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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/GladObject2962 on 2025-05-28 13:15:30+00:00.

So about a week or so ago, I was casually scrolling through Taobao and thought, “Hey, why not give this a shot?” I’ve been toying with the idea of picking up leatherworking as a hobby, so I figured I’d order some tools and faux leather to see what the quality was like. Harmless enough, right?

Well… not exactly.

As you might guess, navigating a site that’s half in Chinese didn’t exactly make things easy—especially when it came to understanding the sizing of the materials. The product title said “138cm,” so naturally, I assumed each piece of faux leather I ordered was a nice, neat 138cm square.

Oh, boy was i wrong.

Turns out, the 138cm was just the width. The length? A casual, totally reasonable 36 METERS. And because I ordered three different colours for practice, I am now the proud soon-to-be owner of 108 meters of faux leather.

So yeah. My house is about to become a faux leather warehouse. Anyone need a couch reupholstered?

TL;DR: Tried to buy a few practice sheets of faux leather from Taobao for a new leatherworking hobby. Misread the sizing due to translation issues and accidentally ordered 108 meters of it. Oops