15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less
Greg
6:29 PM EST, February 24, 2023, updated: 2:15 PM EST, February 26, 2023
The customer is always right. Or they used to be. Today we are nothing but a prey falling to a number of cunning tricks. Manufacturers go to great lengths to reduce costs but it is us who pay the higher price in the end.
#15 Regular shampoo versus its XXL version
#14 The same container in terms of size but definitely smaller in terms of the content
#13 The new (on the left) does not necessarily mean 'better' than the old (on the right)
#12 One twist less for your dog
#11 If you didn't keep the old bottle, you probably would have never noticed the difference
#10 Both packets are alleged to contain 500 grams of chips, but the new ones (the green ones) have got lots of free... air! To share!
#9 After a month the box of garbage drawstring bags somehow shrank. The price, unfortunately, did not
#8 So did the family size of this orange juice cartons. Still, the price has not changed
#7 The shrinking disease also affects chocolate bars. Just take a look at the older version (at the bottom)
#6 The chips seem to be smaller too. And so are the tubes.The price? Some things never change!
#5 In 2014 Coca-Cola reduced the size of plastic bottles from 2 liters to 1.75 Of course in order to keep the price steady
#3 The packet is much lighter. The price is not
#1 It's getting more and more for some drinks to come in various volumes, still at the same price
BONUS IMAGE: Did you really think they keep piles of towels there?
Have you ever caught the food industry red-handed?