The Letdown List: Products That Didn't Deliver as Promised

15. Bouquet of Flowers

Cost: $6.49* Produced by Sainsbury's Acquired at Sainsbury's It seems that Sainsbury's has a policy of substituting comparable flowers so that customers still receive value for their money when certain flowers are out of stock. Sounds sensible, doesn't it? One user on Twitter thought her replacement was unsatisfactory, and she could prove it with the photos.

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A Sainsbury Spring Show was arranged by Twitter user Suzanne Bradish. Sainsbury's instead sent a Spring Show onion bunch. Rather than receiving a vibrant arrangement that would have been ideal for adorning food, Suzanne was given 100 grams of onion stems, devoid of any flowers. "Not a good pancake topping," she tweeted. to put it mildly.