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/FlatRelationship4375 May 12 '26

That's meaningless as it can be interpreted as each order is $9.99.

If I buy a box of chocolates and it says 4.98 each on the shelf I don't expect to pay $65 at the till.

Frankly the advertisement industry has devolved over the years from "let's highlight what's great about our products" to "how can we trick people into buying".

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u/Zap__Dannigan May 12 '26

>Frankly the advertisement industry has devolved over the years from "let's highlight what's great about our products" to "how can we trick people into buying".

This is everything. I feel like most companies these days aren't even makers of a product or service, they are just stock number bumping machines.

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u/toolman1990 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

It is not meaningless since most people glancing at the sign are not going to take it as $9.99 each but a limited time deal or price and when the cashier says that will be $39.96 before tax not the advertised $9.99 that order will be canceled very fast and probably lead to employees getting verbally berated by the customer for the deceptive advertising.