Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

• hypnicjerk@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because I wasn’t trying to get the best deal

  then why are you mad that you didn’t get the best deal?

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  • Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I feel like people have to be purposefully missing the point to make comments like this.

    You used to be able to just order pizza and it be a reasonable price. I’d you have to do research and build out a coupon spreadsheet just to get a responsible price, that’s a problem.

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    • poke@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This post is a good mildly infuriating post. The pizza does cost too much.

      However, it also seems like the poster wasn’t ready for discussion when posting to a discussion board.

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    • ZeroHora@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Exactly, thanks god. Is mildly infuriating read comments with people reasoning the late stage capitalism practice with basically “git gud” mentality

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    • WordBox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Idk in the days where you had to call in you still had to ask if they had deals… Otherwise you’re paying menu price (unless the cashier was feeling extra nice)

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      • Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sure, I think deals and coupons were always a thing, but there were actually deals. I can’t speak for everyone, but I feel like these “deals” now just take an inflated price and make it reasonable. They’re not a deal so much anymore, just a way to make things somewhat reasonably priced.

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      • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        EXACTLY. This isn’t new or news.

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• Crozekiel@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You are expecting dominos to do it for you. That’s literally what you are asking. They aren’t going to do that for you because they make more money if you ignore the “deals”. Even a tiny barrier is going to keep out some number of people that don’t find value in spending 30 seconds to save 25% on a $30 tab because they have the money to not even notice, which increases profitability. Their line goes up. Our system forces all these companies to worry about that line going up.

  That said, they aren’t trying to hide it from you, it is the largest thing on their store page, and their people on the phone will happily tell you about it.

  Someone else made the same analogy, it is just like going to a drive through and ordering a burger, fries, and drink separately and not asking for a combo. Same products, but most places it will cost you more to order them separately than to order the combo.

  If you are still mad about it, you aren’t mad at Dominos, you are mad at the core of our current economic system.

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  • Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, greedy companies charge more and are making it harder to get things at a responsible price, that’s the mildly infuriating bit.

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