Theoretically, if you buy more of something, you should pay less per item, or per unit. That’s the entire point of buying things in bulk. Right? Not necessarily. To confuse the logical part of your brain this fine morning, here’s a collection of instances where customers pay more when they buy more.

Walmart, for whatever reason (I can think of a few), is a repeat offender, but these pictures also come from Office Depot, Home Depot, and a Tesco discount store in the UK.

(Thanks to Nick, Rick, Hayden, Charlie, and Andrea!)

(Top photo: kailadee)

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