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Some packaging designs are so evil, even Satan himself couldn't have created them. No, the sinister creations Bored Panda has featured in this list came from places far more darker than Hell. Corporate greed. From printing misleading captions to hiding the (lack of) contents of their products, the a**hole companies behind these deceptions are so shameless, they deserve all the shaming they can get. Continue scrolling to check out the entries!
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#1
Biggest Letdown I’ve Had In A While To Be Honest
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#2
Are You Kidding Me
#3
Doing The Lords Work
#4
Im Sad, This Is Just Sad
#5
This Should Be Punishable By Law
felixreychman 5 years ago
In most western countries that IS punishable by law. Not least in the US.
#6
There Is A Special Place In Hell For Asshole Cookie Designers
#7
Save The Extra Plastic And Just Make A Smaller Bottle Please
#8
I’ve Been Bamboozled
#9
Tea Came In A Pack Of 4, Faced Forwards
#10
Bigger Bottle, Less Tablets
#11
Apparently 27 Is "Approx 40"
#12
This Roll Of Stickers Is Really Just A Sheet Of 20
#13
There’s Just Enough To Fit In The Window
#14
This Pen Was Made To "Minimalize" Usage Of Plastic In It
#15
My Box Of Staples Was More Box Than Staples
#16
The Part That Is Invisible From Outside Is Empty
#17
Kobe Beef Package That Hide 1/3 Of The (Missing) Steak
#18
Packaging Said “100% Silk”
#19
Some Leftover Chocolate From Christmas
#20
I've Been Bamboozled!
#21
My 6yo Daughter Spent Her Pocket Money On This, Cried That "It's Not Fair"
#22
I Would Like To Thank Suave For Increasing The Size Of Their Bottle By -17%
#23
To Make This Bucket Of Constructor Set Look Full, They Put A Paper Cone Inside With Some Constructor Pieces Printed On It To Make It Less Noticeable
#24
I Want My Other 3/4
#25
Clearly, There Are 3 Salami On The Package But Only 2 Inside
#26
Good Thing They Put It The Right Side Up On The Shelf
#27
My Disappointment Is Immeasurable
#28
Trying To Hide Their Factory From Ruining Their Claim At Being Home Made
#29
They Knew What They Were Doing. It Was Perfectly Placed In The Box
олександра пушкар 5 years ago
Wtf?! This is just pathetic. And pretty stupid of them, too; I doubt anyone would buy it for the second time.
#30
My Bad... Assumed I Was Buying A Right And A Left Earbud
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Rit 5 years ago
I'm really glad we have laws against misleading advertising and packaging in Germany. Things like this never happened to me in this extent.
Steffen Beth 5 years ago
The main thing here, I guess none of them are looking for repeat business....
John L 5 years ago
Good Point! One Of Two Hhings Here. Either They Don't Care About Repeat Business, OR They Think You are Stupid, And Never Learn A Lesson. Either Way They Don't Deserve Repeat Business.
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Zori the degu 5 years ago
These should be banned by law and it's not just because they are disappointing and robbery. Plastic pollution is serious enough even without tons of packaging to fake the size of some greedy a*****e's product.
Kiki 5 years ago
Back in the medieval days, bread was so important to the diets of every day people that bakers were given severe consequences for cutting corners. In fact, if you got a dozen buns from a baker, they would throw in an extra one just to prove they weren't trying to swindle the customers, hence the saying "baker's dozen". We need to bring back those kinds of laws for people who try to cheat customers like this.
CCL_2018 5 years ago
As long as the product weight or quantity listed on the packaging matches the amount of product inside, all of these package, while being frustrating, are following regulations.
Lizzie the Crayon 5 years ago
This is just sad. The waster of air, plastic, cardboard, glass, you name it. They just make these rip offs to get more business, more money, and dont even care about how people are wasting their money and getting angered by this injustice. (Do I sound official? 😂)
Tyler Cook 5 years ago
I'm still mad at Andes mints for this. Although they do say no mints in "protective edges" on the back of the box in super small print, but I think it's just a ploy to give you less mints. UaoH4Ot-5c...f5d3b9.jpg 
Kevin Camp 5 years ago
File all of this under "Caveat Emptor". Let the Buyer Beware. Most countries require truth in packaging for weights and mass of food products. If you do not pay attention, you too can purchase a 3/4 empty bag of crisps or a package of sausages where the package is 1/2 empty. Assume nothing, assume they are trying to trick you into paying for more for less. Stop being lazy and not reading, not using your brain. If these business practices offend you, let th ecomanies involved know. No longer purchase their products. Vote with you rmoney. And teach your kids not to be swindled.
Lou Parks 5 years ago
They get away with it because we let them. Always email, demand they refund and if they want the product back, they pay postage. Don't back down. If you get it on Amazon, first demand a refund, then complain to Amazon and then post it under "reviews". Do the same at other sites. We vote for consumer products with our dollars. If we really work to cost them some money and some future buyers, maybe we can make a difference. And WTH, it feels good to be heard.
Gracie Mae 5 years ago
While i agree that manufacturers can be extremely deceptive and wasteful with the excess packaging, doesn't anyone pay attentions to things like the weight or quantity of what's supposed to be in the package? i absolutely hate it when they do this, but i've always been one to pay more attention to weight/qty, rather than whether it looks like there's more in it or not
Lynda Shaw 5 years ago
Isn't it a shame that we have to guard against so many trying to dupe us? Something is wrong in a world where people get rewarded for the best way to lie to consumers. Money and quick profit have supplanted honesty and fair dealing. What a shame.
RU Sirius 5 years ago (edited)
What is the saddest to me here these are not only local small businesses, but many of them are huge international corporations like Garnier, Gillette, BIC, Lindt, Hersheys, etc. saving big money on this fraud and they shall be held accountable for it. And this is stupid as well because small companies (pizzas apart) would naturally be happy to sell one piece of their product per person just once, but these big businesses have to be interested in the wide promotion of their product and are doing something the contrary...
Craig Nonya 4 years ago
I've never understood why people don't read the shelf tags that plainly display the price per ounce. It's very simple. You aren't getting ripped off if you read the label instead of just looking at the picture. Use your brain.
Katharine Lancaster 5 years ago
This kind of thing happens all the time. I remember buying a package of chocolate chip cookies when I was a kid. There were a ton of cookies in the package. Now, buying the same name brand of cookies (you know the one!) means getting only 15 damn cookies that are smaller than they used to be.
Joanne Hudson 5 years ago
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. We should rebel and stop buying. Find honest products and put THEM over the top and be vocal about it.
Jack Urquhart 5 years ago
Am I the only person who knows that all these companies have shot themselves in the foot? The way to success is to ensure you get repeat customers. I would think none of these purchasers are coming back.
Ann Dominici 5 years ago
I don't see how this practice is going to stop until consumers raise the roof, refuse to buy these inferior products and send a message to companies they have had enough.
Chuck Lantz 5 years ago
The simple truth: ... The nations that don't regulate these types of false and misleading packaging are nations that allow corporations to control those regulations. If we're being ripped-off in small ways like these examples, it's a good bet that we're also being ripped-off in much larger ways, by those same corporations.
Hanna Uehre 5 years ago
People remember that over 1/2 of the pictures above are products sold by weight, not # of items in the package. HUGE waste of packaging though. For shame.
Kevs Build 5 years ago
It should be obvious to all, that some packaging need to be larger for display purposes, with the more expensive things, then the bottle or jar needs to be kept smaller, but look larger.
Jane Alexander 5 years ago
Let the law take care of more pressing matters. This one's on us, the consumer. Let your money talk. Watch what you buy, but if they do slip one over on you Take It Back! They'll stop doing it when we stop letting them get away with it.
Lara Verne 5 years ago
Is it legal? I live in Czech Republic and I've never seen something like this.
Misterscooter 5 years ago
With food, always check the weight, cost per ounce/gram, etc. Don't assume marketing is looking out for your best interest.
queens, bitch 5 years ago
Let me be completely honest, all these so-called "professional" companies doing things like this? It's the stupidest thing. Most companies today are all about making more money. And there's nothing wrong with that, like it's pretty normal to want to make a buck. But cheating your customers? These companies are more likely lose customers this way. There are actual laws for misleading packaging in other countries. Companies will LOSE MONEY FOR THIS KIND OF FUCKERY. Let's be real, these companies are going to make more money by being honest and giving customers exactly what they pay for, instead of stunting b******t like this. I rest my case.
Living_Shadow 5 years ago
I really hate what these companies are doing... I mean they're littering plastic everywhere, WASTING it and causing so much pollution and then they are also deceiving customers to make it look like there's more than what there actually is. It's the old mixing water with milk concept. It really triggered me the lengths some of the people went to just to make it look like they were providing more of their product, like with the markers and the other packages with center pieces not visible from the outside... pathetic
rhyan lumilay 5 years ago (edited)
Glad that here in the Philippines we just commonly encounter this on chips and beauty products. As far as I know we also have the law that companies should clearly states all the information about the product in the packaging and avoid misleading covers. It's unfair for us consumers when they try to cheat us, we don't just pick our money from random places we earned them and also did they think about the amount of waste just to pack one of their products?
petersilie 5 years ago
simple: dont buy those fake packaged products :) consumer's choice & power. as a sidenote, those images on boredpanda make me wonder, what (probably american) citizens like to eat, it seems to be industrial food production with loads of sugar, salt and transfats.
Kiahna 5 years ago
How come at first it was 202 pictures and now it’s only 50? This site changes its mind a lot. 😅
Ana Rivera 5 years ago
This just makes me mad. What a waste of the use of plastic. We need to reduce not make more.
Laura Zaini 5 years ago (edited)
honestly, i wanted to comment on each single picture but the ony thing that came to my mind was "it's disgusting". so I will say it here: IT'S DISGUSTING!
Nosfentor 5 years ago
...all kinds of different things. Not all corporations are evil.
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Ric Nichols 5 years ago
39&40 and 41&42 are the same so 202 is actually 200 and there are others...
April Simnel 5 years ago
There needs to be a hell of a lot of CEO perp walks happening. The heads of all these companies need to be held accountable; yes, even if they're the CEOs/owners of conglomerates that have multiple worldwide divisions and claim "plausible deniability". I'd bet if the C-level staff of Unilever (a conglomerate that owns a number of the brands I see here) were all arrested from their cozy Connecticut homes and frogmarched to waiting police cars on live TV... eh, what am I saying? No one will be held responsible or accountable. Rich CEOs know to befriend lawmakers.
Nosfentor 5 years ago
I guarantee you that your mom wished she aborted you.
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bob 5 years ago
Yeah sure. We should just stop buying stuff. Because buyers, losers, right? Jesus...
Load More Replies... Rit 5 years ago
I'm really glad we have laws against misleading advertising and packaging in Germany. Things like this never happened to me in this extent.
Steffen Beth 5 years ago
The main thing here, I guess none of them are looking for repeat business....
John L 5 years ago
Good Point! One Of Two Hhings Here. Either They Don't Care About Repeat Business, OR They Think You are Stupid, And Never Learn A Lesson. Either Way They Don't Deserve Repeat Business.
Load More Replies... Zori the degu 5 years ago
These should be banned by law and it's not just because they are disappointing and robbery. Plastic pollution is serious enough even without tons of packaging to fake the size of some greedy a*****e's product.
Kiki 5 years ago
Back in the medieval days, bread was so important to the diets of every day people that bakers were given severe consequences for cutting corners. In fact, if you got a dozen buns from a baker, they would throw in an extra one just to prove they weren't trying to swindle the customers, hence the saying "baker's dozen". We need to bring back those kinds of laws for people who try to cheat customers like this.
CCL_2018 5 years ago
As long as the product weight or quantity listed on the packaging matches the amount of product inside, all of these package, while being frustrating, are following regulations.
Lizzie the Crayon 5 years ago
This is just sad. The waster of air, plastic, cardboard, glass, you name it. They just make these rip offs to get more business, more money, and dont even care about how people are wasting their money and getting angered by this injustice. (Do I sound official? 😂)
Tyler Cook 5 years ago
I'm still mad at Andes mints for this. Although they do say no mints in "protective edges" on the back of the box in super small print, but I think it's just a ploy to give you less mints. UaoH4Ot-5c...f5d3b9.jpg
Kevin Camp 5 years ago
File all of this under "Caveat Emptor". Let the Buyer Beware. Most countries require truth in packaging for weights and mass of food products. If you do not pay attention, you too can purchase a 3/4 empty bag of crisps or a package of sausages where the package is 1/2 empty. Assume nothing, assume they are trying to trick you into paying for more for less. Stop being lazy and not reading, not using your brain. If these business practices offend you, let th ecomanies involved know. No longer purchase their products. Vote with you rmoney. And teach your kids not to be swindled.
Lou Parks 5 years ago
They get away with it because we let them. Always email, demand they refund and if they want the product back, they pay postage. Don't back down. If you get it on Amazon, first demand a refund, then complain to Amazon and then post it under "reviews". Do the same at other sites. We vote for consumer products with our dollars. If we really work to cost them some money and some future buyers, maybe we can make a difference. And WTH, it feels good to be heard.
Gracie Mae 5 years ago
While i agree that manufacturers can be extremely deceptive and wasteful with the excess packaging, doesn't anyone pay attentions to things like the weight or quantity of what's supposed to be in the package? i absolutely hate it when they do this, but i've always been one to pay more attention to weight/qty, rather than whether it looks like there's more in it or not
Lynda Shaw 5 years ago
Isn't it a shame that we have to guard against so many trying to dupe us? Something is wrong in a world where people get rewarded for the best way to lie to consumers. Money and quick profit have supplanted honesty and fair dealing. What a shame.
RU Sirius 5 years ago (edited)
What is the saddest to me here these are not only local small businesses, but many of them are huge international corporations like Garnier, Gillette, BIC, Lindt, Hersheys, etc. saving big money on this fraud and they shall be held accountable for it. And this is stupid as well because small companies (pizzas apart) would naturally be happy to sell one piece of their product per person just once, but these big businesses have to be interested in the wide promotion of their product and are doing something the contrary...
Craig Nonya 4 years ago
I've never understood why people don't read the shelf tags that plainly display the price per ounce. It's very simple. You aren't getting ripped off if you read the label instead of just looking at the picture. Use your brain.
Katharine Lancaster 5 years ago
This kind of thing happens all the time. I remember buying a package of chocolate chip cookies when I was a kid. There were a ton of cookies in the package. Now, buying the same name brand of cookies (you know the one!) means getting only 15 damn cookies that are smaller than they used to be.
Joanne Hudson 5 years ago
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. We should rebel and stop buying. Find honest products and put THEM over the top and be vocal about it.
Jack Urquhart 5 years ago
Am I the only person who knows that all these companies have shot themselves in the foot? The way to success is to ensure you get repeat customers. I would think none of these purchasers are coming back.
Ann Dominici 5 years ago
I don't see how this practice is going to stop until consumers raise the roof, refuse to buy these inferior products and send a message to companies they have had enough.
Chuck Lantz 5 years ago
The simple truth: ... The nations that don't regulate these types of false and misleading packaging are nations that allow corporations to control those regulations. If we're being ripped-off in small ways like these examples, it's a good bet that we're also being ripped-off in much larger ways, by those same corporations.
Hanna Uehre 5 years ago
People remember that over 1/2 of the pictures above are products sold by weight, not # of items in the package. HUGE waste of packaging though. For shame.
Kevs Build 5 years ago
It should be obvious to all, that some packaging need to be larger for display purposes, with the more expensive things, then the bottle or jar needs to be kept smaller, but look larger.
Jane Alexander 5 years ago
Let the law take care of more pressing matters. This one's on us, the consumer. Let your money talk. Watch what you buy, but if they do slip one over on you Take It Back! They'll stop doing it when we stop letting them get away with it.
Lara Verne 5 years ago
Is it legal? I live in Czech Republic and I've never seen something like this.
Misterscooter 5 years ago
With food, always check the weight, cost per ounce/gram, etc. Don't assume marketing is looking out for your best interest.
queens, bitch 5 years ago
Let me be completely honest, all these so-called "professional" companies doing things like this? It's the stupidest thing. Most companies today are all about making more money. And there's nothing wrong with that, like it's pretty normal to want to make a buck. But cheating your customers? These companies are more likely lose customers this way. There are actual laws for misleading packaging in other countries. Companies will LOSE MONEY FOR THIS KIND OF FUCKERY. Let's be real, these companies are going to make more money by being honest and giving customers exactly what they pay for, instead of stunting b******t like this. I rest my case.
Living_Shadow 5 years ago
I really hate what these companies are doing... I mean they're littering plastic everywhere, WASTING it and causing so much pollution and then they are also deceiving customers to make it look like there's more than what there actually is. It's the old mixing water with milk concept. It really triggered me the lengths some of the people went to just to make it look like they were providing more of their product, like with the markers and the other packages with center pieces not visible from the outside... pathetic
rhyan lumilay 5 years ago (edited)
Glad that here in the Philippines we just commonly encounter this on chips and beauty products. As far as I know we also have the law that companies should clearly states all the information about the product in the packaging and avoid misleading covers. It's unfair for us consumers when they try to cheat us, we don't just pick our money from random places we earned them and also did they think about the amount of waste just to pack one of their products?
petersilie 5 years ago
simple: dont buy those fake packaged products :) consumer's choice & power. as a sidenote, those images on boredpanda make me wonder, what (probably american) citizens like to eat, it seems to be industrial food production with loads of sugar, salt and transfats.
Kiahna 5 years ago
How come at first it was 202 pictures and now it’s only 50? This site changes its mind a lot. 😅
Ana Rivera 5 years ago
This just makes me mad. What a waste of the use of plastic. We need to reduce not make more.
Laura Zaini 5 years ago (edited)
honestly, i wanted to comment on each single picture but the ony thing that came to my mind was "it's disgusting". so I will say it here: IT'S DISGUSTING!
Nosfentor 5 years ago
...all kinds of different things. Not all corporations are evil.
Load More Replies... Ric Nichols 5 years ago
39&40 and 41&42 are the same so 202 is actually 200 and there are others...
April Simnel 5 years ago
There needs to be a hell of a lot of CEO perp walks happening. The heads of all these companies need to be held accountable; yes, even if they're the CEOs/owners of conglomerates that have multiple worldwide divisions and claim "plausible deniability". I'd bet if the C-level staff of Unilever (a conglomerate that owns a number of the brands I see here) were all arrested from their cozy Connecticut homes and frogmarched to waiting police cars on live TV... eh, what am I saying? No one will be held responsible or accountable. Rich CEOs know to befriend lawmakers.
Nosfentor 5 years ago
I guarantee you that your mom wished she aborted you.
Load More Replies... bob 5 years ago
Yeah sure. We should just stop buying stuff. Because buyers, losers, right? Jesus...
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