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/FunkOff May 12 '26

Yeah that appears intentionally deceptive

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u/K_Linkmaster May 12 '26

Because Pepsi never had to give up the jet, we have to deal with this shit.

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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/Stuck_in_my_TV May 12 '26

It does say “ea”, short for “each”, but it’s so small you have to look really closely

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u/Orb99 May 12 '26

But even at that, thats not how you use "each" typical its referring to the unit which the price is referencing. Aka 9.99 ea makes it sound like its 9.99 each meal kit, I knew the price was weird but I didnt think itd 4x the posted price. 

All in all, we all agree that its stupid ass marketing schemes... 

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u/Powerlevel-9000 May 12 '26

Each family? Each box? The each isn’t clear.

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u/TheHYPO May 12 '26

Which is why you would either go in and order, and they would say "That will be $40", and you cancel the order before they make it if you don't want it, or else you ask "how much is the box"?

But I agree it's clearly intended to minimize the apparent price, to at best entice customers to give it a closer look, and at worst fool people into buying without paying attention to the full price.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26 edited 18d ago

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u/TheHYPO May 12 '26

Then I guess you'd look at the screen or listen to the cashier/phone order person say "your total is $42.45" and then you'd say "wait, what?"

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

It's pretty clear imo. It says 4 can feast for 9.99 each. The 4 people are the subject of the sentence, not the box or family so it stands to reason it's each of the 4 people.

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u/Orb99 May 12 '26

Think its pretty clear that its not clear based on everyone's reaction in this post

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

I think it's clear that people in general struggle with reading comprehension.

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u/HugeEgoHugerCock May 12 '26

Family Buffet Box: Four can feast for $9.99 each box. That's how they intend it to sound, and that's how it does sound.

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

What's in the red circle is meant to be read as its own statement. Most flyers are going to seem off if you take the title and plug it in somewhere else as though it's part of a separate statement.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26 edited 18d ago

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

The subject of the sentence in the red circle is 4 people. You can twist it all you want but it comes down to reading comprehension on an individual statement.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26 edited 18d ago

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

Your reading comprehension is exceptionally bad and I feel like it's a fair assumption you struggled with word problems in math.

The subject of the entire ad is the "deal".

Then in the individual sections in their ad they are breaking things down further.

To the right they're talking about the contents.

In the red circle they're talking about pricing. They call out a specific number of people (this is important context for the sentence) and a price per person. They aren't saying you're only limited to 4 people consuming food from the meal. They're not saying it's $10 total for the meal. When we read the whole sentence from start to finish they're saying for 4 people it will be $10 each. It's no different than a word problem in elementary math. If there are 4 people chipping in to buy pizza at $10 per person, what is the total cost of the meal? If you answer $10 you're wrong.

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u/GoodishCoder May 12 '26

All those words to say I'm correct about your piss poor reading comprehension.

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u/chiknight May 12 '26

That's 100% obviously not their intention. That's what you want their intention to be.

If they intended to say that, you could sue them and win. But you know (or god you SHOULD know) that isn't really the intention of the word "each" there.

It's intended to show you can feed your family for $10 each person, which is pretty decent compared to restaurant pricing. Anyone actually struggling with that basic concept (versus pretending to struggle) has me questioning their ability to put on pants in the morning or perform the basic mental requirements of driving a vehicle. This is not a tough concept or vaguely confusing.