Online Shopping Fails: Expectation Vs. Reality

Ordering online has become second nature for most of us. You just can’t beat the comfort and convenience of ordering items right from your couch. But, ordering online comes with a risk.

We all know that ordering online runs us the risk of ordering something that is not the right size. But every once in a while we get stuck with a purchase like this one that doesn’t look anything like the photo we saw online.

Any cat lover would be excited to find these stockings online. The bottom of the stockings have little toe beans that make them look just like your furry friends! But unfortunately, these stockings are just too good to be true.

This Spongebob snack is a staple for ice cream trucks. But we are awfully worried about Spongebob here. He looks like he has been through it!

We understand how disappointed this person must have been when they ordered this dress and received this in the mail, but we can’t help but laugh at their misfortune. The dress on the right is a far cry from the one on the left.

We can imagine how excited this poor young woman was to receive this dress. The sparkly dress on the left is stunning and perfect for a fancy occasion. She was just not prepared for what arrived for her.

This would be the perfect cake for any 3-year-old who is a fan of the Hulk. Chocolate and their favorite character would make them the happiest toddler on the planet. But, the cake on the right might not have the same effect.

You can tell just from this woman’s body language that she is not too happy with her online order. This chic outfit looks professional and stylish on the woman on the left but you can tell the quality isn’t the same for the woman who ordered it online.

Maybe the worst case scenario for “expectation vs. reality” is tattoos because (newsflash) they’re permanent! Unless you want some lasers to the skin they are on your body for good so you want to make sure your tattoo is everything you’d hope for.

Unfortunately, when you go to the salon to get your hair or nails done you don’t always get the results you were hoping for. To be fair, you can’t always expect that your nails will look exactly like your inspiration photo.

This one is so far off the mark that we can’t help but laugh. We understand why she ordered the dress on the left but it missed the mark so badly that we can see why she had to laugh at the outcome.

When most of us try things on they rarely look the way they do on the models so we know to expect a little bit of difference. But this sparkly gown looks almost nothing like the photo.

When you order a crop top and that’s not what you receive, you’d be understandably disappointed. But the good news with this one is that she can still get what she originally wanted from her order.

This one makes us cringe. People have different tastes in art and art really is in the eye of the beholder so we don’t typically judge. But we have to assume that this is not what this person wanted on their body forever.

This is a look of disappointment if we’ve ever seen one. The poor woman was expecting this fluffy coat on the left with interesting details all down the sleeves, but what she is wearing looks like something completely different.

Barney looks awfully scary here. We can’t imagine that any kid would be too excited to see their cake look like this. They might not even recognize that it’s Barney, the big purple dinosaur looking back at them.

This dress went viral across the internet for being the tiniest piece of clothing anyone had ever seen. I mean, it actually looks like it could be a dress for a doll instead of an adult woman. 

While this woman still looks stunning, her hair is not exactly the braid that she had envisioned. The braid on the left is what she wanted for her walk down the aisle and the right is what she ended up with.

There’s nothing wrong with a Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. Even those twiggy trees need some love around the Holiday season. But, when you order a luscious leafy tree and you get this instead, you will obviously be disappointed.

The dress on the left is the perfect prom dress. Some sparkly details and flowy material make it a great option for the next school dance or fancy occasion, but the dress on the right just doesn’t compete.

Anyone who has ever worked with frosting knows that you can’t put the frosting on the cake until the cake has cooled. Otherwise, you’ll wind up with this somewhat scary looking melted Elmo cake.

When this woman went to the salon to get her hair dyed blue, we assume she didn’t want just any blue. It’s the reason she brought an inspiration picture with the deep royal blue we see on the left. 

Jean skirts are a pretty basic staple that were popular in the 90s and have made something of  a comeback in more recent years. But this is certainly not the denim skirt that this girl wanted in her closet.

The “little black dress” is a staple in most women’s closets. It’s easy to style and can be worn to almost any occasion. However, this dress looks more like a garbage bag than a little black dress.

Butterflies are a super popular tattoo design in the past couple years and they can be so beautiful when they’re done well. This woman wanted these two dainty butterflies like the ones pictured.

Cutting bangs is always risky, whether you do them yourself or have a professional hair stylist cut them. What if you don’t like them or you mess them up? The only way out is to grow them out.

You have to be really careful about sizes when you order clothes online, but you also have to be careful of sizes when ordering everyday objects as well. This person ordered a scale to weigh themselves.

Face masks are a great way to relax and practice some self care after a long day. So, we’re sure she was excited to kick back and do some skin care while she relaxed, but she was tricked by the internet.

The expectation for the dress is the photo on the right but the problem with that is that the image isn’t even real itself! The photo on the right is completely photoshopped and warped so it’s no wonder the reality was not what she had hoped.

Ordering jeans online is always risky because different styles and brands always fit in tons of different ways so it’s unlikely that they will be the perfect fit. It’s usually a better idea to just try them on in-store.