15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less

February 26, 2023February 25, 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

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — F_for_Respect_69 / reddit

#14 The same container in terms of size but definitely smaller in terms of the content

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — klounader / reddit

#13 The new (on the left) does not necessarily mean ‘better’ than the old (on the right)

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#12 One twist less for your dog

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — Warmingsensation / reddit

#11 If you didn’t keep the old bottle, you probably would have never noticed the difference

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — Monckfish / reddit

#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!

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — ipnoze

#9 After a month the box of garbage drawstring bags somehow shrank. The price, unfortunately, did not

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — Twitter/wulkes

#8 So did the family size of this orange juice cartons. Still, the price has not changed

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — Twitter/Carole Luck

#7 The shrinking disease also affects chocolate bars. Just take a look at the older version (at the bottom)

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — Reddit/Flying_Dutchmen_13

#6 The chips seem to be smaller too. And so are the tubes.The price? Some things never change!

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — Twitter/CalamitytheKid

#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

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#4 Will they sell empty packets one day?

This is getting ridiculous from r/Shrink_Flation

#3 The packet is much lighter. The price is not

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — Facebook/dekingstars

#2 Sometimes I wonder if it’s air we’re paying for or the candy

Worse than lays from r/assholedesign

#1 It’s getting more and more for some drinks to come in various volumes, still at the same price

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — putinmania / reddit

BONUS IMAGE: Did you really think they keep piles of towels there?

15 Examples Proving How Companies Make Us Feel Cheated. We’re Paying More and More for Less and Less — zakuria44 / reddit

Have you ever caught the food industry red-handed?