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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

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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.

Boozilla ,
@Boozilla@lemmy.world avatar

I felt bad reading this. Fast food is way too expensive here in 2024. And then you had to write an essay justifying yourself because of all the pedantic jerks who love to pounce on the smallest of things.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

And someone already didn’t apparently read it since they told me I should have picked it up myself.

Boozilla ,
@Boozilla@lemmy.world avatar

LOL! Of course!

BananaTrifleViolin ,

The thing about inflation is the food is not expensive, its the value of money that’s gone down. Its salaries that are way too low to afford the new prices. The food isn’t too expensive - employees are being underpaid.

0110010001100010 ,
@0110010001100010@lemmy.world avatar

It can be both at the same time which is why the problem is so exacerbated right now.

explodicle ,

IMHO all that matters is the difference between the two.

Cryophilia ,

Yeah but that’s an academic, maybe even a pedantic, difference.

_number8_ ,

people love acting like they’re perfect and always make perfect decisions in these posts. like, you can easily advise the OP and sympathize but people love to be smug instead

Boozilla ,
@Boozilla@lemmy.world avatar

Ain’t that the truth.

BearOfaTime ,

Yea, pizza places have gotten out of hand in recent years.

Adding a delivery fee (which doesn’t go to the driver) from locations that only do delivery.

How about fuck you and your delivery fee. Which is why I refuse to have pizza delivered any more. Plus they invariably get lost, though we’re a few hundred yards from their store.

Little Seizures sells the same pizza for half the price, or less, than Papa John’s, before those fees are tacked on.

chagall ,

Little Seizures is my second favorite pizza place after Delicious Aneurysm.

odium ,

Stroke hut is underrated

Neato ,
@Neato@ttrpg.network avatar

Pizza with extra sausage. Hand tossed.

DannyBoy ,

Hard to go wrong with a $5 $9 CAD Hot N Ready.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

The only LC here is inside a gas station, but I used to love their crazy bread years ago.

thefartographer ,

I’m sad you didn’t use my household’s name for the Papa: Poopy John’s

iopq ,

The driver still gets an hourly wage, so they still need to pay them for delivering. I don’t understand how you expect delivery to be the same price as pick up.

corsicanguppy ,

Now compare in-house and delivery. What’s a delivery guy but a waiter who won’t come back and refill my root beer? Worst waiter ever.

iopq ,

Domino’s where I am just drop your order at the counter. Does yours have waiters?

iopq ,

Domino’s where I am just drop your order at the counter. Does yours have waiters?

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Well, a waiter that brought your food a really long way. Kinda makes up the difference.

_number8_ ,

they get paid like $2/hr when actually out on a delivery, it’s pathetic and is absolutely no reason to justify the fee

iopq ,

The people who order delivery must be subsidized by the pick up customers now?

Because if you pay those wages from the price of the pizza, then everyone is paying for deliveries even if they don’t get pizza delivered.

Notice nobody said the charge is too much, they immediately didn’t want to pay anything

Cryophilia ,

Notice you said something factually wrong, got called out on it, and pivoted to a different argument.

iopq ,

What? It costs money for the delivery. That’s a fact

Cryophilia ,

They don’t get paid minimum wage.

iopq ,

They do, except they have a $5.12 tip allowance

If they don’t make $7.25 an hour the employer must pay the difference

Cryophilia ,

Most food delivery people are classified as “independent contractors” and are therefore not subject to minimum wage. This is almost certainly not consistent with federal law but multiple legal challenges have failed due to corrupt judges and captured regulators.

iopq ,

That applies to Uber Eats and similar, not to Domino’s delivery drivers who are Domino’s employees

Cryophilia ,

Most pizza franchises have offloaded delivery to apps.

iopq ,

Domino’s has not. Yet people criticize a few dollars delivery fee, despite Uber eats actually costing more (maybe not at first glance, but the prices in store and online are different which is worse)

Cryophilia ,

I’ve literally picked up and delivered pizzas from Dominos while working for doordash. I suspect it’s franchise dependent.

chunkystyles ,

I’ve always been too much of a cheapskate curmudgeon to pay for food delivery and I’ve been increasingly baffled by people who pay hundreds of dollars a month to have cold, soggy fast food delivered at an eye watering premium.

I get laziness, I really do. For me, personally, going to pick up food is the lazy option.

Hobo ,

Why would you need to defend yourself for ordering a pizza and being shocked by the high price? Sometimes I think I’ve gotten too old for the internet. People should be allowed to order a pizza every once in a while and not have to formulate a 5 point list of the reasons why it’s okay for them to order pizza.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

A whole bunch of people have come in to tell me why I should have done things that I already said I wouldn’t be able to do based on those five points, so I suppose you could argue that it wasn’t worth giving them, although I have a feeling even more people would have said “just get takeout” or whatever. Someone even now is telling me to get takeout just put the pizza in a Ziplock.

el_abuelo ,

Did you consider getting takeout?

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I did not! Thank you for the suggestion!

RizzRustbolt ,

That’s a go order!

Take 'em out!

skuzz ,

Just ignore the trolls, they have meaningless little lives and nothing better to do than try and make a random person online feel like shit so the trolls can feel like their existence matters in any significant way. Which sucks, as they could probably better focus that time constructively, but instead…this.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Thank you.

scottywh ,

???

Pizza is takeout… If they mean picking it up instead of delivery, well yes, you should have.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@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?

scottywh ,

Because you’re full of shit.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Wow! You also figured out my huge con to tell everybody I’m sick when I’m not. And as a consolation prize for figuring it out second, you get to have an entire paste of what I said to the first guy about how it’s all a big con. Congratulations on both of you for being Sherlock Holmes.

I guess I made up all the posts I made about it in Casual Conversation you’re free to look up, including all the ones I posted while I was at the Mayo Clinic.

It’s been a long con going on since December of 2022.

After all, nothing on the internet is true.

Here you go, here’s a link where I made up being at the Mayo Clinic: lemmy.world/post/13867999

Here’s a link on another forum where I completely made up having my gall bladder removed and how that didn’t work: forums.mst3k.com/t/…/2520?u=flyingsquid

I’m happy to show you other examples of me completely making this up.

Edit: sorry, you don’t get to see my medical records, but I can probably arrange a video chat with one of my doctors if you’d like. Of course, that will probably just a fake doctor that I’m completely making up.

Edit 2: Check out my amazing Photoshop skills!

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/64c9f5ff-e39d-4ece-b83b-9733a688724f.png

scottywh ,

You need to fucking grow up.

natecox ,
@natecox@programming.dev avatar

Have you seen the responses here? Paints a picture on why they felt the need to defend themselves.

el_abuelo ,

Well he didn’t just get takeout for some reason /s

Glytch ,

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    DragonTypeWyvern , (edited )

    Liberals will lick any boot they see as long they’re charged for the privilege.

    Lightor ,

    Always gotta find a way to pwn those libs, even when the topic is ordering pizza, jfc, have a personality

    DragonTypeWyvern ,

    Stop being such petty, bootlicking sluts and I’ll stop calling you petty, bootlicking sluts.

    Lightor ,

    Sure, I’m a bootlicking slut, you really got me. You sound like you weren’t hugged enough so you inject politics into everything, so you have a reason to insult people. You’re in a cult my guy. Like I said, have a personality beyond “libs bad”, it’s pathetic.

    DragonTypeWyvern ,

    Bootlicking slut taking the side of petty bitches yelling at OP for not liking the way society is progressing says what?

    Lightor , (edited )

    Jesus, that was a bit of a mouthful huh? Also, “says what” doesn’t work when I can just reread it.

    But I love this line of logic. How do you like society progressing? Do you like the push for diversity and inclusion, trans rights, gay marriage, legalizing weed, pushing for socialized health care, gender-affirming procedures, and abortion rights? I’m assuming you like all that. I mean, you wouldn’t want to be a “petty bitch” for not liking how society is progressing. Or are you just bootlicking the GOP and nodding your head whenever they say anything without thinking too hard?

    Edit: funny how you didn’t say anything when brought face to face with you hypocrisy. You just down voted me and stayed quiet. All people like you ever have is hate and name calling, not a single coherent thought or stance.

    petrol_sniff_king ,

    How do you feel about negotiating the price of a new car down?

    Personally, I think it’s really cool that people without social skills are charged more. It’s like “take that! ya fuckin loser.”

    Glytch ,

    Nice false equivalence. This isn’t even about negotiating, it’s about looking at the website you’re ordering from and actively trying to save money. Domino’s doesn’t hide their deals, they put them under the tab labeled “deals”. If you don’t have the reading comprehension to find those deals, you may need someone else to order for you.

    petrol_sniff_king ,

    Exactly! I’m always complaining about the illiterate. I like to write them letters because I know it makes them sad.

    loudWaterEnjoyer , (edited )
    @loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    Why would I care what the internet loser has to say about my life? Why should that impact my behavior in any way?

    I am also highly irritated by the way this post was formulated. It feels like, having the need to post personal information to justify ordering a pizza so he can ramble about the price.

    How can a grown ass man be so insecure about himself. Like what’s the problem with saying fuck I ordered a pizza and damn those fuckers got expensive? Where are we heading, that a grown adult needs to intro everyone with a letter long disclaimer, to justify he bought a pizza.

    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.

    Limonene ,

    If you want to get a fair price at Dominos, you have to play their game. At least look through the website for special offers on pizza, because the “menu prices” are 2.5x higher than the average price a person pays. After that, if you still want a lower price, search the Internet for coupons (although that doesn’t work as well nowadays since they use account-locked rewards systems instead of coupons).

    Even if you play the game, it will still be more expensive than you remember, due to massive inflation.

    I don’t go to Dominos any more due to repeated bad customer service, their website malfunctioning in a lot of ways, and the last time I visited the store it smelled strongly like ammonia.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Wow. That’s some bullshit, but I’ll remember that if I have to do this again.

    IHeartBadCode ,

    Usually, there's a coupon that lets you get a medium 1 topping pizza and a stuffed cheese bread (+1 free dip), for $7 each item. That said, I absolutely recommend making your own pizza dough if you have the time for it. Way better tasting pizza.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I wouldn’t even be able to get near pizza dough. I can imagine the smell in my head right now and that’s enough of the thought of a food smell to disgust me.

    Rozz ,

    Honest question, not a real suggestion, would the smell get through one of those double filter strap face masks for painting? I just don’t know about your situation.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I haven’t tried it, but I also don’t really want to take the chance.

    nokturne213 ,

    I replicated the order using their coupons. It saved $2, almost $3. But it’s for a medium pizza.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    That’s definitely better, but still significantly more expensive than it was 5 years ago. Do websites have coupons you can just use before you order? I didn’t bother to look. I didn’t even know that was a thing.

    kismattic ,
    @kismattic@lemmy.world avatar

    Yeah, as a person who’s ordered dominoes more than I like you have to start a coupon before you order and it makes it significantly cheaper (specifically the $7 per item coupon previously mentioned).

    Also, I highly recommend switching the pizza crust from hand tossed to pan. It’s always been a free change when I’ve done it and the pizza always comes out significantly better. If you’re optimizing it’s also more calories/dollar.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    This place doesn’t offer pan. Just regular and thin crust.

    mascarasnake ,

    Large one-topping pizzas are only $7.99 if you order on the Domino’s website with their coupon, which is usually located on the home page. Make sure you click “see all coupons” if prompted, because they bury some of them.

    I once had a problem picking up an order I’d made online that never went through. They tried to resubmit the order themselves in-store so they could make the pizza on the spot, but the total was almost twice as much without the online coupons. I had to place my online order in the store since they couldn’t access those deals themselves.

    Bonus, though, is that you can get the extra large “Brooklyn style” for only $10 (instead of $15+ regular price) by up-sizing that $7.99 large pizza for $2 more when you check out.

    Source: am kinda poor in a rural area where Domino’s is about the best you can get, and buying in bulk is the cheapest way to go.

    Cryophilia ,

    Speaking of buying in bulk, Dominos pasta is pretty good and filling and refrigerates/reheats much better than the pizza. If you’re ever doing dominos, add a pasta on for tomorrow’s lunch.

    nokturne213 , (edited )

    Their “deal” pizza went from $5.99 in ~2010 to $6.99 and now $7.99. I do not remember when the changes happened exactly, but I do remember back around 2010 ordering the pizza at that price when our friend group would get together to watch Doctor Who.

    The $6.99 to $7.99 increase happened in the last yearish (I checked an order email from May 2023 and it was $6.99). I only get delivery when I am at work and my wife is unable to bring dinner, but I know the delivery fee has been increasing too.

    ETA: went and looked back further at order emails, in June 2022 it was $5.99. My earliest order email is from 2012, and they were $5.99 then as well. So at least 10 years at $5.99.

    Edit2: the $7.99 is because of the extra toppings. Medium pizzas are still $6.99 with coupon. I was up way past my bedtime last night, thus the mistake.

    Cryophilia ,

    Tangent, but please stop using ETA. That acronym is already taken by something important, and saving one character over “edit” doesn’t help anything.

    subignition ,
    @subignition@fedia.io avatar

    Yeah Domino's is one of those places that the price with a coupon, is the regular price. And the food's not terribly worth it even then IMO.

    Mango ,

    Yeah, Domino’s is only worth it if you do the coupon shit right. I got me and my roomie a pizza each, Parmesan bites, and cinnamon twists the other day for $20 + a fiver for the driver.

    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…

    YarHarSuperstar ,
    @YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world avatar

    You fucked up by not using the coupons

    Edit: sorry not trying to blame you, you wouldn’t know they do it this way, but they have extra high prices with really good coupons that are always active and can be used over and over. The best is the mix and match for $6.99.

    BakerBagel ,

    I’m not downloading an app just to buy a pizza. I have 10 local pizza joints in my town of 17,000 people. Stop buying from national chains.

    YarHarSuperstar ,
    @YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world avatar

    Well duh. But if you only have a certain amount of money the big chain can be your only option, and in that case the coupons are essential.

    Edit: also, there’s no reason to download the app besides slightly better tracking of the delivery. Website is still fully functional.

    BakerBagel ,

    It was $15 for a large (16 inch) pepperoni from a local shop last week here. The shop next door to my apartment has an $18 “King” sized that is 20inches. $21 for a 26x18 field. $6 for cheesy garlic breadNo coupons needed. Extra sauces are $1 instead of 75¢, but they are made in house so i can accept that.

    Both are admittedly more expensive than the Marcos 2 doors down from me, and i am not factoring in delivery charges, but not by much and certainly cheaper than what the OP posted here. I might also be lucky because my small college town has a piza shop for nearly ever 1000 residents, so they have to really compete with each other which keeps prices down, and the national chains really struggle against the better local options.

    Cryophilia ,

    You don’t need the app, you can use the coupon via the web site.

    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.

    forbes.com/…/big-data-driven-decision-making-at-d…

    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.

    Glytch ,

    Yes. They don’t hide their deals. They put them all in a convenient tab labeled “deals”

    Ignoring your rhetoricals

    No you don’t need to enter more info you just need to look at the website you’re ordering from.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    You can ignore the fact that Domino’s is taking advantage of people for not knowing things all you like. They still are.

    By the way, as I showed others, the closest coupon would only get me a medium pizza, which would be a waste of food since it wouldn’t get eaten. But that also seems to be irrelevant somehow… that I have to get exactly the order that Domino’s wants me to get or they charge me a whole lot more.

    People really seem to think Domino’s should charge whatever they want as long as the person is below a certain level of intelligence.

    Glytch ,

    Well duh, welcome to capitalism learn to live with or overthrow it. Corps will try to take your money any way they can it’s your own responsibility to not let them.

    A fool and his money are soon parted.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Yes, again, I understand that you and others think that people of low intelligence deserve to be charged a premium for it by corporations. You’ve already made that clear.

    People with intellectual disabilities deserve punishment.

    Glytch ,

    Are you on the Olympic track and field team? Because that was a leap worthy of a gold medal in long jump.

    Dominoes has no responsibility to save you money regardless of whether or not you’ve actually got disabilities, you’re broke, or (what I suspect is true in this instance) you’re just a quixotic dumbass.

    Capitalism doesn’t care about you. Work to overthrow it of you don’t like it.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Ah, corporations can do whatever they want and that’s okay because we live in a capitalist society. What a wonderful attitude.

    Glytch ,

    Correct.

    I’m not happy about it, I’m just telling you the truth. If we want to solve the problems we both have with our profit motivated society and the immoral corporations that control it we need to organize to overthrow it and install something better.

    Until that happens we have to take responsibility for protecting our own funds and that means taking advantage of whatever we can and paying attention to the places we’re buying from to make sure we minimize the amount they are able to take from us.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    You seem pretty happy about it to me. You also don’t seem like you want to solve anything. You also suggested that Domino’s was doing the opposite of something immoral.

    So make up your mind.

    If you really wanted to solve this problem and weren’t okay with it, you wouldn’t be berating someone for talking about how it is a problem.

    So I have no idea why you’re expecting me to suddenly believe you’re anti-capitalist after all of these defenses of Domino’s business practices. Sorry, you’re not going to make me believe you’ve become someone who is anything but pro-corporate overnight.

    Glytch ,

    You believe what you want, I don’t need to explain myself to a fool who can’t keep hold of their own money.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    Cool. Enjoy your hail corporate lifestyle. Hope that works out for you. I’m sure you’ll never get overcharged by any corporation when it turns out you didn’t have to be. And if that does happen, I’m sure you’ll berate yourself for lacking the intelligence to not be cheated. Because you feel the same way about yourself than you do about a stranger on the internet you know you can get away with berating since you’re not in the same room.

    Glytch ,

    And you enjoy getting offended and defensive when someone tells you to read for your own good or take responsibility for your own actions.

    FlyingSquid OP ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    I don’t enjoy it, I just don’t see why I should accept that Domino’s is doing something that it’s okay to do.

    I understand that you think it’s acceptable for Domino’s to have a two-tier pricing system depending on how smart you are. I don’t. I can’t help not being smart no matter how much you think I can.

    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.

    Glytch ,

    Reading the top bar of a website is not a “life hack” it should be common sense. Generally the “deals” tab is right next to the “menu” tab.

    Pizza places don’t hide their deals, they want you to use them and if you call the restaurant and aren’t a jerk the person on the phone they will likely apply a deal that fits your order and saves you a ton.

    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 )

    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.

    negativeyoda ,

    Kinda shitty that Dominos has it set up so that tip is calculated on top of the delivery and service fees. Tipping on the value of food, I understand. Tipping on the cost of those other fees is double dipping and bad faith in my opinion.

    Seriously, “y’all charged me a service fee to deliver my food? Cool! Let me tip you for that!”

    Having done time in the service industry, I have no problem tipping where it’s warranted, but you’re tipping the Dominos corporation for their fuckery at that point, not the driver

    jacksilver ,

    That’s like 50% of all tip calculations nowadays. It’s really obnoxious and feels like it’s trying to make you feel guilty for tipping an appropriate amount, but taxes and service charges aren’t part of the service.

    Dkarma ,

    Dominoes has their own cars tho so the delivery fee is in theory for car wear

    natecox ,
    @natecox@programming.dev avatar

    Maybe this is a regional thing, but every pizza place that I’m aware of which delivers requires the delivery driver to use their personal vehicle… and does not reimburse for wear and tear.

    BorgDrone ,

    Why does your dominoes deliver by car? Seems like an incredibly expensive and environmentally unsound way of delivering pizza? Here they just use bikes like basically every other delivery place.

    Solemn ,

    Are you in the US? I’ve literally never seen a delivery driver on a bike, except for that action movie about bike couriers in NYC.

    BorgDrone ,

    No, I’m in the Netherlands. Why deliver by car when a bike is faster and cheaper?

    greybeard ,

    Because it isn’t faster and cheaper in the majority of the US. The nearest Pizza place to me is about 2 miles, the nearest that actually delivers? About 4 miles. And I’m within the city limits of one of the top 20 largest cities in the US. Our population densities are on a completely different scale than the Netherlands. Not saying we have good city designs, but as it is, a bike would a terrible way to deliver food to me.

    BorgDrone ,

    You’re saying that 6.5 kilometers by car would be faster than by bike in a city? In a car you’d be stuck in slow moving traffic or waiting for a traffic light like 80% of the time.

    6.5km by bike would be like 20 minutes max, depending on city and time of day it would be 30-60 minutes by car.

    Solemn ,

    Our cities aren’t densely built up, except for New York. The actual urban area of most cities generally has far fewer people than the suburban metroplex surrounding it. 6.5km is literally larger than all of downtown Dallas, depending on how you define downtown.

    Even our cities are designed for car travel, so unless it’s rush hour you’re still faster by car. Unless there’s a concert or other event happening, it doesn’t take nearly 20 minutes to traverse downtown Dallas in a car.

    loudWaterEnjoyer ,
    @loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    I lived in Dallas, this is bullshit. Dallas has traffic jams all the time and it gets worse and worse. There are more than enough studies you can find, just search them on some search engine and look at the data.

    Solemn ,

    I live in DFW right now. I’ll admit i don’t commute through downtown proper daily, but even when i do go through downtown after work it’s bad, but not nearly as bad as plenty of other places in thr US.

    greybeard ,

    That is correct, the median speed, as a rough guess, from the pizza place near my house, to my house, would be 35mph, including the 2 stoplights in the way. Assuming we had proper bike infrastructure(which we don’t); you’d be hard pressed to top the speed a car can go, and you would still have to stop frequently at lights, just like a car. And remember, that is the nearest place, not the only. And a small sub note, this area is not flat, at all. The gradient changes are brutal for bikes and they can’t sustain a decent constant speed. Well, at least before electric bikes.

    I am not defending, in any way, America’s horrible car centric infrastructure. It is what we have though, and as a result, bike deliveries aren’t an option for the vast majority of America. Of course, when you leave the city, it gets worse.

    BorgDrone ,

    Assuming we had proper bike infrastructure(which we don’t); you’d be hard pressed to top the speed a car can go, and you would still have to stop frequently at lights, just like a car

    Here it’s the exact opposite. There is no way a car can keep up with a bike in the city. Let’s say I wanted to go to the city center by car, which is about 2 kilometers. I would encounter 5 traffic lights just in that short drive. On a working day it would be slow, on a Saturday? Forget it. It would probably be faster to walk. Alternatively, I could go by bike and encounter exactly zero traffic lights. I would ride from my house to the bicycle highway (few hundred meters), and from there it’s an uninterrupted route to the city center. It’s a completely separate path and there are bridges crossing all major roads. Near the city center it turns into a shared space where bicycles have priority over cars. The city center isn’t accessible by car at all, so if you go by car you have to park your car at the edge of the city center (paid) and walk the rest. By contrast, I can cycle right up to any store and park my bicycle right in front of it.

    naeap , (edited )

    4 miles (approx. 6km?) would be 3mins per km -> 18mins by bike

    Where is the problem?

    In my city in Austria like 90% of the deliveries are done by bike/e-bike
    There is even a platform/app where it's guaranteed to be delivered by bike.

    How long do you thing does it take to bike a few kilometres?

    Yeah, maybe your infrastructure isn't bike friendly, but that's a problem that can be solved.

    I just don't get the mentally of "well, it is that way and everything else can't apply here"

    Edit: being stoned and somehow missed finishing my first sentence

    greybeard ,

    And here, it can be as little a 6 minutes by car, assuming good light timing, and a max of 15 minutes, assuming terrible timing and unusual traffic.

    BURN ,

    Bike is not faster for a 20 mile delivery range

    BorgDrone ,

    Who the fuck orders food 32 kilometers away? Who the fuck even delivers at that distance? You’d pay more for gas than for the food. Never mind that your food would be cold when it arrives.

    I live in a small city in a rural area and I have like 150+ delivery restaurants within 5 kilometers. It wouldn’t even cross my mind to order from a restaurant in the next city over (not that they would accept it), let alone one 40 minutes away.

    BURN ,

    The US. Our dominos served a 15-20 mile radius in my medium sized suburban town growing up.

    BorgDrone ,

    That’s absolutely insane. How many delivery drivers do they have for such a large area? 32 kilometers that’s an hour roundtrip even in a rural area with little traffic. If you order around dinner time you must have to wait for hours to get your food, even id they have like 10+ cars.

    I checked and there are 18 dominoes in that radius around my home.

    Solemn ,

    Pizza delivery has electronically heated insulated containers for the drivers to keep the pizza in during the drive. Generally I think they group up orders so one delivery driver will hit up maybe 10-20 deliveries in that one run. It’s normally not driving 20 miles just to deliver one pizza.

    BorgDrone ,

    32 kilometers is still insane. How long do you have to wait for your pizza if they have to first wait for that many orders that need to go in that particular direction. Must be hours. Here it usually takes 15-20 minutes.

    Solemn ,

    15-45 minutes… I’m not exactly knowledgeable about pizza delivery logistics, so forgive me if I’m wrong about specifics. There was a decade or so where every chain promised delivery in 30 minutes or the pizza was free, but that’s no longer a guarantee these days.

    BorgDrone ,

    It depends on how busy it is. It’s mainly the time it takes to make the pizza. Delivery is a 900 meter bike ride. I think Dominoes uses e-bikes so that’s maybe 2 minutes?

    greybeard ,

    Something else you seem to be missing is often, a lot Americans live off highways. 20 miles may only take 20 minutes of drive time. When I lived in slightly more rural area, most driving took almost exactly minute per mile. Our entire country is designed around vehicles moving at high speed. My city is wrapped in a 60 mile interstate. An unbroken loop around the city who’s speed limit is 70mph. Outside of rush hour, you can take it all the way around at 80mph without ever braking in the slightest, unless there is a slow moving car camping the passing lane.

    Trev625 ,

    I wish we could ride bikes but here in the US there is absolutely no infrastructure for it. The closest Domino’s to me is 3 miles away. Riding a bike there would be extremely scary.

    Even if you take Google’s specified bike route through the neighborhoods you still have to go out onto the main roads at some point. First main road speed limit is 30mph where people routinely go 40-45. Second main road is 35mph where people also go 40-45. And the final stretch of “stroad” speed limit is 45mph where people go 55-60mph.

    Here you can use Google streetview and follow the route as if you were biking and see it yourself. maps.app.goo.gl/v4MnfPeZ9LuFzV8y6?g_st=ac (Don’t worry, I’m not doxxing myself)

    BorgDrone ,

    I’m shocked not just at the lack of proper infrastructure but also at how badly maintained and decrepit everything looks. If you showed me these pictures and told me this was somewhere in a former soviet state in eastern Europe I would have believed you.

    You can take a look around my nearest Domino’s. This one is the closest to my place (not doxing myself either here). There is no dedicated cycling infrastructure here as this is in a 30 kilometer zone near a shopping center and a school (max speed ~ 18mph) so there’s lots of speedbumps the road is fairly narrow to encourage driving at low speed. If you move out of the 30 km/h zone you’ll see cycling infrastructure appear. It’s also a few hundred meters from the F35 bicycle highway.

    Trev625 ,

    Wow everything looks so well maintained! Guess that’s the difference when you look at taxes as doing your part for the good of everyone vs the “gubment stealin ur hard earnd cash” sentiment we have around here. Also it looks like things are just plain closer together too.

    There are some nicer places a little bit southeast of where I live but they’re even further apart because the houses are bigger, the lots they are on are bigger and that makes the neighborhood larger which makes getting anywhere pretty much require a car. Not like I could afford living over there anyway haha

    taiyang ,

    Reading the comments about Domino’s coupon obsession, I feel like giving an economics story about when JC Penney said nuts to sales and coupons and nearly went bankrupt.

    Corpos in food and retail found that overpricing things then hitting you with deals and coupons caused American audiences to feel like they were getting a good deal. 15 buck pizza for only 6 dollars? Sounds like a deal until you realize that it’s really cheap to make thanks to suppliers and premade frozen pizzas. But if they always price it at 6 bucks, you’re gonna raise an eyebrow.

    What if you don’t do that? JC Penney had that idea a few years ago, since their industry basically priced jeans for 100 bucks and then said they were 70% off almost every day. So they tried everyday low prices and… they nearly bankrupted themselves. Lots of factors, but their main factor was their usual clientele thought they weren’t getting a deal even though the prices were cheaper than competitors (while not really attracting a new audience savvy enough to know sales are a scam).

    Point is, Domino’s is in a cycle of coupons or bust. It’s a shame you don’t have good pizza options at reasonable prices nearby, though, and a shame the good old days of free delivery seem behind us.

    RvTV95XBeo ,

    My God if I have to listen to my mother in law brag about how good of a “deal” her $10 (made up “retail”, $26) Tommy Bahama hand towels from TJ Max were one more time…

    Brunbrun6766 ,
    @Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world avatar

    Well, TJMaxx and Marshalls is different. Those items are mostly close out, clearance, etc brought in from other retail chains. So on most things there yes it’s some expensive brand you’re getting for a fraction. Unfortunately both those stores (Same company) have also narrowed that margin as of the last few years.

    andros_rex ,

    Yeah - I’ve noticed Big Lots (similar kind of store) hasn’t been that much better than Walmart or whichever store the items first came from.

    Clearance sales also seem to getting worse across the board. My Walmart puts dented cans and packages with missing stuff out for maybe $1-2 off at most.

    stevestevesteve ,

    I hate how people mix up correlation and causation with JC Penney and it’s couponless trial. The company was ALREADY very much on a fast track to bankruptcy when it decided to try removing coupons - that’s why they tried it. It didn’t make enough of a difference to pull them out of the nosedive they were in.

    It’s not that not doing coupons doesn’t work, it just didn’t save a failing business.

    taiyang ,

    It certainly wasn’t a thriving business, but I don’t think it’s purely a correlation isn’t causation situation. The points about clientele not adapting are probably valid, given the evidence suggests that they lost those loyalists on top of their nose dive.

    And yes, it can work if you are consistent. Trader Joes is a good example, they are thriving and haven’t once did sales while virtually every other grocer does. Domino’s is set in their ways, though, although they’d probably survive if they blundered.

    Cryophilia ,

    Doesn’t matter, actually. Now the idea is ingrained in the MBA equivalent of a brain, it will be a generation before anyone tries again.

    IMongoose ,

    I feel like all food is moving to JC Penny sales tactics. In what world is a box of cereal $8 but you can get 4 of those same boxes for $9. Same with soda prices. Every other week they run these sales.

    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

    rodneylives ,

    I used to work at a Dominos, and their side items have been ludicrously priced for a good while. There’s usually a “coupon” in their app with a substantial discount on pizza, it’s the only way I’d order from them.

    natecox ,
    @natecox@programming.dev avatar

    There’s a reason for this, they want you to download the app because you’re paying for that coupon via primary access to your personal data. Dominos isn’t just a pizza company, for a long time now they have been a data broker too.

    Which I guess isn’t surprising, everyone and their mother wants to be a data broker today. It’s a good reason not to install any apps from anyone though.

    rodneylives ,

    I have questions about how useful the basic information Dominos gets from me from their app will be to anyone. Android doesn’t let them just harvest roaming data any more.

    Rentlar ,

    In Canada we still Domino’s have coupons on the website and sometimes they are even mailed out.

    And yeah, to get a decent deal you have to only order the pizza, pick it up yourself, get drinks and sides anywhere else if you want them. I’m a sucker for cinnamon sticks and icing that many chains offer.

    NotMyOldRedditName ,

    The best deals you usually only get 2 or 3 toppings as well.

    I can make a nice pizza with 3, but 2 often feels lacking.

    ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

    there were coupons on the website he ordered from. He chose to ignore them and pay extra so he could make a post on Lemmy to drive up engagement (I am presuming, at this point)

    padge ,

    The only way to order from Dominos is to use coupons, and even them I feel like I always spent more than I intend to. I remember a handful of years ago they were putting flyers on the pizza box saying that the delivery few doesn’t count as a tip. Then what’s the delivery fee for???

    el_abuelo ,

    Um…delivering?

    Maybe I’m missing the point as I’m not from the US (and I assume from your content that you are) - but here we pay a delivery fee which covers the cost of delivery, and a tip is an optional bonus for the delivery person if you feel like they went beyond.

    padge ,

    In the US, delivery drivers are paid below minimum wage, not to mention they’re usually using their own cars, so it is expected to tip them to make up the difference. The flyer was saying that the delivery fee doesn’t directly go to drivers, if it did then the tip would actually be optional.

    UmeU ,

    I went online to place an order for pizza recently. Jets pizza. Everything was super overpriced and so one small pizza and 6 piece wings was $50 after tax and fees, not including tip which I usually do $10. So $60 for one person. I scoffed at the price then hit ‘submit’.

    I was then hit with the ‘order does not meet minimum for delivery’. They had a $40 minimum which does not include delivery fee, tax, and tip - I was at $38 something.

    I almost added some dipping sauce and sent it through but I felt so violated by the $40 minimum which was actually a $60 minimum that I just gave up.

    ouRKaoS ,

    The Jets near me closed. I miss that Detroit style deep dish 😞

    arin ,

    Their minimum saved you from giving their corporate executive a hard earned bonus for enacting that policy

    UmeU ,

    Yup. I deliberately avoid this place now and I am getting better at planning ahead so I am not in the position where I need to rely on overpriced delivery.

    boatsnhos931 ,

    If you want quality, as far as corporate pizza is concerned, jet’s is your place. Otherwise little Caesars, Marcos, pizza hut, dominos is your bang for buck…I really like Papa Murphy’s when I don’t mind heating the kitchen up with the oven.

    _tezz ,

    Do you live in an uber-HCOL area? I ordered Jets the other day and it was not nearly this expensive… I just priced out a delivery for your order and it came to $34.07 w/ taxes and fees, less tip. Even opted for the bone-in wings.

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