Funny mistakes on orders you've had delivered?

It's funny now...the same wrong size boots shipped to me over and over again.  They just could send me the correct size.

I ordered a dress once and got a pair of shoes!

I ordered the cutest dress as a surprise for my sister for her shower. Not only did the store send the wrong UGLY dress, but when UPS was delivering it they must have dragged it behind the truck as there was a rubber burn mark through the bag into the dress. Thankfully that was when my sister told me about it and we had a good laugh over me thinking the ugly dress was the cute and ordering it for her!

I ordered a handbag and received a pair of mens gloves!

I hadn't ordered anything, but 27 years ago, I came home from work and there was a delivery notice on my front door stating that a package had been placed on my patio. I found a Bow Flex machine had been delivered to my patio. The patio was enclosed, and you could only access the patio from my bedroom sliding door. The UPS guy had to have heaved that huge box over the privacy fence.

The last name on the box was similar to mine, but had a man's name and it was a completely different address on the other side of Columbus, Ohio. The original address had been crossed out and my address written on the label.


Anyways, this was before the internet, so I called UPS and I couldn't get anyone to come and pick it up. After a few days, it looked like rain, so I had to slide the box inside the apartment. Finally, I popped open the box so that I could access the order form. I called Bow Flex and explained the problem. They said "Oh leave it outside and we'll arrange for UPS to come and pick it up." I explained to them that there wasn't any place to "leave it outside" and no way to access the patio if I left it on the patio, plus we had rain for a few days. They then asked if I could drive it to a UPS shipping place and drop it off. I said No, because 1) there was no way that I could carry that heavy box to my car, I could barely slide the box inside my apartment and 2) The UPS shipping place was on the other side of Columbus. I was a full time student and had a full time job and my time was limited.

I told them my next day off and said that I would be home for this 6 hour period of time and they could come pick it up. If they weren't there, then I would leave it on the patio and I gave them permission to jump over the privacy fence and get the box over and it was theirs.

UPS never showed, I had to leave for class, I slid that box back on the patio, covered it with a tarp where it remained for 2 weeks.

So I slid the box back inside, stowed it under the bed, made another round of phone calls to bow flex, and no one ever came to pick it up.

After 2 months, I considered it mine.

So how long before you were buff enough to heave it back over the fence and drive it to UPS? 

I once had a dishwasher delivered and installed before realizing it was the wrong dishwasher!

In my defense, everything else I had purchased that was stainless steel had come with a piece of blue plastic stuck over any exposed steel to keep it from scratching. When I saw the front was dark, I just thought the color of the plastic had changed. It wasn't until the installer was ready to leave and I asked him to remove the plastic so I could inspect it for scratches that we realized the front panel was actually dark rather than steel. Since I had a party happening in just a few hours and Lowe's couldn't get a new to my home in time, the installer left that one and came back the next day with the correct one and installed it then.

Marcy

My husband ordered a sports t-shirt. We also received a mens large hoodie from Aeropostale It's mine now.

I had a 1 lb chocolate ball show up with my name on it destined for someone else. That was weird. A 1 lb chocolate ball. What on earth is a chocolate ball? How do you eat one? It looks like a canon ball.

I would like the Battlestar Galactica videos LOL. That would be cool!

We once ordered a game and got a box containing a burner cell phone (old, used and uncharged) and some foreign candy and snacks and a few other random assorted stuff. We called the company and they told us to box it back up, 'refuse' the package and leave it on our porch for pick up. The next day, it was picked up.

Then, about 2 days later we got the package back! They had 'refused' it on the other end as well!

I called them again and explained again and they suggested I 'refuse' it again and it would be picked up. It was finally picked up and the company shipped out another game. But what a weird package. DH is convinced it was intended for someone in prison, or evidence of a crime or something. The package had obviously been tampered with.

This one is probably a little different.

I live in Southeast Texas. I have an accent.

One night when I worked at the newspaper, we ordered out from a place nearby. The intern, named Mike, was going to pick it up, so when the cashier asked for the name on the order, I gave them his.

It took him longer than usual to pick up the food. When he finally got back, we asked what the deal was. My accent is SO BAD that the cashier thought I said, "Mack," not "Mike," and it took them a while to find the order lol.

I ordered nightgowns for my DDs who were about 8 and 12 at the time from the Disney store. They were long, plaid, had Mickey and were embroidered with their names.
They were on sale for a great price and I hurriedly ordered them and thought what a great deal!

I received the package and realized I had ordered adult nightgowns instead of children's. The XL was giant on my 12 yo and younger DDs was also way too big. Fail!
I still have the XL bec I can wear it even though it's big on me too.

I ordered a pair of sandals from Zappos and received a really nice pair of Frye riding boots. Too bad the boots were too small, and wouldn't really work for my trip to Hawaii! LOL Zappos was awesome though. They emailed a return label for me to stick on the box and when my sandals were delivered the next day they delivery guy picked up the boots for return.