35 Photos Of The Most Misleading Package Designs People Have Seen
You pick up a large packet of crisps at the store, only to find when you get home that most of it is air. The disappointment is real as you realise, you’re just another victim of marketing tricks from less-than-honest companies. This experience can leave you feeling mildly duped, reluctantly impressed, and determined not to fall for it again.
Today’s shoppers need to be more vigilant than ever about the deceptive tactics businesses use to sell products. Naturally, others who’ve had the same frustration have taken to the internet to share tips and warnings. Scroll down to see a gallery of photos from fellow shoppers, exposing the packaging designs that caught them out too.
#1 The Amount Of Air I Have To Squeeze Out Before Getting Any Glue Is Insane
#2 They’re Trying To Make It Look Like There’s A Lot More Nerf Darts Packaged
#3 My Expectations Were Low, But Holy Cow
#4 This Battery Company Has Started Changing The Packaging To Make You Think You’re Getting Two Free Batteries, They Normally Come In An 8 Pack Anyways
Companies really need to stop doing this.
#5 Roll Of Tape Is Quite A Bit Smaller Than Depicted (I Checked Several Boxes, They All Are Like That)
#6 Contains Vitamins B3, B6, B12, And Zinc, Except It Doesn’t Contain Those
#7 Is Anyone Else Bothered By Deceptive Packaging Like This?
#8 Feeling Scammed. Oh, Boy. Does It Feel Like Bad Design, Or Is There A Better Place To Post This?
#9 Standard Misleading Packaging
Misleading packaging to make the wrap look longer than it is.
#10 A New Low From Colgate. This Tube Came In This Box! I Feel Done Over
#11 Where’s The Rest Of My Cookies? It Used To Be To The End
#12 Huge Foam Block Inside Pack Of Kids Necklace Bead
#13 Something Stinks
Brand new/unopened stick of antiperspirant. Only 40%of the tube has product. This is typical for the brand.
I’d rather less plastics and more honesty, but I know that the boardroom fat-cats are incapable of responsible ideation.
#14 I’ve Been Annoyed About This For Weeks. 75% Air. My Hands Are Small, And I Could Hold All Of It In My Palm. What Do You Mean “Share Size”
#15 Pop Tarts – Since Y’all Caught On About Frosting, Now They’re Just Smaller
I thought a new one looked a bit small, so I compared it to a different box we’ve had for a while. The new ones are half an inch shorter than the old ones. At least the frosting is reasonable.
#16 Am I Crazy Or Did Pringles Get This Small Without Me Noticing? Especially When They Are Like 5 Bucks When Not On Sale
#17 Coffee A Month Or So Apart
#18 This Veet Packaging Designed To Make You Waste Product (And Buy More)
I was using this hair removal cream earlier today, and it stopped dispensing. Tried the usual tricks to get some to pump out, no dice. But it felt too heavy to be actually empty. So, I tried taking the top off, thinking there’d be a little in the bottom I could scoop out and use.
Got it open; it turns out the tube to the pump only goes about halfway down, and the cream is actually in a bag inside. The bag was connected to the opening, so I cut it to get the bag free.
#19 Seriously? All Stick. $6 For These
#20 Look, I Know I Ordered A “Small” KFC Popcorn Chicken, But This Is Hilarious
#21 Just Opened The Pack And Theres Not A Single Chocolate One
#22 This Slime Sold At Target
#23 New vs. Old Swiss Cake Rolls
New Swiss Cake Rolls on the left and the old ones on the right… Banana for science.
I found some old Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls in a lunch bag I forgot about… Pre-covid. Surprisingly enough, after several years at room temperature, they look edible.
#24 My 8oz Bag Of Cheese Was Only 4oz
#25 The Deceptive Padding Beneath These Strawberries
#26 Misleading Packaging
#27 Misleading Packaging. Less Than Half Full. Of Minis, No Less
#28 Twizzler Hiding How Much Shorter Their Product Is With Extra Packaging
#29 A “Roll” Of Wrapping Paper At Target
One roll can only handle two or three presents now… Skip Target if you need gift wrap!
#30 These Used To Be As Long As The Package
#31 I Got The Last 12 Pack. Same Price
#32 Cheese Balls Size Comparison
I love stuff like this. My family has saved cheese ball buckets for years, and finally, after cleaning out some stuff, I found some with significant expiration age gaps. We’ve been robbed. Take me back to 2010. It’s absolutely ridiculous how they reduced the size and thought we wouldn’t notice.
#33 Woolies Underweight Again. Other Tub Was 224g With Packaging So It’s Not My Scales
#34 The Cookie Inside This Wrapper Has No Chocolate At All
#35 KFC You Cannot Be Serious
Shanilou Perera
Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.
