What's the strangest "substitute" item you've been offered on your home delivery?

mick10101

Last Xmas we ordered a 16lb turkey form Tesco, we were sent a Bernard Matthews Turkey roast joint thing 750 grams :rotfl:

WJk_2

Not strange but 2 years ago, I thought I was soo organised by booking a Tesco delivery the day before Christmas Eve. I ordered one of their largest iced Christmas cakes in a tin but was sustituted with two slices of Christmas cake instead.

So much for trying to avoid the last minute supermarket Christmas rush

Caramelapplebetty

I ordered three jars of Homepride Chilli Sauce (on 3 for 2) got three jars of honey - Sainsburys

Dramatic_Star

No strange substitues for me. But thanks OP, this thread made me giggle! :rotfl:

Wolfsbayne

Asda always pricematch substitutions for me, ive never had to pay extra. The subs I received yesterday would have cost me £15 more but the bill was kept the same. I think Tesco and Sainsburys charge for them though.

Paul_Varjak

I think I have worked out the computer algorithm they must use...

1. Find one matching word in the description and substitute at random
2. Failing that, match first two letters of a word and substitute at random
3. Failing that, match first and last letter of one word and sustitute at random
4. Failing that, substitute at random


Always remember three golden rules when sustituting:
1. Ignore Weight
2. Ignore Cost
3. Ignore Product Type

paulo1888

I ordered Ruskoline fish dressing and recieved a tub of fish food. You know the kind that swim around a tank. Didn't realise until the man had left. He never said at the time it was a substitute but it was detailed on the Asda delivery note. Any before anyone asks, no I didn't try it on my Haddock.

mookiandco

I ordered a pack of 4 still waters from Asda and I got.....A bottle of smart price white rum! Think my OH drank it.

I am pregnant so ordered some ginger nuts last week to help with morning sickness and I got .......Chocolate chip cookies (didnt help with the morning sickness but yummy all the same) and they also threw in 2 leeks and a 4 pack of pepsi max just for fun!

I quite like the excitement of my asda online shop...you never know what your going to get!!!

saxonrosecliff

I once ordered apricot facial scrub and got sent a packet of dried apricots. I suppose I could have made the scrub myself!

Ruth_honey

I've got a bad back at the moment, and I've made it much worse by reading this thread as I'm now laughing so hard it really hurts....:rotfl: :eek: owwww....
LOVE the tampax/twix one...ow ow ow! Must read something boring now...