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This post is a bit off topic, however I thought this was a good example of deceptive (not illegal) marketing practices which are becoming more common today in every industry. I was in the store today and picked up a box of Reese’s Peanut Butter Bites for about $1.50. I thought that wasn’t a bad price for the “XL Box”.

When I opened it there was another sealed package inside. This is obvious a good idea to give the product a longer shelf life.

When I opened the seal and dumped the candy into the “XL Box” this is what it looked like in the box.

So from the advertised “XL Box”, there was this much actual product in the box… almost 1/3 of the “XL Box”!

So what I ended up with was literally and “XL Box” and an XS amount of candy. I think that will be the one and only time I buy Reese’s products packaged in a box.