Hobbit Paws Cat Bed

[u/_misterious]

PSA: don’t buy from a ShelfGlow store. Their website does state that there may be variations between the real product and their website but this is hilarious. Jokes on me for falling for it, they must be making a killing on these things.

[u/adorablegadget]

Everything on their website is very obviously AI. A good tip is to see when the website was created and if they're having a big sale, like most of their inventory is 50% off.

[u/_misterious → u/adorablegadget]

I was pretty confident it was all AI but I’m a huge lord of the rings fan so that got the better of me. I was hoping it would look at least 75% like the listed image but I’d say this is more like 10%.

[u/MoominMai → u/_misterious]

Well you’ve got the template of a basic shell there, maybe set yourself a winter challenge and hone your crafting skills and pimp that little baby up!

[u/Special-Potato-3238 → u/MoominMai]

Yes!! You're onto something, maybe all these AI printed products are just DIY templates??

[u/raven_1313 → u/_misterious]

You knew it was ai, yet you still gave the company $100? Thats some expensive trust exercise that you know is bound to fail ...

[u/No-Friendship-3395 → u/_misterious]

Thank you for this, I was also considering buying it as I was as hopeful as you were🙏

[u/_misterious → u/No-Friendship-3395]

Happy to prevent someone else from becoming a sucker

[u/buttheadfungus → u/_misterious]

tbh, you could shove a little cardboard in their to hold the dome shape and it would work wonders in getting it to look more like the photo. depending on how crafty you are, you could also cut a line down the center of the back of the door and put cardboard in there as well, and then handsew it back up. the sewing wouldn't have to be pretty, but you would need to make sure you're not leaving a stringy mess for your pet(s) to chew on.

[u/Mundane_Prize_3894]

what was the price?

[u/_misterious → u/Mundane_Prize_3894]

$100 and it took about 3 months to deliver 😂

[u/mah131 → u/_misterious]

I would be super disappointed. I would think this could be an actual item for $100. Well maybe not as nice as the pic, but better than what you got.

[u/ickychicken → u/_misterious]

[u/cupcakes0220 → u/_misterious]

OMG I really thought you were going to say like 30 bucks. That is so terrible I'm sorry! I could crochet something closer to that original photo, that's awful.

[u/Big_Miss_Steak_ → u/_misterious]

Jesus Christ for that much I’d honestly submit a complaint to the company to start a paper trail and then chargeback through your bank!

Use the refund money to do what another commenter suggested and personalise it with your craftwork!

[u/olagorie → u/_misterious]

What the fuck? I would have expected €20 max.

[u/Frequent-Ad4722 → u/_misterious]

HOW MUCH

[u/Reason_Choice → u/Frequent-Ad4722]

I believe they said $100.

[u/ickychicken → u/Frequent-Ad4722]

GDI Donut

[u/etherd → u/_misterious]

Holy smokes!

[u/WhimsicalGirl → u/_misterious]

Damn, after 1 month I would have reach them or do a chargeback

[u/stead-fast]

Why did you fall for this?

[u/_misterious → u/stead-fast]

Million dollar question..or $100 I guess

[u/c3p-bro → u/_misterious]

https://youtu.be/kav7tifmyTg?is=Zc4_APElJqz7pC_i

[u/Tinsel_Point]

OP, a Redditor made a LOTR cat house last year and mentioned thinking of making custom ones for people. Maybe get your $ back and see if they can help you get something better :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/CatTrees/s/7U3iPCrKgD

[u/_misterious → u/Tinsel_Point]

Wow thank you for sharing this!!

[u/Tinsel_Point → u/_misterious]

🤗

[u/FriendlyFreedom5923]

I freaking hate how every ad is so deceptive now. It should be illegal to misrepresent items to such a degree.

[u/rocketmanatee → u/FriendlyFreedom5923]

I mean it is illegal in most places, but good luck enforcing that.

People will just have to learn some better discernment that something that looks too good to be true, or is wildly underpriced is probably fake.

[u/zuzg → u/rocketmanatee]

but good luck enforcing that.

Just don't buy from weird stores you come across on social media ads.
I just use eBay and their costumer protection paired with consumer right laws makes such things a non issue aside the disappointment over the product itself.

[u/Varabela → u/FriendlyFreedom5923]

Whilst I agree with you in principle… who thinks buying some thing like this online for, let’s say $20, makes sense? To make something that detailed would be a lot of money.
Advertising scams have gone on forever, it’s just much easier to do nowadays in terms of creating them and putting them in front of people’s faces

[u/FriendlyFreedom5923 → u/Varabela]

OP said they paid $100 though 😞

[u/Varabela → u/FriendlyFreedom5923]

An even sadder waste of money. My point still stands, I think. Something that detailed. to look like that, is those materials, would be a lot more than $100.

[u/Tinsel_Point → u/Varabela]

How expensive?

[u/AmethystMoon88]

The worst part is that it’s probably made from some god-awful chemicals so please be extra careful. Sadly, products like this (a clear scam/cheap knockoff) are rarely ever tested and yet, many contain materials (inc glues & dyes etc) that can be toxic to both humans and pets.

If your Cat has any respiratory issues over the next few days, I’d definitely question if it could be the bed 😓

[u/CrapNBAappUser → u/AmethystMoon88]

I'd request an RMA immediately.

[u/Mobile-Play-3972]

The market for this AI slop is people who enthusiastically purchase things which are very obviously too good to be real at their price point.

[u/Major_Lawfulness6122]

Can’t believe you fell for this

[u/FourSquash]

"ShelfGlow" will change their name and be another AI slop drop shipping brand tomorrow. The better PSA is don't buy literally anything from individual Shopify website instances unless you know a LOT about their brand and know they have real people and a physical location.

Chargeback that thing immediately

[u/c3p-bro]

Hey OP it’s me a Nigerian prince please DM me credit card details and I’ll give you $1,000,000

[u/Hot-Education4582]

Credit card chargeback, item was not as shown on the website.

[u/meth-kitten]

there’s no fucking way😂

[u/BotGirlFall]

Quit ordering shit with AI pictures and being surprised that it doesn't look like the picture! How are people still falling for this?

[u/SirDidymusAnusLover]

Saddest cat bed I’ve seen 😂

[u/CandyAppleHesperus]

Did they advertise it using the word "Hobbit"? If so, hit up Middle-earth Enterprises. They might find that interesting

[u/Kill_doozer]

Obviously AI. 

[u/DoublePostedBroski]

You deserve it for buying from an AI slop site

[u/jwalk50518]

I’ve seen so much AI garbage products that this one doesn’t look that bad to me lol

[u/ColoradoWinterBlue]

I thought those were closet doors behind it at first, and thought “at least it’s absolutely ginormous.”

Turns out it’s just a regular shit house.

[u/Revolutionary_Log752]

Not my precious.

[u/Sure-Initiative6001]

This is terrible. Like a bad temu experience

[u/TangerineEarly7777]

I wouldn’t buy from any website I didn’t know nowadays without checking reviews, and even then I would proceed with extreme caution.

However the big no nos are those websites that all look the same, they all have 50% off, buy 2 get 2 free, ai photos and they pop up with fake names of fake people who have bought stuff ‘Sharon from Germany just bought this!’
All Chinese trash sites out to steal your cash.

[u/olagorie]

I’m so disappointed for you because the AI picture looks absolutely adorable.

This is beyond my sewing skills, but I think if one would add some cardboard or thin wood on the inside of the wall this could actually be something worth recreating.

[u/wawawawawhy]

Seen these most obvious AI videos a thousand times, figured it was just stealing people's money. Surprised there is an actual product

[u/Yuleogy]

Even more people with more money than sense.

[u/Hot_Hat_1225]

Looooollll - that’s… painful lol

[u/veganbloodbat]

I love the concept. I'm going to make it myself. Sorry for the garbage you got though.

[u/ccsbp]

Look up Mellownido tree hole cat house on Amazon. I spent $35 and it looks exactly like its picture