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Ben Thompson & Neil Shaw

Man ordered £569 iPad from Amazon, and was sent a £1 box of biscuits

A man ordered a pricey iPad but claims he received a packet of Cadbury Cookies instead - only for Amazon to insist on charging him hundreds of pounds for the £1 biscuits. Carl Harper received the parcel, which he believed to contain the £569 tablet, last month and noticed that the package seemed 'really light'.

It was only when he tore open the 'partly-opened' packaging that the 43-year-old says he spotted the sweet imposter nestled inside. Unable to catch the delivery driver before he drove off, Carl contacted the retail giant and informed them of the mix-up.

Carl, who forked out the first installment of £113.80 when he ordered the tablet, claims he was told to send the biscuits back.

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