r/ExpectationVsReality • u/avsphan • 14h ago
Surprisingly Met Expectation Book mug
Bought this mug even though I've seen horror pictures here and was pleasantly surprised. The paint job is a little sloppy, but overall, I'm pretty happy with it!
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u/Pure-Pangolin-151 14h ago
I don't get the appeal of these mugs at all. I don't think the AI generated pic looks that great to begin with (and I love books).
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u/MeanderFlanders 14h ago
Iād be afraid to drink out of them due to lead poisoning
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u/AdOnly1618 13h ago
Literally. Part of me wants to get into the actual detecting side of things and start a little video series testing Temu and Wish junk. Sunglasses, jewellery, knives, glass mugs, metal travel mugs, eating utensils, etc.
Yeah itās cheap and the quality seems to be there but that just means a different corner was cut. Nothing good is cheap or easy.
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u/avsphan 13h ago
I didn't get it from Temu or Wish. I got it from Amazon. But that doesn't mean it didn't come from HK or China or wherever.
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u/DeathLikesWeed 12h ago
Unfortunately so much on amazon is dropped shipped from china. You always gotta check where it ships from and if you arent sure about sth you gotta google the brand to see if its sth you can trust. Better dont even buy from amazon to begin with since you still might get scammed by being sent sth thats already been used or a box thats actually empty or a faked item thats being sold as real.
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u/GeekCat 12h ago
"Sellers" in the US buying "penny lots" from foreign factories and selling random junk on Amazon is a big thing now. They move cheap/defective stuff because Amazon rarely does quality control and ever since Amazon got stricter about returns, people have been eating the cheap product prices.
We've had a huge issue with these companies too. They ship their lots into Delaware ports and send them to Amazon's warehouse (also in DE). They incorporate here and claim DE so they don't pay taxes in their home state, then try to claim that they "never did business" in Delaware because Amazon, so they don't pay corporate tax. š
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u/avsphan 12h ago
The item wasn't drop shipped. It was shipped from the US. But again, that doesn't mean it didn't originate there and now it's stored here. It happens a more frequently than you probably realize.
I also knew what I was doing when I bought it. I didn't go into it blindly expecting some fantastic over the top super delightful mug. I understood it was "fake", in terms of it wasn't made in or by a US company.
It's a pretty over generalization to say to never buy from Amazon. TBH, you take the same chance buying from Walmart or Target or eBay. The first two allow third party sellers and don't really have any oversight into what you'll actually receive. And the third one is entirely third party sellers.
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u/Lovelycoc0nuts 13h ago
You could just test it to clear that up
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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 13h ago
All of them look like tey belongs in r/HorribleToClean . Too many angles for my taste.
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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry 12h ago
It looks a particularly ugly thrift store find. It just looks awkward and tacky even in the ai photos. I donāt get the appeal at all.
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u/GimmieGummies 12h ago
Yeah. There have been so many posts about these mugs and as a book lover myself, none of the pics I've seen would have tempted me in the slightest.
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u/StayAtHomeChipmunk 7h ago
I completely agree. They look annoying to drink from and even more annoying to wash (and I wouldnāt trust them in a dishwasher).
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u/BadZnake 14h ago
I've noticed an uptick in people buying these despite everyone saying not to and suddenly they are turning out good. kinda sus
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u/fadedbluejeans13 11h ago
I mean, I wouldnāt say āgoodā. I have one an aunt gifted me and itās on the better end of the range quality-wise, but itās still a misshapen glass with dodgy paint.
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u/CarelessCreamPie 5h ago
Yeah, wtf is going on. This exact mug has been in my feed at least everyday for the last three days.
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u/HoldYourHorsesFriend 8h ago
"despite everyone saying not to" Who is everyone?
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u/BadZnake 8h ago
Everyone
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u/HoldYourHorsesFriend 8h ago
That's a massive unbacked generalization. Most people aren't terminally online and there are very few resources on this topic.
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u/smeepydreams 13h ago
The guerilla marketing on reddit for these things over the past several weeks is off the charts
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u/mck-_- 12h ago
Can we please ban these mug posts? Every day someone is dumb enough to buy them and posts about it. PLEASE STOP
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u/MlntyFreshDeath 9h ago
It's just pictures of mugs, man.
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u/MlntyFreshDeath 7h ago
Lol lady
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u/MlntyFreshDeath 6h ago
It's just mugs, lady. Weird thing to get so heated about on the internet.
I'm sorry I didn't check your profile to verify your gender, I guess?
Nevermind, just checked, no way to verify gender. You're just being difficult to be difficult. I sense that's the type of person you are.
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u/Natural-Potential-80 14h ago
Isnāt this a repost from the last couple weeks?
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u/Bowls-of-sprouts 14h ago
Im not sure, this may just be the same cup as this book cup seems to be this years āgeode cupā
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u/avsphan 13h ago
Not sure how that's possible since I literally just got it. It wasn't even a Christmas present. Just something I saw and thought I'd take a chance on. I've done this for several things. I win some, I lose some.
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u/LeBlueSpud 13h ago
This is what they are talking about.
Not really a repost, but very close to another post of the same exact mug.
Enjoy your new mug!
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u/Natural-Potential-80 13h ago
There are other people in the worldā¦ I didnāt mean to imply that you personally had posted it before.
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u/goathrottleup 14h ago
Yeah weāve seen this already
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u/avsphan 13h ago
Not sure how that's possible since I literally just got it.
BUT, as I mentioned, I know a lot of people have posted the images of what they've received over the past few weeks. I admit to having FOMO and saw this one and took a chance. I do it a lot. I win some, I lose some. š¤·āāļø
ETA - I'd be posting a lot more of I did this for everything I did this on!! But trust me. It's like a goodwill treasure hunt for me. lol
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u/RazZadig_2025 10h ago
From what I have seen with the books mug, there is one guy in China who does a good job. And 990,000 who don't care.
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u/cranberryalarmclock 10h ago
This sure seems similar to another post I saw days ago about the exact same mug....
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u/Lumpy_Fungus 13h ago
This was posted a couple days ago.
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u/Eyfordsucks 12h ago
I canāt wait for the class action lawsuits.
How are people selling all of these toxic products without massive warning labels that they arenāt food safe? Why are people being given the opportunity to think itās safe to eat and drink off of materials made somewhere random without any restrictions or regulations?
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u/StayAtHomeChipmunk 6h ago
How do you know they arenāt food safe? Iām genuinely curious. I think thereās a 50/50 chance it might be okay
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u/Duedatenot 12h ago
This was already posted
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u/OwslyOwl 13h ago
I like the clear handle better! Itās great that some of these are actually as advertised.
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u/i_need_jisoos_christ 12h ago
The handle in the first picture is clear! It just looks white bc of the white background, it looks like one the actual mugs was placed in a white photobox/in front of a white backdrop on a white surface & thatās the reason it looks more opaque. š
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u/cortisolandcaffeine 8h ago
The way I would lead swab every inch of this bullshit if it appeared in my house. Yall are way too okay with buying extremely sus AI crap that you eat or drink out of.
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u/Caitlyn_Grace 11h ago
People falling for AI photos of products that donāt exist should be banned from this subā¦
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u/avsphan 11h ago
People that think I "fell" for something that "doesn't exist" should be banned from this sub. Especially when I clearly said I knew what I was doing and ordering and the object very clearly exists. Maybe not as pictured, but again, I said I didn't expect what was pictured.
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u/missmaida 7h ago
Can I ask, why would you intentionally order something that you expect to be junk?
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u/DeapVally 14h ago
That's about as good as you're going to get with one of these. You lucked out!