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By *issHottieBottie OP   Woman
over a year ago

Kent

My friend ordered a pepper grinder from tesco as she was given a huge bag of black peppercorns.

Her shopping arrived this morning. They are out of grinders so replaced it with a nice bag of peppercorns.

I can't stop laughing but it does make you wonder how the logic came about to replace a grinder for peppercorns with more peppercorns that need grinding!!!

Anyone got any amusing supermarket replacement stories.

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

Not quite the same thing but I often go in for a pint of milk and come out with a tub of Haagen Dazs

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol

fresh salmon steaks sibstituted for 4 frozen salmon fishcakes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have ordered a prosecco in the past and been delivered a bottle of Lambrini.........ffs! It's the pickers choice presumably and if its a 17year old yoof who has never shopped in his life I'm not surprised. She was lucky not to get a nice shiny red pepper!

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

I've had some mad replacements.

I once ordered some sugar free cloudy lemonade. They were out so sent the non-diet cloudy lemonade instead.

Almost any sugar free soft drink would have been fine but one with sugar was no use at all to me.

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By *ambslass48Woman
over a year ago

Peterborough

Ordered dog food and got cat food ffs didn't have a cat at the time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had sausages substituted with sausage rolls. Nit quite the same. The best was they were out of my dog food, but there was nothing else they could substitute with it at all

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By *reelove1969Couple
over a year ago

bristol

cat food is better for dogs than dog food as it has higher meat content

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ordered dog food and got cat food ffs didn't have a cat at the time"

A lot of dogs would prefer cat food, apparently there is more better quality meat in it. Just a thought

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I had sausages substituted with sausage rolls. Nit quite the same. The best was they were out of my dog food, but there was nothing else they could substitute with it at all "

I strongly suspect when this happens someone has made the decision not to substitute the very very cheap ordered item with the very very expensive similar item even though many are available?

What I hate is when the quantity I have ordered isn't available, say six chicken thighs and they substitute the corn fed, extra special, blah blah chicken thighs, but only two of them and still 20p more than the six you ordered! They are hoping you are so impressed by not being charged that 20p you won't notice its not enough to feed your children ffs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This reminded me of when I sent my daughter to the shop for shake n vac and she came back with bacon,saying they didn't have any steak so I got bacon

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk


"This reminded me of when I sent my daughter to the shop for shake n vac and she came back with bacon,saying they didn't have any steak so I got bacon"

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk


"cat food is better for dogs than dog food as it has higher meat content "

My cat, well, one of my cats, thinks he should be fed tinned tuna in spring water.

And chocolate. Cats eat chocolate according to him. (Yes, I know it's toxic to cats and no, he doesn't get it).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Asked for a randy tart but got a blow up doll

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I once ordered dry cat food and they gave me wet dog food! Both me and the delivery man were in stitches!

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield


"I had sausages substituted with sausage rolls. Nit quite the same. The best was they were out of my dog food, but there was nothing else they could substitute with it at all

I strongly suspect when this happens someone has made the decision not to substitute the very very cheap ordered item with the very very expensive similar item even though many are available?

What I hate is when the quantity I have ordered isn't available, say six chicken thighs and they substitute the corn fed, extra special, blah blah chicken thighs, but only two of them and still 20p more than the six you ordered! They are hoping you are so impressed by not being charged that 20p you won't notice its not enough to feed your children ffs "

Yes, when a bit of thought would suggest that a pack of ten drumsticks or a bag of frozen thighs would make more sense.

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By *issHottieBottie OP   Woman
over a year ago

Kent


"I had sausages substituted with sausage rolls. Nit quite the same. The best was they were out of my dog food, but there was nothing else they could substitute with it at all

I strongly suspect when this happens someone has made the decision not to substitute the very very cheap ordered item with the very very expensive similar item even though many are available?

What I hate is when the quantity I have ordered isn't available, say six chicken thighs and they substitute the corn fed, extra special, blah blah chicken thighs, but only two of them and still 20p more than the six you ordered! They are hoping you are so impressed by not being charged that 20p you won't notice its not enough to feed your children ffs

Yes, when a bit of thought would suggest that a pack of ten drumsticks or a bag of frozen thighs would make more sense."

My lad has the little fruit pouches in his lunchbox for nursery. Ordered some that were 2 boxes for £3. Out of stock. So they bought me yoghurts. If I had wanted yoghurts I would of ordered them! I know there's no way they had sold out of the other half dozen or more varieties of the fruit pouches but they are more expensive and the other side of the shop!!

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By *issHottieBottie OP   Woman
over a year ago

Kent

My friend has also just informed me that once she ordered blueberry pancakes and got sent a punnet of blueberries!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've heard a friends girlfriend asked for condoms and got ky jelly instead, I can only hope she was joking.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I ordered meat free burgers once and got substituted with birds eye frozen beef burgers. Can only assume the guy had deduced from the rest of my order that I wasn't really a vegetarian.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This is exactly why i wont do online shopping anymore. Beggers belief when you order from the vegetarian section, ie veggie sausages and they send meat sausages

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Not quite the same thing but I often go in for a pint of milk and come out with a tub of Haagen Dazs "

Fair swap.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Asda are the worst for this. I order shopping for my grandad on a weekly basis and some of the things he gets sent are stupid. Order chicken hotpot get a beef curry.... Yeah logical. Also once ordered bread and they didn't even substitute it that was one I had to laugh at. The thing I find most annoying and ridiculous is when they send a substitute with less in i.e nappies order a box of 69 they send two packets containing only 52 yet charge the price of 69 nope if you're substitute always send more and I argued my case with them that 3 packets of 26 should have been sent out and got an apology but at the end of the day when it comes to certain things, sorry isn't good enough x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I asked for foil because I was doing a roast and they sent me cling film!

its shocking the lack of intelligence some of these pickers have. I always go threw and unclick the substitute box when I order

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By *eneral HysteriaMan
over a year ago

Newcastle


"... shocking the lack of intelligence some of these pickers have. I always go threw and unclick..."

Ahem!

Maybe they're doing their best too.

First world problems.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I asked for foil because I was doing a roast and they sent me cling film!

its shocking the lack of intelligence some of these pickers have. I always go threw and unclick the substitute box when I order "

Through???

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By *eneral HysteriaMan
over a year ago

Newcastle

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By *eneral HysteriaMan
over a year ago

Newcastle


"...

Through???"

My point exactly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would love to be a picker for a supermarket. I'd substitute cucumbers for Tampax

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By *issHottieBottie OP   Woman
over a year ago

Kent


"I would love to be a picker for a supermarket. I'd substitute cucumbers for Tampax "

Haha... Or if someone ordered ready made pancakes send milk, flour etc to make pancakes with

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman
Forum Mod
over a year ago

My Own Little World

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By *G LanaTV/TS
over a year ago

Gosport


"I've heard a friends girlfriend asked for condoms and got ky jelly instead, I can only hope she was joking. "

Surely the substitution there should have been a lottery ticket.

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By *radleyandRavenCouple
over a year ago

Herts

Ordered Infacol (a liquid medicine for babies to help ease colic) and got sent paracetamol instead...

I didn't know what to think.

- Amy. x

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By *ecretsRmineWoman
over a year ago

gatwickish (yes that means near Gatwick)

i ordered grease proof paper and today got microwave bags

in past ordered proseco got sparkling red

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I did order some deodorant once and got air freshener instead.

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