Amazon customer sent Weetabix instead of £500 laptop

A antheral ordered a caller laptop from Amazon but received 2 boxes of Weetabix taped unneurotic instead.

Adam Yearsley said helium was "stunned" erstwhile helium opened the parcel to find the biscuit cereal alternatively of the £500 HP laptop helium wanted.

The 40-year-old from Urmston, Greater Manchester, bought the machine arsenic a "treat" and said helium believed helium had been a unfortunate of a scam.

Amazon said they had "resolved" the contented and apologised to Mr Yearsley.

The online retailer said successful a statement: "We've contacted the lawsuit directly, apologised and refunded successful full."

Mr Yearsley said helium had since re-ordered from different seller.

He said: "I've ne'er had an contented earlier but honestly erstwhile I got the parcel I did deliberation this feels a spot airy to beryllium a laptop.

"I thought, well, I spot this company, possibly laptops are much lightweight nowadays.

"When I took disconnected the cardboard packaging and saw Weetabix I was stunned. I thought possibly my spouse ordered this arsenic helium sometimes goes connected diets, but past I remembered I'd conscionable done each the information checks with the driver."

Mr Yearsley, who works arsenic a carer, said helium was capable to instrumentality the saga successful bully humour erstwhile his refund was secured.

"People successful enactment person been having a laughter with me", helium said.

He told however 1 of the residents helium cares for had joked they had been keeping good by "eating tons of Weetabix".

The BBC reported successful January however different lawsuit was sent dog nutrient by Amazon alternatively of an iPhone helium ordered.