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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?!
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jays · 04/03/2023 20:35

PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 19:56

Tesco. It feels personal for some reason…. Like they didn’t want me to have wine.

I would feel the same way! 😂

Clarissaclaire · 04/03/2023 20:36

My old dad, aged 86, loves his Cabernet Sauvignon, one of his main/only pleasures in life these days. I get it delivered to him by the case via Tesco. One night he called, apoplectic, some eejit at Tesco substituted the Cabernet Sauvignon with alcohol free white wine.
Alcohol Free White Wine, WTF?
Hello Tesco, hope somebody from your empire is reading this and taking note.

itsgettingweird · 04/03/2023 20:36

RemoteControlDoobry · 04/03/2023 20:32

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

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I imagine your shock was as great as the person expecting the mankind who got eye drops Grin

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:38

NannyGythaOgg · 04/03/2023 20:33

6 bottles too

6 bottles Shock

The morale of the story is to never tick yes to substitutions. No wine would have been better than AF wine.

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 04/03/2023 20:39

A MNer once got grapes as a substitute for wine!

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:40

AgnesX · 04/03/2023 20:34

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

So glad other people think it was a FU by the picker.

I started to wonder if I was taking it a bit too personally.

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TiptoeThroughTheToadstools · 04/03/2023 20:42

A delivery driver once told me they don't choose the substitutes, the system tells them what to replace it with. No idea if that's true.. I once got a bag of giant wotsits as substitute for a block of extra mature cheddar 🤷🏻‍♀️

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:43

Clarissaclaire · 04/03/2023 20:36

My old dad, aged 86, loves his Cabernet Sauvignon, one of his main/only pleasures in life these days. I get it delivered to him by the case via Tesco. One night he called, apoplectic, some eejit at Tesco substituted the Cabernet Sauvignon with alcohol free white wine.
Alcohol Free White Wine, WTF?
Hello Tesco, hope somebody from your empire is reading this and taking note.

Interesting, so maybe it is a computer behind this rather then a disgruntled employee.

I share his rage by the way.

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ladygindiva · 04/03/2023 20:43

Haha I always have dodgy subs with Tesco's. Last week they substituted mayonnaise ( yum) with salad cream( evil, puke , yuk)

SuspiciousLampshade · 04/03/2023 20:44

Half a glass of alcohol free wine, add dry gin to taste. 😅

I’d be sending DH to go buy proper wine and fix his mistake!!

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:45

I once got a bag of giant wotsits as substitute for a block of extra mature cheddar

😂these stories are making me feel better. The wotsits wouldn’t have lasted long enough to be returned in my house.

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Buildingthefuture · 04/03/2023 20:45

It’s Saturday night, I would not be happy! And it’s not even as if you can give it a go and say, oh well, it’s not that bad? It’s bloody alcohol free, it might as well be squash!!

Emptycrackedcup · 04/03/2023 20:45

This is heinous!!

PlaitBilledDuckyPuss · 04/03/2023 20:48

I once got a bag of giant wotsits as substitute for a block of extra mature cheddar 🤷🏻‍♀️

That made me chuckle.

There was a thread on here a couple of years ago by a woman who'd ordered an 'Amazing Husband' Valentine card from Sainsburys, and received a substitute of a roll of kitchen foil.

Buildingthefuture · 04/03/2023 20:51

I also once got 2 cabbages substituted for 2 packs of grapes. They didn’t go so well with my bloody cheeseboard!! And, a few weeks back, my DH accepted a Gary Barlow white wine in place of my usual one (fucking GARY BARLOW, compete with piano keys on the label!) But, actually, it wasn’t bad (I drink it with soda so any old shite will do really - but NOT alcohol free!)

tillytoodles1 · 04/03/2023 20:52

My cousin ordered a bag of McCoys thick crisps for her husband's lunches, but they were out if stock so they sent a pack of always ultra sanitary towels instead??

Pubesofsoberness · 04/03/2023 20:52

During lockdown asda substituted the thermometer I wanted with a bloody nit comb.

Lockdoen was probably the only time a nit comb didn't come in handy 😑

catgirl1976 · 04/03/2023 20:52

I got white rice instead of frozen peas this week from Tesco Hmm

But I'd be far more annoyed by alcohol free wine

BertHandsome · 04/03/2023 20:54

If you can go into a store with the delivery slip I’ll bet they would exchange them. A ball ache though.

Once in uni we ordered a bag of tea lights and they sent 4 tins of soup instead 🤷🏻‍♀️

AnonKat · 04/03/2023 20:54

On my Christmas shop instead of 9 toilet rolls I got a bottle of wine. I'm don't drink and I really needed toilet roll 🤣

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:56

Buildingthefuture · 04/03/2023 20:51

I also once got 2 cabbages substituted for 2 packs of grapes. They didn’t go so well with my bloody cheeseboard!! And, a few weeks back, my DH accepted a Gary Barlow white wine in place of my usual one (fucking GARY BARLOW, compete with piano keys on the label!) But, actually, it wasn’t bad (I drink it with soda so any old shite will do really - but NOT alcohol free!)

Garry Barlow wine 😆

I would have raised an eyebrow but accepted it graciously.

Alcohol free? Just no.

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Mob2011 · 04/03/2023 20:57

I’ve had it on the big 6 bottles get 25% off where they’ve delivered 5 bottles as ‘unavailable’ so I’ve missed the offer and then said ‘no problem, we can take away and refund’. Bastards 🤣 clearly I am not going to send wine back once it’s reached my doorstep

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PissTakeSubstitution · 04/03/2023 20:58

tillytoodles1 · 04/03/2023 20:52

My cousin ordered a bag of McCoys thick crisps for her husband's lunches, but they were out if stock so they sent a pack of always ultra sanitary towels instead??

Wish we had a like function because I can’t keep quoting everyone, but sanitary towels instead of crisps?!

I would have been incandescent with rage.

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illiterato · 04/03/2023 21:00

My mum ordered turkey gravy and got cat food- meaty chunks in a rich turkey gravy. The cat refused to eat it.

TippityTappingLikeAWaterboatman · 04/03/2023 21:01

AnonKat · 04/03/2023 20:54

On my Christmas shop instead of 9 toilet rolls I got a bottle of wine. I'm don't drink and I really needed toilet roll 🤣

We really need a mumsnet swapshop.
I can just imagine you on the phone to them
"..and what do you expect me to do with this? "

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