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One in six UK adults have drunkenly ordered a parcel in the past 12 months that they don’t remember buying. Stats released by personal finance experts www.myfavouritevouchercodes.co.uk show 37 per cent of respondents regularly receive a parcel that they initially don’t remember ordering until opening it. A further 15 per cent admitted they have at least once in the past year received a parcel they don’t remember ordering due to ordering it while ‘under the influence of alcohol’.
The study into shopping habits found the average drunken order spend was £45, with two fifths (41%) stating they had found themselves ordering items they wouldn’t normally order; either because they didn’t like the items they’d ordered (37%) or had no use for the items they’d ordered (35%).
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When asked what type of orders they’d made after drinking alcohol, the top choices were found to be:
- Clothing – 25%
- Home accessories – 17%
- Gifts for other people – 14%
- Hair and beauty products – 11%
- Pet accessories – 10%
When asked if they’d gone on to return the items they’d ordered drunk, just 18 per cent admitted they did. However, one in five (20%) admit that they had been confused about where they parcel came from and contacted the seller to find out – only to find they had indeed ordered the item, and a further 8% initially assumed the parcel was a gift from someone else.
Julian House, Managing Director of www.myfavouritevouchercodes.co.uk, said: “We’re capable of doing many things under the influence of alcohol that we don’t initially recall, but it’s interesting to hear that so many people choose to go online shopping. No doubt adverts on social media and the internet play a role in this, with ads for all sorts of items popping up wherever you look. We just hope next time people go online shopping under the influencer that they choose to purchase an item they actually want and need and that the money spent therefore isn’t a waste.”
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