Mother slams Argos after Christmas tree she bought fails to live up to picture on box

A mom who purchased the 'good' tree for her younger daughter's first Christmas has shamed Argos after it did not match the field.

Zoe McAllister, 22, posted images on Fb exhibiting her limp tree and it has been shared 1000's of instances on-line.

The mother-of-one was excited for her 11-month-old daughter's first Christmas and determined to purchase a brand new tree to mark the event.

However Miss McAllister, who's from Glasgow however lives in Oxfordshire, could not have been extra disenchanted with the seemingly 'good' tree from Argos in Wantage.

Bah humbug: That is the factitious tree purchased by Zoe McAllister, 22, who vented her anger on-line

Spot the distinction? That is the image Argos had on the field - nevertheless it clearly does not match the completed product

Viral: Zoe's submit has now been preferred greater than 13,000 instances and shared over three,000 instances on Fb.

The £18, 6ft synthetic, pre-lit tree seemed nothing just like the picture on the field. 

In a message to Argos she wrote: 'I bought the tree on the left from one in all your shops. As you possibly can see from my image on the suitable it seems NOTHING just like the commercial on the field.

'I've a sense half of my tree has been left within the manufacturing unit? No quantity of sprucing can repair this. Upset is an understatement.'

Zoe McAllister mentioned she couldn't cease laughing when she noticed the tree and has since returned it

The submit has now been preferred greater than 13,000 instances and shared over three,000 instances on Fb.

Zoe, who has since returned the tree, mentioned: 'I Truthfully laughed for about 15 minutes once I noticed it.

'The principle cause I obtained the tree was as a result of it is my daughters first Christmas so I used to be type of disenchanted by it in that side nevertheless it was very humorous to take a look at.

'I've needed to return the tree now because it actually wasn't match to be used.'

Zoe mentioned she contacted Argos through their Fb web page however claims she needed to message them thrice to get a response.

She mentioned: 'They only informed me to return the tree.

'They did not reply to the very fact it seemed nothing prefer it was on the field.

'There wasn't even an apology within the message they despatched again.'

A spokesman for Argos mentioned, in a message to Zoe: 'Hello there, should you return the merchandise to retailer with proof of buy they are going to be blissful to refund or alternate this for you.'

Zoe has since obtained one other tree which she is far happier with.

She added: 'I could not actually afford to purchase one other tree so my brother gave me his previous one which seems 100 instances higher.'

 

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