30 Examples Of Desperate Companies Trying To Sell Their Product With Evil Marketing Tactics

Published 2 years ago

Ads are everywhere- social media, websites, hoardings, television, stores, newspapers, magazine, youtube, etc. Nowadays, people cannot live ad-free for a single day as they have become omnipresent. We have become so used to them that we don’t even realize that they are a part of our daily lives now.

These days, many ads are created by using false marketing techniques which has resulted in the loss of consumer trust worldwide. Often the advertising companies stoop so low to sell their products that they use filthy tricks and schemes. Some of these false marketing techniques are used to manipulate customers and are super annoying. Scroll below to see some of those evil techniques that marketers use to con their customers, and judge yourself!

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#1 Advertise Free WiFi But Make Sure The Customers Know The Procedure For How To Pay For It

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#2 How To Disappoint Every Student On Campus

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#3 This Website Hilariously Just Stretches The Pixels To Turn Regular Clothing Into “Maternity” Clothing

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#4 Is That Really Free Delivery?

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#5 This Vending Machine Is 100% Sold Out. It Only Tells You That Items Are Sold Out After You’ve Put Money In/Used Your Card

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#6 Trashy Company

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#7 Man, That’s Really Cheap… Oh

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#8 Packaging For These Markers

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#9 Was Wondering Why It Ran Out So Quickly

This Packaging. Was Wondering Why It Ran Out So Quickly

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#10 I Have An Ad In My Fortune Cookie

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#11 This “Gold” Chalk That My Daughter Received As A Gift. White Chalk Spray-Painted Gold

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#12 Food Delivery Service That Tells You “Someone Is At The Door! Okay We Lied”

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#13 Who Thought It Was A Good Idea To Put An Image Of 7 Churros For The Sign Of 3 Churros

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#14 Got A Letter In An Envelope Which Said My Lease Was Terminated. Just Another Ad

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#15 Bought A Chicken Pot Pie Thinking It Was The Size Of The Outer Tin Before Cutting Into It And Seeing This Monstrosity

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#16 Chipotle Goes All-Out Advertising That For The Next Week Delivery Is Free, And Then Casually Makes The Delivery Menu Priced Higher Than The Regular One

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#17 So Basically Every Price

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#18 New Cereal Box Is 11% Taller With 1.6% Less Cereal

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#19 That Would Explain Why My Ankle Hurts

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#20 This “Avocado” Oil

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#21 Imagine Cleaning A Fan So Well That You Uncover 2 New Blades

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#22 This “Dual” Camera Smartphone Doesn’t Have Two Functioning Cameras

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#23 When You Thumbs Down Trash Like This On Netflix But It Keeps Coming Back At The Top Of Your Homepage

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#24 Unremovable Ads On My $2,500 Samsung Smart TV

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#25 I Got A Ticket. No, Just An Ad For A Tattoo Place

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#26 Walmart Employee Here. We Were Given These Shirts Today. Walmart Profits Billions Off Of This Pandemic, Then Compares Their Sacrifice To WW2 Veterans

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#27 The Mixed Signals Of This Shoe Sale Advertisement

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#28 Went In For The $1.99 Lunch Special. Sorry Sir, That Says $7.99 Lunch Special

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#29 Dish Network Sent Out Advertisements In Envelopes That Make It Look Like A Special Occasion Card

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#30 This Pamphlet I Got On My Door Making Me Not Want To Touch My Doorknob Until I Realized

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Saumya Ratan

Saumya is an explorer of all things beautiful, quirky, and heartwarming. With her knack for art, design, photography, fun trivia, and internet humor, she takes you on a journey through the lighter side of pop culture.

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