Have you ever ordered something online, you excitedly waited for it to arrive and then when it gets there, you open it up and then it just sits there? Well, that's a lot more common than you think.
According to a survey conducted by One Poll on behalf of Faksspot, the average American wastes over $70,000 in their lifetime on disappointing online purchases. To come up with that, they took an average of $899 per year, and extended it over a life expectancy of 78.54 years.
The most common types of unsatisfying buys are clothing, tech, and kids toys and the disappointment is often because the quality isn't as good as expected, or it turned out to be the wrong size or color.
People also shared with SWNS Digital some of their most disappointing purchases. They include:
A "leather jacket" that turned out to be plastic
Steaks that "tasted like shoes"
An alarm clock where you couldn't lower the brightness
A fan that didn't blow air
And a box that arrived empty
