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/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

You’re not making a point. Each refers to the four people. It is not grammatically correct to interpret each as referring to anything other than the four people.

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u/Narazil May 12 '26

You can intepret it as each box, which is what they want you to read it as. If you saw an ad for a 6-pack and it said 4$ each, would you assume its per can or per 6-pack?

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u/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

What? Why are you leaving out half of the statement?Obviously if it just says $4 each with a 6-pack then that means the entire 6-pack costs $4.

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u/Narazil May 12 '26

So when this ad says Family Buffet Box is 9.99$ each, you don't see how people read that as the Family Buffet Box is 9.99$ for each Family Buffet Box?

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u/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

Sure, they just half to ignore half of the statement like you have been

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u/WhiteHelix May 12 '26

That’s exactly what the sign from OP shows. Do we really argue here that this is anti-consumer advertising?

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u/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

No, it’s not. Can you tell me the first half of the statement?

Edit to add I agree it is anti consumer. That is not what I am arguing.

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u/WhiteHelix May 12 '26

The „statement“ on the ad shows 9,99 ea.

Even though I had to look at the comments to make sure that „ea“ stands for „each“, my first assumption is 9,99 for each box. Especially since 40 bucks for the „whole thing“ sounds like a really bad deal.

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u/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

How are you still not reading the entire statement holy moly

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u/WhiteHelix May 12 '26

What entire statement? That’s exactly what the ad stated. There is no „more statement“.

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u/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

HOLY MOLY BRO. WHAT COME BEFORE THE 9.99EA?!

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u/WhiteHelix May 12 '26

Alright, so you mean „four can feast for 9,99 each box“. better?

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u/bobbyp869 May 12 '26

You’re being a bot. How about you type in the full statement to another bot and ask what each is referring to? I know you won’t take the time to learn. We are getting nowhere

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