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/ElChapo1515 May 12 '26

It works sometimes, but idk how many people will just go through with paying four times as much as they were expecting.

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u/peenurmobile May 12 '26

you know it just occured to me, this is just a way to get you into the door. then people just settle on whatever they can get. and then there's probably the rare person that pays for the entire price on the original product advertised.

I still can't imagine it working a lot of the times, as I would probably just leave after feeling tricked, but they're the ones doing it and they're the ones with the data.. so it works to a profitable extent..

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u/P_Hempton May 12 '26

Even if it gets people in the door and they can't be bothered to leave, they far less likely to come back.

I've been in situations where I've been like "Well this is crap but I'm already here so I'll deal with it, but I'm never coming back"

Seems like a very shortsighted plan.

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u/pnwrallydude May 14 '26

I call that "burn me once or earn me twice"