This Woman Who Got Scammed Shopping On TikTok Has To Realize That Risk Is Part Of The Game
NY Post - According to the clip, outraged Tokfluencer @okaymoriah allegedly purchased a Ghostface crewneck and hoodie from Joycelike for $60 in October after seeing the clothes advertised on TikTok.
The macabre garments are inspired by the iconic phone scene from the 1996 horror parody “Scream,” with one item bearing the phrase, “No, you hang up.”
“I kept seeing the same ad, so I was like, you know what? Impulse decision. I bought it,” explained Moriah Edwards, who runs the eponymous online jewelry shop Moriah’s Jewels.
Unfortunately, what she allegedly received in the mail was a far cry from her original order. In the clip, Edwards holds up the first item, which is orange, rather than the red shown in the ad. The “No, you hang up” tag line reads “No, you hang our,” according to the TikToker.
To make matters worse, she said the hoodie she received didn’t have a hood. She lamented that both articles seemed to be made of cheap materials.
This woman has every right to be upset, she has every right to be pissed off, and she has every right to want the situation rectified. On the other hand, she has to know this is part of the game.
Look, we've all had a targeted ad pop up on The Gram or The Tok and said "I need that" then instantly bought it because those companies know what they are doing. These ads are meant to be part of your interests thanks to something you click or something you said in a conversation that your phone essentially recorded and knew you would want, then fed it to a super advanced algorithm. They are no dummies. They know how to get your eye and then your wallet. Of course we click on these products and order it because it's exactly what our brain wants. Will we actually get the item or anything near the item? The moment we finish checking out is the moment we are signing up for the biggest gamble of our day.
If you have ordered any of these ads before you know that the companies behind them often have no phone operators to answer the phone, provide very little communication on shipping/tracking and sometimes are just straight up scams. You want to get info on a sweatshirt you ordered for a gift? Good luck. You need to know if the very cool and thoughtful gift of a song plaque will come in time for Christmas? Keep dreaming.
That's the gamble. You risked that when you clicked purchase. They know it and you know. So for this girl to be outraged and upset...she certainly can be both of those but she should have known the rules of the game also. This social media shopping is the biggest dice roll in all dice rolls. She's lucky she even got any product. There's probably 50 people who ordered from that site that didn't get a thing, or even worse got a complete grab bag of items. One guy in South Dakota likely got a spoon. Another lady in Wisconsin may have gotten a stuffed animal. These sites are wild cards. Just shut up and enjoy the gamble. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose, and if you don't know that going in then shame on you.
PS- I would feel bad for anyone who ordered hair replacement pills or supplements if they really needed them. Even around the holidays you gotta feel for those less (follicly) fortunate than you. It's what the Christmas season is all about ...