Why would you buy two orders when you only want one? Wouldn’t that literally double the cost, too?
Curious what your meal is. Where I’m at, you can get a large fry and drink for $1.50, then after that it’s just the cost of the sandwich
hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The app limits you to one deal per order every 15 minutes. The 15 minute timer starts when the order is placed, however, and they may make your food early but not usually for fries and a drink. So you place the 2nd order so you can use another deal to order the sandwich, once the timer expired.
hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh I see, you order fries and a drink using a deal to get $1.50, wait fifteen minutes, and then order a burger with another deal?
_g_be@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You’re describing an elaborate maneuver to get a meal at the price it used to be without “app exclusive deals” etc. The turn to app-ification is shit.
McDonald’s has traded “cheap” and “convenient” for gamification. They’re not the only ones, either
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 day ago
100% I know the app is cheaper. I refuse to download the app and accept binding arbitration for if their food kills me somehow. Fuck your app, I’m just not eating there.
LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 day ago
? A deal for a drink and fry for $1.50 if you’re using the app anyway isn’t elaborate, you can order your regular sandwich with that and still only pay $8. So exactly what is going on with the $22 order, I want to know.
Being given virtual coupons daily so you can afford a large double QP with cheese meal for $6.50, which is like 2005 prices, is not gamification. I agree that all of their prices should be less, fuck, I’d have free food offices like the post office where anyone can pick up pre-made hot or cold meals.
But you sound like a boomer or child who can’t take two seconds to think and order, $22 is some nonsense
frostysauce@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Having to use an app to order from a drive through restaurant to get the food down to semi-affordable is bullshit and you know it. What about people (for whatever reason) don’t have access to a smartphone with the McDonald’s app?
LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You’re making a completely different argument, please fuck off. You’re fighting just to fight. Read what I write and if you have beef with corporate McDonald’s, go email them.
The OP said originally:
THIS is what sounds like nonsense to me, if they actually used the app then I wanna know their order and why they didn’t use any deals. It is disingenuous at best, and sounds genuinely stupid to anyone who uses the app.
In no place ever did I argue that the app itself is a good thing or fair. It just isn’t gamification to distribute coupons digitally though. That isn’t what gamification is. The rewards points on the app can be argued as gamification, sure, but we were never discussing those (so see my first sentence). But not the virtual coupons, unless you want to argue that all coupons are gamification, however I don’t think anyone else sees coupons as such. Especially using (1) coupon, there’s no way their order was $22. This is likely a lie. I’m tired of lies. Aren’t you?