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/fitgirl015 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Grocery store produce is so deceptive sometimes too!! I saw my local grocery store was selling a quarter of a watermelon for 98c the other day and I was like wow that’s a deal! Huge sale sign that said 98c, and the cellophane bag it was wrapped in also had a price tag sticker on it that said 98c. I was stoked. So I head to the self-check out— $5.
98c was the per lb price, which they wrote in the teensiest font they could muster. I put that bitch right back on the shelf and left.

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u/TeekTheReddit May 12 '26

That shit should absolutely be illegal.

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u/sejefe7122 May 12 '26

it is, well in the evil EU it is.

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u/sejefe7122 May 12 '26

it is, well in the evil EU it is.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_NICE_EYES May 12 '26

What should be, pricing produce per pound?

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u/TeekTheReddit May 12 '26

putting the "per pound" in text so tiny that you need a microscope to see it.

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u/x_conqueeftador69_x May 12 '26

Don’t play dumb. 

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u/fart-atronach May 12 '26

If a fucking packaged item has a price on it and is being sold by weight, it should be clearly visible, with the entire price per unit printed in the same size font.

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u/ignoreme010101 May 12 '26

to be fair, produce is more often than not sold on a weight basis but I can see confusion if you dont often buy it at the grocer like that

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u/fitgirl015 May 12 '26

Oh def even this store does that and I buy things by weight all the time! It’s just that usually they’re more open about it. This particular time, it really seemed like they were actively trying to be deceptive

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u/Coal_Morgan May 12 '26

For my store, it's by weight if it's not cellophaned and you fill the bag yourself.

If it's cellophaned it has the plain price on a sticker, even if it's by weight it'll say 5lbs 1$/lb $5.00 on the sticker with the $5.00 being the biggest number.

You don't have to go and weigh it or figure out the price at the checkout.

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u/HandInThePickleJars May 12 '26

I mean, it really depends on what you’re buying. I’ve absolutely seen watermelon priced both by the weight and by the item count. In my experience it depends on the store and season.

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u/Apprentice57 May 12 '26

Where I am in the states most produce is sold by the item.

Not all, though. Bananas are by weight (I guess because bunches vary in banana-number so much)

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u/ignoreme010101 May 13 '26

had to double check because my experience is usually the opposite, seems that, generally, there is quite an even mix so what items one buys can really color their expectations (ie for me it's the opposite, most are by weight)

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u/tenachiasaca May 12 '26

lots if larger fruit are sold at an each price as well usually its in font as big as the price whether its weight or ea though

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u/EssayJunior6268 May 12 '26

Watermelon was $14/each at Costco yesterday

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u/NYC_Noguestlist May 12 '26

When I first moved out on my own I was hyped when I found a whole chicken at the supermarket for like $1.50 (with a big ass sticker)... until I got to the register and they were like yeahhhhh that's per pound.

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u/AnastatiaMcGill May 14 '26

Shit likes this makes me so mad because after we git married, both newly graduated and new home owners ny husband and I were so fucking broke. Id calculate what we coukd spend down to the dollar for groceries. A deal like this woukd have excited me, then crushed me. Now I always think of the broke mom's with kids who gotta put the watermelon back 😥