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All Yazmin wanted to do was spruce up her bedroom a bit, but she probably should have read the description more carefully
With online shopping becoming more and more popular, we don't even need to nip out to the shops these days when we want to give our houses a makeover.
But without seeing the product in person, mistakes can be easily made - as one student found out the hard way.
Yazmin Zurtti, 22, was left red-faced after the cushions she ordered on eBay to decorate her bedroom turned out to be just an INCH wide.
Thinking she'd unearthed a bargain, Yazmin had bought the pair of matching cushions for just a tenner, but was left mortified when the doll-sized products turned up weeks later.
The student then posted a brutally honest admission about the blunder on her Facebook page, sharing a photograph of her hand holding the tiny pillows.
She wrote: "OK so I ordered 2 pillows off eBay for my new room, they match my room really well and I couldn't wait for them to come.
"Lesson learned - never order pillows off eBay. I'm f * g crying."
Yazmin, from Wigan, was at home with her boyfriend and sister when the goods arrived and the penny finally dropped.
She said: "I honestly thought it was a wind-up at first. I literally couldn't stop laughing about it.
But without seeing the product in person, mistakes can be easily made - as one student found out the hard way.
Yazmin Zurtti, 22, was left red-faced after the cushions she ordered on eBay to decorate her bedroom turned out to be just an INCH wide.
Thinking she'd unearthed a bargain, Yazmin had bought the pair of matching cushions for just a tenner, but was left mortified when the doll-sized products turned up weeks later.
The student then posted a brutally honest admission about the blunder on her Facebook page, sharing a photograph of her hand holding the tiny pillows.
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"Lesson learned - never order pillows off eBay. I'm f * g crying."
Yazmin, from Wigan, was at home with her boyfriend and sister when the goods arrived and the penny finally dropped.
She said: "I honestly thought it was a wind-up at first. I literally couldn't stop laughing about it.
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"I'd picked these pillows because they matched the bedding and I've just done my room up so I had it all planned out how they would look.
"When I opened the package I was just stood there with them in my hand thinking: 'What am I supposed to do with these?'.
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"I actually ordered them three weeks ago and had forgotten about them. All my mates were taking selfies with the pillows when it went mad on Facebook."
The black pillows cost £4 each and Yazmin, also a mental health support worker, paid an extra £2 for postage.
University of Bolton student Yazmin said: "I thought I'd got them for a good price and they would look smart. When I opened them, my sister was screaming: 'Are those the cushions?'.
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But all is not lost, because Yazmin has found another use for the tiny cushions - a toy for her beloved dog, Minnie.
"My chihuahua loves them so I'm keeping them as a toy to play games with her. They're sitting proudly on top of my cabinet now."
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