How many times have you ordered something online and the item that arrived was of disappointing quality? Or how many times has a new item you bought broken after just one use? From shoes, clothes, cutlery, and even appliances – it seems that manufacturers don’t build things that last anymore.
To highlight this phenomenon, we’ve collected the most frustrating and hilarious examples of low-quality items that people have shared online. From the “What I ordered vs. what I got” trend to everyday tools that left much to be desired in the quality department, we present to you the times new purchases had people extremely disappointed.
#1 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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#2 Ordered The Robe You Wear When The Police Comes To Tell You Your Millionaire Husband Died In Suspicious Circumstances
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#3 The Crystal Mug My Boyfriend Ordered Me For Our Anniversary vs. What We Actually Received
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#4 I Washed A Blanket With My Clothes And It Basically Disintegrated…
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#5 The Little Nail That Could And Two Hammers That Couldn’t
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#6 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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#7 Adamant – High Quality
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#8 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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#9 My Toaster Melts Its Own Plastic When Toasting
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#10 I Ordered A Happy Sad Octopus, Both Sides Came Sad,
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#11 The Mask I Ordered (Left) vs. The Mask I Got (Right)
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#12 Ordered Doc Ock, Received Depressed Ock Instead
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#13 You’re Not The Only One
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#14 This Electric Heater Can Melt It’s Plastic Casing When At Full Power
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#15 Ordered Jordan’s Online. Got Fake Ones
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#16 My Boss Ordered Chairs For The Break Room Last Year. He Too Did Not Get What He Expected
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#17 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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#18 My Shoes Crumbled Into Literal Powder On My Way To Work
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.
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#19 Just Bought This Underwater Protective Case In Thailand And Went Swimming With It
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#20 My Hammer Broke When I Hit A Nail On Workbench Trim
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#21 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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#22 Broke After A Month On Untangled Straight Hair
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#23 What I Ordered vs. What I Got
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#24 The Handle Just Broke Off My Brand New Cast Iron Skillet. I Haven’t Even Cooked Anything With It Yet
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#25 Almost Burned Down Our Kitchen
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.
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#26 This Garbage “Leather” Coating That Eventually Flakes Off And Gets Everywhere
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.
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#27 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
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!!
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#28 Paint On My New Cheap Barbecue Melts When Coal Is Burning
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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 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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#31 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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#32 When You Purchase A $20-30 Stained Glass Lamp On Amazon With Bad/No Reviews
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!
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#33 Got A Knife That Says USA. It Broke And Then I Realized It Say China On The Back
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#34 My Toilet Brush Broke
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#35 Was Cutting A Zip Tie
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#36 Bought The Walnuts And Nutcracker From Local Market
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#37 The Seal Plush Pillow I Ordered vs. The One That Arrived
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#38 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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#39 Put My Brand New $120 Pan On A Hot Pad That Was Supposedly Made For Hot Pans. I Hadn’t Even Cooked On It Yet, The Fabric Is Fused To The Pan And Won’t Come Off
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#40 The State Of My Raybans Case After 1 Month
Haven’t been rough with it at all. Started to split a couple days ago and now it’s completely torn as I’ve gone to open them with absolutely no resistance. Premium sunglasses with a cheap leather case
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#41 Pearls Of Wisdom: Be Cautious When Ordering Online. Expectations vs. Reality
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#42 Sick Of Everything Being Made Out Of The Lowest Possible Quality Plastic And Breaking After Like A Month Of Light Use
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#43 Ordering Paper Towels From Some Random Website
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#44 I Ordered Some Acoustic Sound Panels. And People Complain About Their Big Macs
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#45 I Kinda Feel Like You Should Never Unpack It
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#46 The Description Said Sweater And They Literally Printed A F*****g Sweater Pattern On Some Cheap Fabric. This Wasn’t Even From Temu
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#47 Turns Out The Art On The New Mug My Dad Bought Me Is Just Paper And It’s Already Peeling From Washing
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#48 Amazon Is Selling Bootleg Disney Colouring Books
Wife bought this on Amazon, it’s just a bound book of random low resolution/quality colouring pages easily found on Google image search. Initiated a refund and they didn’t even want it back.
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#49 Stainless Steel, Two Weeks Old
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#50 IKEA Quality
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