10+ Misleading Packaging Designs That Are Straight Up Evil

One of the great rules of advertising states that the most powerful element of an ad is the truth. On the other hand, another one of those rules states that, actually, facts don't matter, what really matters is what the consumer believes. Seems like the people that created the designs for the packaging below were following the second statement. This list once again proves that advertisers use all sort of ways to cheat you, the customer, into buying what they're offering. So, next time you think you're getting a great value for the price, make sure to check the fine print, or you might end up as disappointed as the people below. (h/t)

#1 This Gummy Bear Cup

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#2 Typical Sale In Russia. Buy A Pack, Get A 2 Hot Dogs Free

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#3 There Are Only 3 Veggie Sausage Rolls In This Pack

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#4 What?

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#5 "Gluten-Free"

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#6 Nice Big Jumbo Shrimps

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#7 That's Just Rude

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#8 This Is Why I Have Trust Issues

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#9 This Deceiving Sandwich Packaging

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#10 Prolong Deliciousness

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#11 This Box Of Chocolates. They Didn't Even Taste That Good!

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#12 Unopened Box Of "64 Crayon Colors" Turns Out To Just Be Orange

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#13 I Needed Red. Guess Which One I Grabbed At First

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#14 Oh The Irony

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#15 This Olive Oil I Bought Wasn't Even Cheap

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#16 My Wife Bought Some Pencils For Our Elementary School Where We Teach English In South Korea. Then She Opened The Box

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#17 That Could Have Been A Bad Choice

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#18 Great Taste, Not So Great Packaging

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#19 Hate To See Waste In Packaging And Also Feel Like They Are Trying To Trick Me So I Feel Value. Please Make Bottle The Size Of Product!

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#20 Toss Me A Cold One, Will Ya?

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#21 Density Of Pepperonis Visible Through Pizza Box Window Is An Inaccurate Representation Of Whole-Pizza Coverage

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#22 My Life Is A Lie

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#23 This Packaging

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#24 Very Disappointing And Misleading Packaging

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#25 They Package Oranges In Red Mesh To Make Them Appear More Orangier

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#26 This Antivirus Software My Dad Bought Is Literally An Empty Case With A Code On The Back

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#27 When You Put Mustard In Your Tea

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#28 Scumbag Hillshire Farms

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#29 Now Wait One God Dam Second

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#30 Purposely Misleading Labels

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#31 Another Cover To Fill The Air Gap

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#32 The Deception Of This Wrap

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#33 Annoyed Santa

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#34 This Deceiving 3 Pack Of Colgate

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#35 Cranberry Chocolate

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#36 The Packaging On My New Screwdriver

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#37 Bought AA Batteries For These Led Lights I Bought, Because The Front Of The Packaging Said It Takes 2 AA Batteries

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#38 This Deceptive Packaging

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#39 Lies All Around

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#40 Where's The Rest Of The Cheese?

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#41 Packaging That Tricks You

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#42 Please *pay*

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#43 Some Very Creative Packaging From Tesco

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#44 *Shakes Package* Hmm Feels Like There's At Least A Few, Seems Worth The Price... (No, It Doesn't Say On The Box How Many)

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#45 I️ Work At Chipotle, The Brown Rice Comes In A White Bag, And The White Rice Comes In A Brown Bag

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#46 Packaging That Tricks You

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#47 Why Is So Much Math Involved? It's Just A Bag Of Razors

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#48 Don't Be Fooled By Asda Packaging. Warning "Contents May Be (Considerably) Smaller Than The Box"

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#49 When Companies Leave Room In Packaging For No Reason

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#50 Thought I Was Buying A Long Tube Of Toothpaste

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#51 This Package

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#52 Holding My Cologne Up The The Light Showed That The Bottle Isn’t Nearly As Big As It Appears

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#53 You're Kidding Me, Right? Made Me Think I Was Getting A Whole Box Of Tablets

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#54 Misleading Packaging Bullsh*t. Package: 19cm, "Lances" 10cm

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#55 Honestly, Who Do They Think They're Fooling With This Waste Of Packaging?

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#56 The Packaging For 4 Pack Of Mens Burberry Cologne Is Criminally Misleading And A Blatant Rip Off. 19.5mls Made To Look Like 100ml With Oversized Boxes And No Description And Measurements On Outer Box

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#57 I Bought A Tool To Open Those Plastic Clamshell Packages, It Showed Up Today

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#58 This Packaging Costs Me Additional 4 Biscuits

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#59 Far From Plentiful

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#60 They Could Just Package 4 Or 8 At The Time, But No

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#61 This Pretty But Wildly Impractical Packaging

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#62 The Way They Indented The Bottom Of The Cup Is Ridiculous

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#63 This Lip Balm's Extra Packaging

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#64 You Could Fit Another Two Cookies In There, But Why Bother If The Packaging Obscures Them?

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#65 Crayola Deceiving Packaging

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#66 Misleading Packaging

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#67 Try Having A "Good Day" After Discovering This Packaging Scam

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#68 Packaging Trickery

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#69 Box 30% Bigger Than The Ribs

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#70 Bought Peppermint M&M's. Inside The 281g Package Was A Slightly Smaller 280.7g Package

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#71 Scissors Required To Remove Scissors Packaging

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#72 Most Misleading Packaging Ever. Yes, Should've Read The Small Print But This Is Mean!

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#73 Advertised As 1000 Capsules. It's Only 200

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#74 What A Trick , Tricked Into Thinking Your Getting More For Your Money , Waste Of Packaging

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#75 Misleading Packaging Making It Look Like There's Equal Amounts Of Breadsticks And Nutella

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#76 Lo And Behold A Smaller Package

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#77 Half Of The Packaging Is Hollow Cardboard

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#78 Had To Stop Buying This Butter

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#79 Packaging That Tricks You

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#80 The Only Thing "Halloween" About These Is The Packaging

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