r/mildlyinfuriating 15h ago

This stupid gift wrap

What is even the point of this crap? It looks silver but is completely clear and doesn’t say that anywhere on the packaging.

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u/TheMuffler42069 15h ago

It’s weird because when you open it it’s obviously wood grain colored

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u/N0tY0urSimp 14h ago

It’s like magic 🤩

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u/ultimamc2011 10h ago

Yes it’s actually quite clever - bear with me here, I promise I’m not bullshitting you my goodman. This gift wrap is not like any other gift wrap you’ve encountered, THIS gift wrap will automatically camouflage itself and match ANY surface you set it on. Not only that, but it will even match anything behind it. No longer will you worry about your gifts being pillaged and discovered early, now your gifts will be totally untraceable until you are ready to bestow them upon your loved ones. We call it TruClear gift wrap and it’s only 3 easy payments of $35.99 for 15 sq. decimeters. We are metric enthusiasts here at my beloved traveling wagon and we’re bringing the decimeter BACK. Hop on this train while you can, it’s leaving the station. I fully expect to be sold out by this time tomorrow.

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u/Nevermore_Novelist 9h ago

Upvoting for the effort, if not the content.

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u/SuzCoffeeBean 15h ago

I’ve done this four times. You’d think I’d learn

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u/SPQR0027 14h ago

Only once so far for me. Still have some of that roll I think.

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u/Gold-Fisherman-2552 14h ago

If I had a nickel for every time that happened I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice

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u/azfamilydad 12h ago

Thanks Doof.

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u/Gold-Fisherman-2552 12h ago

I’m glad someone understood the reference

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u/Infinite-Hold-7521 11h ago

😂 I’ve done it once. I feel it is a right of passage for gift givers. 😂

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u/SaltSpiritual515 8h ago

Just wrap it like 2x with the clear stuff and then at least they have a project 😂

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u/Angelswithroses 14h ago

What I hate the most is not finding out until the very last moment that you're about to wrap something to give it away and then, boom, you have no way or time to go buy another.

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u/Dayoldbananabread 9h ago

Imagine just saying “screw it” and wrapping the gift in this anyways. I would laugh so hard if someone did that to me!

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u/Angelswithroses 8h ago

Ngl, me too 😭😭

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u/spicy-acorn 14h ago

Me too!! I was so annoyed lol

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u/RahvinDragand 11h ago

Why are you so desperate for shiny silver wrapping paper?

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u/ntildeath 13h ago

Is your name Bailey???

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u/MsKarmaKay 15h ago

I can clearly see your confusion.

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u/twiztednips 15h ago

Yup. No silver lining to this situation.

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u/Typical-Lie-8866 14h ago

you win the internet. shut it all down.

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u/Slip_Snake 12h ago

Delete EVERYTHING, we're going back to cats only

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u/Lucid-Liminality 14h ago

This deserves more upvotes

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u/sarduchi 15h ago

Have you not seen cellophane wrapped gift baskets etc?

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u/twiztednips 15h ago

Yeah I have that’s a good point. The silver is what annoyed me. I thought the whole roll was a reflective silver.

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u/EC_TWD 14h ago

You aren’t the first

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u/t-o-m-u-s-a 14h ago

Can confirm I’m further up in the line

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u/picklepie87 14h ago

Also me.

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u/arup02 wedidit 10h ago

Happy cake day!

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u/rawrysaurus 6h ago

Happy cake day 🥳🎉 🍰🎂

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u/inquisitivequeer 13h ago

And they won’t be the last

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u/FamIsNumber1 14h ago

You're not alone my friend! I think this is the 4th post I've seen around reddit about this in recent months. It is so misleading and evil! The only reason why I ever knew about it was because I worked at a store that sold these and a customer came charging into my customer service area one day. I, of course, immediately gave a full refund and I printed a sign that I stuck to the shelf saying "This is clear NOT SILVER!!!" to warn people 🤣

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u/EightMilesHigher 12h ago

Well done you! ✅

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u/SkipperDipps 13h ago

The fact it doesn’t say clear on it is very frustrating. The fact they make the roll shown to be silver instead of cardboard color is mildly infuriating.

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u/bunny_the-2d_simp 12h ago

So... Like aluminium foil?

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u/redhill00072 11h ago

I work at a craft store and you are not the only one. I’ve had to tell more than one person checking out it’s clear.

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u/beaniecreates 12h ago

the thing is, usually with cellophane gift wraps. it tells you on the product “cellophane wrapping” or something similar. this says nothing of those sorts

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u/Outrageous_Bank_4491 7h ago

They even called it a “gift wrap”

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u/WasianWosian 11h ago

Yeah but it’s usually labelled or comes as a bag instead of wrap

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u/NoMasMiAmigo601 8h ago

Yeah initially I thought it was the shrink wrap kind for baskets

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u/baldbeardbowtieguy 14h ago

I agree that the silver is dumb and deceptive. But! My mom and I have this bit where we always wrap eachother's gifts as ridiculously as possible (think multiple layers, clear packing tape along all seams and corners of the gift wrap, that sort of thing), and I feel like this would be a perfect way to wrap the last layer. You think you have the last layer off because you see the gift, then you take this off thinking it's the plastic wrap, then boom, more plastic wrap, bonus points if there's a layer of shrink wrap between these two. It's honestly perfect and I'm very excited to have seen this post. One man's frustration is another man's next prank.

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u/EightMilesHigher 12h ago

I normally hate pranking, but when it’s reciprocal (? sorry if this is the wrong usage) as yours is with your mum, this would be a good one! 😁

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u/Cicada7Song 14h ago

You can put it over matte paper to make it shiny or use it to wrap a basket

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u/EightMilesHigher 11h ago

Think of the wastage though. Two lots of wrapping going in the bin instead of one. Sorry for being a downer.

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u/Hour_Perspective_884 15h ago

As soon as I saw the picture I thought, 'thats clear, oh boy'.

Sure enough

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u/evange 10h ago

Cellophane? It's for gift baskets. It's supposed to be clear. I didn't realize this wasn't common knowledge.

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u/Careful-Writing4067 15h ago

It's clearly a mistake

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u/OddOpal88 14h ago

Clearly.

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u/Daisymaay 9h ago

This is for gift baskets and specifically Easter baskets.

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u/OddOpal88 14h ago

The camo print is getting insane. I can’t even see it.

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u/Popular-Honeydew2678 9h ago

For wrapping gift baskets

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u/Massive_Durian296 14h ago

gift wrap can catfish you in so many ways. this is so relatable

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u/drunkaquarian 11h ago

I swear I see this post every 6 months

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u/Zealousideal_Bug8188 13h ago

Christmas came early. Usually we only see this wrapping paper and these posts around then.

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u/luchr 11h ago

Okay BUT HEAR ME OUT! If you want to wrap an oddly shaped gift, like a basketball. You layer the printed wrapping paper on top of this when cutting and the wrapping paper does not rip.

I use it and then make the balls look like large candies by tying each of the sides with curling ribbon. I don’t get the physics but everyone always compliments it and seem to love it.

Those oddly shaped packages when it is large at the bottom and gets thinner at the top and rips? Layer the wrapping paper with this and it won’t rip in that section with nothing that you could poke a hole in with your finger. I keep this on hand at all times.

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u/Jenicillin 6h ago

I mean, it is gift wrap. It's that cellophane crap they put on gift baskets.

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u/uncutpizza 13h ago

It’s for gift baskets and things that cant’t be wrapped easily. Easter Baskets are wrapped this way

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u/Not_Alien01 2h ago

Pretty sure its for these gift baskets though sad that they don’t say that

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u/toronno-gal 9h ago

If you have tissue paper what I do if I’ve bought the clear by accident is I usually just wrap my gift with tissue paper and then layer the clear wrapping paper on top. It makes for a cute alternative.

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u/mayiwonder 9h ago

I also made this mistake once...

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u/kyoung98 1h ago

I worked in a card shop and it was pretty common for people to pick this up thinking it's silver wrapping paper. I had to check each time that they knew what it actually was. I do think they should sell reflective silver though as I think that would be really pretty.

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u/ggfchl 13h ago

The label is wrong. It should read “cellophane”

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u/Chihuahuapocalypse 10h ago

I think it's meant for wrapping gift baskets or something

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u/Traditional_Pitch_57 14h ago

They got me too over the holidays. So stupid.

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u/GunDaddy67 14h ago

Fell for the same 💩 when I was younger. My mom send me to buy Gift Wrap. Man was she disappointed in me 🤣

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u/Lucid-Liminality 14h ago

Note to self: check it's actually silver and not clear 😂 I could totally see myself doing this 🤣

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u/shocksmybrain 13h ago

I bought a similar roll and was also annoyed.

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u/Nash_Ben 13h ago

Hahaha, I feel you, op! :D

I had the same problem before christmas. I was short on time and grabbed a roll of silver wrapping only to find out it was clear. I still have that roll because I don't know what to use it for.

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u/snootnoots 4h ago

Weird shaped items: Wrap it up in crumpled colourful tissue paper, then use this as the outer layer.

Lots of small things: Wrap them individually, put them in a basket, wrap the basket in this.

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u/Intelligent-SoupGS88 13h ago

Perfect for people who hate surprises!

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u/Vassago1989 13h ago

That's what happens when you shop at Target

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u/ExtraAgressiveHugger 13h ago

I have two rolls of this crap at home. 

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u/GL1TCH_B34R_83 13h ago

Hey, it said it was gift wrap, it didn’t say that it would keep the gift a secret

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u/WorldsSpecialestBoy 13h ago

Yep I had the same thing happen to me

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u/Lucky-Emergency-9673 13h ago

take it back to the shop

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u/LaurensPhotos 13h ago

I fell for that too once!!!

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u/GoatsNHose 10h ago

It's for gift baskets

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u/Ondesinnet 10h ago

This is cellophane wrap for gift baskets.

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u/HereticHamster 10h ago

is there someone who didn't fall for that one?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Worth-8 8h ago

we sell this stuff at my work and I always tell people beforehand that it's clear so this doesn't happen

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u/Mysterious-Novel-834 5h ago

I see a post about this every year right around Christmas lol

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u/Hot-End-1417 2h ago

Unfortunately I think they couldn’t be any more transparent loool

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u/Minaxbe 1h ago

I think we all have to make this mistake at least once in our life 

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u/TrackAdmirable2020 14h ago

I would cry. It's a big deal when I go to the store to get "special" wrapping paper for someone. & this would make me cry.

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u/pyrowipe 11h ago

Its the clear wrap you see on gift baskets.

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u/kikipev 14h ago

I wonder how many times this has been posted…

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u/aw_shux 13h ago

It’s not really clear.

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u/Angelswithroses 13h ago

Honestly, my first time seeing gift wrap posted here, but I haven't been on reddit for more than 2 years 🤣

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u/kikipev 13h ago

Just searching “silver paper” in this sub there are ~7 posts in the last year, I feel like I see them constantly.

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u/Angelswithroses 13h ago

I do open the app about 3 or 4 times a day and will scroll for maybe less than 5, but I'll get other random posts and not ones from here all the time, so probably why 😅

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u/Lissypooh628 14h ago

Hobby Lobby wrapping paper is the only wrapping paper.

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u/Try-Again-Next-Time 10h ago

Fuck Hobby Lobby!

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u/Kurtopsy 14h ago

Happened to me too. Just ended up using tinfoil.

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u/life_with_elocin 14h ago

Omg wtf. I would have said multiple choice words!

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u/QLDZDR 14h ago

I have an unopened roll of wrapping on the shelf. It looks exactly like that 🫤🫣

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u/SeveredLoki 13h ago

Why do I feel an intense heat pouring out of my body after seeing this?

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u/Subject-Direction628 13h ago

I’ve done that. Was so pissed at myself for thinking it was silver

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u/Sad_Nefariousness467 13h ago

Yes, I’m not a fan of that kind of wrapping paper either. Unless you wrap things tie them and put them inside a bag or a basket.

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u/reillydean28 13h ago

No because this pisses me off

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u/0too 13h ago

This that new John Cena wrap eh?

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u/Mydaddysgotagun 13h ago

The cellophane wins again

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u/ckels23 13h ago

I did this too!

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u/DarkSun18 12h ago

We use clear for gift baskets, bottles of wine, and plates/boxes of sweets/cookies.

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u/0lly0llyoxenfree 12h ago

It got me too

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u/RareProfit9299 12h ago

I bought that roll once. Still have it. Still haven't used it.

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u/Tall-Total-6077 12h ago

Wrapping gift baskets!

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u/RarePost 12h ago

Op you have a pretty hand

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u/shetif 12h ago

Stupid gift idea: wrap a brand new unopened roll of cellophane with it.

The stuff in the pic but without the veggies and hands (and table), for clarification.

If your gf/wife/mom has humour and she has some cooking skills, they'll get the joke. Also, don't forget an actual present. It's only a joke if it's just a joke. Alone it's an insult (for the most).

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u/upsidedowntoker 12h ago

I've made this same mistake thinking it was silver . In the end I just used it as gift bag filler.

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u/RaspberryWhiteClaw13 12h ago

I’ve done this before too 😩

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u/Puppet007 Infuriated Daily 12h ago

I guess that kind is for Easter baskets.

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u/ZakkTheInsomniac 12h ago

I kinda love it, they still have to unwrap the gift 😆

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u/Round_Season_2768 12h ago

Time to decorate the present with cheep stickers

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u/akcordray 12h ago

It's for wrapping gift baskets and that sort of thing

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u/Correct_Primary6628 11h ago

Meant for arrangements/decorated gifts that are meant to be seen 🥰

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u/joenotgoldberg 11h ago

Omg I did this too. I had to use old Christmas wrapping paper last minute

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u/r3fined 11h ago

It's for blind kids? They want to open shit too. 😅🤷‍♂️

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u/unReasonable-Bri 11h ago

Hahaha my bf did this for Christmas presents one year.. we ended uo just not wrapping lol

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u/izzismitty 11h ago

I also fell victim to this and I was not amused 😒

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u/janyva 11h ago

You've found the limited Emperor's Clothes edition.

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u/splithoofiewoofies 11h ago

Every few months one of these posts comes up and honestly, it makes me laugh every time.

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u/VivaZeBull 11h ago

It’s for gift baskets and the like. 👍🏽

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u/yuhuhtina 11h ago

Hopefully you have Easter baskets to make

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u/YourLocalDodg3 11h ago

It’s John cena wrap

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u/moldmotel 10h ago

Trolled

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u/DaisyoftheDay 10h ago

Did it once too 🤭

Feel your pain

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u/Full_Translator_8123 10h ago

Haha this has happened to me before

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u/Fantastic-Phrase-972 9h ago

I had the same thing happen to me and I had bought 3 of them thinking it was silver

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u/Joaoreturns 9h ago

It took me a little to get it, lol. 

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u/_AlwaysWatching_ 7h ago

100% would still wrap the gifts in it, 10/10

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u/No-Collar4439 6h ago

i’ve also been a victim 😔

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u/IAmNobody12345678910 5h ago

Why do they make clear gift wrap? Isn’t the point to conceal whats underneath?

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u/bunniisa PURPLE 5h ago

i have this too and i have no idea

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u/KFR42 4h ago

I quite like the John Cena pattern myself.

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u/thestopesto 3h ago

I’ve made this mistake multiple times somehow, infuriating

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u/Yoshtan 1h ago

One or two times , I got some Black sketchbooks as i wanted to test some white ink on black paper.

I found out the sketchbook i bought had only the cover black and paper sheets were all white. I specifically looked for a sketchbook with black paper but nowhere have I found any description online if the "black" was the cover or paper. Only in store i saw the sides of the sketchbook white, felt like I was scammed.

Nobody cares about the colour of just the bloody cover (at least not as much as the contents). Just tell me what the paper inside looks like.

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u/Daarth_1 9h ago

You thought the wrap was silver?

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u/TheMuffler42069 15h ago

Did you crop out where it say clear on the packaging ?

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u/twiztednips 15h ago

Why would I do that?

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u/TheMuffler42069 14h ago

Is this wrapping “paper” for some nipple related activity ? Just noticed your name. Kind of makes me think that everything in your life is about nipples. Is that the case ?

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u/Angelswithroses 13h ago

No no, don't change the subject to the weird nipple thing! How dare you accuse someone of faking and then act so non chalant. Lmao

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u/TheMuffler42069 13h ago

He is faking ! He purchased wood pattern gift wrap and is trying to act like it’s clear all the while he’s probably sitting at home going to town on his nips just cranking them damn near off his body because he’s gotten one over on all of you fooooooools

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u/TheMuffler42069 13h ago

It’s wood !

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u/lostinspace694208 14h ago

Where would the crop be?

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u/TheMuffler42069 13h ago

Just above or below the nipple

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u/NecessaryTurnover189 15h ago

That’s what I’m wondering too. Like I’ve definitely seen it say “cello” gift wrap.

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u/Angelswithroses 13h ago

Then you're lying cause they just posted the full picture.

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u/Angelswithroses 13h ago

Not you getting triggered after you just agreed with someone that OP was lying when they werent. The freaking hypocrisy with you people 💀🤣 Idk what yall got going on, but I can see the entire label on OPs original photo, yall are just looking for something that isn't there. There's nothing else on the label around it on the photo.

The one you posted isn't even the same either, and the word "cello" is right under the bigger word, where else would they write the label color. 💀 not above the word "spritz'

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u/NecessaryTurnover189 13h ago

I am getting triggered some dumb reddit cow calling me a liar for something I have personally saw with my own eyes. Like htf does this cow know what I have seen, to call me a liar?

I didn’t say OP was lying I said I was “wondering that too”. Saying that you’re “wondering” about something doesn’t mean I said matter of factly said that he was lying. Like you did, cow. Have a good day in your Reddit righteousness.

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u/juntalope 13h ago

You.... do realize that brands can change their packaging.. right? And sell similar products??

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u/NecessaryTurnover189 13h ago

Oh I am absolutely aware of this. That’s why I said “it’s a different label”.

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u/juntalope 11h ago

What point are you trying to make, then? So you found a different roll of gift wrap, so what? Why are you trying to make it look like the OP is lying?

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u/ChelsiBoo92 10h ago

Dude same! I bought it today thinking it was silver gift wrap. As you can tell by the state of it I was pissed. 😤🤬

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u/WhyAreOldPeopleEvil BLUE 9h ago

Sue them, like seriously.

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u/Sea-Blueberry-1840 13h ago

“Origin China” how much did you pay for this?! Show off.

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u/twiztednips 13h ago

North of $3. Thought I was getting the good stuff.