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AIBU?

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Original poster

to just say fuck it and embrace my mistake?

279 replies

Ivechangedmyname1 · 18/08/2016 05:09

I did an online shop but had no time to complete so booked my slot, put £40 worth of knobbly bobbly ice creams in the basket and checkout!

Went to complete my shopping and it wont let me change the order as I checked out at 2 mins past midnight!

So now I have 160 ice creams being delivered between 9am and 10am.

I thinking ill just accept the order and we can live on ice cream for a week.

AIBU?

I now have to go actually shopping with 2dc, fuck

OP posts:
FoxInABox · 18/08/2016 13:27

I've almost done this before- I filled it with fosters though so I'm sure my husband would have been happy to keep it! Luckily I realised at the last minute!

abeltasman · 18/08/2016 13:31

My husband used this technique to save a slot but ordered many bottles of prosecco. We then had a sick child so didn't get to update the order before the 11pm cutoff. That was such a shame

Sara107 · 18/08/2016 13:43

Could you set up a little roadside stall outside your house and sell them on? Don't Americans do this sort of micro business (eg lemonade stalls)?
Teach your DCs to be entrepreneurs, reduce the number of nobbly bobblys and make a profit......

CarrieLouise25 · 18/08/2016 13:59

Fox - DH is always trying to get me to reserve with fosters and then hopes I'll forget about it Grin

Masketti · 18/08/2016 14:00

We do a 'fake' shop of Verve Cliquot champagne. I sometimes wish DH wasn't so crash hot on amending the order Grin

flirtybird · 18/08/2016 14:04

That's a rookie error!!

I shop with Tesco and I always put over £40 of wine in and check out and then change it over the week. As it is wine I am happy to accept it if I forget!

Wordsmith · 18/08/2016 14:22

I had a friend who ordered 200 kg of cheddar cheese online but luckily the supermarket worked out that she meant 200g Grin

LadyBaelish · 18/08/2016 14:34

I've laughed my way through this thread, and would like to add my own story of DM who ordered 12 boxes of cat biscuits instead of 2. The cats were thrilled!

BrieAndChilli · 18/08/2016 16:42

I offered to cater for the group beaver/cub/scout camp - 70 people
I didn't prefer a huge variety of things but it was large quantities - 27 bunches of bananas, 12 massive bags of apples, 100's of rolls, 30 packs of bacon etc!!! Delivery driver was very relieved when DH offered to help him get it all out the can - was 99 bags of stuff!! I'm sure someone somewhere must have thought it was either a joke order or a big mistake!!!

ButtMuncher · 18/08/2016 16:52

OP - just wanted to let you know I bought some Nobbly Bobblys today off the back of this topic Grin

RoosterCogburn · 18/08/2016 16:55

Tesco once sent me 5 kg of carrots instead of the 5 I had ordered.

DH, who was home when the order came didn't query the carrier bags full of carrots - he assumed I was going to do some carrot based cuisine.

When I rang Tesco they refunded me and then sent me some carrot based recipes by email!

headinhands · 18/08/2016 17:03

200 kg of cheddar cheese

Now we're talking!

My ds loves cucumbers and eats a whole one like a piece of fruit. My driver said 'that's a lot of cucumbers, you got a family do coming up?' I just mumbled something about enjoying salad, which in hindsight probably sounds worse!

headinhands · 18/08/2016 17:08

double booked Ocado & Tesco. V embarrassing as both vans outside house at once!!

Hilarious. I'm chuckling imagining the drivers having a loyalty fueled punch up on your driveway.

PitilessYank · 18/08/2016 17:12

Headinhands: Did the driver offer to "toss your salad" after you said that?

Vickyyyy · 18/08/2016 17:29

I could live with this mistake in all honesty. Aslong as I had somewhere to keep them...I would be devastated watching them all melt away as i had no space in the freezer. Grin

Cakescakescakes · 18/08/2016 17:35

I ordered 800 fish fingers once..... Blush

GinandTits · 18/08/2016 17:42

Love this thread. Grin

GlitteryFluff · 18/08/2016 17:50

GrinGrin

IggyPopsicle · 18/08/2016 18:11

scampimom I'm creasing up at the doll's house table 😂

Can anyone tell me, what happens if one of your substituted items turns out to be more expensive? Do you pay the original price or do you have to cough up the extra if you want to keep it?

Sallycinnamum · 18/08/2016 18:13

I ordered 100 bananas. There were bags and bags of them. I ended up foisting thm on all and sundry just to get rid!

GinandTits · 18/08/2016 18:51

I ordered pork scratchings once and got green beans. That was a let down! I've messEd up to though. Ended up with a huge beef joint as I ordered it thinking price waa good but it was per kg or something so that wasn't the actual price and ended up with monster beef. We was eating it for days!

SnugglySnerd · 18/08/2016 18:51

cakes, what on earth did you do with 800 fish fingers?!

headinhands · 18/08/2016 19:38

what happens if one of your substituted items turns out to be more expensive?

I shop online with Tesco a lot. When it happens they cover the diffs if it's more and refund you the diffs if it's cheaper. I've only had one unwanted sub in about 15 shops and that wasn't silly just not what I wanted. He refunded me then and there and took the unwanted sub back. I do rave about online shopping to friends and family. I pay £6 a month to have as many deliveries when I want them and don't get charged so long as it's over £40. I'm doing about 2 £40ish shops a week which works out perfectly. I found one shop a week wasn't working as well as I often forget/run out of stuff.

DonnaMoss · 18/08/2016 20:30

Headin that's like me, I pay £6 a month delivery and have a slot worth £6 every week. Bargain!

Ekefox · 18/08/2016 20:33

I did this with vodka once. My entire delivery was just two large bottles of it. Good times were had all round.