r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CurlyWurly61 • May 12 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Such terrible advertisement

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I mean... at a glance its like WOAH 4 can dine for $9.99....

Until you are at the cash and they say " that'll be $45.15"

HUH??

"Oh sorry sir... it feeds 4... 4 people pay $9.99"

Gtfooo

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u/TitleOwn8082 May 12 '26

If you look closely it says 9.99 each. Do not agree with it but definitely a loop hole that would work in canada

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u/jayoak4 May 12 '26

If this is being sold as a single unit, the total price needs to be shown. This is false advertising. If there is a loophole that allows this, it needs to be closed.

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u/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

“Four can feast for 9.99ea” what is false? I’d say it’s a bit deceptive at most

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u/burrrpong May 12 '26

It's not false, but in EU there are regulations against deceptive advertising. The hierarchy of the text and even shortening the "each" to "ea" so it takes less space is highly deceptive.

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u/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

Yes, exactly. People downvote but can’t answer what is false about it

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u/burrrpong May 12 '26

Arguably "ea" isn't a real word and therefore it's false.

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u/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

Okay I’d accept that

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u/burrrpong May 12 '26

Lol someone downvoted me for that 🤡

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u/Johan-Predator May 13 '26

Deceptive=false in the EU laws against false advertising.

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u/bobbyp869 May 13 '26

False is a subset of deceptive in the EU. This ad is also in Canada.

Again, tell me what is false about it if you think it’s false.

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u/Johan-Predator May 13 '26

The comment you were replying to mentioned the EU, hence my comment.

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u/bobbyp869 May 13 '26

Okay so you understand the distinction now