Online Shopping: This guy paid R4,500 for fake designer shoes!

Online shopping: This guy paid R4,500 for fake designer shoes!

A lot can happen in the world of online shopping...

Man holds fake white sneakers
Man holds fake white sneakers/Twitter/@PrinceMudi

We have seen our fair share of 'what you ordered versus what you got' experiences. 

But people still get caught up in the big online swindle...

Somehow, some way, they get sucked in by online vultures who talk the talk and walk the walk... but deliver knockoffs.

Whoever this seller is, they are probably sitting in a small room somewhere feeling really proud of themselves for getting away with scamming people.

It doesn't ever mean it's right or acceptable, so we certainly feel for this guy who paid R4,500 for what he thought were Alexander McQueen sneakers.

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Tweeps were anything but sympathetic with him, so we hope that teaches him. 

The silver lining is that he could possibly get a return for the item, as one person said a similar thing happened to them. 

We have to admit, we loved this comment from a guy who sells shoes online. He really took the opportunity to market his business. 

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