Some packaging designs are so evil, even Satan himself couldn't have created them. No, the sinister creations Bored Panda has featured in this list came from places far more darker than Hell. Corporate greed. From printing misleading captions to hiding the (lack of) contents of their products, the a**hole companies behind these deceptions are so shameless, they deserve all the shaming they can get. Continue scrolling to check out the entries!
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Biggest Letdown I’ve Had In A While To Be Honest
Are You Kidding Me
Doing The Lords Work
Im Sad, This Is Just Sad
This Should Be Punishable By Law
In most western countries that IS punishable by law. Not least in the US.
There Is A Special Place In Hell For Asshole Cookie Designers
Save The Extra Plastic And Just Make A Smaller Bottle Please
I’ve Been Bamboozled
Tea Came In A Pack Of 4, Faced Forwards
Bigger Bottle, Less Tablets
Apparently 27 Is "Approx 40"
This Roll Of Stickers Is Really Just A Sheet Of 20
There’s Just Enough To Fit In The Window
This Pen Was Made To "Minimalize" Usage Of Plastic In It
My Box Of Staples Was More Box Than Staples
The Part That Is Invisible From Outside Is Empty
Kobe Beef Package That Hide 1/3 Of The (Missing) Steak
Packaging Said “100% Silk”
Some Leftover Chocolate From Christmas
I've Been Bamboozled!
My 6yo Daughter Spent Her Pocket Money On This, Cried That "It's Not Fair"
I Would Like To Thank Suave For Increasing The Size Of Their Bottle By -17%
To Make This Bucket Of Constructor Set Look Full, They Put A Paper Cone Inside With Some Constructor Pieces Printed On It To Make It Less Noticeable
I Want My Other 3/4
Clearly, There Are 3 Salami On The Package But Only 2 Inside
Good Thing They Put It The Right Side Up On The Shelf
My Disappointment Is Immeasurable
Trying To Hide Their Factory From Ruining Their Claim At Being Home Made
They Knew What They Were Doing. It Was Perfectly Placed In The Box
Wtf?! This is just pathetic. And pretty stupid of them, too; I doubt anyone would buy it for the second time.
My Bad... Assumed I Was Buying A Right And A Left Earbud
The law here states "what would a reasonable person think?" and it's reasonable to think you would be buying earphones in pairs, as we have done historically, so this would not fly over here.
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It’s for when you lose one earphone and need a replacement. Yeah. It’s their story and they’re sticking to it. 😄
OMG, it states earphone and the consumer is suppose to pick up on that.
If the price is too good to be true.....read the packaging carefully.
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if you read the package it clearly says "Earphone". I know it seems deceptive but one thing I've noticed as someone who sells online, people aren't reliable when it comes to reading. For instance, I make jewelry, and sell most of my stud earrings as either single or a pair. Written very very clearly, even in the description. Still, I occasionally get customers who are confused and upset when they get their orders because they thought they were getting a pair. I point out to them where it is written in the title and multiple times in the description. I sell them that way for people with multiple piercings. Once the customers understand they usually just buy the second one. I wish it was easier to communicate, but I don't think I could make things any clearer...
Agreed on people not paying attention, though in this situation it's a bit sketchy when they don't say something useful like "Single Earphone" or "One earphone". It's stupid to alienate some customers when they've got a product that isn't a bad idea. People do loose earphones.
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I hope the device this plugs into also attaches to your ear, that is one very short cord.
two pictured on the box are the same "earphone" just different angles. wow. slick trick
It’s headphones. That’s such a consumerist thing to say.
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Ah this is coming from a chinese marketplace, for sure! But they ALWAYS mention in the description, that it's only one piece. I know from almost having bought some of these, countless times. XD your bad for not reading the descriptions attentively! Still sorry for y'a, good luck XD
Ideal for those deaf in one ear. I guess they also have a line of single gloves for one-handed people and MJ impersonators.
A common one on eBay is to sell singles, I went ballistic at my seller, shame the twat was in China.
Yeah, but to be fair, this is a obviously knock-off. Don't be surprised if you get screwed.
I'm really glad we have laws against misleading advertising and packaging in Germany. Things like this never happened to me in this extent.
The main thing here, I guess none of them are looking for repeat business....
Good Point! One Of Two Hhings Here. Either They Don't Care About Repeat Business, OR They Think You are Stupid, And Never Learn A Lesson. Either Way They Don't Deserve Repeat Business.
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These should be banned by law and it's not just because they are disappointing and robbery. Plastic pollution is serious enough even without tons of packaging to fake the size of some greedy a*****e's product.
Back in the medieval days, bread was so important to the diets of every day people that bakers were given severe consequences for cutting corners. In fact, if you got a dozen buns from a baker, they would throw in an extra one just to prove they weren't trying to swindle the customers, hence the saying "baker's dozen". We need to bring back those kinds of laws for people who try to cheat customers like this.
As long as the product weight or quantity listed on the packaging matches the amount of product inside, all of these package, while being frustrating, are following regulations.
This is just sad. The waster of air, plastic, cardboard, glass, you name it. They just make these rip offs to get more business, more money, and dont even care about how people are wasting their money and getting angered by this injustice. (Do I sound official? 😂)
I'm still mad at Andes mints for this. Although they do say no mints in "protective edges" on the back of the box in super small print, but I think it's just a ploy to give you less mints. UaoH4Ot-5c...f5d3b9.jpg 
File all of this under "Caveat Emptor". Let the Buyer Beware. Most countries require truth in packaging for weights and mass of food products. If you do not pay attention, you too can purchase a 3/4 empty bag of crisps or a package of sausages where the package is 1/2 empty. Assume nothing, assume they are trying to trick you into paying for more for less. Stop being lazy and not reading, not using your brain. If these business practices offend you, let th ecomanies involved know. No longer purchase their products. Vote with you rmoney. And teach your kids not to be swindled.
They get away with it because we let them. Always email, demand they refund and if they want the product back, they pay postage. Don't back down. If you get it on Amazon, first demand a refund, then complain to Amazon and then post it under "reviews". Do the same at other sites. We vote for consumer products with our dollars. If we really work to cost them some money and some future buyers, maybe we can make a difference. And WTH, it feels good to be heard.
While i agree that manufacturers can be extremely deceptive and wasteful with the excess packaging, doesn't anyone pay attentions to things like the weight or quantity of what's supposed to be in the package? i absolutely hate it when they do this, but i've always been one to pay more attention to weight/qty, rather than whether it looks like there's more in it or not
Isn't it a shame that we have to guard against so many trying to dupe us? Something is wrong in a world where people get rewarded for the best way to lie to consumers. Money and quick profit have supplanted honesty and fair dealing. What a shame.
What is the saddest to me here these are not only local small businesses, but many of them are huge international corporations like Garnier, Gillette, BIC, Lindt, Hersheys, etc. saving big money on this fraud and they shall be held accountable for it. And this is stupid as well because small companies (pizzas apart) would naturally be happy to sell one piece of their product per person just once, but these big businesses have to be interested in the wide promotion of their product and are doing something the contrary...
I've never understood why people don't read the shelf tags that plainly display the price per ounce. It's very simple. You aren't getting ripped off if you read the label instead of just looking at the picture. Use your brain.
This kind of thing happens all the time. I remember buying a package of chocolate chip cookies when I was a kid. There were a ton of cookies in the package. Now, buying the same name brand of cookies (you know the one!) means getting only 15 damn cookies that are smaller than they used to be.
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. We should rebel and stop buying. Find honest products and put THEM over the top and be vocal about it.
Am I the only person who knows that all these companies have shot themselves in the foot? The way to success is to ensure you get repeat customers. I would think none of these purchasers are coming back.
I don't see how this practice is going to stop until consumers raise the roof, refuse to buy these inferior products and send a message to companies they have had enough.
The simple truth: ... The nations that don't regulate these types of false and misleading packaging are nations that allow corporations to control those regulations. If we're being ripped-off in small ways like these examples, it's a good bet that we're also being ripped-off in much larger ways, by those same corporations.
People remember that over 1/2 of the pictures above are products sold by weight, not # of items in the package. HUGE waste of packaging though. For shame.
It should be obvious to all, that some packaging need to be larger for display purposes, with the more expensive things, then the bottle or jar needs to be kept smaller, but look larger.
Let the law take care of more pressing matters. This one's on us, the consumer. Let your money talk. Watch what you buy, but if they do slip one over on you Take It Back! They'll stop doing it when we stop letting them get away with it.
Is it legal? I live in Czech Republic and I've never seen something like this.
With food, always check the weight, cost per ounce/gram, etc. Don't assume marketing is looking out for your best interest.
Let me be completely honest, all these so-called "professional" companies doing things like this? It's the stupidest thing. Most companies today are all about making more money. And there's nothing wrong with that, like it's pretty normal to want to make a buck. But cheating your customers? These companies are more likely lose customers this way. There are actual laws for misleading packaging in other countries. Companies will LOSE MONEY FOR THIS KIND OF FUCKERY. Let's be real, these companies are going to make more money by being honest and giving customers exactly what they pay for, instead of stunting b******t like this. I rest my case.
I really hate what these companies are doing... I mean they're littering plastic everywhere, WASTING it and causing so much pollution and then they are also deceiving customers to make it look like there's more than what there actually is. It's the old mixing water with milk concept. It really triggered me the lengths some of the people went to just to make it look like they were providing more of their product, like with the markers and the other packages with center pieces not visible from the outside... pathetic
Glad that here in the Philippines we just commonly encounter this on chips and beauty products. As far as I know we also have the law that companies should clearly states all the information about the product in the packaging and avoid misleading covers. It's unfair for us consumers when they try to cheat us, we don't just pick our money from random places we earned them and also did they think about the amount of waste just to pack one of their products?
simple: dont buy those fake packaged products :) consumer's choice & power. as a sidenote, those images on boredpanda make me wonder, what (probably american) citizens like to eat, it seems to be industrial food production with loads of sugar, salt and transfats.
How come at first it was 202 pictures and now it’s only 50? This site changes its mind a lot. 😅
This just makes me mad. What a waste of the use of plastic. We need to reduce not make more.
honestly, i wanted to comment on each single picture but the ony thing that came to my mind was "it's disgusting". so I will say it here: IT'S DISGUSTING!
...all kinds of different things. Not all corporations are evil.
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39&40 and 41&42 are the same so 202 is actually 200 and there are others...
There needs to be a hell of a lot of CEO perp walks happening. The heads of all these companies need to be held accountable; yes, even if they're the CEOs/owners of conglomerates that have multiple worldwide divisions and claim "plausible deniability". I'd bet if the C-level staff of Unilever (a conglomerate that owns a number of the brands I see here) were all arrested from their cozy Connecticut homes and frogmarched to waiting police cars on live TV... eh, what am I saying? No one will be held responsible or accountable. Rich CEOs know to befriend lawmakers.
I guarantee you that your mom wished she aborted you.
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Yeah sure. We should just stop buying stuff. Because buyers, losers, right? Jesus...
Load More Replies... I'm really glad we have laws against misleading advertising and packaging in Germany. Things like this never happened to me in this extent.
The main thing here, I guess none of them are looking for repeat business....
Good Point! One Of Two Hhings Here. Either They Don't Care About Repeat Business, OR They Think You are Stupid, And Never Learn A Lesson. Either Way They Don't Deserve Repeat Business.
Load More Replies... These should be banned by law and it's not just because they are disappointing and robbery. Plastic pollution is serious enough even without tons of packaging to fake the size of some greedy a*****e's product.
Back in the medieval days, bread was so important to the diets of every day people that bakers were given severe consequences for cutting corners. In fact, if you got a dozen buns from a baker, they would throw in an extra one just to prove they weren't trying to swindle the customers, hence the saying "baker's dozen". We need to bring back those kinds of laws for people who try to cheat customers like this.
As long as the product weight or quantity listed on the packaging matches the amount of product inside, all of these package, while being frustrating, are following regulations.
This is just sad. The waster of air, plastic, cardboard, glass, you name it. They just make these rip offs to get more business, more money, and dont even care about how people are wasting their money and getting angered by this injustice. (Do I sound official? 😂)
I'm still mad at Andes mints for this. Although they do say no mints in "protective edges" on the back of the box in super small print, but I think it's just a ploy to give you less mints. UaoH4Ot-5c...f5d3b9.jpg
File all of this under "Caveat Emptor". Let the Buyer Beware. Most countries require truth in packaging for weights and mass of food products. If you do not pay attention, you too can purchase a 3/4 empty bag of crisps or a package of sausages where the package is 1/2 empty. Assume nothing, assume they are trying to trick you into paying for more for less. Stop being lazy and not reading, not using your brain. If these business practices offend you, let th ecomanies involved know. No longer purchase their products. Vote with you rmoney. And teach your kids not to be swindled.
They get away with it because we let them. Always email, demand they refund and if they want the product back, they pay postage. Don't back down. If you get it on Amazon, first demand a refund, then complain to Amazon and then post it under "reviews". Do the same at other sites. We vote for consumer products with our dollars. If we really work to cost them some money and some future buyers, maybe we can make a difference. And WTH, it feels good to be heard.
While i agree that manufacturers can be extremely deceptive and wasteful with the excess packaging, doesn't anyone pay attentions to things like the weight or quantity of what's supposed to be in the package? i absolutely hate it when they do this, but i've always been one to pay more attention to weight/qty, rather than whether it looks like there's more in it or not
Isn't it a shame that we have to guard against so many trying to dupe us? Something is wrong in a world where people get rewarded for the best way to lie to consumers. Money and quick profit have supplanted honesty and fair dealing. What a shame.
What is the saddest to me here these are not only local small businesses, but many of them are huge international corporations like Garnier, Gillette, BIC, Lindt, Hersheys, etc. saving big money on this fraud and they shall be held accountable for it. And this is stupid as well because small companies (pizzas apart) would naturally be happy to sell one piece of their product per person just once, but these big businesses have to be interested in the wide promotion of their product and are doing something the contrary...
I've never understood why people don't read the shelf tags that plainly display the price per ounce. It's very simple. You aren't getting ripped off if you read the label instead of just looking at the picture. Use your brain.
This kind of thing happens all the time. I remember buying a package of chocolate chip cookies when I was a kid. There were a ton of cookies in the package. Now, buying the same name brand of cookies (you know the one!) means getting only 15 damn cookies that are smaller than they used to be.
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. We should rebel and stop buying. Find honest products and put THEM over the top and be vocal about it.
Am I the only person who knows that all these companies have shot themselves in the foot? The way to success is to ensure you get repeat customers. I would think none of these purchasers are coming back.
I don't see how this practice is going to stop until consumers raise the roof, refuse to buy these inferior products and send a message to companies they have had enough.
The simple truth: ... The nations that don't regulate these types of false and misleading packaging are nations that allow corporations to control those regulations. If we're being ripped-off in small ways like these examples, it's a good bet that we're also being ripped-off in much larger ways, by those same corporations.
People remember that over 1/2 of the pictures above are products sold by weight, not # of items in the package. HUGE waste of packaging though. For shame.
It should be obvious to all, that some packaging need to be larger for display purposes, with the more expensive things, then the bottle or jar needs to be kept smaller, but look larger.
Let the law take care of more pressing matters. This one's on us, the consumer. Let your money talk. Watch what you buy, but if they do slip one over on you Take It Back! They'll stop doing it when we stop letting them get away with it.
Is it legal? I live in Czech Republic and I've never seen something like this.
With food, always check the weight, cost per ounce/gram, etc. Don't assume marketing is looking out for your best interest.
Let me be completely honest, all these so-called "professional" companies doing things like this? It's the stupidest thing. Most companies today are all about making more money. And there's nothing wrong with that, like it's pretty normal to want to make a buck. But cheating your customers? These companies are more likely lose customers this way. There are actual laws for misleading packaging in other countries. Companies will LOSE MONEY FOR THIS KIND OF FUCKERY. Let's be real, these companies are going to make more money by being honest and giving customers exactly what they pay for, instead of stunting b******t like this. I rest my case.
I really hate what these companies are doing... I mean they're littering plastic everywhere, WASTING it and causing so much pollution and then they are also deceiving customers to make it look like there's more than what there actually is. It's the old mixing water with milk concept. It really triggered me the lengths some of the people went to just to make it look like they were providing more of their product, like with the markers and the other packages with center pieces not visible from the outside... pathetic
Glad that here in the Philippines we just commonly encounter this on chips and beauty products. As far as I know we also have the law that companies should clearly states all the information about the product in the packaging and avoid misleading covers. It's unfair for us consumers when they try to cheat us, we don't just pick our money from random places we earned them and also did they think about the amount of waste just to pack one of their products?
simple: dont buy those fake packaged products :) consumer's choice & power. as a sidenote, those images on boredpanda make me wonder, what (probably american) citizens like to eat, it seems to be industrial food production with loads of sugar, salt and transfats.
How come at first it was 202 pictures and now it’s only 50? This site changes its mind a lot. 😅
This just makes me mad. What a waste of the use of plastic. We need to reduce not make more.
honestly, i wanted to comment on each single picture but the ony thing that came to my mind was "it's disgusting". so I will say it here: IT'S DISGUSTING!
...all kinds of different things. Not all corporations are evil.
Load More Replies... 39&40 and 41&42 are the same so 202 is actually 200 and there are others...
There needs to be a hell of a lot of CEO perp walks happening. The heads of all these companies need to be held accountable; yes, even if they're the CEOs/owners of conglomerates that have multiple worldwide divisions and claim "plausible deniability". I'd bet if the C-level staff of Unilever (a conglomerate that owns a number of the brands I see here) were all arrested from their cozy Connecticut homes and frogmarched to waiting police cars on live TV... eh, what am I saying? No one will be held responsible or accountable. Rich CEOs know to befriend lawmakers.
I guarantee you that your mom wished she aborted you.
Load More Replies... Yeah sure. We should just stop buying stuff. Because buyers, losers, right? Jesus...
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