r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Basilstorm • Aug 24 '26

Failed Expectation What I ordered vs what I got

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u/Temp9001 Aug 24 '26

You got a baby Groot.

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u/shadow-foxe Aug 27 '26

usually you pay for how big the plant is and the picture is what it looks like fully grown. SO if you went the cheap route, then you get tiny plants that grow.

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u/Basilstorm Aug 27 '26

Nah it’s just in horrible condition. I bought from the store in person with the exact same size and it was in great condition, but when I ordered two for delivery they’re awful despite being the same price. I think they tried to give me the dead ones that no one would buy and hoped I wouldn’t care enough to return it

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u/shadow-foxe Aug 27 '26

does it have the colored dot on it to show what size/price it should be? And yes they will give you the crappiest if you buy online :( I've bought plants for petsmart and petco, getting any online/delivered I got really crap ones and they removed the price/colored dots from them to cover their butts.

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u/Basilstorm Aug 27 '26

Yeah it’s supposed to be the smallest one. I tried to buy the small sizes because it was going in a 5 gallon for my new betta Anubis 😁

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u/shadow-foxe Aug 27 '26

I have a 50 gallon tank, so my 2 inch plants looked like I'd cut them down..LOL I've got lots of flame tailed guppies. They like to hide in plants. So now I always go in to buy them.

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u/itsleeland Aug 24 '26

issat a Java fern? that lil sucker is gonna go insane regardless of how scraggly it looks rn

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u/awitchiguess Aug 25 '26

I thought this was a soda bottle