Effing John Lewis!!!

[CallmeAngelina]

DH ordered me a surprise present from John Lewis.
It was just delivered - wrapped in thin plastic, visible for the whole world to see. No box. WHY??????
Surprise ruined!!

Had something delivered recently. Box was labelled "Toys". It didn't even occur to me until my 7yo asked why I had a box of toys . Thankfully I was able make my excuses and hide the bloody box.

I know its disappointing but I do think you are a) overreacting and b) being a bit abrupt to people not agreeing with you.

What does DH want John Lewis to do? What do you want the outcome to be?

Yanbu op. For pp saying should of ticked gift option isn't that normally an extra charge for them to actually wrap it. Not for them to put it in a standard cardboard box.

Here is my box.... not quite sure how I missed it!!!

I do know several items are sent ‘direct from the supplier’ with John Lewis, could this have happened (I order way too much from John Lewis!!!)??
I’d love to know what the gift is if ‘as soon as you saw the delivery man you knew what it was’ (in which case if you knew from looking at the delivery man would extra packaging actually help??).

Sorry for your loss op
It's pretty common to want to surprise your partner and to have them receive it Christmas morning. I'd be disappointed if my partner found out what I was getting him
People on here love sneering don't they

I'm not sure whether some of you perhaps think I've spent my evening wailing in despair and rage. I absolutely haven't - I was pissed off and not unreasonably, in my own opinion (obviously) but have carried on with my day with a nice gin & tonic and dinner, both prepared by my dh (that OK with everyone?).
If I've been abrupt with any posters, it's only those who have taken a delight (as is often the way on MN, particularly in AIBU) in attempting to ridicule me for being disappointed that a Christmas surprise was spoiled unexpectedly and unnecessarily.

Do couples buy each other things anyway? Don’t you have shared finances?

Are you serious?! Of course they do. Anyone you has been convinced otherwise is the one with a husband/wife/partner problem, not the OP.

I would have been upset OP if I knew my DH had gone to special effort to buy me a Christmas surprise. There is a lot of miserable grinches on here!

as soon as you saw the delivery man you knew what it was’ (in which case if you knew from looking at the delivery man would extra packaging actually help??)
No, a box would have covered it. Literally.

Yanbu.
I've never had stuff from JL in clear packaging though. Normally a grey bag.

YADNBU OP, the posts on this thread are absolutely laughable.
Perhaps no one ever buys them nice surprises.

Sux2buthen Thank you. x

Jeez OP, you really got a kicking on here didn’t you!?!
How dare you want to enjoy the festive spirit of gift giving and receiving? The miserable buggers are out in force tonight.
I would have been disappointed too.

Do couples buy each other things anyway? Don’t you have shared finances?

And I hereby award the prize of the grinchiest of grinches to the above post (unless said poster was being ironic)!

Tbh you need to grow up!

Not JL fault, your OH should have arranged for it to be sent to another address, or collected in store if he wanted it to be a real surprise.

Ha ha - some posters seem to not 'get' the idea that online shopping is for convenience, not for trekking to some click & collect Or having delivered to work and hauling back home on crowded public transport. Well, I'm sure they do but want to join in the Saturday kick8ng of the OP

Hey, OP - what is the present? Totally understand if you don't want to see as doubtless that will lead to a further round of derision

Yep, Aridane. Good old Saturday night on MN!
My biggest regret at this moment is having impulsively clicked on "start a new thread in this topic" earlier on. What was I thinking?

Thanks to the 62% so far who don't think IABU though.

“He went to great lengths...” are you serious? He clicked a few buttons on one of the most well-known retail sites. It’s hardly a challenge

I often go to great lengths to find the exact thing for someone, read reviews on the various options, find the best price at various retailers, possibly even go and look at it to check it's suitable etc. And THEN click a few buttons to order it.

WTF is wrong with people on this thread?
A joyless bunch who don't like surprises (or even to buy gifts for their partner) and who don't get that sometimes it takes time to find just the right thing for someone you love.

viques Why? What is wrong with him doing what he always does, and have a (recyclable) BOX delivered to the house that I wouldn't recognise the content of?

Totally understand if you don't want to say as doubtless that will lead to a further round of derision
Exactly!

YANBU

MN is full of miserable sods that think only children should get presents, all men are bastards and all women should be martyrs.

Your DH should complain. The packaging sounds shite, surprise or not.

U ok hun?

With Christmas being ruined, only option is a feature in the Daily Mail complete with sad face pose next to the offending plastic bag.

I love surprises op, and I think it's a great shame that your surprise was spoiled.

I also agree that opaque packaging should really be the norm, not least because one does not necessarily want the postman and neighbours to see what has been ordered.

However, I do think that the onus was on your dh to protect the surprise. It would be nice if retailers could be trusted to care about our lovely surprises as much as we do, but I just think it is naive to expect them to.

Ergo, your dh really should have chosen gift packaging, or had the parcel delivered elsewhere, or chosen Click & Collect instead of crossing his fingers and hoping that the packaging would adequately disguise the contents.