my first attempt to buy online!
By yanjiaren
@yanjiaren (9031)
March 1, 2007 9:40am CST
Oh dear if this doesn't make you freak out nothing ever will lol.
When i wanted to purchase my first item on the internet i was trying to be very business like. I thought i would be very stressed out with computing and so decided to buy two stress balls lol There was a company that was doing stress balls in all different shapes and sizes and they could come with your name on them Personalised ones. Well to please my son i wanted to buy one he chose which looked like a stress penguin..it was a stress penguin with his name plastered in red along its tummy.
So i proceeded to checkout to order one stress penguin with the name muharrwem on it at the cost of!#.95 bucks.
But oh boy was i in for a shock lol. WHAT, I THE PRAT DIDN'T NOTICE WAS THE SMALL PRINT ON THE WEBSITE. THEY WERE NOT GOING TO SEND ONE PENGUIN, BUT ONE BOX!!!! Ihis was a website making stress balls for corporate clients not individuals. So as i proceeded to checkout to pay i was mortified to have ordered a box of 550 stress penguins with my son's name on them!!
Well i soon sorted that out and was very dismayed and stressed not to get them. But i am a stubburn one and found two stress eyeballs instead..and they were cheaper.
Have you ever experienced any internet blunder?
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12 responses
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
1 Mar 07
Goodness, this ANTI-stress stress ball sure stressed the hell out of the buyer! :P
Stress balls can be gotten for like.. 5 bucks?
When shopping from the comfort of the couch, there is one good thing - that we can also cancel the transaction when we realise the "error" when the final amount is computed. :P
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@Impervious (1147)
• United States
2 Mar 07
The internet being what it is ya gotta read the fine print. Cause they will stick it to ya every time. I haven't quite had that experience but have had a few blunders though.
Just an added note most browsers support a zoom function that will alow you to read that fine print much more comfortably.
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@simran1430 (1790)
• India
2 Mar 07
oh gosh , thats a terrible blunder , it did freak me out ,well i haven't still looked out into online buying but you make me still apprehensive about it now ,
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@hopefoo (1145)
• Malaysia
1 Mar 07
Oh my! Aren't you glad that you didn't hit BUY? LOL I'm sure glad you did. I mean, if your son's name was like John or Peter, it would be okay. There are lots of those around. But Muharrwem? You;d have a hard time trying to sell of those stress balls!
I've never had that kind of problem before, atleast not with a whole box of balls. I once accidentally accidentally bought two of the same CD from Amazon.com but all wasn't lost cause I managed to sell one to my cousin at market rate :D
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• India
2 Mar 07
in todays busy world buying online is comman it even saves time ......
but while buying we should prefer the right good and we should take proper measures while buying ...
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@GardenGerty (157674)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I am sorry, but I cannot stop laughing at the thought of 550 little stress squeezy penguins with your son's name on them coming to life, and saying "Squeeze me, Squeeze me" I am too tired and stressed, I can just see the animated little penguins.
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@doodlebug5250603 (1993)
• United States
1 Mar 07
lmao
i'm sorry, i know that i should not laugh, but when i got to the point of reading about the 550 stress penguins with your sons name on them, i was just thinking. you would probably sh!t your pants when they got delivered. lol. I understand completely that online shopping is difficult. for all of us.
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@Anniedup (3651)
• Richards Bay, South Africa
2 Mar 07
I wanted to start commenting on this discussion with allot of things to say, but I am laughing so much, I am going to skip my Pilate's this morning! I would've put some of my enemies names on there. I bought only one thing and that turned out sour, so once bitten twice shy. You have a lovely day now and keep your eye on the ball:)))
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