Suicide
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#17 Our Company Now Has 900 Of These Pens
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#18 My Wife Just Got This Huge Banner For Work. Perfect
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#19 Macho-Man Randy Savage Dropping A Savage Elbow On An Unsuspecting Jesus
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#20 I Like The Packaging Name In The Background
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#21 My Friend Ordered A Baby Yoda (Grogu) This Is What They Got
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#22 I Ordered A Desk Lamp From Amazon. I Should Have Read The Specs More Carefully
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#23 I Wish I Was Making This Up
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#24 Always Take Notice Of A Product’s Size When Shopping Online
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#25 These Shorts My Friend Ordered From An Instagram Ad… Just A Little Bit Different From The Advertisement!
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#26 The Bear Mask My Friend Ordered vs. The Nightmare Fuel He Received
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#27 Wish Wilding For This One
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#28 Yes
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#29 Sexy Magikarp! Just What I’ve Always Wanted
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#30 Ordered Some Hair Clips And Got Morty Instead
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#31 Hoyl Bible
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#32 Did My Mans Dirty
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#33 I Waited 6 Months For This. Wtf
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#34 I Don’t Even Own A Chicken
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#35 This Dog Is Horrifying
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#36 When A Man Wants To Order A Football Shirt With No Name On The Back
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#37 I’ve Seen Strange Sunglasses But This… I Don’t Get
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#38 Tried Online Shopping. They Don’t Seem To Fit Me
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#39 Nightmare Fuel
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#40 Finally. A Pillow Shaped Like A Giant Pigs Trotter!
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#41 Ordered A Pickle Rick Pipe Off Wish.com
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#42 What Name Would You Like On The Back?
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#43 Never Look At The Dimensions While Online Shopping
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#44 The Dangers Of Online Shopping
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#45 Oh Yes, I Sure Want To Buy A Whole Water Slide
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#46 I Think My Facebook Ads Have Started To Be Influenced By This Sub
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#47 Maybe Some People Wish To Braid Their Eyelashes?
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#48 Wish’s Reason For Pushing Meth Pipes So Hard: Increase Market Demand For Cheap Dentures
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#49 Does Wtf Etsy Count?
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#50 This Candle Cup Ordered Online
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