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I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

Note I did not buy any food for myself.

To head off questions:

  1. No, I couldn't cook for her. I'm suffering from a long-term illness where I can't eat solid foods and am extremely smell sensitive. My wife is at a funeral, so I had to order food.

  2. She's extremely picky and refused to let me order anything but pizza.

  3. We live outside of town, in a not very big town, with very few pizza delivery options, and they're all at least this expensive.

  4. No, I didn't also have to buy her the cheesy bread or the second topping or the sauces, but it's nice to get my daughter a treat and that is no excuse for the order being that expensive.

  5. We're in Indiana, so this should be ludicrous in terms of pricing. This used to be the pricing I would expect when we lived in L.A. and ordered from a good local place rather than a chain.

Edit: Turns out what I should have been infuriated about is people repeatedly telling me to get takeout and having to repeatedly explain why that wasn't an option, having people not believe I'm sick, and being repeatedly berated for not magically knowing food coupons exist on the internet when I never order food on the internet. Oh right, and also being a bad parent for not forcing food my daughter doesn't like down her throat or starving her if she won't eat it.

By the way, I have another thing to be infuriated about. A huge storm came in and this happened to our trees. I assume I will start being berated for not cutting them down before that happened, but because I have no power or internet at home and have to go to the library to post, your further posts telling me what an idiot I am and how I'm an awful parent and how I'm not really sick will take me a while to read. Sorry to ruin your day. Maybe you'll find someone else to treat like shit.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/27d3d56f-3566-424d-9c3d-47d6aff0179b.png

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/961dbf84-9e86-4144-b919-9e6649de1243.png

Anyway, have fun telling me I'm the worst person on Lemmy, just don't expect a quick reply.

Oh, and do tell me how stupid I am for not knowing that people who clear up and fix such damage have coupons on their website.

DAMunzy ,

You're using Domino's wrong. You have to use the 2+ two topping medium pizza coupon for $6.99 each. They have it plastered on the website and the app.

FlyingSquid OP , (edited )
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I will say it again- that is a waste of food. I am not going to eat it, my daughter doesn't like cold or reheated pizza and it's not like I'm going to shove it down her throat.

I am not going to waste food to get a better deal.

And I will also say this again- why should I use a coupon if Domino's can afford to charge less anyway? They should just charge less.

Edit: You all keep downvoting me without telling me why Domino's shouldn't just charge less when they can afford to.

Nicoleism101 , (edited )
@Nicoleism101@lemm.ee avatar

Regardless of who is right you should stop getting worked up over opinions from basement dwelling goblins. It’s the first rule of the internet. It can’t be used healthily otherwise.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Apparently, everything I say is a lie. So maybe I’m the troll?

ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

the issue isn't you're lying.

the issue is you're complaining about a fault with you, and blaming it on someone else. The fact you're not taking responsibility is why you're being dragged through the mud.

your post should be "oops, I forgot to use a coupon like a normal person and forgot to ask the store if they had any deals. look what my stupidity got me!" and you'd have some chuckles and some commiserations.

Instead, you're trying to blame Domino's for you not knowing that coupons have existed since the 1800s or something.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Your (and other people's) answer is "you shouldn't be stupid." But I can't control my level of intelligence, can I? So let's say for the sake of argument that I have a very low level of intelligence. Why does that give Domino's the right to take advantage of that and charge me more than smarter people?

Why are you and others justifying Domino's charging stupid people more than smart people?

ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

don't be an asshole, FS.

You're not ignorant, you knew coupons existed, you were just too lazy. Lazy people deserve to be taken advantage of.

And to make matters worse for you, even when shown how to spend less, you've actively said that you didn't want to do that.

You're being an asshole. You're being an attention whore.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I did not, in fact, know that coupons existed for ordering pizza online, something I have said repeatedly.

I also never said I didn't want to do it. That's just not true. I may have said I don't plan to order pizza online again, I may have said that I don't plan on downloading their app, but I never said I didn't want to do it if I were to ever do so again. Please do not put words in my mouth.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

that is a lie. maybe if you were part of that Amazon tribe that just got Starlink and porn, I could believe that. But it's such a stupid lie.

Like you're saying you knew coupons existed before, but with the advent of the internet, they must have all disappeared?

I retract my earlier statement - maybe you really are that stupid. I mean, not just ignorant, but actually, demonstrably stupid.

Now I feel sorry for that Library you're in.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I thought I wasn’t a liar. And I was in a library days ago.

And, again, if I’m stupid, why is it right for Dominos to take advantage of stupid people? Why do stupid people deserve to pay more money? You don’t get to choose your intelligence level. Should all products be priced based on I.Q.?

ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

I thought you weren't either, but evidence and time do crazy things.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

And, again, if I’m stupid, why is it right for Dominos to take advantage of stupid people? Why do stupid people deserve to pay more money? You don’t get to choose your intelligence level. Should all products be priced based on I.Q.?

Still didn't answer. Maybe because you know this is "hail corporate" stuff.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

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    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    No, no you didn't. You have never once justified Domino's taking advantage of ignorant or unintelligent people.

    However, you did just reveal yourself as an ableist bigot, which explains a few things.

    ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

    justified? no. Never said I justified it. Your literacy - once again - is really lacking. But I did address it.

    The difference between you and Brendan Frasers "The Whale" is that his character was actually well read and articulate. You're more like the WoW troll from South Park.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Now that's a lie. Here is one of the multiple times you justified what Dominos does:

    Like you’re saying you knew coupons existed before, but with the advent of the internet, they must have all disappeared?

    I retract my earlier statement - maybe you really are that stupid. I mean, not just ignorant, but actually, demonstrably stupid.

    But also, considering at least one of your multiple insulting responses to me (I have never insulted you, by the way) has been deleted, maybe you shouldn't continue?

    ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

    since you started by engaging disingeniously, not bothering to read what I wrote, I'll give you the same respect and not read what you wrote, and just presume you're going to whine about being called out on your bs.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I literally quoted what you wrote.

    And I have still yet to insult you.

    uhmbah ,

    I love this answer!

    Fuck 'em, squid. I've seen many of your posts/comments. Stupid you ain't.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Thank you.

    Invalid_name ,
    @Invalid_name@lemy.lol avatar

    It's clearly one of your hundreds alt accounts

    dan ,
    @dan@upvote.au avatar

    why Domino's shouldn't just charge less when they can afford to.

    Ideally they would charge less, but people are willing to pay the higher prices, so they charge the higher prices. We live in a capitalist society, and they'll increase the prices as high as the market can bear.

    A lot of companies increase their prices but have coupons that bring the price down. Easy way for them to make more money, as people that like the product will continue to buy it, and not every customer will use the coupons.

    BeMoreCareful ,

    deally they would charge less, but people are willing to pay the higher prices, so they charge the higher prices. We live in a capitalist society, and they'll increase the prices as high as the market can bear.

    It's dumb, but it is what it is.

    ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

    as I called it before, "the lazy tax". 🤷‍♂️

    dan ,
    @dan@upvote.au avatar

    Yeah, for sure. Same reason a bunch of subscription stuff goes up in price after a year or two.

    VirtualOdour ,

    You are right, I hate that I have to navigate a bizarre maze of mathematical conundrums just to order food. I avoid ordering I'm general but the rare time I do it annoys me every time and I always feel like I'm getting ripped off.

    scottywh ,

    That's crazy... I can get more than 3 times as much food from Domino's in a HCOL area for less money just by paying attention to the online deals and picking it up instead of delivery.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e5432c14-3d71-44ed-b49f-d23db95cdb8c.png

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3f374a4b-0518-445f-b6d9-42d3e831345b.png

    Buddahriffic ,

    I don't think I've ever seen a pizza place sell small pizzas for a decent value. They price them to not sell. I'm guessing because they aren't as predictable for the amount of volume you might need.

    It wouldn't have been cheaper to go for bigger (ignoring deals), but it wouldn't have been much more and you'd have leftover pizza for lunch the next day.

    match ,
    @match@pawb.social avatar

    You tipped 20%? If that's the case they're calculating the tip on the taxes and delivery charge as well

    Rivalarrival , (edited )

    The 15% or 20% guidelines are based on the amount of work performed by the tipped employees (who earn less than minimum wage before tips.) the amount of the check correaponds pretty closely to how much time a waiter has to spend serving a table.

    Drivers are not usually employees; they usually have $0/hr in wages, and pay their own fuel and vehicle expenses. Delivery services typically pay $2 per trip, and a trip will involve 2-4 stops. The base pay from the delivery service does not even cover fuel costs, let alone the driver's time.

    The amount of work a delivery driver performs is not at all related to the amount of the check. The 15%/20% rules are not remotely close to the amount of work the driver performs. $8 on a $20 order is a garbage tip if it's a 10-mile delivery to a fourth-floor walkup. $4 on a $70 order might be a decent tip if it's a 1-mile delivery to a front porch.

    The appropriate tip for delivery is based on mileage, not food price. $1 for pickup, $1 for dropoff, and $1 per mile is a pretty basic tip. A driver can complete about 3, $2 runs per hour. $3 tips gives him a gross income of about $15/hr, and he can net about $10-12 of that after expenses.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    The appropriate tip for delivery is based on mileage, not food price. $1 for pickup, $1 for dropoff, and $1 per mile is a pretty basic tip.

    Ok, so then I should have only tipped him $4? Because it's around 2 miles away.

    Rivalarrival ,

    In my area, I would not feel insulted by a $4 tip for a ~2-mile delivery.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Well, I gave 5. I guess I insulted them.

    Rivalarrival ,

    That was uncalled for.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Was it? All this time I was told I was undertipping and now I'm overtipping.

    Can people please make up their mind?

    Rivalarrival ,

    A $4 tip plus $2 from the service nets me $6. I average 3 to 5 deliveries per hour, grossing $18 to $30 total. Minus $3 to $5 in expenses, and I'm earning $13 to $27/hr on that. Not great, but not terrible.

    RizzRustbolt ,

    8 dollars for bread and cheese is beyond "mildly" infuriating.

    Linkerbaan ,
    @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/69675d50-7f16-4593-a60a-3237a430977f.jpeg

    https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide

    Crozekiel ,

    What's mildly infuriating here is OP... People are trying to explain how you could have saved almost 1/3 of your purchase price and you just argue with them and keep shouting from your soapbox.

    Unfortunately, price shopping is a part of every transaction if you are trying to get the best deal. If you aren't invested enough to read the largest banner on the shop website to save almost 1/3 of your total, then getting the best price was clearly not a concern when you ordered. Yes, you are expected to do that yourself, just like buying anything else in the commerce system we have been using for decades. It's real boomer/privileged energy expecting that to just be done for you.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Because I wasn't trying to get the best deal, I just wanted some damn pizza and, as I have already said, why can't Domino's just charge that price? Why is a coupon needed? Please explain to me why that should be necessary rather than Domino's just charging the lower price, since they obviously can afford to?

    It’s real boomer/privileged energy expecting that to just be done for you.

    I never asked anyone to do it for me. So I didn't expect anything.

    Is it privileged to have people do it for you when you never asked them to?

    Crozekiel ,

    You are expecting dominos to do it for you. That's literally what you are asking. They aren't going to do that for you because they make more money if you ignore the "deals". Even a tiny barrier is going to keep out some number of people that don't find value in spending 30 seconds to save 25% on a $30 tab because they have the money to not even notice, which increases profitability. Their line goes up. Our system forces all these companies to worry about that line going up.

    That said, they aren't trying to hide it from you, it is the largest thing on their store page, and their people on the phone will happily tell you about it.

    Someone else made the same analogy, it is just like going to a drive through and ordering a burger, fries, and drink separately and not asking for a combo. Same products, but most places it will cost you more to order them separately than to order the combo.

    If you are still mad about it, you aren't mad at Dominos, you are mad at the core of our current economic system.

    Lightor ,

    Yes, greedy companies charge more and are making it harder to get things at a responsible price, that's the mildly infuriating bit.

    hypnicjerk ,

    Because I wasn't trying to get the best deal

    then why are you mad that you didn't get the best deal?

    Lightor , (edited )

    I feel like people have to be purposefully missing the point to make comments like this.

    You used to be able to just order pizza and it be a reasonable price. If you have to do research and build out a coupon spreadsheet just to get a responsible price, that's a problem.

    WordBox ,

    Idk in the days where you had to call in you still had to ask if they had deals... Otherwise you're paying menu price (unless the cashier was feeling extra nice)

    Lightor ,

    Sure, I think deals and coupons were always a thing, but there were actually deals. I can't speak for everyone, but I feel like these "deals" now just take an inflated price and make it reasonable. They're not a deal so much anymore, just a way to make things somewhat reasonably priced.

    ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

    I just paid $2.67usd after tax for a large pepperoni Domino's pizza. That's a deal.

    Lightor ,

    And not the norm

    ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

    EXACTLY. This isn't new or news.

    ZeroHora ,
    @ZeroHora@lemmy.ml avatar

    Exactly, thanks god. Is mildly infuriating read comments with people reasoning the late stage capitalism practice with basically "git gud" mentality

    poke ,

    This post is a good mildly infuriating post. The pizza does cost too much.

    However, it also seems like the poster wasn't ready for discussion when posting to a discussion board.

    tamal3 ,

    I hear you, but OP already said he didn't use the internet to make the purchase. Honestly, even as a millennial I order out so infrequently that I probably wouldn't use their site either. Yes, the economic system that has created this reality is the main issue, but that doesn't mean it's incorrect to be frustrated at Dominos.

    ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

    he DID use the internet. He used their website, and still ignored all their deals.

    Godric ,

    Did you order online?

    Did you ignore the deal they shove in your face as soon as you visit the website that would have made the order much cheaper?

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b2bd4129-5b9c-4598-854b-e8ff2c76ef07.jpeg

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    You mean the deal where I have to order two of something and pay $7 for each one? That would have been more expensive and a waste of food.

    Godric ,

    ....buddy...

    Don't complain about how things work when you don't know how things work XD

    Click on the 2 or more deal and do some exploring, this is a learning moment that will revolutionize your Domino's experience forever!

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Don’t complain about how things work when you don’t know how things work XD

    Again, why is it my fault that Domino's is taking advantage of my not knowing how their system works? The last time I ordered a pizza before this, you had to do it by phone. I don't order pizza. So why should I be expected to know how ordering pizza over the internet works? Am I supposed to absorb the information indirectly somehow?

    What exactly do you have to gain by defending corporate deceptive practices?

    Godric ,

    Buddy I'm not "defending deceptive corporate practices", I'm trying to teach you how to use the deals they shove in your face so you can save money.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5d71e8ea-45d4-4e1e-a77a-b7b4ffca7de3.jpeg

    Domino's isn't "taking advantage of you not knowing how the system works" when they plaster the deals in all caps on their homepage. They want you to use the deals, and make it very easy to use the deals.

    I would think there'd be less obstinate boomerism on Lemmy, but apparently not. You have eyes, you have fingers, and presumably a brain. You could have used them, you didn't. You paid more than you had to as a result. You now have the option to learn, and not make the same mistake again.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Considering people keep insisting I do something I didn't know was a thing I could do and berating me for not knowing it, I think getting mildly annoyed by people saying that, and the people telling me to get takeout when I can't, is damn reasonable after dealing with people saying it for a day.

    I'm sorry I don't know what I don't know and I'm tired of getting berated for not knowing what I don't know as if I somehow should have known it through osmosis.

    I'm not a boomer, I'm 46. I just don't order pizza. Hence my putting that in the headline. I probably won't order pizza again either unless something unexpected like this happens again.

    itstoowet ,

    I feel for you dude, the pizza should just be the fair price without having to dive into some stupid deal system. Just sell the pizza for the price of the damn pizza. The other guy sounds like a silly domino's evangelical lmao. "I have dominos wisdom, hear my words!!"

    Such a weird thing to defend their business practices, it's not even quality pizza.

    naeap ,

    Hey man, just wanted to say that I'm on your side

    I hate it that prices are getting somewhat hidden or I need to shop in a specific manner to get a discount.
    Just tell me your fucking price and then I'll decide, if it's worth it for me.
    I don't care to read or search through your website for offers. I want to order what I want and that's fucking it

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Thank you. Exactly.

    DarkDreamer13 ,

    But in the picture you can see CHEESEY BREAD is among the options you can choose along with pizza. So the TWO THINGS you did order would count for the TWO THINGS you need. It would therefore be cheaper and the same amount of food. You're getting mad at people in the comments because you didn't take the time to read, nay, even LOOK AT THE DAMN PICTURES of the deal.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    What size pizza? How many toppings?

    And, yet again, I didn't know these coupons were a thing.

    TheOakTree ,

    By utilizing the Choose 2 combo, the total cost (assuming same delivery cost and adjusted tax) would be about $25 dollars including a 20% tip (based on total and not subtotal, as in the picture). However, that would include a medium pizza instead of a small pizza.

    It's not a massive difference. It is definitely a meaningful difference, but it's still pretty costly for 2 meals worth of food.

    BURN ,

    Never order dominos without coupons. It’s exponentially more expensive than anything you can get with a coupon.

    Dominos largest profit margins are on orders exactly like this. It’s often more economical to order more food at a cheaper price.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I just looked on the coupons page on their website. None of the coupons would have applied.

    BURN ,

    You’re never going to find exactly what you want, but the 5.99 deal for a medium 2 topping also applies to the cheesy bread you ordered, bringing the total down significantly.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I'm not seeing such a deal.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/603b2a02-b988-49f2-b8db-bed151d17645.png

    BURN ,

    It looks like it’s now the 6.99 deal

    It’s been 6 or 7 years since I worked for dominoes

    scottywh ,

    That pick any 2 for $6.99 each deal would have saved you a bundle.

    So would picking it up.

    FlyingSquid OP , (edited )
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Again- I am extremely smell sensitive.

    I go into the pizza place, I heave.

    I carry the pizza to the car, I heave.

    I drive with the pizza in the car, I have to keep pulling over to heave.

    Why do any of you find that reasonable? Would you want to do that just to give someone a pizza?

    Yes, I know. The answer is "downvote this comment" rather than accept the fact that it is something I cannot do because of my illness (which I am apparently completely making up).

    scottywh ,

    Breathe through your mouth.

    There is zero chance someone really developes something that debilitating without learning how to cope with it.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Yep. It’s definitely all a lie. You and the others figured it out. But this is another chance to show off my amazing Photoshop skills.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/606e8236-c87b-4a4d-9141-69275b77ac0d.png

    I Photoshop that to pretend I spent all my birthday money on a medical bill. Isn’t that awesome?

    scottywh ,

    Keep posting your hospital bill.

    It doesn't prove shit except that you are committed to your stupid lie.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I have a nutty idea! You keep harassing me, and I keep flagging you and then I will report you to Lemmy.world admin eventually if that doesn’t work. Sound fun?

    scottywh ,

    No one is harassing you by calling out your bullshit...

    But feel free to be as wimpy and whiny as you'd like.

    Crozekiel ,

    Dude could have saved like $6+tax and gotten more food, and is still arguing that nothing could have been done...

    Lead a horse to water and all that...

    Glytch ,

    Skill issue.

    Check the deals tab on the website, you could have gotten a medium and cheesy bread for at least $10 less that what you paid for this.

    Don't blame the restaurant when you won't even try to save money.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Sorry, why is it my fault to know that they offered discounts? Why should they offer them in the first place? Why not just charge that amount if they can afford to? Is it because you have to enter extra information for those coupons to work for them to harvest your data?

    spongebue ,

    In my experience, damn near every pizza place has had combo deals and coupons and stuff. And no, I never had to give any extra information or data or app install or whatever that I wouldn't have had to give for the order anyway. Just say "yeah, add that special to the cart"

    Kinda like if you order a cheeseburger, fries, and drink instead of a #1 combo.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    You don't know Domino's.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2016/04/06/big-data-driven-decision-making-at-dominos-pizza/

    spongebue ,

    That's true, I have generally gotten my pizza elsewhere (not that I'm an anti-chain purist snob, but there are several options and Domino's is my least-favorite). If Domino's is particularly egregious, why was that your choice? Surely you knew that and a coupon wasn't the only way they could do it?

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar
    1. We live outside of town, in a not very big town, with very few pizza delivery options, and they’re all at least this expensive
    petrol_sniff_king ,

    I read the first bullet point and immediately had a prophetic, future-sight vision of the comments before even scrolling down. I'm so sorry, man, haha.

    Crikeste ,

    I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect every person to go through the deals tab. Hell, that’s why it exists rather than just lowering the prices.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I just looked at the coupons tab and none of them apply to what I ordered.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5e799bf6-9dd4-4088-9e80-1ced6861008a.png

    KrankyKong ,

    The choose 2 for 6.99 seems like it'd work for a you. A medium pizza and cheesy bread for 14 bucks.

    You gotta get creative when buying from these chain pizza places. There's reasonable deals to be found, but they don't make it easy.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I'm not seeing where it says a medium pizza. It also doesn't say how many toppings, but I'm guessing one.

    On top of that, it's a waste of food to get a medium pizza for one person.

    Crikeste ,

    Pizza is like the one food everyone agrees is good leftovers lmao. Even cold. You ok, my guy?

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Not my daughter.

    Crikeste ,

    That’s fair.

    KrankyKong ,

    You gotta do a little poking around. It's a medium 2 topping pizza. Stuffed cheesy bread is also on there. Just have to click in the link to find that out.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/92ea89aa-b1cf-4cc4-8c4a-25d7862fc77c.jpeg

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Well then I definitely wouldn't have ordered it. I am not going to waste food to save money.

    skuzz ,

    Learning to "life-hack" a web site for deals (especially when in a crisis) shouldn't be a prerequisite for purchasing food at a reasonable price. The onus should not be on the consumer to not get ripped off by the seller.

    This is just a continuation of systemic failure of business running rampant on the web without any reasonable regulation to prevent it.

    MolochAlter ,

    This isn't like, basic necessities food. This fast food.

    The cost is the manpower and prep involved in being able to deliver food, fast.

    The deals are there to make you check the rest of the website and be acquainted with their products, in exchange you get a price reduction.

    There is no ripping off, you're just not doing an additional bit of trading. If you don't want food at the price Domino's offers nobody says you must purchase from them.

    librejoe ,

    Lol you're surprised at this? Don't come to Canada, your eyeballs will fall out of your sockets. I would have sent her money to go buy groceries instead.

    guacupado ,

    Funny, considering someone else from Canada quoted at half the price of OP's.

    s_s ,

    That's what 3 days worth of unhealthy hot food, delivered to your door should cost. It's an extravagant service; it should be an extravagant price.

    The real problem is that all those extra fees and expenses just go straight into owner pockets/shareholder value instead of providing the employees with medical care, proper insurance and a real retirement.

    If you want to save money, teach your daughter how to safely cook a frozen pizza. If she's old enough to be home alone and answer the door when strangers show up, why can't she fed herself?

    FlyingSquid OP ,
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    I absolutely would not let my daughter answer the door for strangers if she was home alone. That's a terrible idea.

    s_s ,

    You are best friends with all the dominos drivers?

    FlyingSquid OP ,
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    I'm not even sure why her being home is relevant. I was there too and Domino's drivers will drop the pizza off outside your door and leave.

    TheOakTree ,

    3 days worth of food? Maybe 3 meals for a child, not 3 days.

    tehmics ,

    Never buy chain pizza at menu price. They all run specials all the time, that are around half off. They keep menu prices high so that they can constantly run buy one get one promos and specials to make you think you're getting a deal. They also happen to gouge people who won't bother checking the deals section

    DogWater ,

    And similarly don't order fast food without using the app for promos and deals.

    petrol_sniff_king ,

    I will let myself bleed out in a Safeway parking lot before installing McDonald's stupid fucking app to get a 1.99 boiling hot coffee to cauterize the wound with.

    DogWater ,

    ? Why lol just use Google/apple pay

    tehmics ,

    Nah that trash isn't touching my phone unless I'm homeless and starving

    DogWater ,

    Lol

    HubertManne ,

    why is no one talking about how it adds up to 30.97 unless my head math is no longer sharp.

    skuzz ,

    I got $31.07 here using a calculator. Perhaps you've uncovered a plot perpetrated by Big Calculator. (A joke.)

    HubertManne ,

    I might be losing my perspecacity. I add the last two lines and my brain said 92 cents and 18 cents made a dollar rather than a dollar 10. it may seem dumb but thanks as it was messing with my brain. ugh I hate when I do stuff like that.

    skuzz ,

    Hey, it's good to keep exercising the math muscle, and apparently making mistakes is a better learning reinforcement for us than always succeeding, so I bet it will stick better now.

    HubertManne ,

    i wish but that type of shortcutty my brain took is unfortunately sorta a good and bad thing. It saw the 92 and 8 and just blew by it saying thats gonna be an even dollar so we can jump to the the others and figure out the cents and then add the dollars together. Im like 99% sure I would do the same in future unless I pull out paper (or just have a machine do it)

    TheOakTree ,

    No, it's $31.07. You likely combined the 92 cents and 18 cents to a dollar instead of a dollar and 10 cents.

    HubertManne ,

    yes. that is exactly what I did.

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