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The missus needed a new bike, so she searched the interwebs for bikes on sale, and found one, of all places, at the Lidl webshop.
So she orders it, and they give a delivery date, so we get someone to house-sit on that day (today), and they call to say that the box has been delivered, so she's going home.
The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run...
... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened.
They'd delivered a fridge.
Easy mistake to make.
Same size and shape of box... NOT!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The company just corrected the order, women don't exercise, they might sweat. 
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Based on this, I look forward to more companies venturing into the use of 'AI' to assist with the ordering process! Now I can order some mundane innocent item and when something in an unmarked brown package turns up it won't be my fault! 
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Obviously ... you are joking 
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Not at all. We ordered a bike, and received a fridge worth a third of the price.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Oh, did I forget to mention that it's pink?[^]
And there was I, hoping for a baby-blue one.
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SKU off-by-one error? 
/ravi
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Off-by-a-mile, more like.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run...
... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened.
They'd delivered a fridge.
I hope she realised this before she assembled it.
(... or did she assemble it wrong??? them little pieces all look the same.)
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lopati: roaming wrote: did she assemble it wrong??? them little pieces all look the same.
I was thinking the same thing. I once bought a coat closet from an eastern bloc IKEA clone. Took it home and once I finished assembling it, I realized that it had become a bike! Plus the box was missing half a dozen dowels, three screws and a MiG-21!
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I was worried that that might be what happened, but then I realised that it was impossible, because she'd never buy a pink bike.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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... she wanted a fridge and told you she was ordering a "bike"
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So, all jokes aside did you check the confirmation email to ensure it was supposed to be a bike? And I'm assuming the vendor will be paying for the return shipping to correct their obvious error.
Honestly that has to be one of the most bizarre shipping mix-ups I've encountered. Most of mine are of the "Ordered a pair of sunglasses was sent the wrong size, color, and style. I couldn't wear them but hey! At least you got the sunglasses part correct." variety.
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I got an e-mail an hour ago, telling me that they're very sorry and they're now sending a bike.
Or a doll's house.
Or a jar of leg wax. Who knows?
Now that I've seen the box, though, I've become highly suspicious.
The packing list/invoice is missing, torn off, and the address label looks like it's been peeled off of another box and taped on.
So some smartarse has got herself an expensive bike for the price of a cheap fridge, because Lidl won't bother to investigate -- they'll just blame the devs who made the catalogue/ordering system
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I once ordered pants from J C Penney, which was reflected on the confirmation email and the email upon shipment.
The box contained some pretty hefty DD bras. No pants.
I am a guy.
The CSR that issued the return info and I had a good laugh.
My wife had an even bigger laugh.
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Try ordering fork handles.
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With oak paneling it might age well.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Luckily there isn't Gin on box.
(I obviously haven't checked that. I don't want to know otherwise )
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Forget about the gin, I want THIS ONE[^] 
Imagine what it's gonna cost at Systembolaget. I'll probably have to hock the car, the house AND promise them my firstborn child (that's an easy promise, however, because me having children is never gonna happen)...
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Whiskey (usquebaugh) itself means fire-water, I am told.
So, does this mean this firebox whiskey is 200 proof? 
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They call it whiskey, but it's more like whiskey-liqueur if you ask me.
But it's good, and you can get terribly drunk if you're not careful...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: I don't want to know otherwise
Yes you do![^]
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You're mean. 
I tried to imagine the aiming group for that stuff, and now my mind has a picture of a purple haired tipsy old lady with a small dog named Tricky Woo.
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