The Ad Trap: Products That Didn't Match the Marketing Hype

6. Small Pet Deterrent

Cost: $10.99–$150*
Created by: Nobody
bought on Amazon.com
Put this one down to another instance of not checking the product measurements before making a purchase (although, in all honesty, any shop should provide this information beforehand). When a customer bought a cat scratching post from Amazon, they discovered that the hard way.

Tiny Cat Scratcher @DaWanda / Reddit.com | Pinterest | @u/[deleted]
Rather than a full-sized post, the scratching post was only a maximum of five inches tall. The customer shared a humorous picture of their cat staring at the little scratcher with bemusement, if not a hint of disappointment.
Instead, might you utilize this cat scratcher as a chew toy? In any case, it looks like this shopping disaster was meant for a doll house rather than your cherished cat. And maybe it was! The dollhouse furniture market is highly complex and profitable. Almost every object has probably been the subject of a dollhouse replica created by an artist for collectors of tiny things.

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