My internet purchase was a pair of shoes. expensive shoes. the box was marked with size 10, the paperwork said size 10. I tried them on and they were quite tight on my toes. It was like the ugly step-sister trying on Cinderella shoes, they were so pretty, and too small! My first thought was, OH NO expensive shoes are made differently than walmart fall-apart shoes.

Someone had put size 9 shoes in MY size 10 box, fortunately they came with free return UPS, so now they sit in their box in my car waiting for me to remember to go to the UPS.

Worst internet purchase experience ever – a couple years ago, I ordered a drop spindle from a very well known small indie spindle maker (name omitted to protect the guilty). They came onto a spinning group soliciting orders for spindles in a particular wood type that they only made available on infrequent (every 2 years give or so) occasions and by special order. I requested one and exchanged several emails with the contact person. About a month or so passed, and I received another email telling me that they were ready to ship and instructing me on how to make payment. I did this immediately and didn’t hear anything more. About a month goes by… I hadn’t received my spindle, and when I checked my credit card account, I discovered that they had charged my card twice.

I contacted the company contact person, got a response full of excuses as to how my card could have been charged twice, and promising to look into it and “make things right”. A week later, I hadn’t heard anything more from them. At that point I contacted my credit card company and had both charges reversed.

my bestest internet purchase EVAR was the noro yarn whih i am making a sweater out of which has been discontinued. seriously. i was so thrilled to even find it that i didn’t even look at the dye lot or the cost.

I like buying perfume from Lime and Violet/ Happy Housewife, but unfortunately Canada Customs must think it’s something really good, as it’s always held up for a really long time at the border. Sigh. At least the bottles aren’t half empty when they get here!

I don’t have any internet purchases that come to mind right off. I’ve been thrilled with everything I’ve purchased through Etsy. I’ve bought enough stuff online that it all kind of blurs together.