Brandy loyalty is a win-win for companies and customers alike. And yet, honest and transparent companies that sincerely put their customers’ wants and needs first are rare. Much more often, you’ll come across greedy business owners who will do anything it takes to trick consumers into buying their products or services.
However, eagle-eyed customers can spot shadiness, shrinkflation, false advertising, and manipulative marketing from a mile away. Our team at Bored Panda has collected examples of the most egregious and infuriating practices that companies use to deceive customers, and we hope you’re taking notes.
#42 Shrinkflation Used By Cadbury To Literally Cut Corners. The Bottom Chocolate Bar Is More Than 8 Percent Smaller
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34points
#48 Bag Of Lies
Bought a bag of chips and got a bag of dreams. 98% ambition, 2% snack. Capitalism’s finest illusion.
It was up to the green line by the way.
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30points
#51 Pasta Sauce Getting 8% Smaller And Water Is Now First Ingredient vs. Tomatoes
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29points
#52 Beauty Brands Need To Stop Lying About Shades
Gucci skin tint in shade 43 “medium deep”…. Medium deep where??? I got this for free to try out so can’t even get the right shade, which looking at how this is so wrong, might be the darkest shade. Let me go find some olive skinned woman to give this to cuz obviously this was not made for a brown skinned black woman (doing my Golloria side eye).
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28points
#53 Both Weigh 500g But The Green One Is In A 30% "Bigger Bag More To Share"
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28points
#56 This Greyed-Out "Er" To Trick You Into Thinking It Just Says "Low Carb". And The Asterisk On The Back Says "Than Regular Chocolate Bars"
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28points
