I thought I'd bagged a great bargain when my £7 Temu beach chair was reduced to £1 – but its arrival left me in stitches
WITH summer on the horizon, many people are looking to stock up on garden and holiday items to enjoy the great outdoors.
One woman was delighted after spotting a bargain item for the beach on Temu, which was reduced to £1 - but was shocked when it arrived.
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A woman showed off the 'camping chair' she picked up from Temu
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She had accidentally bought a dolls chair instead
Credit: tiktok/@travel_mouse83
TikTok user @travel_mouse83 showed how she had bought a pink camping chair that had been reduced to £1.13 down from £7.
While the item looked like the photo when it arrived, she had made a massive mistake with her purchase.
Instead of buying a full-size camping chair, she had accidentally bought a tiny chair that would fit a Barbie doll.
She wrote: 'POV when you buy your camping chair from Temu.'
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To show the scale of her comical error, she zoomed out on the miniscule chair to show it next to a normal size one on the beach.
She said she had been 'all excited' for her camping chair and what arrived was 'not what I expected.'
Many people were left highly entertained at the shopping fail.
One said: 'No stop ittt.'
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However, the product does have a number of five-star reviews from people who were expecting it to be tiny.
One happy customer wrote on Temu: "Good quality. My niece loved it, her Barbie fits in it beautifully."
I got a Disney travel bag from Temu for my birthday… it could've been lovely but the spelling errors had me in hysterics
It's not the first time a Temu buy has left the recipient dismayed.
We shared how a woman was left in hysterics when an "ornament" she bought wasn't quite what she was expecting.
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Maisie-Ellen was delighted when she spotted what appeared to be a colourful elephant, which she said would look perfect in her bright and cheerful lounge.
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The chair was actually for Barbies
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So she hit buy, and eagerly awaited its arrival.
But when her order arrived, she couldn't believe what she found upon opening the box.
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In a TikTok video, she showed the picture of the elephant on Temu, as she said she wanted a "multicoloured elephant to match my multicoloured front room".
She then held up what had actually come in the order - a wooden cut out of said elephant.
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She turned it to the side to show it in all its glory
Credit: TikTok/@maisiepee
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