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Courtney Pochin

Woman buys fancy velvet armchair - but what arrives leaves her crying with laughter

When it comes to online shopping, we've all been fooled by a deal that seemed too good to be true - and actually was.

We've recently seen how one woman spent £150 on a dress online, but what arrived looked nothing like what she ordered.

And now another woman has been duped by a stunning item she bought from a website.

A TikTok user named Mariam, who posts under @holyhijabi, shared how she thought she had found herself a dreamy velvet armchair while browsing only - and it had free shipping! Amazing!

However, she soon realised her blunder when the item was delivered to her home.

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In a viral video, Mariam, from New York, showed off a deep navy blue velvet chair, with ornate gold detailing around the back, arms and legs.

The chair looks big enough to sit a person.

However, the one she received turned out to be a tiny chair, possibly made as furniture for a doll's house.

Mariam can be seen holding her hand over her mouth in the video in shock.

She added a caption reading: "This is why I can't buy stuff... wait for it.

"Moral of the story, make sure everything you order is returnable."

She thought it was a proper chair (holyhijabi/Tik Tok)
But this is what arrived (holyhijabi/Tik Tok)

Thousands of people watched the video of the shopping fail, with it garnering over 113,000 likes and hundreds of comments.

One person wrote: "I was not expecting that."

"Why I have trust issues of ordering online," admitted another.

A third asked: "The real question is how much did it cost?"

"It wasn't cheap," shares Mariam.

Someone else added: "That's just sad."

"I showed my mum this we couldn't stop laughing bye," proclaimed a different user.

A sixth said: "Does nobody read reviews? OMG noooooo."

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