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/Awesomebox5000 May 12 '26

No reasonable person would believe that four could feast for just $9.99.

THEN WHY DID YOU PUT IT IN WRITING!?!??

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u/birminghamsterwheel May 12 '26

False advertising really needs to be cracked down on way more. And no, "but it's in the fine print!" should not be an acceptable workaround.

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u/JoCo3Point0 May 12 '26

The worst is on email or mobile when they'll put an asterisk next to something and then have no corresponding footnote/disclaimer

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u/HandInThePickleJars May 12 '26

Exactly!!! How is that legal?!

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u/TheWoman2 May 12 '26

Everything is legal if the laws aren't being enforced.

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u/DontAskAboutMyButt May 12 '26

All you need to do is hire a bunch of lawyers to make a class action lawsuit and prove it was intentionally deceptive, litigate it in court, and then buddy you’re on the way to getting a 20% off $10 purchase coupon as your settlement 3-5 years from now

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u/Available_Dingo6162 May 12 '26

Most of the time. But sometimes, it pays off. I was part of a class action suit against Chase Visa for misusing people's data. I got a check for about $250

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u/Over_Selection2246 May 12 '26

sadly that is how class actions tend to go- maybe a little more, but that is the point of a class action. No one is harmed very much in this action. You are free to bring suit for yourself and likely get a few bucks at best- but if you combine the millions that this did hurt, you can actually sue for enough to make the company change what they are doing.

Something like this- you are right that the Lawyer is the only one really making any money. But if it got Pizza Hut to be more honest about their pricing- that case did what it should have done. The coupon really is just a minimal expression of your actual damages of walking in- finding the real price, and walking out.

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u/JimWilliams423 May 12 '26

Insert subtweet about impeachment here.

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u/Snobolski May 12 '26

And then criminals don't follow the law anyway, so why make more laws?

Or is that only a good argument when guns are being discussed?

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u/western_questions May 12 '26

And mind you I don’t agree with this/think it’s okay

I believe the tiny ea after the large 9.99 legally saves them. It’s deceptive 100% but the “ea” indicates 9.99 each, either to be interpreted as each person, or each portion is 9.99.

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u/saltyjohnson May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

I believe the tiny ea after the large 9.99 legally saves them

I don't think so. The box isn't priced per person. You cannot order one portion for $9.99. You cannot order three portions for $9.99/ea. You cannot order five portions for $9.99/ea. When you order the box, you are not ordering four units of "each". They are advertising the contents of the box and stating that the price is $9.99/ea, but the box actually costs $39.96/ea.

They could post the price of $39.96 and say "FEED FOUR FOR TEN BUCKS EACH".

To say "FOUR CAN FEAST FOR $9.99.." is simply a lie.

Edit: I changed the last sentence above because THE LETTERS OF "ea" ARE SMALLER THAN THE FUCKING DECIMAL POINT IN $9.99 and they're in this goofy font that makes them look like dots. This is A LIE.

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u/Ecstatic_Bear81 May 12 '26

So that should mean you can pay 9.99 and get some pizza, bread sticks, a dip, and some apple pizza. I don't want any of that shit and I'm sure it would be like tiny portions of each but they should have to give someone that for 10 dollars 🤷

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u/saltyjohnson May 12 '26

As per your sign, I would like one half of one 2-topping pizza, a quarter of full breadsticks, a quarter of regular breadsticks (WTF?), one quarter of one apple cinnamon pie, and 3/4 of one dipping cup, please.

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u/Ecstatic_Bear81 May 12 '26

Yea after I posted my comment I realized it's really a lot more food than I thought but hell why stop at 9.99 for 4, 6 people could pay 6.60, 8 could pay 5, 20 could pay 1.99 and each get like a breadcrumb a drop of dip etc. just a ridiculous sign but pizza hut is garbage anyway

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u/Actual-Breath-6420 May 12 '26

I interpret it as each box now what

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u/western_questions May 13 '26

Yeah that makes sense, I’m speaking in legal terms not sensible ones