This week’s question: Scammers on online marketplaces are shipping dollhouse-size versions of products — from tiny rice cookers to miniature camping chairs — to unsuspecting shoppers who thought they’d ordered a human-size item. In seven or fewer words, come up with a photo caption for a dissatisfied customer holding their unexpectedly tiny purchase.
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THE WINNER: I no longer support small businesses
Peter Gordon, Great Neck, New York
SECOND PLACE: Honey, they shrunk the Keds
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
THIRD PLACE: Teeny, weeny, tiny, faux
Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pennsylvania
Mark Thermansen, South Burlington, Vermont
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Perfected my shrink ray! FEAR ME! MWHAHA!!!”
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
Rebecca Burgan, Grass Valley, California
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
Jason Hall, Newfields, New Hampshire
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