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

8. Skillet made of cast iron

Cost: $20 to $275 (often for a skillet) Created by: Nobody Purchased from: unknown internet merchant You could have assumed that one Reddit member had a record-breaking, enormous onion and a large wine glass if you hadn't seen the caption. But as the Redditor pointed out, this was just another instance of an internet buying catastrophe caused by a "failure to check dimensions." When the Redditor tried to buy a cast-iron skillet, they discovered that the skillet they had chosen was the right size for the kitchen of a doll house.

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Cast-iron skillet from Reddit.com, @Lifestyle Travel Photo, and Shutterstock | @u/slothsome3y The pricing range of cast-iron skillets typically spans from $20 to $275. They are sold by Target as well as by home goods stores and internet retailers like Amazon. A typical cast-iron skillet should have a diameter of about 12 inches.