Sixty garbage bag listings read on 29 September, divided by the bags in the box. The tickets are nearly identical. The rates differ by a factor of ten.
A garbage bag pack on Amazon India costs about Rs. 200, whichever one you pick up. That is the problem: the tickets run Rs. 99 to Rs. 649 and look interchangeable, while the thing you are actually buying - a bag - runs Rs. 1.21 to Rs. 13.00. We read 60 listings on 29 September 2026 and divided each by the bag count printed in its own title. The rate follows the size of the bag almost exactly, and follows the discount badge hardly at all.
Every price below was pulled from Amazon on September 29, 2026 and checked against the MRP on the listing. Stack them with the live codes on our Amazon coupons page, which the deals desk re-verifies daily.
Six listings at the cheap end, all of them 90 to 180 bags a box. Their tickets run Rs. 139 to Rs. 289 and their badges run 1% to 89%, which between them tell you almost nothing - the rate does.
One hundred and eighty medium bags for Rs. 217, and the lowest per-bag rate of the 58 packs we could divide.
Why it earned its spot The floor of the shelf.
The cheaper of two Presto! tiles for what both describe as 180 small bags.
Why it earned its spot Second-cheapest rate here.
A 1% discount badge and the third-cheapest rate on the shelf, which is the whole argument for ignoring badges.
Why it earned its spot The badge says nothing; the rate says plenty.
A 60% badge that, unusually for this shelf, sits on a genuinely cheap rate.
Why it earned its spot Big badge and a low rate, together.
The biggest badge in this chapter, on a flat-pack format rather than rolls.
Why it earned its spot The best-evidenced of the sub-Rs. 1.70 rates.
The cheapest-looking ticket in the chapter, and the smallest bags on the page.
Why it earned its spot A rate that is only comparable within its size.
Three Presto! packs and one Newtone pack each appear twice in this read, and each pair displays one identical rating count. In two of the three Presto! pairs the dearer tile advertises the bigger discount, because its stated MRP is higher.
The same stated pack as card 02, Rs. 8 dearer, and a 49% badge against a 37% one.
Why it earned its spot Pair one, the dearer copy.
Fifty-four thousand ratings, and a twin tile eight rupees further up the shelf.
Why it earned its spot Pair two, cheaper copy.
Same brand, same stated 180 medium bags, same 54,466 ratings, Rs. 175 more MRP.
Why it earned its spot Pair two, dearer copy.
Two tiles, identical price, identical MRP, identical badge - one rated, one not.
Why it earned its spot Pair three, the unrated tile.
The half of the pair that carries the feedback.
Why it earned its spot Pair three, the rated tile.
One brand prints Rs. 1,999 as the stated MRP on a 180-bag medium pack, a 60-bag large pack and a 60-bag extra-large pack. Those three listings carry the three largest badges in the read: 91%, 89% and 83%.
A 91% badge, the biggest in the read, produced by an MRP this brand prints on three different packs.
Why it earned its spot One MRP, three packs.
Twice the rate of card 12 from the same brand, on the same stated MRP.
Why it earned its spot Same MRP, double the rate.
Sorted by inches rather than rupees, the shelf is orderly: small 17 x 19 bags run a median Rs. 1.66, medium 19 x 21 Rs. 2.21, large 24 x 32 Rs. 4.42 and extra-large 30 x 37 Rs. 10.38. Each step roughly doubles the rate.
Buying the small box of the same thing costs 60% more per bag.
Why it earned its spot The pack-size penalty, within one brand.
A 43% badge on the large size, where the shelf median is Rs. 4.42 a bag.
Why it earned its spot Below the median for its own size.
And its twin tile, not seated here, sells the same stated pack at Rs. 365.
Why it earned its spot Pair four, cheaper copy.
The cheapest ticket in this chapter and one of the dearer rates in it.
Why it earned its spot Small ticket, middling rate.
Rs. 649, the dearest ticket in the read, on the smallest discount in this chapter.
Why it earned its spot The XL band, priced honestly.
A 30% badge on the second-dearest rate in the entire read.
Why it earned its spot The small-pack penalty at its worst.
A 42% badge at the top of the range, which is the case against reading badges.
Why it earned its spot The ceiling.
The three most-rated listings outside Chapter Two, and what their rates look like next to their rating counts. Two are cheap. One is popular and costs 2.3 times the median for its size.
The most-rated listing we found outside Amazon's own brand.
Why it earned its spot Most-rated non-Amazon listing in the read.
A very large crowd buying at more than twice the shelf median rate.
Why it earned its spot Popularity and value are different questions.
A 24% badge, 4,089 ratings and a rate below the medium median.
Why it earned its spot The control: a 90-pack that is not penalised.
First: divide the price by the bag count in the title before anything else. Amazon sellers print the count on almost every tile here - 58 of 60 - and it is the only figure that makes two Rs. 200 packs comparable. Second: ignore the badge. The third-cheapest rate in this read carries a 1% badge and the single dearest rate carries a 42% one; the discount is arithmetic against a number the seller chose, while the rate is arithmetic against the bags in the box. Third: check for a twin tile before you buy a familiar pack. Four packs in this read appear twice, and a shared rating count - 23,646, 54,466, 16,417 - is the tell; in two of those pairs the dearer tile is the one advertising the larger saving. Fourth: buy the size you need, not the size on offer. Each step up in dimensions roughly doubles the per-bag rate, from a Rs. 1.66 median for small to Rs. 10.38 for extra-large, so using a 30 x 37 inch bag in a kitchen bin is the most expensive habit on this page.
| Product | Sale price | MRP | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella 180, Rs. 1.21/bag | Rs. 217 | Rs. Rs. 1.21/bag | 89%% |
| Presto! small 180, Rs. 1.47 | Rs. 265 | Rs. Rs. 1.47/bag | 37%% |
| Newtone 90, Rs. 1.54 | Rs. 139 | Rs. Rs. 1.54/bag | 1%% |
| IMECO 180, Rs. 1.59 | Rs. 286 | Rs. Rs. 1.59/bag | 60%% |
| Ezee Flat 180, Rs. 1.61 | Rs. 289 | Rs. Rs. 1.61/bag | 69%% |
| Car bags 120, Rs. 1.66 | Rs. 199 | Rs. Rs. 1.66/bag | 67%% |
| Presto! twin, Rs. 1.52 | Rs. 273 | Rs. Rs. 1.52/bag | 49%% |
| Presto! medium, Rs. 1.77 | Rs. 319 | Rs. Rs. 1.77/bag | 30%% |
| Presto! twin, Rs. 1.86 | Rs. 335 | Rs. Rs. 1.86/bag | 47%% |
| Newtone tile A, Rs. 2.21 | Rs. 199 | Rs. Rs. 2.21/bag | 16%% |
| Newtone tile B, Rs. 2.21 | Rs. 199 | Rs. Rs. 2.21/bag | 16%% |
| Ella large, Rs. 2.93 | Rs. 176 | Rs. Rs. 2.93/bag | 91%% |
| Ella XL, Rs. 5.82 | Rs. 349 | Rs. Rs. 5.82/bag | 83%% |
| Presto! 90, Rs. 2.83 | Rs. 255 | Rs. Rs. 2.83/bag | 19%% |
| Beco large, Rs. 3.77 | Rs. 339 | Rs. Rs. 3.77/bag | 43%% |
| Presto! large, Rs. 3.14 | Rs. 283 | Rs. Rs. 3.14/bag | 41%% |
| Ezee 30, Rs. 4.17 | Rs. 125 | Rs. Rs. 4.17/bag | 23%% |
| Shalimar XL, Rs. 10.82 | Rs. 649 | Rs. Rs. 10.82/bag | 5%% |
| Ezee 15, Rs. 12.60 | Rs. 189 | Rs. Rs. 12.60/bag | 30%% |
| ECO 40, Rs. 13.00 | Rs. 520 | Rs. Rs. 13.00/bag | 42%% |
| Ezee 40,628 ratings | Rs. 179 | Rs. Rs. 1.99/bag | 17%% |
| G1 24,192 ratings | Rs. 154 | Rs. Rs. 5.13/bag | 59%% |
| Ezee Premium, Rs. 1.98 | Rs. 178 | Rs. Rs. 1.98/bag | 24%% |
Each selling price, stated MRP, discount badge, star average and rating count on this page was read on 29 September 2026 from amazon.in search results for 'garbage bags', 'dustbin bags', 'biodegradable garbage bags' and 'garbage bags large', server-side, logged out, in India, with ASINs deduped so no listing is counted twice. 60 distinct listings. Nothing was bought.
Every 'per bag' figure divides the live selling price by the number of bags the listing itself prints in its product name. 58 of the 60 titles state a usable count and every range, median and band figure here describes those 58. Two are excluded: one states no count at all, and one states 'Pack of 5' in a title our read truncated before the per-roll figure. We did not open or count anything.
Small means 17 x 19 inches, medium 19 x 21, large 24 x 32 and extra-large 30 x 37, as stated on the listings themselves. Two listings state dimensions outside those bands and are excluded from the band medians though not from the overall range. We did not measure a bag, and a stated dimension is the seller's own text.
Where two listings state the same brand and the same pack and display the same rating count - 23,646, 54,466 and 16,417 in this read - we describe them as a pair, because a shared count is Amazon showing one product's reviews on two tiles. We did not buy either tile and make no claim that the goods shipped are identical, only that the published evidence is shared.
Leak-proof, tear-resistant, compostable, biodegradable, oxo-biodegradable, 'premium' and every other description on these cards is the listing's own printed text, reproduced as printed and not verified, weighed or laboratory-checked. We did not fill, lift, tear or dispose of a single bag, and nothing here says any bag is strong, safe or environmentally sound.
Priced per bag rather than per pack, the cheapest in our 29 September 2026 read was Rs. 1.21 a bag - 180 medium 19 x 21 inch bags for Rs. 217, with 850 ratings at 4.0. Behind it came Amazon's own Presto! small 180-count pack at Rs. 1.47 a bag and a 90-bag small pack at Rs. 1.54. Note that all three are large-count boxes: every rate under Rs. 1.70 in this read came from a pack of 90 bags or more. The shelf median was Rs. 2.45 a bag across the 58 packs that state a count.
Because the discount is calculated against a stated MRP that each tile sets separately. In this read, Amazon's own Presto! small 180-count pack appeared as two listings sharing one rating count of 23,646 - one at Rs. 265 behind a Rs. 420 MRP (37% off) and one at Rs. 273 behind a Rs. 540 MRP (49% off). The same happened on the medium 180 pack, at Rs. 319 with a 30% badge and Rs. 335 with a 47% one, both showing 54,466 ratings. In both cases the tile advertising the bigger saving is the dearer one. A shared rating count across two tiles is the quickest way to spot it.
Usually and substantially, though the size of the bag matters more. Amazon's own brand sells medium bags in 90s at Rs. 2.83 each and in 180s at Rs. 1.77 each - the small box costs 60% more per bag, and two 90-packs would be Rs. 510 against Rs. 319 for one 180-pack. The extreme case in this read was a 15-bag large pack at Rs. 12.60 a bag against Rs. 3.77 for a 90-bag pack of the same stated size. But one 90-pack here came in at Rs. 1.98, below the median for its band, so check the rate rather than assuming.
In this read the 15 large (24 x 32 inch) packs ran a median of Rs. 4.42 a bag, from Rs. 2.93 up to Rs. 13.00. For comparison the 25 medium (19 x 21 inch) packs ran a median Rs. 2.21, the 12 small (17 x 19 inch) packs Rs. 1.66, and the four extra-large (30 x 37 inch) packs Rs. 10.38. Each step up in dimensions roughly doubles the rate, which is the single most reliable pattern on this shelf - far more reliable than brand or discount badge.
They are real arithmetic over two published numbers, and they are not evidence of a saving. The three largest badges in this read - 91%, 89% and 83% - all belong to one brand that prints the identical Rs. 1,999 MRP on three different packs: a 180-bag medium at Rs. 217, a 60-bag large at Rs. 176 and a 60-bag extra-large at Rs. 349. One stated MRP cannot describe three different quantities of three different products, so the percentages derived from it describe the MRP rather than the deal. Stating a high MRP is legal and commonplace in Indian retail and we allege no wrongdoing by Amazon or any seller; we simply price the bag instead.






















