The Star Atlas Wormhole is also known as ATLAS... there's where the confusion started. PancakeSwap did not have ATLAS listed, so I tried to add it manually, but it seems I added the Star Atlas wormhole instead !
To make matters worse, I traded 0.8 BNB for 3537 ATLAS ( wormhole tokens ), which means I spent about $250 worth of BNB and got $25 worth of ATLAS tokens back ! Yikes !
When I wanted to know WTF happen here guess what I got ? PANCAKESWAP OFFERS NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT !! Great
So I had to talk to my buddies at Exodus and they explained to me the Price Impact was set to 85% because it's a low liquidity token, so in theory, I ended up paying 85% more than the market value, however ! I think you would agree I ended up paying nearly 10 times more !!!
And you wonder why DeFi hasn't gone mainstream yet ! Can you imagine how would the average person react when they learn they lost $250 on a stupid purchase just because of a technicality ?
Please, don't take the fault on the dApp, you should have read everything else not just because you want to get FOMO by the token. You should have research more so that you may come up with the best possible outcome when you are buying. If the coin/token you wanted to buy is available on reference tracking websites like coinmarketcap and Coingecko they usually put there the different contracts if the coin/token is available on other chains.
Yes, shit happens but in reality the fault would still be on us individuals if we don't take any responsibilities over our own money. You may disagree with me but I always do more research over my investments especially when I am trying to buy the token on DEXs.