This year, my Mom and Dad gave my wife and I a Starbucks gift basket as part of one of our Christmas presents. Oh, by the way, Mom....Dad....thank you so much for everything! I was thrilled to see the wrapping come off this gift, because we love Starbucks as much as the next person; fact is we probably love Starbucks a lot more than the next person. Heh.
The contents of the gift basket were a Starbucks fan's dream come true. Various types of pre-packaged coffee drinks, ground coffee for brewing, a package of biscotti, and even a cinnamon French-style flaky pastry thingie. Totally awesome! We love this basket. The contents are almost gone, too!
Now, here's where it gets funny. Included in the gift basket was also a package of Starbucks hot chocolate mix. It was a standard sized box which appeared to hold the contents of four envelopes of hot chocolate mix. Heck, check out the box to see for yourself:
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Notice the size and depth of the box. Now, notice the size and quantity of hot chocolate mix packets. That's right. One. Only one. Say what?
Is it me, or does it look like Starbucks is ripping off those who are purchasing gift baskets? I mean come on now, ONE single packet of hot chocolate mix housed within a box which appears to hold four packets? Please. I hate when companies stoop to those lows. My question is this: So why does Starbucks even bother wasting the resources needed to hide a single packet of hot chocolate mix?
Andes Candies is another one. Next time you're out grocery shopping, pick up a box of Andes Candies and look at their shrink wrapped box, then look at the edge of the package through the shrink wrap as you feel with your fingers. Notice the edge how it goes in about 3/4 to one inch to make it look like there are more chocolates in the package than there really is? I even found a photograph of Andes Candies Toffee Crunch Twins to show you their little packaging scheme. Check it out:
Just look at the edges of the box through the plastic packaging. You can clearly see how they make the box look bigger then it really is. What rip offs. What jerks. I never will purchase Andes Candies for that very reason.
I find this so incredibly hilarious to no end, but then again, my sense of humor is incredibly strange.
Just ask my wife.
Heh.