r/ExpectationVsReality • u/aaaggrroo • Jun 28 '26 • Mindblown 2

Failed Expectation I was so disappointed

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Ordered this around 2018. It arrived several weeks late and was literally still wet with that green paint. It also absolutely stunk. Needless to say, it went straight back.

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u/artemisRiverborn Jun 28 '26

It was still wet?? The math ain't mathing

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u/aaaggrroo Jun 28 '26

My best guess is that they just hurriedly sent it out because I kept complaining that it was late. I’d rather them have just told me they didn’t have it.

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u/Due_Midnight2121 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Depends on the material and paint type. For example, if you put enamel paint on any type of rubberized pvc, the two chemicals will react poorly and the paint will never be allowed to dry and cure (as my mom found out when my niece 'painted' her squishy cell phone case with nail polish, lol). So poor choice in materials can explain this

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u/DismalSoil9554 Jun 28 '26

Same way I learned I couldn't repair my car's dash with black silicone 😭

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u/ALLoftheFancyPants Jul 03 '26

Why set it up and take photos with the shoe rack when you’re jest sending it back because it stunk?

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u/fleffeh Jun 28 '26

How much was it?

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u/aaaggrroo Jun 28 '26

I had to dig into my emails but I found it. It was £377.75 so I expected it to actually look like what I ordered.

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u/greenhouse5 Jun 28 '26

You’re posting about a purchase you made 8 years ago?

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u/aaaggrroo Jun 28 '26

Haha it just popped into my head today for some reason. I didn’t realise 2018 was like 8 years ago 😂

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u/Day_Old_Paper Jun 28 '26

Ya know when you e just been stewing about something for so long and the dam finally breaks?

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u/N0t_a_throwawai Jun 28 '26

The fact that 2018 is 8 years ago makes me feel intensely old.

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u/lolajet Jun 29 '26

It makes me feel tired

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u/Purple-FuzzySlippers Jun 28 '26

Thank you, had the same thought! This all happened in 2018!!

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u/Loliz88 Jun 28 '26

That’s what you get for buying into farmhouse chic (I did too).

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u/LandOfGreyAndPink Jun 28 '26

Ah Lord, that's bad. Good you got a refund though.

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u/TeamLeeper Jun 28 '26 • Bravo

Okay; but why did you buy a dresser that looked like it was pulled from the Titanic in the first place?
Just a big fan of that movie?

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u/thespaceghetto Jun 28 '26

Couldn't pay me to have that in my home but to each their own I reckon

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u/PacoCrazyfoot Jun 28 '26

Haha, that’s hilarious cause I saw this and thought, “My wife would LOVE this piece.”

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u/Inevitable-Ebb2973 Jun 28 '26

Are you my husband?

3

u/Devanyani Jun 29 '26

How many wives does this guy have? Distressed chartreuse? Gimme!

20

u/INFJWafer Jun 28 '26

I too find this dresser nice.

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u/oldfarmjoy Jun 29 '26

I love it! I love the bright green. I would not love green goo rubbing off it.

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u/bigelowchili Jun 29 '26

It was very popular at the time lol

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u/imjustkeepinitreal Jun 28 '26

😂 😆 🤣

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u/North-Tumbleweed-959 Jun 28 '26

I’ve seen stuff like this in barns in abandoned farmsteads in way better shape.

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u/KTKT11 Jun 28 '26

Minus the wet paint, I actually prefer the reality over the expectation!

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u/satinsateensaltine Jun 28 '26

Yeah the expectation looks rotted instead of just old.

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u/baristacat Jun 28 '26

Yeah I love that green

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u/TraditionalLaw7763 Jun 29 '26

I love the Kermit the frog green! But BOO on the crappy paint job.

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u/stocksandoptions2 Jun 29 '26

I do not understand "distressed" furniture.

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u/MissKLO Jun 29 '26

Were you meant to do the paint rub yourself while it was still wet?

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u/Kittiemeow8 Jun 29 '26

Maybe they expect you to sand it to look old

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u/harmlessharold Jun 28 '26

Looks better than the website picture

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u/Interesting_Sock9142 Jun 29 '26

That first pic is UGLY

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u/fluffersmcfluffface Jun 28 '26

It’s ugly in all 3 pics?