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!

Village idiot is clearly living up to their name! Trying to bait people into a row but no ones interested so bore off, hun

This is why I spend so much time filling in the substitution comments with "only replace with other oranges", or "any other dark chocolate is acceptable"

Normally tesco tell me what my subs are before they come but Friday I didn’t know I had any subs until I’d taken all the shopping in. Bit annoying but no harm done

I ordered a bunch of flowers. I got... A birthday card with flowers on it. Not impressed.

Some go the substitutions are so bad!
I pick and choose which I will sub now.

@zen1 we also got spinach instead of broccoli from Asda yesterday!

Result. I asked for a refund for the Sauvignon blanc and they gave me it. My NDN is delighted with some free wine

I had to reject a bottle of moet at the doorstep - and got to keep it as they aren't taking them back - as it had the security tag still on it. So I got a free bottle! (not much good as a gift though as it looks like it has been shoplifted...)

OMG if they sent me an octopus in place of anything I think I'd have a little cry.

Imagining someone at Tesco thinking "Great - at last an opportunity to get rid of that octopus that just isn't shifting."

DS2 loves octopus. He’d be delighted if we were substituted one for something I actually wanted to try to cook.

@TimeToGetMeBack I have unticked ‘accept subs’ for next week’s broccoli order!

Good luck with that, I always untick 'accept subs'.

If they sent me an octopus, I'd have to bury it in the back garden, with full ceremony. I love cephalopods.

We ordered size 4 nappies and got sent sanitary towels, doh

I ordered vegan mince. I got beef mince....

My most bizarre one was in December a couple of years ago. I ordered some Rudolph gift bags from Tesco, they didn’t have any so substituted them with a bag of red skinned potatoes called Rudolph potatoes.

I ordered meatballs and got mini eggs on a click and collect....when I got home I was gutted I said no.

I’m now picturing a loose octopus lashing about in amongst the groceries. 🤣

Yeah yeah, I once got spring onions instead of a spring bouquet, but there are more important things to be concerned with at the moment

Asda substituted cat food for the dog food I ordered. Surely there was some dog food on the shelf? The following week they sent a butternut squash instead of an aubergine. It was the smallest squash I'd ever seen and quite similar in shape to an aubergine but you can't make a parmeggiana with it can you?I
Mind you my Kindle just substituted Armenians for parmeggiana so I guess anything can happen.

So funny this thread, best one for ages.
I would pull my face at the small bottle of wine & walk to nearest Spar..can hardly share that small bottle with hubbie, we'd be falling out!,
Octopus and Red skin potatoes. ???
Good job you didn't want 4 candles!!
(Ronnie Barker script).

Precisely why I have opted for no subs these days.

Sainsbury’s subs have been useless since lockdown - sorry but that one really made me laugh!

Yeah yeah, I once got spring onions instead of a spring bouquet, but there are more important things to be concerned with at the moment

So? W are permitted to have a chuckle, you know?