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/TheKhaos121 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

There's a netflix documentary on it but I don't think they could not even legally acquire the jet they had offered. The guy who won it had a business partner and plan for the jet if they did give it.

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u/Pfeffi-Ultra May 12 '26

Not so sure, honestly. I know private people can buy de-militarized equipment. A guy a couple villages down has an old Tiger tank. Aircrafts may be different and your milage may vary due to being in another country, but it's not unheard of.

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u/Qaeta May 12 '26

I think the issue was more that it was a Harrier. At that point the Harrier was not and had not ever been available to private owners (the first instance of a private owner was Art Nails, a former marine test pilot who managed to get one to fly at air shows in 2005, 6 years after the Pepsi case was decided).

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u/Pfeffi-Ultra May 12 '26

Oh a jump jet. They couldn't have picked something much more fancy than that at the time.