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Finding out that you were being lied to is probably one of the worst feelings out there. It’s sad and disappointing and, if the lie was significant, it often has lasting repercussions. It makes people trust their surroundings less, grow more suspicious, and even become insecure about their future.
And while being lied to by someone you know and hold dear is 100% awful, being lied to by a company that you don’t care about can somehow make you feel even angrier. Company lies feel like worthless violations of trust that could have been easily avoided. But no, they just had to manipulate your perception and vulnerability for their personal gain. Jerks.
The following list is full of examples of people getting their days ruined by greedy corporations. So, scroll down with caution or you too will start having trust issues.
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#1
This Tea Towel. The Patterned Part Was The Only Portion Visible On The Packaging
Jake stenhouse 1 year ago
It would hardly have cost much more for the manufacturer to have printed the whole cloth 🙄
Deceitful packaging seems to be an epidemic that’s so common, people don’t even bat an eye at it. It is sort of expected, in a way, to be lied to by companies.
You got tricked by packaging? Well, that’s your own fault, you should know better. Corporations will always find ways to avoid regulation and it’s now on you, the consumer, to do your due diligence and not fall for the cheap tricks. And there are many of them out there.
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#2
This $5 Lunch Wrap That Is Mostly Tortilla
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
This is just fraud. False advertising. Somebody needs a sharp crack upside the head.
David 1 year ago
I don't get how companies that do this stay in business. Maybe some place that has tourists / travel stop and thus can rely on a steady stream of new customers. Seems like any local would buy this once and then never buy from them again.
Cat Chat 1 year ago
Tbf, we don't know this is normal for the business, or just a crappy (potentially new) employee. Of course it would be the company's fault if they don't properly train, but people have been known to do things like this to purposely get fired (I have a n ex-inlaw who made it a habit to get fired, then claim all employers were racist -him being Mexican).
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Dash Junior 1 year ago
Oh my god! How can a business expect to stay in business by selling this crappy wrap?
Manda Hart 1 year ago
I got sandwiches like that with less ham and a smaller piece of pale lettuce at a small shop in Lancaster (UK) train station. They cost £3.99 = $5.02 each. 5 bucks for two slices of over-processed commercial bread and less than 1 tbsp of filling. I was furious.
#3
Can You Figure Out Why I'm Infuriated Before The 4th Picture?
What the literal hell Sergeant's?
PS: Be not concerned with the shampoo color, it became the host bottle for my cat's RX shampoo a long time ago.
Jaya 1 year ago
I wonder whether it might be simply a mistake with copy-pasting the text, like accidentally using the text for the dog shampoo instead of the text for the cat shampoo.
Gamin Coda 1 year ago
I think you're right. It looks like they removed a correction sticker that was put over top.
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Paddling Panda 1 year ago
Over a decade ago, I put a Seargeant's flea collar on my cat. Within a day, her neck was raw, and all her fur around her neck was gone. I immediately removed the collar, washed her gently with warm water and soap, and monitored the area as it healed. Took a while to heal, but she did make a full recovery. I wrote the company and included photos of my poor cat. Never heard back from them. F**k you, Seargeant's, and f**k your products.
Michael Vickery 1 year ago
Sergeants is a terrible company. Some of their products are dangerous and cause neurological problems. It harmed one of my cats. I'll never buy anything from them.
Take the overall feel of the packaging design, for example. This one is all about first impressions and marketers love using it to their advantage. They put so much effort into making it just right. That’s because this where they try to trip you over first.
For instance, some companies like to make their product look rustic with off-white colors and curious font choices so that you would assume the item is somewhat natural. They pop a person with a straw hat on it and voila, it seems like you plucked this product straight from a farmer’s market. Even though, quality-wise, it’s no different from the next product on the shelf.
#4
This Typically Sized Roll Of String Is Actually A Foam Mold Of The Shape String Normally Makes And A Little Bit Of String Wrapped Around That
Barbara Kayton 1 year ago
Let’s lie to purchaser and c**p up the environment at the same time….
Vivian McBride 1 year ago
Check the measurment on the label. Should be in meters/yards depending on where you live. Still, this is horrible.
Pursuing Peonies 1 year ago
Only reasons this is acceptable is display purposes like in a store or some silly craft thing (themed party maybe?)
#5
This Sandwich
María Hermida 1 year ago
I would report the company to a Consumers' Association. This is actually a robbery. The problem is, in some countries there aren't any consumers' protection laws. (Is the label in Bahasa Indonesia?)
Mardie Mohamed 1 year ago
Seems like It's in Bahasa Melayu, used in Malaysia.
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Vinny DaPooh 1 year ago
If I were a juror I'd refuse to convict the purchaser of murdering the seller
okpkpkp 1 year ago
This scam has been going on since I was a kid. Imagine my disappointment in the 60s is the same as people who buy these today. I've bought them twice, I think. I was fooled the first time and wanted to see if this is how they make these "sandwiches"... And it's still the same.
#6
Tricked By The Packaging Of My Moisturizing Cream
White Sauce Hot Sauce 1 year ago (edited)
Probably because of the ingredients list that's larger than the container.
Amused panda 1 year ago
And it is probably a good job the small print is so...small. If it was a readable size text, the box would have been huge.
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Actively Lazy Cat 1 year ago
I hate packaging like this, not only because it's deceitful, but because it's such a WASTE! Like, come on, it's just so unnecessary.
Cat Chat 1 year ago
Well, in this case... look at how crunched in the list of ingredients are, even at the larger than product size it's currently at. Some companies will tend to use peel back stickers on the product, but I fear, with the size of the list compared to product, that would be pretty thick and just as annoying to users as excess packaging.
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Hiram's Friend 1 year ago
Makes it much harder to shop lift. Just like the huge plastic clamshells that are heat sealed.
TheGoodBoi 1 year ago
I’ve been seeing this everywhere online, but yet haven’t experienced it. Where is this happening??
Lee 1 year ago
Happened to me when I bought a Dead Sea under eye cream very recently. After reading the writing on the box, I realised it had been packaged this way here in my country.
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LauraDragonWench 1 year ago
Frankly, the mile-long - and tiny printed - list of ingredients would've put me off from the very beginning.
Karen Philpott 1 year ago
We brought a cbd cream in a jar that had a base half way up the jar. That was nice on aches and pains, but a painful rip off for the amount of cream.
Then, there are sleek and simple designs that give off a false impression of luxury. A neat font, a single pastel color, and minimal wording and you feel like this has to be the top-notch choice. Often, though, the only thing that makes it different from the other products is the higher price tag.
#7
I Bought This Pallet Specifically For The “Blue” Middle Shade
BatPhace 1 year ago
Ok but the plastic is so obviously blue, did you not take that into account when looking at it?
Niels Boehm 1 year ago
I don't think it's that obvious while it is closed. There's nothing behind the lid that you know has a different color from how it looks before opening it for the first time. Could've very well been a clear lid on a blue-ish container and the contents being in blue and grey tones.
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Averysleepypanda 1 year ago
This is basic color theory though. Like I agree this packaging is dumb for a cosmetic product, but still
#8
My "Pound" Of Turkey Meat Is Short By Over 100 Grams (Almost Missing An Entire Fourth Of The Pound)
The package says it’s a pound of turkey meat. I weighed it, and it was over 100 grams short of a pound. I’m furious. I spent 75$ on groceries this week, and it feels like it got even more expensive. I’m being so honest when I say let’s do a class action lawsuit against every company.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
Yeah, that doesn't look like a one-off error.
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Robert T 1 year ago (edited)
We normally use something called the 'e' mark to denote average weights. This allows a tolerance depending on weight. For 1 lb (454g) that is +/- 3%. That means that up to 13.62g underweight is acceptable. Any more would be a violation of the weights and measures act. See: https://www.pid-labelling.co.uk/what-does-the-e-symbol-actually-represent/
Manda Hart 1 year ago
Thank you. I did not know that. I actually do learn a lot from your posts, Panda!
Load More Replies... Wintermute 1 year ago
Well I'm sure they filled the package with enough water to make it a full pound before you opened and drained it. How greedy of you, wasting perfectly good price inflated turkey water. /s
Sky Render 1 year ago
Sometimes this happens very rarely in manufacturing: the production line will produce a reject, the reject scale will detect it, the reject arm will try to dispose of it, but it will "miss" for whatever reason (improperly emptied reject bin, package is deformed or not big enough to be pushed by the reject arm, etc.). And if no human double-checks the weights when loading boxes, the defect that made it down the line can easily make it into the box that gets shipped out to distributors. Quality assurance is hard to get right!
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
I'm switching markets after 25 years at the one. The events that led to this? Being sold an expensive farm fresh turkey that was obviously frozen at some point, judging by the amount of myoglobin that magically appeared overnight. Buying store brand bagels on sale only to discover they must have fudged the expiry dates, because the bagels were suffering from advanced mold. And opening a 'family pack' of chicken thighs to discover that each and every thigh had been wrapped in the excess skin removed from boneless chicken breasts. Instead of disposing of it or using it in some other way, they charged me premium prices to take away their food waste. And, yes, I will be making a complaint.
Renee Prete 1 year ago
I had asked the butcher at Costco about that. The meat that I purchased there wasn't what was indicated. He told me that as the meat sits there it dries out. Kinda like losing its water weight
Krd 1 year ago
That will account for a little bit of weight, not 25% of the weight.
Load More Replies... Darian Starfrog 1 year ago
Nutrition facts aren't anything to do with the product weight .it's the sample size tested..🤣 ..any , still a bad deal..what even is that?
Tiffany R 1 year ago
The numbers of weight of serving and total servings show that the 1lb is based of the meat and not +packaging.
Load More Replies... David 1 year ago
Probably an honest mistake. Screw up in production equipment. Most of the posts in this thread so far are deceptive / unethical but stop short of being illegal. In the USA and I assume most countries - doing this intentionally is illegal and the repercussions would be more than the money saved by packaging less meat.
Dash Junior 1 year ago
Really? I buy this ground turkey brand. I will get out the food scale. Thank you.
#9
This Is How 18 Snickers Bars Are Packaged In A "Yard"
Sue User 1 year ago
Yep. I saw a Twix one and was going to get it for a friend and rembered this from another post.
David Martin 1 year ago
Okay...I'll be the one to say it and get downvoted. The package says it is 18 Snickers bars. The customer receives 18 Snickers bars. This isn't deceptive packaging...it gives exactly what it says it's going to give you
Ariom Dahl 1 year ago
I won't down vote you. The package LOOKS like it contains more, but it also state 18 Snickers bars. Another case of buyer beware. Check that you're getting what you THINK you're getting.
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David 1 year ago
It is sad to think that in some boardroom a suit from marketing presented this packaging idea and one or several other suits signed off on it as a good idea. "But won't customers be pissed when they figure out we tricked them?" "Well Bob, it's been known for years that we rely on child labor and underpaying the cocoa farmers and people still buy so I think we'll be fine. Besides, legal says we're covered as long as total weight is printed somewhere on the packaging."
Lemon Beans 1 year ago
A single snickers cost $1.40, this thing costs $20. If you wanted to buy 18 snickers, you save $5 buying this. Packaging might be let down, but value wise, it's not a rip off
Niels Boehm 1 year ago (edited)
It is a rip-off, though, knowing how the human mind works. And their marketing knows very well how to make a profit backed with little actual value, otherwise they wouldn't waste space like that. It's perusing knowledge how the human mind works in order to manipulate customers into sinking more money into the product on average than they otherwise would. It being actually 18 chocolate bars as rightfully stated on the package (as it would otherwise be illegal) and the hypothetical savings in comparison to non-padded smaller packages that add up to the same count is really beside the point.
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Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
False advertising. Technically against the law? Though they'd argue if you put them "end to end" it'd be a yard... e_e
Cat Chat 1 year ago
It's only false advertising it it was labeled as a yard worth of Snickers. If it's labeled 18 bars and says what each bar size/serving per package, then not so much.
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Brand names are also pretty bad offenders here. That’s because they are used as a work-around to all the rules you have to adhere to actually make your product stand out. The worst ones in this category have to be the greenwashing ones. All the names with “natural”, “healthy”, “green”, or “planet” in them. They instantly give you an impression that the item is eco-friendly even though many of those words aren’t regulated in any way.
#10
I Understand The Size Difference But Can’t Forgive The Color
Kiss Army 1 year ago
I was thinking that it looked like something my cat hacked up...
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Marcellus II 1 year ago
Both the picture and the product... Neither seem like a good idea to eat.
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Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago
I wonder if these are from Canada. They are very strict on the artificial colors they can use.
Martinna Jaap 1 year ago
Yes! I bought these for my daughter and they really are a blue/green colour. Of course the 5 year old won't eat them because they 'look weird '.
#11
Store Using The Clearance Stickers To Cover The Expiration Date. On Baby Food
Keira Pendragon 1 year ago
To be fair, most of the dates on foods are significantly premature and result in massive amounts of food being wasted.
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Bookworm 1 year ago
If this was formula, then possibly. In the U.S, the only product with mandatory expiration dates is infant formula. The dates on everything else, including baby food, is just a suggestion by the manufacturer, not required or legally binding.
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago
Depending on what's in the food, or how far past the "expiration date" you are, you're probably still fine to eat supposedly expired food so long as it's been kept unopened. A lot of products here in the UK tend to say "best before" which I've now personally took to meaning, its best if you eat it before this date, but you'll be ok for a while after the date too. The only thing I won't do it with is meat unless its been deep frozen in my freezer. xD
Philippa Davies 1 year ago
Best before is not about safety: it’s more about the quality of the product, such as texture, so it’s perfectly edible long after the best before date- it might just not be as nice.
Load More Replies... Jane No Dough 1 year ago
Not only is this shady business practice NOT illegal in the US, many companies are no longer printing expiration dates and suggested retail prices on the packages. Check out your bread, cookies, and chips for example. There was a lawsuit a couple of decades ago that a grocery chain won, where court decided expiration was a "best by" suggestion, not an expiration. I know a company that thaws out it's frozen baked goods upon delivery and only then applies a sticker to the packaging with the "best by" date.
David Cameron 1 year ago
It's not shady, dates on food are made up by the manufacturer, and have zero bearing on whether the food is safe to eat or not. The USDA's own website recommends that you check the food, not the date to determine if it's safe to eat. The only mandatory date is for infant formula -- and that's mostly because you can't guarantee the nutritional content after a certain amount of time, not that it's unsafe.
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Raymond Smith 1 year ago
Actually there is no government standard on expiration dates except on baby formula. Companies do that so people will throw them out (or in this case sell for a reduced price) to sell more produce. https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Is-food-product-dating-required-by-federal-law#:~:text=Mar%208%2C%202023&text=Except%20for%20infant%20formula%2C%20there,almost%20no%20food%20is%20dated.
Nicky Shrimps 1 year ago
No one was ever at risk. Food expiry dates are made up. But the repercussions for selling food past those made up dates is very real.
#12
Bought A 12-Pack Of Dove Soap, They All Came Out Like This
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Not literally...it's round, so no corners :)
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Megan Lauhon 1 year ago
Oh hell no! I'd call Dove, because I buy the same soap in bulk from Costco and that is NOT okay. Quality control was sleeping on the job.
Debby Keir 1 year ago
Just bought some Wright's coal tar soap. Normal size package, wrapped in a bit of cardboard and paper. On opening, they've changed the shape of the bar and it now has a curved inner, decreasing the amount of soap by about 15% if not more.
However, this is not the only time marketers just slap on a word on their product to elevate its value. This goes for other words such as “professional”, “plus”, or “lean.” No one needs to prove any of those to actually use them.
#13
Opened A Pack Of Staples And Was Greeted With This Lovely Surprise
Manda Hart 1 year ago
So deceptive! It now happens more recently, that if I can, I open packaging to see if what's inside is a full box or mostly filler.
michele mbennett101044@yahoo.c 1 year ago
Well, you actually got 80 staples, 4 rows of 20 each
#14
So I Only Get This Much Actual Cream?
Nicky Shrimps 1 year ago
It's a free sample. BP is not the news, but come on. Fact check and then check your incredulousness before commenting or voting.
Raymond Smith 1 year ago
Read the weight or volume of merchandise and become familiar with actuals.
#15
Straight Up Lie
Cat Chat 1 year ago
That was my first thought. They just have a typo where it should read "Absolutely Zero 100% Blackout" 😉
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Nicole A 1 year ago
I've got this brand too and it's truly 100% blackout. Either someone repackaged and returned different curtains, or the factory didn't put the back panel on it to make it block the light, or the op is lying about those being the blackout curtains.
Load More Replies... BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 1 year ago
They are right. When there's a blackout it's dark... At night...
Then, there are claims that come under brand names. These are statements such as “made with real fruit” or “contains whole grain”. Sure, it probably does, that isn’t the lie. The thing is that to make that claim one only needs to put the tiniest amount of it in your product.
#16
These Sly, Sly Bastards
Libstak 1 year ago
Why are so many people behaving like this? What happened to pride in a worthy product? They must know they will lose market share and get a bad reputation...just why?
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
They. Do. Not. Care. That’s it. They are worthless sacks of s**t who should be tarred and feather, and run out of town on a literal rail. No, I am NOT joking.
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Zaphod 1 year ago
They don't relly care about repeat business as long as you buy it once. A friend was an excellent salesman. He only cared about closing the deal. He had no concern regarding customer fufillment. It is an effective strategy for selling one-offs (Like used cars). Not so good for repeat sales and building long-term customer relationships
Darian Starfrog 1 year ago
If it seems to good to be true... lol..who wants a sandwich that full of ham anyway!? Eww
#17
Not Only Did My Box Of "90" Treats Have Only 75 Candies, But Also Only 1 Sour Patch Kids
Alex Davis 1 year ago
I wonder if it had been opened in store and people taken out the missing bags. I always check things like this and properly sealed
BarkingSpider 1 year ago
I have sent companies emails over this c**p. One time I felt like I was shorted on my vareity pack of Sun Chips, but didn't pay enough attention when I first opened it. The next time there was only one pack of my favorite ones, so I counted the whole box and was like 5 bags short! They sent a bunch of coupons for free stuff as an apology, which was cool.
EL 1 year ago
They usually put a * next to the number that says "approximately" They can put any number in then.
I just say hehehehehe hehehehe 1 year ago
I wonder (If this was delivered by Amazon) if the driver just got hungry and needed some snacks? 🤣
Kristen Bagan 1 year ago
I feel like this could easily be a scenario where someone in the house ate all the sour pat hb kids and then "swore" they never opened it. In all my Maynard days, I've never come across this.
#18
Are They For Real With This? After A Long Day Of Work, I Wanted More Than 4 Pieces Of Cheese
Shark Lady 1 year ago
I've stopped buying frozen or boxed pizzas like this, I want more than dough with tomato sauce.
PFD 1 year ago
I buy the very cheapest and basically use them as pizza bases. The "better" ones always feel like a scam, and a few odd n sods from the fridge or cupboard can turn a cheap Margherita into a decent pizza in a minute.
Load More Replies... Sky Render 1 year ago
If you want an easy pizza hack: pre-made pizza crust, pasta sauce, package of shredded mozzarella. It takes about 1 minute of extra effort, but at least it won't be as bad as whatever that thing is pretending to be!
Imjust jim 1 year ago
Got a pepperoni once and had to post that i didn't know i needed to specify "with cheese".
Lady Lava 1 year ago
That's ridiculous... In all pizza places I have been tomato sauce and cheese are standard. So if you ask for a pepperoni pizza, you get one with tomato sauce, cheese and pepperoni.
Load More Replies... Stephanie L Thesing 1 year ago
Only place I’ve found this brand is at Dollar Tree, and besides this, they taste pretty crummy too..
Nicole A 1 year ago
That's what I'm saying. It's a $1 to $1.25 pizza. For that price I'm expecting cardboard flavored crust with a little sauce and about as much cheese as they put on it. For a $1 pizza I'm not expecting the world and know better than to expect it to look like the packaging.
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Ozymandias73 1 year ago
This is ridiculous. I always doctor mine up though (extra cheeses and spices) but dayum...I'd still be PO'd about this .
The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)
I don't like the sauce on Celeste, so I'm not meaning to promote them, but that looks like a Quality-Control problem more than a rip-off. (That said, when I *do* have Celeste just because they're crazy cheap, I often top it off with some extra cheese.)
Similarly, brands can manipulate you into thinking their product is better by adding a bunch of badges on it. This can be gluten or cholesterol free as well as claims that the food or drink is low in calories, fat, or sugar. This does not mean they are nutritionally more valuable than your other options. In fact, the low-carb claim is not even regulated, so virtually any product can have it. So, you better check the back of the label to really know what you’re getting.
#19
Brand New Protein Powder, Not Even Filled With Half Whey
Rob(erta) Roy (They/Them) 1 year ago
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the pun in the title?
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
"Contents are measured by weight, not volume. Contents may settle over time."
Cassie 1 year ago (edited)
It doesn't matter as much how full the container is if the weight of the product matches the weight indicated on the package. Powder, especially fluffy powders like whey, will settle because there are a lot of air pockets within the material that work to the surface with the kind of vibration that it is subject to in transit.
Raymond Smith 1 year ago
Product is sold by weight not volume some settling may occur during shipment. Was written on boxes of cereal since I can remember and I was born in the late 60s.
Jacob Oliver 1 year ago
Not a legit complaint. Protein powder is fluffy and airy when packaged. It settles. Every container of protein I've ever bought even says, "product sold by weight, not volume," and, "product may settle"
#20
A Box 25% Filled With A Bottle That Is Also 25% Filled
Manda Hart 1 year ago
I queried this at my health food store (re:vitamins). I was told the label must be big enough to include all information (some of it required by law). Which is quite a misdirection because reveal labels that can be peeled back to show more text, are very commonly available.
Hermien Greeff 1 year ago
Someone who worked in a pharmacy once told me that when it comes to medication, the larger packaging is also to reduce theft. Not sure if that is legit a reason from the manufacturing side or just a lucky benefit from the sneaky practice.
Robert T 1 year ago
That thought crossed my mind too. Small bottle of pills is very easy to slip in a pocket. However a better way of doing this is the plastic anti-theft cases that are removed on sale and reused.
Load More Replies... Renee Prete 1 year ago
Must be designed by men... always wanting it to seem larger...faking us by the packaging but when you open it up...very disappointed
David 1 year ago
Common with meds. I always make sure to read the contents no matter what the packaging looks like. Shoutout to Costco who does not do this with their Kirkland house brand meds. Their house brand 'Benadryl" has 600 tablets in a small CLEAR plastic bottle. The "Immdium" is 200 in a much smaller bottle and comes as a two pack. Ibuprofen - two pack - 500 pills each, clear plastic. Basically they are all, "more than you will likely ever need" but the prices are cheaper then buying 24 or 50 of the name brand stuff.
Potato_tot 1 year ago
okay, i actually kinda know the reason for the box. they make the box bigger than they actually need it to be so its harder to swipe. as for the bottle, no freaking clue other than, "hey, lets screw the consumer and the environment in one go."
Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
The bottle size is a manufacturing thing. Many companies use the same size bottles for various products to keep things simple and cheaper. Why buy different size bottles, when you can just package the 120 count and the 45 count allergy pills in the same size bottle. Also, if my bottle of allergy pills was any smaller, I would promptly lose it. Lol.
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ConstantlyJon 1 year ago
Very normal for medical packaging. They have to fit so many warnings on the box that the box is huge and the bottle is tiny.
Ramirez rachael 1 year ago
I just bought some acetaminophen in a double pack one was regular, and one was p.m. There are 50 tablets in the regular and 25 in the p.m.. you have to take two tablets. How do you divide 25 by 2?
Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
I guess they want you to buy more so you have an even amount. Lol. Each p.m pill should contain 500mg acetaminophen and 25 mg diphenhydramine, most people I know just take 1 pill at night. Also, it may be cheaper to buy acetaminophen and diphenhydramine seperately. It's just generic Benadryl (both can be ordered in bulk online). But I reccomend doxylamine succinate (generic Unisom) for a sleep aid instead. Frequent consumption of diphenhydramine (Benadryl) can lead to desensitization, meaning it won't be as effective if you ever need to take it for an allergic reaction. Doxylamine is a little more expensive, but it doesn't cause morning grogginess.
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#21
I Guess There Are Technically 2 Flavors In The Package
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Usually packages like this have a disclaimer in small print saying 'no guarantee how many of each flavour will be in box'
Jonny Wilson 1 year ago
I’d be pi55ed the sharp cheddar is the better of the two and there is only one
While you’re checking the back of the label, don’t just pay attention to the macro nutrients (protein, carbohydrates, and fat) as they only say a fraction about how good for you the product actually is. Check the calorie content as well as serving size. The companies love to mess with the later one, as it allows them to claim the product is healthier than it actually is.
#22
Company Adds Fake Sugar On The Package To Make It Seem As If There Was More Sugar
Robert T 1 year ago
What we would call desiccated coconut, though in this case, I'd call it desecrated coconut!
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Little king trash mouth 1 year ago
They do this all the time with packaged fruit. A mesh bag of oranges colored orange to make everything appear super bright and ripe.
Black Garbage 1 year ago
When I first bought that I was also kinda pissed. But the biscuit is nice though.
#23
Who Was The Packaging Designer? I Just Wanna Talk To Them
Jonni Schneider 1 year ago
I think this is more in response to the mixed colors, not matching. All else looks legit.
Harlan Sarvis 1 year ago
I just wanna talk to 'em. - Peter Griffin, as he proceeds to pull out a shotgun.
Renee Prete 1 year ago
If you open boxes of butter from different stores you'll notice that they all look the same..because they are. Walmart butter is the same as Vons, Albertson, Ralph's, etc.
Lady Lava 1 year ago
I have seen that with store brand cat food: the box is different per brand, but the wet food pouches inside have all the same generic look. They probably are made in the same factory.
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Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago
It is a B when the roommate used 1/2 the stick - and one brand we use has the opposite wrapper color - red= salted and blue is unsalted ( shopper buys what is on sale)
Load More Replies... Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
So this is how US butter is packaged? Interesting. Is it always packt 4x4 in karton? And if not, does it come only in the wrapper?
Disgruntled Pelican 1 year ago
You can buy it in packaged sticks or in tubs of varying sizes.
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Do-nut touch da donut 1 year ago
I believe op is refering to the unmatching colors of the packaging :)
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Box Full Of Turkish Delight
TheBadHalfofHel 1 year ago
Having been fooled by The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe into thinking Turkish Delight must be wonderful, I would say that is more than enough.
Isabela Cincu 1 year ago
Ha! That s a literal illustration of the Romanian word for Turkish delight
All in all, be aware that they’re out there to get you. And if, unfortunately, you do fall into their traps—don’t worry. Just snap a picture and share it online and we can commiserate together.
#25
Bought Today. The Sealed Package Says 100. Counted 24
María Hermida 1 year ago
It depends on the country. The problem is most of us don't report these little "unimportant" things because it's too much hassle, and you don't have the time or the energy to deal with the system. My country has decent consumers' protection laws, but the bureaucracy is impossible, the civil servants totally unhelpful, and you usually don't have the whole morning to report some missing straws, chocolate or whatever product. So these companies get away with it.
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Petro Roos 1 year ago
OK, one question though, there's a BIIIIG difference between 24 and 100 - when you picked it up, could you nog gauge that " summing's off here..."?
Cat Chat 1 year ago
I think a lot of the entries with such noticable differences that could/should be seen at the time of purchase were probably online sales, so you don't know until you receive delivery and open your delivery box.
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Calvin Smelliott 1 year ago
How can you look at clear packaging like that and not realize there aren't 100 in there? Or count them through the packaging. Somebody opened this, took some out, and sent this pic in for attention.
Raymond Smith 1 year ago
Maybe if you cut them in quarters. It does say 6” didn’t say how to get 100.
#26
Happy Easter, Everyone
Javelina Poppers 1 year ago
What big ears you have Santa. You might want to put some moisturizer on them as they look a little cracked and dry.
David Paterson 1 year ago
My ex used to work for a chocolate factory and told me never ever buy chocolate-coated marshmallow. It gets returned by the shop to the factory each season and goes into the freezer. When it comes out and is warmed up it is often infested with insects. They then repackage it to reset the use-by-date to make it legal to sell.
Darian Starfrog 1 year ago (edited)
Same b******t grift anyway..give us back our pagan holidays!
Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
Yep. Pretty sure this came from Dollar Tree. Lol.
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Zedrapazia 1 year ago
In German, we say to this "Osterhasen sind Weihnachtsmänner im juristischen Sinne." -> Easter bunnies are chocolate Santas in a judicial sense.
maniacallysane 1 year ago
That looks like one of those tiny fossilized mummies that you see in museums or horror movies.
#27
Wife Bought This No-Touch Thermometer Without Realizing It's A "Disposable" Device With "Non-Replaceable" Batteries
The packaging even instructs you to discard it when it stops working. I pried it open and it's powered by two AAAA batteries, which are easily replaceable.
M O'Connell 1 year ago
They exist, but are quire a bit less common. Where you usually find them is inside of the metal sleeve that makes up a 9V battery (containing 6x AAAA cells).
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Megan Lauhon 1 year ago
This is a new level of corporate evil. Deceiving the customer into making more waste and spending more money. By straight up lying about its longevity.
Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
I bought a "disposable" keychain flashlight once. When it stopped working, I pried it open and easily replaced the button cell battery. I used that flashlight for a decade before it completely stopped working.
Tiffany R 1 year ago
Super thin battery, surface pen uses them. Shown above are simply AAA batteries.
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The Size Of The Packaging vs. What You Actually Get. I Swear It's Getting Worse
JP Doyle 1 year ago
Products like this and potato chips do settle, but this amount of settling is ridiculous.
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Robert T 1 year ago
Funnily enough, if you bash cornflakes around so that they break up into little pieces, they take up a lot less room in the pack. These are sold by weight, regardless of box size. Where I am really unhappy with Mr Kelllogg is that they recently reduced the size of all their boxes of Rice Krispies, with the 510g shrinking to 440g (17 vs 14 servings) and the price stayed the same. Robbing gits.
Lea 1 year ago
Lol omg that's exactly what happened half the box is not just corn dust.
Load More Replies... Jane No Dough 1 year ago
The hidden half of shrink-flation! Not only is it twice the price of last year, we get half the product in the same size box.
Raymond Smith 1 year ago
Product is sold by weight not volume some settling may occur during shipment. Was written on boxes of cereal since I can remember and I was born in the late 60s.
Igor914624 1 year ago
What sucks about this packaging is that it is not re-sealable. I buy lunch meat that will expire before I can eat all of it and I get a ziplock. But a box of cereal with an expiration date 2 years in the future has no way to reseal it!
Liss Reins(Queen/YourMajesty) 1 year ago
You're right, they should make the cereal bags resealable! Cheap bastards. Although the type of plastic they use does seem to hold it's shape pretty well when you tightly roll it down
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Cynthia Carter 1 year ago
Those cereal boxes are so narrow back to front now I'm surprised they can stand upright on the shelves. Haven't bought packaged cereal in decades.
#29
This "Avocado Oil" That My Sister Mistakenly Bought Is Actually >90% Canola Oil
Manda Hart 1 year ago
It's like having to spend 3x the amount of time shopping because having to so carefully read the labeling. ugh.
Load More Replies... Nicky Shrimps 1 year ago
This is clearly "Avocado Oil Plus", so not mislabeled. READ before you buy. The consumer is the problem here.
SadieCat17 (she/her) 1 year ago (edited)
It's still intentionally deceptive packaging and very skeevy. If it's 90+% canola oil, why put a huge avocado oil label on the front?
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Levi Ackerman 1 year ago
Subway's olive oil is the same way. It's mostly canola with a dash of olive oil.
Featherytoad 1 year ago
This is why I don't buy olive oil anymore. I read somewhere that most of it is mixed with other oils.
brett curtis 1 year ago
Most of the oil makers do this. At a local supersized grocery store with like 100 different oils. Most of the economy avacado and olive oils where a blend. But inexpensive high quality pure oils are out there. Always check even if buying a expensive oils
#30
This Plastic Bottle Wrapped In Torn Cardboard To "Celebrate Mother Earth"
lily jones 1 year ago
Yeah and how do these so called hybrid bottles help mother earth, exactly? Not criticizing you just dumb packaging
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WindySwede 1 year ago
Well it a "hybrid" that is stated on sign! Even git ghe scorch marks to separate them? So maby a thin plastic to contain liquid, then paper fir stability? 🤔
Verena 1 year ago
Most likely clear plastic is easier to recycle than colored/not-transparent. The contents need to be protected from light, so to ensure that they covered it in recycled carton.
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
sure but as soon as you start mixing materials, sorting and recycling it becomes a mess.
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Bisha Moten 1 year ago
Nah, that's exactly what they are. Hybrid bottles use a cardboard exterior, with a thin plastic interior, much like a bag. The cardboard is there to provide stability for the interior.
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Packaging Is Interesting But What Is Inside Is Not
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
I try to remember to kind of grope the outside of some product packaging, especially "resealable" cookie packs. The only thing worse than these rip-off packages are opening them to find a stranger has already helped themselves.
Darian Starfrog 1 year ago
People really just trusting corporate overlords out there huh!? Check before you buy! Jeez!
Debby Keir 1 year ago
Used to get a whole 'roll' of biscuits (10) now they've put a 'divider' in the middle and you get 4 one side and 4 the other.
Robert T 1 year ago
More than that, you need to read the nutrition label to find the weight of a single cookie and than you can work out how many are in the bag.
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This Has Got To Be Fraud In Some Way
#33
When The "Value" 2 Pack Costs More Than Buying The Items Individually
Amused panda 1 year ago
Not uncommon, but for one thing it doesn't state on the box or label that it is a 'value set', when it is boxed it might be used to go in a gift, and the company probably has more purchasing power on the individual bottles to allow them to price point differently.
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
The price isn't even for the set shown. If you look carefully it's for a completely different product.
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Michael Smith 1 year ago
To be fair, the price should be positioned properly and not require extra attention to read the label of every price to just to make sure it really corresponds to whatever is closest to it.
Load More Replies... Becky Samuel 1 year ago
Everyone getting so steamed and not even noticing that the hugher price is for a completely different product than the one shown. Performative outrage is getting out of control.
Ivan Petrov 1 year ago
When you don't do the math, you get shafted. I remember buying black pepper kernels(?) and looking at the different packages. Then I noticed the "price for a kilogram" part of the price sticker. It was 50+ euros for a small pack of 10-ish grams. Looked around some more and found a bigger pack for 20-ish euros. Do your math people. Also, saffron was being sold at 17k for a kg 😵 That thing is more expensive than gold.
#34
Fabric Softener Says Extra For Free. The Same Size As The Old Bottle Actually Does 25% Less Washes
Manda Hart 1 year ago
Yes, the product is reformulated* and the dose changed. Because it's diluted with water*. I bet the cap has a different measuring mark inside the cap. More plastic bottles for less product makes an unhappy planet.
Load More Replies... Alewa 1 year ago
Fabric softener is unnecessary and harmful for the environment anyway. It destroys the elastic fibres in clothing. Plus people who use it stink like a chemical factory from 1 mile away. Best to just not use it.
Epona 1 year ago (edited)
I was contemplating commenting something similar to this. Another point about scented laundry products is that many people are allergic to scent AND perfume (which are two different things) and get headaches and wheezy (asthma) from being around people who wear cologne or use Downy or whatever scent/perfume. They also don't make your clothes cleaner than unscented laundry products, they just "smell nice" (which is a matter of opinion/allergies). My mom has a bunch of allergies, including to scent/perfume and I just don't like the smell of most laundry products. I hate walking down that aisle in grocery stores. I call it the stinky aisle. Unfortunately, it's also often the aisle where TP and Kleenex are kept.
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Turtlehead 1 year ago
No no no you don’t understand it’s free from from all extra. It says right there
#35
Everything Is In A Name. This Is A Sugar Packet And The Company Announces That It's Pure And Hygienic
The sugar must be pure. But then I saw the little star on the "e" of the word pure. Turned over. The "pure" and "hygiene" are a part of its name and not the character of the product.
WindySwede 1 year ago
When you have to advertise what you could be expected as a baseline, and yet it's not true!
MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago
'Does not represent it's true nature' Is it chaotic good or chaotic bad?
#36
Daily Reminder That HP Is A Scam. Ink Cartridges Come With 75% Empty Space
PotatoPanda 1 year ago
I know why I know how much that costs, but how do you know how much a first born child costs?
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Phil Vaive 1 year ago
It's literally cheaper to buy a new printer with ink in it than it is to buy an equivalent volume of ink
Andre van Kammen 1 year ago
That's why new printers are sold with special cartridges that only print 5 pages if you are lucky.
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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
I remember when HP used to be synonymous with quality. There was the story that an engineer once showed one of the company founders a new circuit board or something made with a cheaper component to save costs and the founder took the board and deliberately snapped it in half. The present guys would probably find a way to make it even cheaper and nastier and mark up the price anyway
Renee Prete 1 year ago
That why you buy the Canon printer from Walmart for $39. When it runs out of ink donate it, write it off on your taxes and buy a new printer. Cheaper than the ink
just me 1 year ago
We have a printer at work that said the black ink was very low and should be replaced immediately. I hit the "remind me in 50 pages" button. I've hit that button at least four times, and I know a coworker has done it a couple times, too. Figure we'll change it when the print actually starts to fade like it's been threatening for a month.
Frank 1 year ago
there's a long story behind these reduced capacity cartridges. People want cheap printers and company wants to sell cartridges, so they sell the printers at a low price (giving for free would not work). To reduce the price, they sell the printers with a "reduced capacity" cartridge. Complaints followed from IT magazines, that the printers were sold with cartridges that could not be bought, as this falsified the comparison between printers. So the printer companies started selling the reduced capacity cartridges beside the normal ones. And then people started buying the "cheaper" cartridges. And got frustrated. A good idea from the magazines resulted in people being cheated again out of their money. (A similar thing happened for a long time where printers would not go to sleep mode out of the box, as magazines compared out of the box configurations and the more eco-friendly versions lost out because they were "slower to start printing").
Darian Starfrog 1 year ago
Hp is a massive scam.. as the mcds ice cream machines in America.. criminal even.
imgonaarickrollyousohard 1 year ago
I purchased an Epson with refillable ink, the printer was expensive but easily saved 10 times as much the HP ink cartridges would have cost
#37
This Packaging Uses An Optical Illusion To Make The Vegetables Look More Green
ADJ 1 year ago
Same way lemons are packed in yellow nets, and oranges/mandarines/tangerines in orange nets.
María Hermida 1 year ago
It's shiny, but that's the way it is. The vegetables look "healthy" enough, in my opinion.
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
The issue is the subtle green stripes. This causes the brain to add "greenness" to the broccoli.
Load More Replies... Darian Starfrog 1 year ago
Bad illustration here..should have had half the packet open? Y'know..to show the disparity!?
Astro 1 year ago
Look down the middle of the packaging and you can see the difference between the striped area and the unstriped area!
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Sonja 1 year ago (edited)
Yes it does. It creates an optical illusion by triggering certain cells in the retina so you do see a different colour. If you don't see a difference, you should get tested, it might be you're slightly colour blind. That's a common way people find out about their colour blindness. They don't see the optical illusions others see. A colleague found out that way after we discussed designs for a new website and one of them got voted out by everyone else because regular teal dots thorough the page made the text boxes look yellow. He couldn't see it, got tested and what do you think? Partial red/green colour blindness.
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This Damn Wrap Cost £3.50
Alex Davis 1 year ago
I never understand this one? It says on the back it's cut in two, there isn't much space between the two halves and Pret sandwiches in the UK (where I presume this is from and that this extends to all stores around the world) are packed with ingredients, often too many- so definitely aren't skimping. Compare it to the other sandwiches on here and it doesn't belong at all
Keira Pendragon 1 year ago
That really is quite a bit of space between them. It might not be as bad as some, but giving things like this one a pass are how we GET to those other ones.
Load More Replies... Manda Hart 1 year ago
It is very deceptively packaged with the label intentionally hiding what you would think is the middle portion of a whole wrap. UK supermarkets and branded foods companies also do this, majorly with meats, the label hiding a void space.
Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
I call BS on this one. Look at the edges of the wrap in the first picture; it looks rounded, like the outer edge of a tortilla. Now look at the edges in the second picture; the edges are straight, like it was cut with a knife. Also, the wrap in the second picture looks significantly smaller that the first picture. They altered the product for likes.
Darian Starfrog 1 year ago
Where they taking a photo of their lunch purchase!? Lol! Anyone past Gen X are ridiculous humans..
#39
This "Missing" Piece Of Chocolate
Jeweled Dragon (She/They) 1 year ago
It is one of my favorite games, no one in my family can beat me at it.
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Anonymouse 1 year ago
Oh my god... You're right (for those who don't know, Azul is a board game that has tiles similar-looking to the chocolates above) Edit: wow, I didn't even see the Azul board in the background until just now 🤣
Travelling Stranger 1 year ago
space must be left for the logo, otherwise product might be "inferior" if not branded
Epona 1 year ago
What is the need for the brand logo on the plastic insert that holds the chocolate if the box of chocolate was properly sealed and already has the logo at least once on at least one side of it? Give me the nine pieces of chocolate! I don't care about the logo. Print it on the chocolate if it's that "important"!
#40
Kids' Book Saying "Has 430 Stickers" On The Cover. 400 Of Them Are Tiny Monochrome Shapes
ynyrhydref56 1 year ago
Not unusual. Some sticker books have activities like this. You put the shapes in the position in the picture. Develops dexterity.
Amused panda 1 year ago
And imagination/creativity, since the stickers can also be used to create an image, rather than simply being the image.
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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Reminds me of Mrs. Grossman's Stickers--they're kinda generic looking and you put them together to make pictures.
#41
Thought I Still Had 25% Remaining. No, Solid Glass
Wintermute 1 year ago
Glass, a diminishing and finite product, overused to save some corporate interest a nickel in the product that they actually exist to provide. Seems like good ol end stage capitalism to me!
My “in my head” Voice 1 year ago
It isn't finite and it's infinitely recyclable. I used to work in the glass industry. This packaging is still wrong, but don't lie about why.
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Purple Sprinkles 1 year ago
It has a false bottom, like 1/4 of it is false.
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#42
Clearly Meant To Make You Think The Bottles Are Way Taller Than They Are Until You Pull Them Out
WindySwede 1 year ago
Feel the weight distribution (if on physical shop) and read the volumes!
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
well someone actually adds weights to their product in the form of plastic or metal blocks. So skim the text for the volume.
Load More Replies... Nicky Shrimps 1 year ago
How tall is the expectation of a 12 FL OZ bottle at that circumference? Sold by volume, so what does container size matter?
#43
Maybelline Sells Their Eyeshadow In These Glass Round Tubs, In Sealed Black Cardboard Packaging With A Small Window In The Front Part Through Which You Can See The Color
When you open it, that’s literally all you get - a smear of eyeshadow stuck to the lid.
Barbara Kayton 1 year ago
We could all simply stop buying makeup. We are beautiful without it, why make them rich for practically no product?
Phil Vaive 1 year ago
While I understand what you're saying, I think your comment misses the point. Some people like wearing makeup, They think it's fun. They shouldn't be punished for it by being totally ripped off.
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BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 1 year ago
And old saying goes: if you rob me once is your fault; if you rob me twice is my fault.
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
Again, a product that is sold by weight. If you can't be bothered to read the packaging then that's on you.
The Other Guest 1 year ago
Can you tell by looking how much that weighs? Can you tell me how much mascara by volume you get in a tube marked ".32 fl oz"? No fair using Google.
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#44
Ah, The Old "Let's Make A New Packaging At The Same Price But Reduce The Actual Amount The Customer Gets" Move
Lady Lava 1 year ago
Actually, I think the plastic bottle is easier to recycle than the other package, which consists of a combination of materials.
Load More Replies... Cynthia Carter 1 year ago
Oh yeah, 5 pound bags of sugar are now 4 pounds, 3 pound can of coffee is now barely 2, everything has shrunk and the prices have gone up.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
This is why I always compare the unit price! You still could be getting more value per 100ml or you aren't so you buy another product.
BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 1 year ago (edited)
I think these are two different products, one says pressed and the other squeezed. The letter e is used only in european packaging, btw, and has a specific meaning about the measurement of the product. If you look at the nutritional values they are different on the two packages for the same amount of the drink (200 ml)
Raymond Smith 1 year ago
I think it started with the half gallon ice cream containers. Our generation notices this but once we are gone they will continue with the next making it smaller yet again.
René Sauer 1 year ago
yeah. Pissed me off when Müller Milch did that here in Germany like 15 years or so ago. From 500 ml cups with aluminium lid (like a big yogurt) to 400 ml pet bottles. The cups still exist, but only in the standard flavors Choco, vanilla, strawberry and banana. All other flavors (hazelnut-nougat, pistachio-cocos, any seasonal flavor) you get only as bottles. Granted, being re-sealable is handy, but I don´t see why they needed to reduce the amount.
Rick Seiden 1 year ago
You have a choice, get the same and pay more, or get less and pay the same. That's inflation. I make 75% more in numbers than I made 23 years ago, but it's actually less buying power. You can't expect companies to give you the same amount of product as they used to without raising prices, and people b***h with then raise prices. So they shrink the product size to keep prices the same.
Bols 1 year ago
I think that after reading about record corporate profits driving the inflation up we actually can expect companies to give us same amount for same price... corporate greed
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$60 For Eye Drops That My Dog Needs Or He Will Go Blind. And This Is How Much Air I Had To Squeeze Out Before I Got Any Product
Red_panda 1 year ago
In fairness, liquid things are packaged like that because they expand/contract when transported on airplanes. That's why they are sold by volume. This may have been a jit excessive though.
Cat Chat 1 year ago
Not just airplanes, but also if going between great distances in travel with difference in sea level. I remember the first time I learned this travelling between the Oregon coast and the Salt Lake valley in Utah. Shampoo exploded all over my luggage. Science and air pressure can be all sorts of fun.
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Jods 1 year ago (edited)
This is just so typical of medicines for cats and dogs. Plus they charge you the equivalent of a months rent and try to get you to put your poor 19 year old cat through a series of totally unnecessary tests. Plus Millie would need sedating for all the tests as she already has a warning on her record due to her antisocial behaviour and the need for nurse with gauntlets to be used whilst the vet examines her. I’m so proud of her!
CF 1 year ago
There are good vets out there that will talk to you about the tests available, pros/cons/costs of them, and whether they strongly recommend it even for a cat like Millie, recommend it if you DIDNT have a cat like Millie (i.e. not worth putting her through it), recommend it only if finances are not a concern, etc. If I have a client that cannot decide, I will readily tell them whether, if I had to to pay the same, I would do it for/put my own cat through it. I am not in this profession for the money- if being rich was my goal it would have been a lot easier to become a human medical doctor. So I am not and will never be a business owner because I do not want to take a chance that my own need for $ to impact my decisions for my patients. I truly care about all my feline patients, especially the angry, "protective", scared old lady cats (having had my own crotchety old lady for 19 years). The good vets are out there, you just got to find us.
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Sheryl Markel 1 year ago
Nah. I was charged $35 for an ointment from my veterinarian. I work for an animal shelter. The shelter pays $5 a tube for the same product. This and exorbitant fees and vaccines are why people rarely keep up with vet visits!
CF 1 year ago
I HATE that product. It is weak and way too expensive. The dedicated vet knows that the same active ingredient (cyclosporineA) can be obtained as oil-based eye drops in a higher strength (or the same strength if desired for some reason) via vet compounding pharmacy for much much less. And drops are so.much easier to use on pets than ointment. I only ever prescribed Optimmune if preferred by the owner, or if needed to cover for the week it might take until mail order compounded meds should arrive. I couldn't legally stock and dispense the compounded meds (Massachusetts, US) but could dispense the commercially packaged FDA approved Optimmune. Yes, there can be usually minor and insignificant inconsistencies with compounded meds, and the rare (in US, anyway) contamination scandal with compounding pharnacies. But those risks are so much reduced by using one of the several large volume vet compounding pharmacies with good reputations.
Cat Chat 1 year ago
Why would the dog go blind because of the amount of air in the package. It's the drug measurement that makes the difference.
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Chocolate Air
Isabella 1 year ago
Unfortunately, the packaging for this kind of chocolates is well know to be like this. Of course, this does not make it acceptable.
Lee 1 year ago
The only time I buy myself chocolates like these are from Poundland where they cost…well, £1.
Load More Replies... Cynthia Carter 1 year ago
We got a box like these as a gift and they all tasted the same even though they were labelled as different flavors.
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
One more point for Belgien chocolates at my local Aldi. „Only“ 5€ but the packaging is just a brick sized box full of chocolates, without that plastic thing there.
MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago
Guess I got spoiled having a Fannie May chocolate store nearby. Was like a deli of sweets
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
yes, it is not uncommon that the packaging costs more to produce than the chocolate.
#47
Bought A "2 Pack" Of Minecraft Masks For My Son
#48
Useless Hair Removal Cream Bottle
Robert T 1 year ago
Tube is not long enough to reach the bottom of the bottle. Unless there is a false bottom to the bottle, I'd say that was a manufacturing error.
Phil Vaive 1 year ago
I'd bet it's to get people who are too lazy to start taking the pump off every day, to buy more when the bottle is only half used. Aveeno has been doing this for YEARS, but it's just been getting worse. Lately I can get through maybe two thirds of the bottle before the pump becomes useless.
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Epona 1 year ago
I've never seen a pump bottle with a little cap on the spout. That seems like a great idea to help the contents not dry out! I bet people who have 3D printers could easily create the little caps and give them as gifts to friends and family members who use lotions and stuff that comes in pump bottles.
PeePeePooPoo 1 year ago
I think they mean the bottle, not the hair. Maybe I'm wrong, but I do consider these kind of bottles useless, because it's impossible to use all the product.
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Chocolate Cookies
Mary Kelly 1 year ago
well, they ARE chocolate cookies, even if the cookies on the box are chocolate CHIP cookies
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
One of the experiments we did in high school science was the chocolate chip cookie experiment. We were provided with different brands of cookies and had to estimate how many chocolate chips were in each. Then we opened them, counted the chips and also recorded the size and taste of each cookie to see which was the best option. Wish I remembered the findings of this experiment when shopping but I can't eat gluten anyway now. Gluten free cookies are always smaller, with less in the pack anyway, but you take what you can get. (So happy gluten free Tiny Teddies and Tim Tams exist now though, just wish they weren't so much more expensive!)
#50
Just Got This Gold Bond For My Taint. Isn’t Even Half Full. I Am Mildly Infuriated. Did I Do It Right?
Phil Vaive 1 year ago
The packaging is still deceiving and meant to trick people into thinking there's more than there is
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Simon Chen 1 year ago
Powder is allways half empty like this. Has to be a good amount of air in it, elswhere you can not get it out very good. 😌
g90814 1 year ago
Or at all. if it were full, you wouldn't be able to use it properly.
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
To reduce packaging, fill the bottles, run them through a machine that shakes them to make the contents settle, and repeat until the bottle is full. The bottle in the photo could be reduced by half its size, using less plastic.
Tiffany R 1 year ago
Then remove it from the package in a clump, move more than half to a personal container shake it up the original package to loosen it to where it will distribute from the holes... Then put it start your process over again, then my process again for every use....
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Papa 1 year ago
The title says "got this for my taint." What kind of illness or condition is taint?
M O'Connell 1 year ago
It's the patch of real-estate between the a**s and whatever's in front of it.
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Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
WEIGH IT! I mean the Goldbond, not your taint. Also, no one needed to know that you use Goldbond on your taint.
#51
These Gift Cards Are For Target, Not Xbox Or PlayStation
Becklass 1 year ago
This is just cruel, someone who doesn’t play buys it as a gift for someone else. So likely not to notice the tiny sticker
GreyWolfGirl 1 year ago
My poor mother bought one of these for my father one Christmas. My father did not notice the target sign and attempted to use the gift card, and then they found out it was for target. My poor mother was mortified.
Load More Replies... Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
I have a devious plan. I shall visit a Target this week, purchase a few of these cards, and give them to my gamer cousins (who also happen to be a-holes) for Christmas. Not only will they be dissapointed that they cannot use them on their games, there are no Targets anywhere near my town. They will have to drive an hour to the nearest Target, or order something online and pay for shipping, thus making this a hilariously terrible gift. Haha! I should really see a shrink about my evil humor... or a priest.
Funhog 1 year ago
I don't understand.. to me, it looks like someone can buy a gift card for an XBox or PlayStation and the person who receives it goes to Target to redeem it for the game console..?
Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago
The game console is NOT $25 ( the common gift card amount. ) The person who gets this card is going to think they can use it for in game items - extra lives etc.
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#52
When Marketing Has A Bigger Budget Than Product Development
Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
That sandwich is my current mood: outwardly hyped up and optimistic; inwardly sad and pathetic.
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Jonnathan Poirier 1 year ago
This is definitely fake, like a lot of these are obviously not legit.
#53
For Those Of You Who Don’t Know, All Of The J Series Roombas Are The Same Model Just Rebranded With A Sticker And Sold For Different Prices
Frank 1 year ago
and probably a "software update" to reduce the battery capacity. "interesting" what one can achieve with different software configurations without having to change the physical product.
Kira Okah 1 year ago
Each model has different internals full stop, took me a quick google to find images of the internals of different models. The software isn't limiting the battery, it has a different battery inside. They are cheaping out by using the same housing for each model - after all, if a j6 and j7 have the same internals but the j6 is limited on their access, that is just a waste of components, lower power components are going to be cheaper.
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Romek Vili 1 year ago
Usually bigger number means newer or better. Why put series 6 sticker to series 7?
Michael Vickery 1 year ago
I'm reminded of when Tesla sells a cheaper version of their car, the battery is the same, you just don't get access to part of it.
Kira Okah 1 year ago
That is not the case here, the internals are different between models.
Load More Replies... Jon Steensen 1 year ago
well the same goes for a lot of other products. There is a concept called privat labeling whereby you basically outsource the production of a product to another company that slab your label on it so it can be sold under your brand... and they do this for multible companies with the exact same product. So changes are quite high that if you find a particular product that you like, you can buy it at a competitor at a reduced price- if you can accept that there is another company name on the label, and perhaps a slightly different picture on the front.
Kira Okah 1 year ago
No. They have different internal layouts and components, and do different things. The only thing that is the same between models is the design of the housing. This is just cheaping out on using the same housing.
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Blue Threadlocker Is In A Red Tube, And The Red Threadlocker Is In A Blue Tube. Red Is Permanent, Blue Is Not
Sand Ers 1 year ago
They fixed this a while ago. I still have to wonder what they were thinking when that packaging was approved for sale.
M O'Connell 1 year ago
The difference is two different brands. Loctite had a trademark on the distinctive oxygen-permeable red bottle regardless of whether it contained red, blue, or purple threadlocker
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#55
Pre-Workout: What A Waste Of Plastic
Bisha Moten 1 year ago
Sold by weight, not by volume. Why is that so hard for people to understand? Powders, loose objects (like grain or cereal) SETTLE.
Dumpster Fire 1 year ago
The extra air is in there so the grains of delicious berry performance aren't broken or compromised.
#56
The Company Is Owned By The Czech Prime Minister. What Did I Expect?
Dreaming Spirit 1 year ago
What's even worse is that "poctivý" can be translated as honest or fair.
#57
This "Mega Pack" Compared To The Normal One I Bought A Year Ago
1 year ago
i don't understand what the second photo is trying to show? can someone explain? thanks :)
#58
This Cream Bun I Was Having Was A Total Scam
Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
I guess when you're filling buns with cream all day, you eventually run dry. Hahaha!
#59
Mac & Cheese With Broccoli Had No Broccoli
Russell Rieckenberg 1 year ago
Having worked in food factories, it's highly likely you are right.
Load More Replies... Jeweled Dragon (She/They) 1 year ago
Why you would want broccoli in your mac & cheese is my question
Edward Teague 1 year ago
Yeah, Annie's is usually pretty reliable/ on the up and up, so this looks like the dried broccoli hopper went empty and someone didn't catch it before this one went through. That there's not trace one of the broccoli in the finished bowl says 'production error' (totally agree with Phil)
Phil Vaive 1 year ago
If byo means "buy your own", they shouldn't have to when they were sold a product that says it has broccoli in it. Should people who buy chocolate chip cookies buy a bag of chocolate chips just in case the cookies don't come with? Should these people also go buy a block of cheddar and a bag of pasta, too, just in case those are also missing?
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Gladys Hayes Southerland 1 year ago
What the heck is vegan cheddar? If it's made from cow or goat's milk, it's not vegan. If it's really vegan, then it's not real cheddar. The whole product is a lie
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Usually nutritional yeast and it's not nice (otherwise nut 'cheese'). I bought a gluten free mac and cheese, not realising it was also vegan. It tasted so off I couldn't finish it. I wish I had tried it before I bought a bag of nutritional yeast (was told it was good on popcorn etc). It wasn't cheap either, and was a fairly big bag. I have been trying to use it up in things that have already got real cheese or things with another flavour that will hide it (I hate to waste food).
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Had a Danish exchange student in USA. She found it hilarious the broccoli packet in a pkg of cheddar broccoli pasta had those weird flakes. I told her "we can fix that"..added frozen broccoli florets
#60
This Deceiving Packaging
Robert T 1 year ago
I'd just about allow it if there were 4 more in there. The centre "button" is to prevent the box getting squashed.
Gladys Hayes Southerland 1 year ago
I check the serving size also. How many servings are actually in the box. To be sure, dishonest grocers and butchers have always added a thumb, finger, whatever, to their scales.
Load More Replies... Jaya 1 year ago
Those are sooooooooo good! Don't know this actual brand, but these type of cookies/sweets (don't know what you would call that, because it's so different from Western type cookies) are so amazing.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
Are they like moon cakes? I've only had red bean paste in a moon cake or a sweet rice dish before (tastes so good but turns out my stomach doesn't like beans)
Load More Replies... Manda Hart 1 year ago
Ha. Supermarket mercenary skillz: slightly slide the paper band label to one side before returning to the shelf.
#61
Steak And Cheese Wrap - 80% Tortilla
#62
The Packaging Makes You Think You Are Gonna Get An Eyeball Candy. But In Reality, It's Just A White Ball Thing
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
I got a bunch of these sorts of things one year. White marshmallow ball, eyeball on the packaging, they had some kind of filling. I was FORCED to eat most of them so that no one else had to suffer the disappointment. Poor me.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
We got some one year as well. My sister was disappointed, but I just sat there stuffing my face with them lol. I liked the jelly stuff in the centre.
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wellsfamily 1 year ago
The packaging was meant for you to get that kind of eyes when you get mad at finding out what was in the package in the first place...lol
#63
The Time I Got Two And A Half Milk Bags In My 3-Pack
Gladys Hayes Southerland 1 year ago
Check the volume and weight. If it's marketed as a 3-pack but no weight or volume is stated, technically, they're right. They're still wrong.
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PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
Canadians - I grew up watching Tom green show as a kid and that’s just how they package their milk
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Children's Book Has Half The Book Glued Together To Double Its Size
Raphapablap 1 year ago
Some of the books with soundboards in look like that to contain the circuitry
#65
Just Enough To Cover The Window
Zedrapazia 1 year ago
How ironic that they do this in the American market but those that are actually sold in Switzerland are full. A******s these are!
Gladys Hayes Southerland 1 year ago
They're not going to screw themselves in countries that are stricter than ours.
Load More Replies... Frozengeckolover 1 year ago (edited)
FAKE! these truffles are sold by weight. But the weight is conspicuously absent on this package. It appears that the poster cut the bottom of the bag, or folded it under, to conceal the stated weight. Why would they do that? Probably because this is one of the smaller bags (I think it's only 4 or 5 ounces). It contains less truffles, but it costs less. No one was cheated here.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I bought these yesterday. I knew how many you get because I read the labels (and know Lindt often has less than you would hope in a pack). They are good because they are one of the few chocolates that don't have a 'may contain gluten' label (even other Lindt flavours do) and I am really trying to be sensible and limit my cross contamination.
#66
This Box Of Dog Treats That Very Obviously Don’t Have Frosting Designs On The Cookies Behind The Top Layer
Gladys Hayes Southerland 1 year ago
The dog could care less. The owner should have more sense but still it's false Advertisement
Load More Replies... Becky Samuel 1 year ago
Good. This sort of vanity product is only made to satisfy humans anyway. The dog doesn't care.
#67
Packaging Of These Chocolates
#68
Milka's Greed
Gladys Hayes Southerland 1 year ago
not the point. This person paid for something that they did not get.
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HannahNo 1 year ago
I hate Milka. It's cheap chocolate that gets disguised with 'interesting' fillings. It's just a terrible quality.
J. N. 1 year ago
In Germany almost all Milka products taste very good, especially those that are pure milk chocolate without any fillings or added flavor of OREO or similar. Don't know what's in the Milka products you guys are getting overseas, but it can't be the same.
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Screw You Dove Chocolate
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago (edited)
Oh come on! You can see in the packaging the third one is smaller, even in the picture!
#70
This Moisturizer Container. Not Even Half The Bottle. Maybe Only 1/4. Misleading And Wasteful
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
Retinol cream is so expensive too! I would be so pissed if I bought this!
Manda Hart 1 year ago
This has to do with the label being large enough to fit all legally required text/information. Tho' peel-back labels to reveal extra 'pages' of text do exist. Some say 'check the weight!' but how could anyone know just how much volume equates to 0.5 oz or 30 g of something like skin cream?
#71
Kinetic Sand: I Don’t Think You Get A Fourth Of What Appears On The Box
Ramirez rachael 1 year ago
This is the stuff of nightmares do not buy kinetic sand!! it’s like glitter it gets everywhere and you will never find it all
Clown fish 1 year ago
I made the mistake of getting glow in the dark sand and my children got it on the rug and sofa. I thought I'd hooved it all off till I got up in the night for a drink. My rug and sofa were glowing lol
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Sea Squirrel 1 year ago
Why would you buy sometimes you can easily DIY in huge quantities for less money? Look online for recipes!
Kaisa 1 year ago
Point of buying is so that you don't have to make everything yourself.
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#72
I Don't Need A Grip For My Gum Package. What I Need Is Another Piece Of Gum
David 1 year ago
This one is not deceptive compared to most in this thread so I give it a pass. It states very clearly on the front how many pieces you get. It might be a victim of shrinkflation though if that same package used to contain 20 pieces. Sometimes it costs a lot to change the machinery that makes the packaging.
#73
This Candy Burger's Bottom Bun Is Plastic Packaging Instead Of Candy, And It's Hollow From The Inside
#74
I've Lost All Hope In Humanity
#75
Bought This Pack Of Food Colors To Make Red Velvet Cupcakes
Jennifer Mathison 1 year ago
This just looks like they forgot to add the red one, or someone took it. Frustrating, but Not a deliberately deceitful package.
Karrie Foreman 1 year ago
You can't say that for certain; you're making a guess, here. A judgement call. Guesses & judgement calls aren't facts; lest we all forget. It's clearly marked as a 4-pack, so you might be right, but then again... We're all here because we know how they play...
Load More Replies... Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Complain on the "contact us" tab on website. Most ALWAYS will send free stuff.
#76
Words Can't Express My Disappointment
Shark Lady 1 year ago
Rowntrees in the UK do a watermelon ice lolly which actually looks and taste like you would expect.
Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
I've bought those before and I would def recommend them.....and that's saying something coming from a watermelon addict lol
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Fake Blood That's Unsafe For The Mouth Is Advertised On Mouth On The Package
Shark Lady 1 year ago
It's fine on the outside of the mouth which is what the illustration almost gets right! So close, yet so far.
catastrophegirl 1 year ago
don't skimp on the fake blood if you have to put it in your mouth. go with ben nye. it's safe and has a minty taste. anything else is sketchy
Nitka Tsar 1 year ago (edited)
Depending on where you live of course. Different countries may have different good products. Always mention of which country you speak on the internet.
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My Husband Bought What He Thought Was An RCA Universal Remote At A Bargain Shop. He Couldn't Figure Out Why It Wouldn't Work Until He Noticed The Remote Was RGA Brand
The Other Guest 1 year ago
It's a company that makes electronics. They got their start in radio communications in 1919 (RCA is an acronym for Radio Corporation of America).
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 1 year ago
I bought a 'universal' remote when I lost the original one for my tv/dvd player in the 2000s. Didn't realise the universe consisted of only some compatible brands. Being a teen with social anxiety I never returned it and didn't even get the courage to buy a replacement that was compatible I don't think.
#79
Just Another Company Misleading Its Consumers
sturmwesen 1 year ago
That's like the opposite of the dude sucking in his belly at the beach in an old advertisement
#80
This 0.7 Ml Dogs' Anti-Flea And Anti-Tick Drops Straight Out Of The Box
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
well at some point the tube becomes too small to handle. Imagine how finicky it would be if it was just big enough to handle three drops of the substance. Not everybody has the dexterity to squeeze that, or or the eyesight to find it again if they accidentally drop it on the floor. A lot of tiny items are sold in this way for ease of handling.
Karrie Foreman 1 year ago
If that's their reasoning - you know, for the convenience of the consumer - then, they would have PLASTERED that ALL OVER that packaging! They'd be patting themselves on the back so much that they'd all be bruised and bleeding! No WAY was this done out of the kindness of their greedy, shriveled up hearts. Nope. I don't buy it.
Load More Replies... The Other Guest 1 year ago
When selling a single product in various doses like this, it's cheaper for the company to use the same size container for different amounts of product. Judging by the yorkie on the box, this is possibly the small dog dosage; the tubes for a large dog would be fuller.
Karrie Foreman 1 year ago
That. Now, THAT is a reasonable explanation. Good on ya!
Load More Replies... David 1 year ago
Flea meds are often packaged PER DOSE so this is not that uncommon. I've seen three packs for small / medium / large dogs - all same cost, all had three doses, but each had a different sized dose depending on intended weight of dog. I once saved a lot of money by buying a 3 pack for large dogs, then dosing it into a syringe (no sharp needle) to get the right dose for my cat. One large dog dose was three or four (I forget) cat doses. And INB4 - it was one of the chemicals used for both cat and dog. Some stuff used for dogs is bad for cats.
Debby Keir 1 year ago
If it were too small, the dog would eat it. Clearly says the dose though.
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
If consumers are dumb enough to choose flea drops by the size of the bottle, then a larger bottle is what will be offered. You can't legislate against customer stupidity.
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EB Games In Australia Using Stickers To Cover Up The Fact That It's Just A Digital Code, And Not An Actual Game
Sue User 1 year ago
I would be more upset that they used a platic case when the could have used a cardboard sleeve.
David 1 year ago
I don't see the problem other than the over packaging. It says at both top and bottom of the package that it "Includes PSN voucher code..." I am old Xbox, not Playstation - so maybe I am missing something? Xbox either you had the physical disc for the system to recognize or you had a code you entered.
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
It's the fact they used a huge amount of plastic packaging when they could have just had a small card on a cardboard backing.
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Jon Steensen 1 year ago
...or just the fact that the package is much bigger than it would have needed to be if it actually contained a cd/dvd. I found it quite annoying how the games did no longer fit into the shelving unit, once that package design came out. The square ones could be nicely stacked and did not take up as much room.
#82
It’s An 8-Pack, But 9 Would Fit Perfectly
Manda Hart 1 year ago
ikr? so much unnecessary packaging multiplied by tens/hundreds of thousands of boxes. One reason we can't have a nice planet :(
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Pringles' New "XXL Pack" Has Got Probably Like 5 Chips More Than The Normal Pack
Kira Okah 1 year ago
The right is 190g. But is that tube the one that the larger one is meant to be compared with? It should say compared to what other package weight on the back somewhere.
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#84
12-Pack That's "Equal" To A 16-Pack, Makes It Look Like A 16-Pack
Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
Haha! I was just thinking "This sounds like toilet paper math".
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
How is this a ripoff, though? Twelve 16oz bottles is literally the same as sixteen 12oz bottles. You just got fewer bottles, but the same amount of beer.
Dodo (they/them) 1 year ago
I guess it depends on how much beer you want to drink. If you only want 12oz, you have a dilemma.
Load More Replies... Demosthenes 1 year ago
Maths actually add up. Normal beers at 12 oz. These are 16 oz cans. 12, 16 oz beers is the same as 16, 12 oz beers.
mommamarmar 1 year ago
Same way they do toilet paper here in the USA. It's never in feet/inches or number of squares or any other practical measurements. It's always "8 rolls = 16 rolls, 10 rolls = 24 rolls" or any other arbitrary number of rolls they claim their package is "equal" to.
Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
Actually, they do list number of squares per roll or per package in the USA (in super small print). It still feels deceptive, though. Because you need to pull out a calculator in the middle of the store to figure out which size is the best deal. And they keep changing the packaging, so you can't just pick one and stick with it.
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#86
Where's The Milk Chocolate? (Colorful Balls)
1 year ago
when i was little i used to grab a handful, pick out all the candies and eat them, put the nuts back in the bag, and shake the bag up. i got away with that for like a year lol
Dumpster Fire 1 year ago
"Milk Chocolate (Colorful Balls)" is indeed the name of my future sex tape.
#87
Misleading Packaging
María Hermida 1 year ago (edited)
Again, the packaging may be misleading, but it says clearly what it contains: 30 soft gels.
Phil Vaive 1 year ago
I would have agreed with you a year ago. But honestly, some companies have gotten away with way too much this past year (especially the past 3 months or so) to forgive any of this c**p.
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The Amount Of Bananas In This Pack Of Shrimps And Bananas
Kira Okah 1 year ago
Strawberry and banana foam sweets. Not what I would call disturbing.
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#89
Bought Jam Donuts From Tesco But When I Bit Into Them It Was Custard Donuts
Shark Lady 1 year ago
I've had this so many times with Tesco. We now play doughnut roulette and place wagers on which flavour we get.
#90
Starburst Halloween Candy Flavor Distribution
Ross “Sarcastic Dad” 1 year ago (edited)
Same, Sassy. PandaRave can have the one awful lemon one and we'll eat the pink ones. Yeah, I said it, PandaRave! (I'm sorry. I just need attention. You do you. We'll just unite and declare war on the orange lovers)
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Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
I only buy the Fave Red packs. Strawberry, cherry, and fruit punch. The other flavors can go to h*'ll.
Jeweled Dragon (She/They) 1 year ago
I keep on getting way too many. I'll trade you for any of the other flavors
Load More Replies... day light 1 year ago
whenever people talk about starbursts, I always stay quiet because I secretly love the yellow ones the most and apparently saying that is like throwing gasoline on a fire
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 1 year ago
If it was only pink and red I would be ecstatic! My friends in school thought I was weird because I was the only one who liked the cherry Starburst, but it worked out for me because they would give me all of theirs. Now they don't even sell the cherry ones in Australia that I can find.
#91
13 Grams Of Protein Per Serving (Small Print: If You Add 7.3 Grams Of Protein Worth Of Milk)
#92
Flavor Distribution In A Bag Of Jolly Ranchers Is Not Okay
Sonja 1 year ago
The problem is the way they're packaged. You get a completely random amount of each and yes, that does result in lots of packages with extremely uneven distribution. You get some with tons of one sort and next to none of others. If the distribution is even or mostly even, they don't pack pre mixed items, it runs through a packing band that adds some of each at each station. It's impossible to get even packaging with premixed sorts. You can test that at home. Take an even number of equally sized items, whatever it is, then mix them in a non see through bag ad draw randomly by grabbing a fistful. You'll see you rarely ever get even distributions. Also the la place experiment shows this. You throw a dice that's perfectly balanced, so if you throw it a thousand times, all numbers will apper roughly the same amount of times, but if you look at ten throws in a row, you'll see a very uneven distribution despite the chances all being equal. That's what random means
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
yep, and MP3 players had to make their random generator less random to generate a shuffle that would appear to be more random. E.g. limiting it so it won't play the same song two times in a row will seem to be more right, although it decrease the number of playlists that can result, and hence increase the likelyhood of being chosen for each of those that remains. In many cases people are infact not interested in true random, but prefer some kind of psuedo randomness governed by some kind of rules.
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Joshua David 1 year ago
I buy the jolly rancher chews and they are evenly distributed. Them are my favorites.
#94
My Walgreens Brand Tylenol Capsule Is Just A Pill With A Removable Shell On Either Side
Johanna 1 year ago
I guess that shells purpose is to stop the medication from braking down before it reaches your stomach.
BreGerEu 1 year ago
Nearly. The shell around a medication is usually there to pass the stomach and being released in the duodenum or even further down. This one could make sense from the medical view.
Load More Replies... Jon Steensen 1 year ago
...or identify. The mixing up of different pills with the same shape can lead to some major issues with faulty doses. So this could be a cheap way to make it vary obvious that this is Tylenol and not something else, without it demanding special equipment to produce.
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Frozengeckolover 1 year ago
The Tylenol equivalent is made the same way. The shell is not meant to be taken off before consuming.
#95
Women’s Blade Cartridges (Easily Could’ve Fit Four) Packaging Very Misleading
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
My guess is that the extra spot is to store the one blade set you replace - german over engineering
PeePeePooPoo 1 year ago
Disagree on the misleading part. It's shown as is - 3 razor heads, 4 blades per head. You just didn't pay attention.
Mela (qu33nwh0) 1 year ago
This one gets me every time. They purposely put the 4 in the corner so you think there's 4. Many women's razor packs are misleading like this.
WishIWasAFlapperGirl 1 year ago
The empty one would be to put the old blade in, to safely dispose of, before clipping on a new one.
María Hermida 1 year ago
It's kind of misleading, because there is a big "4" thee on top, buy honestly, the "3 x ..." does state how many there are.
Alex Davis 1 year ago
The extra spot to place the one you are usually currently as you slide it in to safely detach from the handle- so take it off before getting the next one out. Though razors like this are so expensive and a waste of materials. I used to use them but bought a safety razor about a year ago and it's amazing. Much sharper, cuts cleaner, I nick myself a lot less and just throw a blade away one a week. The razor cost £8 and a pack of 52 blades which lasts me a year cost £6. So a lot lot cheaper, no plastic single use plastic being thrown away and a better shave! Win win win.
#96
Sticker Perfectly Covered This Moldy Berry
Bought these from Costco today and unfortunately, this isn’t the first time.
Rebelliousslug 1 year ago
Wouldn’t the “darkest” part get moldy first? So…that makes sense? No one is packaging these by hand/finding a moldy berry to hide under the label.
David 1 year ago
This is not deception, just unfortunate. You can see those are nice looking berries (except the moldy one) plus Costco has liberal returns and would probably credit you even if you did not return the berries. Once or twice I mentioned a food problem when I was talking to them about something else and they were like, "We can credit you for that". I declined because whatever it was - I was able to use the majority of the package which is why I didn't bring it back. But they would have if I wanted them to.
Debby Keir 1 year ago
Hmmm (packager) that one looks as though it might be going off - yay, I'll put the sticker just there.
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Origami Chik3n 1 year ago
The only thing that i encountered, is reducing product amount, while leaving the same package size. Probably because i live in "evil" EU that has laws to protect customer rights. That is not to say that corporations in EU are any less greedy than everywhere else. But i have never got such infuriating sandwich or cream bottle, like in this thread. One thing that i always do, is check packaging weight/volume. "Evil" EU chimes in again, so we have not only the price of the package, but also price per g/ml/unit on the tag.
Sonja 1 year ago
That's exactly what is the bare minimum that's needed. Also, adding the weight doesn't help much. Every product has different volume. 100 gr chips are plenty, a whole bag full, but 100 gr cheese are much less in volume. Same goes for creams vs mousse when it comes to cosmetic or bars vs Powder etc. Misleading packaging is still a fraud, banking on the fact that most people can guess volumes pretty well to know how much they'll need for one application, but have no idea what the potion actually weights because, lets be hones, in most cases you have no way of knowing, especially with beauty products.
Load More Replies... Wintermute 1 year ago
We should have a post like this, but for the Bored Panda article titles that misrepresent what they're actually about.
Will Cable 1 year ago
I really hope that those who do this get short changed in life with things they want, They would soon kick off if they went to by a top spec car only to find when they got it it had less power and have the stuff they wanted was missing.
Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
I can understand why people open up packages in shops to see what they are getting (unless it's food items), but even then, I slide the cardboard over to one side, if i can, to see what's underneath. People are tired of being ripped off by "shrinkflation" and "greedflation". I've learned long ago to not trust packaging and corporations.
Rob Chapman 1 year ago
I've been buying the standard "Whitman's Sampler" my entire life, my parents bought it, my grandparents bought it. It's been the same exact box of chocolates for over 100 years. Only now......it's not. Last year, they removed the dark chocolate covered nuts, the toffee bars and the cordial cherry cream. The box went from 16 oz, to 12 oz. 1rxjuriqyt...dd-png.jpg 
The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)
Worst truth-in-packaging? University education. My major, top-rated state university promised average class sizes of 11, and the greatest of top-notch scientific minds. What I got was class sizes of 600, and incomprehensible ESL teaching assistants for lecturers. Then there's the University of Massachusetts, where tuition isn't terrible, but the fees are almost $10,000, and half of a shared bedroom is $9,000, several times market rates.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)
How did they get away with this? The great minds all taught graduate students, and every course for every student was counted as a separate section. So yeah, it had 2000 professors and 2,200 students, but good luck ever actually seeing a real, live professor for your first three years. They're there for research, not education.
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The Problem With Censorship Is ******* 1 year ago
I recently bought a "Welkom Sint" garland from Jumbo, turned out it actually said "Wekom Sint" (and I didn't see it until I put it up). Well that sucked... I bought a another one though, which was luckily fine. XD
Fynne 1 year ago
So you think you need to comment about how superior your country is because they don’t fill their cereal with air. Ok…?
Load More Replies... Origami Chik3n 1 year ago
The only thing that i encountered, is reducing product amount, while leaving the same package size. Probably because i live in "evil" EU that has laws to protect customer rights. That is not to say that corporations in EU are any less greedy than everywhere else. But i have never got such infuriating sandwich or cream bottle, like in this thread. One thing that i always do, is check packaging weight/volume. "Evil" EU chimes in again, so we have not only the price of the package, but also price per g/ml/unit on the tag.
Sonja 1 year ago
That's exactly what is the bare minimum that's needed. Also, adding the weight doesn't help much. Every product has different volume. 100 gr chips are plenty, a whole bag full, but 100 gr cheese are much less in volume. Same goes for creams vs mousse when it comes to cosmetic or bars vs Powder etc. Misleading packaging is still a fraud, banking on the fact that most people can guess volumes pretty well to know how much they'll need for one application, but have no idea what the potion actually weights because, lets be hones, in most cases you have no way of knowing, especially with beauty products.
Load More Replies... Wintermute 1 year ago
We should have a post like this, but for the Bored Panda article titles that misrepresent what they're actually about.
Will Cable 1 year ago
I really hope that those who do this get short changed in life with things they want, They would soon kick off if they went to by a top spec car only to find when they got it it had less power and have the stuff they wanted was missing.
Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
I can understand why people open up packages in shops to see what they are getting (unless it's food items), but even then, I slide the cardboard over to one side, if i can, to see what's underneath. People are tired of being ripped off by "shrinkflation" and "greedflation". I've learned long ago to not trust packaging and corporations.
Rob Chapman 1 year ago
I've been buying the standard "Whitman's Sampler" my entire life, my parents bought it, my grandparents bought it. It's been the same exact box of chocolates for over 100 years. Only now......it's not. Last year, they removed the dark chocolate covered nuts, the toffee bars and the cordial cherry cream. The box went from 16 oz, to 12 oz. 1rxjuriqyt...dd-png.jpg
The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)
Worst truth-in-packaging? University education. My major, top-rated state university promised average class sizes of 11, and the greatest of top-notch scientific minds. What I got was class sizes of 600, and incomprehensible ESL teaching assistants for lecturers. Then there's the University of Massachusetts, where tuition isn't terrible, but the fees are almost $10,000, and half of a shared bedroom is $9,000, several times market rates.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)
How did they get away with this? The great minds all taught graduate students, and every course for every student was counted as a separate section. So yeah, it had 2000 professors and 2,200 students, but good luck ever actually seeing a real, live professor for your first three years. They're there for research, not education.
Load More Replies... The Problem With Censorship Is ******* 1 year ago
I recently bought a "Welkom Sint" garland from Jumbo, turned out it actually said "Wekom Sint" (and I didn't see it until I put it up). Well that sucked... I bought a another one though, which was luckily fine. XD
Fynne 1 year ago
So you think you need to comment about how superior your country is because they don’t fill their cereal with air. Ok…?
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