I Want My Money Back (50 Deceptive Packaging Designs)

Some things are designed by geniuses and others, not so much. Deceptive packaging designs are so evil that it makes me wonder how to these designers sleep at night? My only hope is that they one day fall victim to their own scheme and buy a bag of chips that’s all air.

People are shaming these deceiving packaging designs online and I don’t blame them. These packaging designs are more deceiving than a Tinder bio.


1. “1001 Stickers And 768 Of Them Are Useless Squares. Thanks, Disney”

Mishi_Moshi

2. “Tricked By The Packaging Of My Moisturizing Cream”

Bail-Me-Out

3. “Is Anyone Else Bothered By Deceptive Packaging Like This?”

sevenhops

4. “Bought These Sticky Notes Cause I Thought The Gold Border Was Nice”

KarmasDoll

5. “My Sister Got This For Her Birthday”

GatorMaster2112

6. “The Sticker Was A Lie”

Doophie

7. “Ahh Yes, Reality Is Often Disappointing”

vicesam

8. “Printed All Over And Deliberately Leaves The Pattern On The Outside Of The Package”

sorden96

9. “Natural My Foot”

93arkhanov93

10. “Rolling Stone Presents (39 Of The) 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time”

-Owlette-

11. “Both Weigh 500g But The Green One Is In A 30% ‘Bigger Bag More To Share'”

AApickleAA

12. “So Thankful For My Singular Candy Topping”

hyrte0010

13. “Thought I’d Buy Some Colored Pens. Turns Out Every Single One Of Them Has Blue Ink”

desperate_ly

14. “Bought A Ball Pit For My Baby”

aditisar

15. “This ‘Box’ Of Beef Jerky”

boot1994

16.”How Can They Even Call This Non-Dairy?”

thatcadiegirl

17. “Sales Genius”

geoxan69

18. “This Cashew Packaging. I Was Wondering Why My Hand Instantly Hit The Bottom When I Opened It”

DiggyKalborn

19. “Bought A Coloring Book And Pencils To Keep Me Busy While I’m Off Work. Thought These Were Full-Size Pencils”

eva_white

20. “New Packaging (Right), Same Quantity”

tuf-tuf

21. “800 Pieces. Yeah Right. The Box Is Half Blocked And 550 Pieces Are Tiny Dot Pieces. My Son Was Not Happy”

robstraightedge

22. “I Was Wondering Why This Watermelon Juice Tasted So Weird”

spamtarget

23. “Bought Some Eye Makeup, Just Realized One Of The Eyeshadows Isn’t Safe For Eyes. Found Out Via White Print On A White Background”

PmMeYourFear

“Not intended for use in the immediate eye area”

24. “New Means What’s Inside Is Not New”

raghu972

25. “My Mother Ordered 1000 Plastic Blocks For Her Nephews. Ended Up Receiving 523”

Mrm854

26. “Brand New Protein Powder, Not Even Filled Half Whey”

Furious_Flames

27. “I Guess The Meatballs All Just Wanted A Window Seat”

joeChump

28. “8% Alcohol Or”

CucumberWizard

29. “Tesco Is Selling ‘Flushable’ Wet Wipes Which Are ‘Harmful To Aquatic Life'”

HarryMedawar

30. “New Cereal Box Is 11% Taller With 1.6% Less Cereal”

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31. “No, It’s Not Bigger. It’s Of The Same Size”

ctp_obvious

32. “This Box Of Mostly Sticks With Some Matches In It”

ampma

33. “Disappointment”

Draiman402

34. “9 Sticker Rolls. One Mildly Infuriated 7-Year-Old”

MrsPlague33

35. “Made In U.S.A”

36. “Some Acrylic Paints I Bought”

LeeKellyLK

37. “Went To Poundland And Had The Choice Between These And After Eights, Got These Cause They We’re Bigger, I Paid For Air”

niamsme

38. “Pain”

901koala

39. “Actual Size Is Not The Actual Size”

relishmypickles

40. “Coloring Kit That Is 90% Empty And Counts Each Piece Of Paper As One Piece In 100 Pieces”

MchZ

41. “Coloring Book For My Son”

PhotosByDrew

42. “Sneaky Packaging Cheating Us”

tenebralupo

43. “Package Of The Cheese vs. The Cheese Itself”

eszleny

44. “This Sour Batch Candy Bag Felt Oddly Light”

KevroniCoal

45. “One Of The Blocks Isn’t One Of The Blocks”

golden-potato

46. “Xtreme Jerks I’d Say”

MigueeRL

47. “These Were Locked In A Glass Case Facing Forward So You Couldn’t Just Read The Back Before Purchase”

Taylor-Cox-TLC

48. “This Pizza Tastes Like False Advertising”

SIRasdf23

49. “Even Worse – It’s Stale”

katielh98

50. “Thanks Jetstar For My Large Box Of Pencils”

tandol

h/t

Nate

Nate Armbruster

When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.