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Shopping on Amazon can be dangerous — you have a credit card in one hand and nearly everything you could ever want to buy in the other. Not to mention, things only get more dangerous when you add things to your cart without doing a little research first.
Blaque, a 25-year-old from Virginia, recently fell victim to the fallacy of purchasing something unexpected after not closely reading an item's description, and the results are pretty hilarious. As reported by BuzzFeed, Blaque tweeted an image of a tiny chair, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Alongside the photo, she wrote, "And this is why you should ALWAYS read the description while shopping on Amazon," followed by a string of both laughing and crying emoji. As of Friday morning, the tweet has nearly 10,000 likes.
"I'm always shopping online just buying things (most times things I don't need)," she explained to BuzzFeed. So when the chair popped up on Amazon, and Blaque noticed that it was only $5, she added it to her cart, no questions asked. "So me being the person I am, I just clicked it, didn't read not one review or even the description for that matter." She also added that the chair was listed as an "add-on." "I spent so much that day, so I thought I really got a deal because it was an 'add-on' and Amazon is known for great deal... So it was believable. I literally just clicked add," she told Buzzfeed.
When Blaque opened the box, she was shook. "I literally busted out laughing tears and all because I couldn't believe I bought that," she told BuzzFeed. And while she obviously did not get what she was looking for, she says Amazon doesn't deserve any blame. "[It was] totally not Amazon's fault at all. It was properly advertised, I just didn't read."
If you're looking for a six-inch clear chair to match Blaque's, you can buy one here for less than $5. But if you want one you can actually sit on, you can get one here for about $88.
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