To be unimpressed with this substitution

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I know these are difficult times but FFS Sainsburys! If I order a box of wine and it's not available, surely you should sub it for another box? Or perhaps 3 bottles so it's a similar amount. Not a single 18.7cl bottle. It's neither use nor ornament!

YANBU

Ha ha! That’s very funny.

That's odd - I used to pick orders at Asda and we were always told to sub something of equal or greater value wherever possible.

I ordered a pack of 2 chocolate mousse ganache type desserts from Ocado. I received a singular cappuccino mousse. Disappointed is not the word.

I feel your pain. Asda keep swapping the cider flavours I order. Not quite as bad as the oranges I ordered being subbed for garlic bulbs a couple of weeks ago. Still not over that.

I would be traumatised! I’ve stopped online shopping for this reason, they swapped fillet steak for rump that was the final straw!

My husband once ordered crumpets and received mint sauce and wasn't impressed.
Another time we received cat food instead of loo roll!

Oranges and garlic!

I thought subbing green beans for spinach was strange but that’s silly.

Asda have been quite good in subbing like for like quantities but I would have preferred them to keep the same brand but a lesser quantity as Ds is very fussy.

I swear I read a substitution story on here years ago that the supermarket subbed a flea collar for head lice treatment!

Someone I know got a cauliflower for oranges.

Morrison's subbed clotted cream with a tub of ELMLEA!

I got another cucumber instead of courgette.

I now ensure that cucumbers and courgettes can not be substituted as clearly the picker was too thick to realise one is not in the salad vegetables section.

My beer substitutions have been more successful as I ended up with the best I actually wanted.

I think the person picking the orders today is taking the piss, or on glue. I ordered two lots of cookies, let's call them A & B. They've subbed cookie A with cookie C, and then cookie B with cookie A

Ahhh... but with the cookies sub it can save you money doing that - if cookie C is the most expensive, then A, then B (not available) ... because they price match the original - oh... Tescos do anyway, don't know about ASDA.

or sainsbury..

Well if you'd enabled no substitutions you wouldn't have got any wine at all.

I ordered 1x 3l box of wine on my shop today. They substituted it for 2x 2.25l, I was well pleased, I m getting 1.5l of wine for free

My absolute favourite substitution story was from an ex who worked for Sainsbury’s To You back when internet shopping was quite new. He worked in the call centre and had a few complaints one Christmas.

Customer calls, they ordered a DVD, let’s say, Love, Actually....

They received....

A LIGHTBULB!!

I’d be raging OP

I like the idea of free wine but sending you a miniature would probably break me mentally in these current times. YANBU.

ordered an Easter egg. Got a pineapple!

@ilovesooty you would then feel disappointed but not completely pissed off by being teased.

I once had carrots as a substitute for a lightbulb. I guess they thought they would help me see in the dark!

I've got my first Sainsbos order in years on Tuesday for click and collect.

I am now rather worried.

My worst ever sub was sweet pastry instead of short crust - I didn't realise until after I'd made my steak pie

I’m still not over the time they subbed my cat food for dog food.

The delivery driver was mortified