15 Photos to Make All Shopaholics Much More Alert Before Their Next Spree. The Internet Warns You – Be Careful!

    15 Photos to Make All Shopaholics Much More Alert Before Their Next Spree. The Internet Warns You – Be Careful!
    Greg

    3:20 PM EST, December 12, 2021, updated: 7:29 PM EST, December 13, 2021

    The easiest way to increase the sale profit is to increase the price and decrease the costs. Unfortunately, a number of manufacturers chooses the second option only. As a result, the marketing tricks, including smart packaging, mislead us way too often. Below you will find a few examples of how people were tricked into buying.

    #1 A typical Internet shopping disappointment

    Reddit/soomanytomatoes
    Reddit/soomanytomatoes

    #2 In fact no detail matches the description, even the material

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    Reddit/more_vestra

    #3 The truth about the chips

    Reddit/MikoUwU
    Reddit/MikoUwU

    #4 It turned out to be right size for the dolls only

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    Reddit/tomytronics

    #5 Advert vs reality

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    Reddit/joeChump

    #6 It was supposed to be checked all over, but because of the way it had been packed, nobody could see what it actually looked like

    Reddit/sorden96
    Reddit/sorden96

    #7 A single roll of toilet paper from a store as compared to toilet paper bought online (on the right)

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    Reddit

    #8 The small font information matters

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    Reddit/greeneeb

    #9 With an extra bottom inside the box, the tubes seem so much longer

    Reddit/LeeKellyLK
    Reddit/LeeKellyLK

    #10 So few lollipops inside such a huge packaging

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    Reddit/RobloxLover369421

    #11 For a reason, the 4G and 5G transmitters are marked with the same color

    Reddit/zacowen120
    Reddit/zacowen120

    #12 A plate on a plate

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    Reddit/ItRhymesWithFreak

    #13 Did you really think there was cheese all along the lasagna?

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    Reddit/doodlez_himself

    #14 A big pen with just a little ink

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    Reddit/deleted-mayham

    #15 The plugs are the same. It’s the length that differs

    Reddit/34thVedicDeity
    Reddit/34thVedicDeity
    Have you ever bought anything so disappointing?
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