Everyone has fallen victim to good marketing and advertising at some point in their lives. Some of those ads just look way too good to be true, and most of the time they actually are. This can happen with a lot of things, ads for products on somewhat sketchy sites, ads for a new fast food treat, or the picture on the front of the frozen meal box. All of these things add up to make someone very, very disappointed with their purchase. Time and time again though these slick ads and promises of great things trick even the smartest and most sceptical of people, it's just the way life goes.

No one is alone in this disappointment though, the disappointment of buying something that seemed really good happens to everyone. Reddit's /r/ExpectationvsReality is proof of that. This subreddit is a place for disappointed individuals to come together and share their most upsetting purchases with the world, hopefully keeping others from making the same mistakes they did. Here are 15 terribly disappointing moments where the reality did not meet expectations.