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What on earth were they thinking?!

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 19:53

Hardly ever tick ‘allow substitutions’ on my online shop because of past experience, however I didn’t want to risk no wine and I’m not too fussy.

AIBU to think this was a ridiculous substitution? There must have been 20+ different white wines in the price range I’d selected, yet for some unknown reason the person picking this shop decided to an Alcohol Free bottle was the closest match.

Worst still DH didn’t notice it was an alcohol free bottle and accepted the substitute Angry

What on earth were they thinking?!
OP posts:
yoyo1234 · 04/03/2023 20:05

Sorry didn't click to open photo and read rest of picture. Toddler wrangling! Either way stopping you getting your wine would feel personal, and your DH ticking the substitution......

BigMandysBookClub · 04/03/2023 20:07

Perhaps the picker was some sort of fitness or religious fanatic.

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:07

SeasonFinale · 04/03/2023 20:03

They are passively aggressively commenting on your purchase history 🍷

Exactly. They must have had to walk over to the alcohol free section when they saw it was out of stock.

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buckeejit · 04/03/2023 20:08

There was a thread a while ago about crazy substitutions. Someone ordered condoms.....sub'd with a pregnancy test! Confused

Also, alcohol free wine is grim

TippityTappingLikeAWaterboatman · 04/03/2023 20:08

Christmas before last, miserable and utterly alone except for lovely animals, I ordered my Christmas alcohol from Amazon (no car, no buses over Xmas) it arrived 23rd I was good and left it completely alone until Christmas day. Opened it to find 6 fucking bottles of Evian. Had to go for a walk away from the animals so I didn't scare them with my primeval roar.

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:09

@TippityTappingLikeAWaterboatman that would have finished me off I think.

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dudsville · 04/03/2023 20:10

I would be so disappointed!

Oysterbabe · 04/03/2023 20:11

BigFatLiar · 04/03/2023 20:00

What's wrong with alcohol free wine?

It's rank.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 04/03/2023 20:12

PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:00

@yoyo1234 the wine I ordered was £8, the AF one and the price they charged me was £3.25.

How many white wines must there have been on the shelf to substitute it for?

Seriously Tesco, literally any white wine with alcohol would have been fine.

Or even White Spirit from the DIY section.

(Or is that just me?) 😚

ghostyslovesheets · 04/03/2023 20:14

TippityTappingLikeAWaterboatman · 04/03/2023 20:08

Christmas before last, miserable and utterly alone except for lovely animals, I ordered my Christmas alcohol from Amazon (no car, no buses over Xmas) it arrived 23rd I was good and left it completely alone until Christmas day. Opened it to find 6 fucking bottles of Evian. Had to go for a walk away from the animals so I didn't scare them with my primeval roar.

I would have been furious!
as to 'what's wrong with alcohol free wine' - nothing if that's what you wanted (although way better options than that brand) but if you ordered a beef joint for dinner and they substituted if for Quorn sausages I bet you'd be pissed off - the main point being you wanted alcohol and got shite !

Circleoffifths · 04/03/2023 20:17

Also 8 quid for alcohol free?!

kljk78 · 04/03/2023 20:18

You got a very judgemental picker OP Grin

AnnoyedFromSlough · 04/03/2023 20:18

Circleoffifths · 04/03/2023 20:17

Also 8 quid for alcohol free?!

No, the alcohol free is £3.25

fajitaaaa · 04/03/2023 20:19

It's just the computer telling then to get a sauvingone blonc

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:20

kljk78 · 04/03/2023 20:18

You got a very judgemental picker OP Grin

I agree! I thought it was supposed to be like-for-like?

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ReadersD1gest · 04/03/2023 20:21

Oldnproud · 04/03/2023 20:00

You think that's bad? Someone on Gransnet once ordered panty liners and was sent cat litter tray liners instead! 😂

🤣🤣🤣

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:22

fajitaaaa · 04/03/2023 20:19

It's just the computer telling then to get a sauvingone blonc

No way. I’m not buying that.

They would have had to walk past all the decent alcohol containing Sauvignon bottles to get to the alcohol free section.

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Circleoffifths · 04/03/2023 20:25

AnnoyedFromSlough · 04/03/2023 20:18

No, the alcohol free is £3.25

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Ah yes, I was so incensed on the OP’s behalf I didn’t read properly.

Ikilledthebabysharkdododuhdodudoo · 04/03/2023 20:28

I’d consider this an act of war.

We ride at dawn, empty 6% bottles in hand.

RemoteControlDoobry · 04/03/2023 20:32

Not a substitution but last week Amazon sent me a ‘Sexy mankini’ instead of my eye drops Confused

NannyGythaOgg · 04/03/2023 20:33

cheapest sub that the 'computer' suggested?

Asda does it too. Ordered £8 wine at 25% off - got sent sub £5.00 vinegar wine

NannyGythaOgg · 04/03/2023 20:33

6 bottles too

Riverlee · 04/03/2023 20:34

LTB, I mean dh not supermarket, as he accepted the substitution!

Twillow · 04/03/2023 20:34

Beginningless · 04/03/2023 19:58

Definitely sounds like that picker was doing a bit of a fuck you. It must be a shit job to be fair but not cool!

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Agree, get on to the store and they can find out who did this and 'have a stern word', also likely to give you a goodwill voucher.

AgnesX · 04/03/2023 20:34

Massive passive aggression on the part of the pickers (or bloody mindedness) or plain docile....