'I ordered £500 laptop on Amazon - but received 2 boxes of Weetabix'

18 July 2023 , 14:23

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Instead of a £500 laptop Adam Yearsely received some Weetabix (Image: Adam Yearsley)

An Amazon customer was left baffled after opening a package that should have been his £500 laptop - only to discover two boxes of Weetabix instead.

Adam Yearsley, from Trafford, decided to treat himself and ordered the HP laptop last week.

The 40-year-old had never had an issue with the online giant before, but was left shocked by the contents of the parcel.

Yearsley said: "I use Amazon all the time, I've never had an issue before.

"I thought I would treat myself to a new computer. I ordered it, paid £500 for it and a couple of days later it was delivered.

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Adam Yearsley, from Trafford, ordered the HP laptop last week (Adam Yearsley)

"When I opened the parcel it was two packets of Weetabix, a 24-pack and a 12-pack, sellotaped together in the shape of a laptop."

Adam told Manchester Evening News that the box appeared to have been "tampered with" before he opened it. Fearing he had been the victim of a scam, he reported the incident to the police.

Adam said: "I've been quite distressed over it, I don't know how it's happened.''

He added: "I was very baffled. I thought maybe my partner had ordered the Weetabix but I had to give a code to the delivery driver because it was an expensive parcel."

The item being delivered (Adam Yearsley)

Amazon said it has been in touch with the customer to apologise and offer a full refund.

A spokesperson said: "This has been resolved. We’ve contacted the customer directly, apologised, and refunded in full."

It's not the first time an Amazon customer has tried to open a new laptop from the firm, only to find cereal instead.

Last November, The Northern Echo reported that a woman from York received a box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes when she was expecting an £850 laptop.

The following month, the BBC reported on a Staffordshire mum who ordered a laptop as a Christmas gift for her daughter but instead found two boxes of cereal.

Both customers were refunded and offered Amazon vouchers.

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