Have you ever found yourself being angry at your printer that stops working out of nowhere and then spits out a dozen of the same copies? Or maybe you were disappointed by the game that you waited for for so long? Experiencing situations like these where people find some well-known product to be useless and irritating can make them wonder why these products are so popular and who still buys them.
Having this in mind, Reddit user @jezbez asked people online “What terrible product sells by the millions?” and besides receiving 57.1k upvotes, they also found out what products made someone a millionaire but are actually awful products.
Which one of these products do you find unnecessary or useless? Leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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#1
anything made by or in cahoots with kylie jenner
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#2
Puppy mill puppies. Sorry to compare them to a product, but that’s how they’re treated. No one should purchase a puppy from a pet store, EVER. This now extends to online brokerage websites like greenfield and puppyspot. They’re like Amazon, a few clicks and a puppy will be sent to your door, and these puppies are coming from the exact same place as the pet store puppies. Because of people’s need for instant gratification, these facilities with hundreds to thousands of breeding animals persist. They are the best cash crop you could hope for.
Never believe a store who claims they only sell puppies from responsible breeders. No, not even if the owner has visited the breeders and “know” they’re good! By definition a responsible breeder would NEVER send their puppies to a pet store. Even pet stores that claim to only have rescues need to be scrutinized because some mills will use a shell rescue to “puppy launder”. “Licensed and certified breeders” should be a red flag – depending on the state, a breeder only needs to be licensed if they have a large number of dogs, are selling to brokers to go to pet stores, or to people “sight unseen” (online). YMMV depending on the state.
People sometimes justify their purchases as “saving” puppies from a pet store. But that is still investing in the industry and funding their operations by giving them profit. Legislation hasn’t stemmed the tide. Only a loss of profit will make mills move on to another hustle.
So please educate yourself and anyone you know who loves dogs and might ever be tempted to purchase a puppy from a pet store or online. Either adopt from a responsible rescue, or purchase from a responsible breeder.
Image source: KellyCTargaryen, Lisa L Wiedmeier
#3
Women’s pants/trousers which STILL have tiny pockets.
Image source: Mike-Drop , SoulRider.222
#4
Diamonds.
Diamonds are fu*king worthless and fuel a gigantic slavery trade business. We should have stopped digging for em.and just using lab made ones.
Image source: rocharox, Jared Tarbell
#5
Speaking as a European, Hershey bars are absolutely horrendous
Image source: UnhandMePriest, Daniel R. Blume
#6
this should go without saying, but coffee pods
Image source: Flashy-Huckleberry95, Sue Thompson
#7
Detoxification miracle products.
“Get all the toxins out of your body!”
You have already have a pancreas and liver.
Edit: and kidney(s)Edit 2: Thanks for the silver!
Edit 2: Glad to see so many people actually are educated about their digestive systems. One of my favorite areas of study right now are the gut microbiome and it’s ever increasing known impact on our overall health. So far it really seems like one of the most important factors (if not the most) is the quality of care you give your ol’ poop machine. So yeah, don’t consume garbage branded as detox products that f**k your colon.
Image source: Xalidos, LollyKnit
#8
GOOP
Image source: Snoo79382, Disney Television
#9
Cigarettes.
Image source: DudeFromSaudi, Falko
#10
Plastic water/soda bottles. Environmentally terrible
Image source: baron_von_pancakes, Abdulla Al Muhairi
#11
Any product where marketing is 95% of the production budget
Image source: Pjseaturtle, Bill Rice
#12
Cheap toilet paper that your finger goes right through unless you fold it over several times.
Image source: Back2Bach, Micah Sittig
#13
Homeopathic “remedies” that are so diluted they might contain one molecule of what they purport to hold. And no, shaking them does not “activate” them. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1800-studies-later-scientists-conclude-homeopathy-doesnt-work-180954534/
Image source: birdgoil, ilovebutter
#14
Herbalife.
Image source: Inaboxwithafox, Eduardo Francisco Vazquez Murillo
#15
Fast Fashion clothes
Image source: _mochi_1430, Nurul Balqis
#16
Nestle Bottled Water
Image source: Phat_Noodle, Paul Downey
#17
MLM products.
Image source: -eDgAR-, Jeffrey McPheeters
#18
Beats headphone, speakers etc. The headphones are so cheaply made that they put weights in them to make them feel higher quality
Edit: for those asking, you can’t go wrong with JBL – they’re invincible, affordable and unbelievably high quality for the price.
Edit 2: not saying weight = quality, I’m saying that people think weight = quality
Image source: _foolishgenius, shanejwelty
#19
Stuff with microbeads.
Seriously, how was this ever legal in the first place and why is it still legal?
Edit, apparently mictobeads were mostly banned in the US (where majority of redditors are from) in 2018 (enacted 2015) but I missed that. However, this is not a strict ban as they are still allowed in “non-rinse off” products such as make-up or pillow stuffing and you can order large quantities of them on Amazon. So while this is a step in the right direction, it is certainly not good enough. Furthermore, they should be banned worldwide like CFCs were as their environmental impact is equally as bad.
Image source: moleratical, Oregon State University
#20
Printer ink cartridges.
Image source: KindHearted_IceQueen, CartridgeSave Images
#21
Diet shakes/pills/teas etc
Image source: Odd-Plant4779, Patrik Nygren
#22
LOL surprise Toys or any such surprise toy , they sell like crazy and the whole idea is to buy them open the wrapper and see what you have got , once opened the toy is never used
Image source: Enginecoder, Lizard10979
#23
Microtransactions in games.
The cosmetic ones I can understand, they can be fun, but the pay to win ones are terrible and yet they make millions every year.
Image source: -eDgAR-, Binary Koala
#24
Hartz brand pet flea treatments/medication. It’s dangerous and has been the cause of death for many pets. IIRC it’s a nerve agent that’s supposed to make the pet’s blood toxic to fleas.
I used some on my cat once and she started freaking out, then had trouble waking normally (her legs were twitching and kicking, clearly out of her control), and tears of brown thick liquid started streaming down her face. I picked her up and frantically gave her a bath hoping to wash any of the remaining chemicals off the back of her neck before any more of that poison seeped into her skin.
Image source: MoopyMorkyfeet, BOMBMAN
#25
Fruits that have to be repackaged individually.
Image source: kxiongw, Maciej Lewandowski
#26
Cable TV (from major providers)
They made money f*****g people over and then when streaming services changed the game they decided to continue finding new ways to f**k you over. God help you if you live in a rural area.
Image source: green49285, hjl
#27
There’s an old IT joke about being in a room with three truly despicable people and a printer and a gun with two bullets. Who would you shoot? The answer for IT people is you would shoot the printer twice.
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#28
Pay-to-win games
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#29
Fifa
Image source: StormNapoleon27, steamXO
#30
My data
Image source: Subfolded, Brian Evans
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