35 Misleading Package Designs That Made People Feel A Little Cheated

I miss when opening a package was the easy part of buying something. Now I have to check for false bottoms and whether the food continues past the little plastic window. It’s like I’m doing an inspection on a home.

Shrinkflation has already made people suspicious. Getting less for the same price is frustrating enough without a package working overtime to make it look like nothing changed.

So people are posting the evidence online and giving these products and companies a little public shame. Fair enough. If I get home and discover half my purchase is creatively folded cardboard, I’m gonna need someone else to see this.

1. The Amount Of Air I Have To Squeeze Out Before Getting Any Glue Is Insane

2. My Expectations Were Low, But Holy Cow

3. They’re Trying To Make It Look Like There’s A Lot More Nerf Darts Packaged

4. Roll Of Tape Is Quite A Bit Smaller Than Depicted (I Checked Several Boxes, They All Are Like That)

5. 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

6. Is Anyone Else Bothered By Deceptive Packaging Like This?

7. Contains Vitamins B3, B6, B12, And Zinc, Except It Doesn’t Contain Those

8. Standard Misleading Packaging

Misleading packaging to make the wrap look longer than it is.

9. 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”

10. Feeling Scammed. Oh, Boy. Does It Feel Like Bad Design.

11. Where’s The Rest Of My Cookies? It Used To Be To The End

12. A New Low From Colgate. This Tube Came In This Box! I Feel Done Over

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. Am I Crazy Or Did Pringles Get This Small Without Me Noticing? Especially When They Are Like 5 Bucks When Not On Sale

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. Huge Foam Block Inside Pack Of Kids Necklace Bead

17. 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.

18. Coffee A Month Or So Apart

19. Look, I Know I Ordered A “Small” KFC Popcorn Chicken, But This Is Hilarious

20. Seriously? All Stick. $6 For These

21. This Slime Sold At Target

22. Just Opened The Pack And There’s Not A Single Chocolate One

23. My 8oz Bag Of Cheese Was Only 4oz

24. New vs. Old Swiss Cake Rolls

25. Misleading Packaging

26. The Deceptive Padding Beneath These Strawberries

27. Twizzler Hiding How Much Shorter Their Product Is With Extra Packaging

28. Misleading Packaging. Less Than Half Full. Of Minis, No Less

29. These Used To Be As Long As The Package

30. A “Roll” Of Wrapping Paper At Target

One roll can only handle two or three presents now… skip Target if you need gift wrap!

31. Cheese Ball 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.

32. I got the last 12 pack. Same price!

33. The Cookie Inside This Wrapper Has No Chocolate At All

34. KFC You Cannot Be Serious

35. Woolies Underweight Again. Other Tub Was 224g With Packaging So It’s Not My Scales