Many people get excited when they see something they want or need on sale, be it a new phone or a frozen pizza. And to the great joy of consumers, all sorts of things go on sale constantly. However, when they do, it’s important not to rush to the checkout counter without properly examining the offer first and this list will show you why.
Below you will find examples of deceptive marketing techniques that people have captured in stores and businesses that emphasize just how misleading marketing can be. Take a look at how companies might try to trick you into buying something, and consider this practice for when you go to a store that’s dotted with ‘SALE’ signs, even when there actually isn’t one.
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This Is A New Low, Even For Epson
So apparently the ink cartridges that come with this Epson printer are only for the "initial printing" (i.e. the test pages), so you have to buy new cartridges the moment you get the printer. WTF, Epson?
This is why I splurged and bought a desk sized business cartridge printer. What I've saved in ink, is more than the extra cost of the printer. In 8 years I've replaced the ink twice.
Load More Replies...And it will only recognize cartridges purchased through their subscription plan, not the exact same cartridges purchased at Staples or Office Depot. The printer, plus one from Epson are no longer welcome in the house. Purchased an Epson tank printers about a year and some months ago. Smooth printing since and have not had to add ink yet.
HP is the company that BRICKED all of its business printers for WEEKS to force owners to only use their ink. They screwed up the vode so nobodys printers worked.
What I don't understand is why would anyone still be buying an Epson printer.
I'm a low use user, had lots of issues with a Canon all in one a few years ago. Changed it for HP and that blocked a nozzle (cleaning didn't work) and now have an Epson workforce which is appalling. I'm toying with the idea of Brother this time, what would your suggestion be please :)
Load More Replies...Most cheap inkjets have inital cartridges, supposedly they have cleaning and lube qualities. Probably B/S but this is just absurd. I changed to a laser years ago, Ink would always dry out due to low usage and I objected to the ink price, Laser toner costs 3 times as much but lasts 10 times longer.
Starbucks At Laguardia Won't Let You Order A Coffee Without Installing Their App
I hate having to download apps for everything nowadays. If your product is not a necessity to me, I’m going to straight out avoid buying from you if you force an app on me.
and it's even worse if you are elderly and don't have a smartphone. Can't even pay for parking in the UK these days - you need an app, which is not supported by my clockwork phone.
Load More Replies...It forces you to agree to getting emails and gives your private data to advertisers. If I go somewhere that requires an app i literally leave. I think I'm one of the few people who doesn't have social media and I'm almost never on my phone. I use my computer a lot but half the time i leave my phone in the car. I only use it for GPS and emergencies. But now everything needs an app. You can't even get it on your computer. It's like everything has to be done by phone- i'm so tired of that. I especially hate when they don't at least give you an option of text or email to verify yourself. I'm not thrilled about getting an email but at least I can access it without having to literally go get a different device.
I agree. I wanted to go back to a non-smartphone when I was forced to buy another because 3G was being switched off but because I moved to a country town, where good doctors are hard to come by, I use telehealth appointments a lot now, so prescriptions are sent electronically and won't open without a web link. I only got a smartphone in 2020 because I had been signing in to places during Covid by hand and a friend gave me a phone to be able to use the QR sign in.
Load More Replies...At this point it's impossible for me to leave my house without my phone. Since every-damn-thing needs an app now! I recently gave my job a hard time because since I've been hired (3 years ago) I've had to download 5 different apps for meetings we can't attend in person. Why couldn't we just have picked one and stuck with it throughout? Also, the place i work for has an app too.
Ummm I fly out of LGA a lot. I know this one there are two like tgat. You 100% can pay at the counter. That sign just tells you when your order is ready to grab.
I had to download the MLB app for our tickets last year. The first 2 tickets scanned but the third wouldn’t. The lady just let me through because we obviously looked legit and not like we were trying to scam our way in. We also had the same problem at a concert because my phone wouldn’t connect to the WiFi or 5G. Luckily I was able to go to the box office and have them printed out. What a pain in the a$&. I just downloaded the Seat Geek app for NBA. Fingers, toes and eyes crossed!
It’s the public official with the noticeably larger bank account ! And excuse me for saying this, but if you’re foolish enough to pay Starbucks prices, you deserve the inconvenience.
A public official has no involvement with how Starbucks operates, but I get that people love to dunk on the government, and there are lots of good reasons, but that makes no sense
Load More Replies...Amazon Prime Video Doesn't Tell You If A Show Is Unavailable In Your Country Until After You Subscribe To Amazon Prime
Worse, after I had to prove that I am over 18 (holding a 20+ years membership of Amazon), I could only watch certain detective series (in Germany, Tatort and Derrick) after 20:00!
This c**p. Also buying kindle books, they happily charge for me several things in a single order only to tell me that half of it cannot be delivered because of publisher/copyright technicalities (a.k.a not available in your location). I'm not sure if they actually cannot sort it out before ordering or they opportunistically charge hoping people will not bother to ask for refund...
Facts! A few law and order seasons aren't available to watch here in South Africa 😑
Why pay to watch Grimm its been on every single day on over the air network COMET? Why be charged or disappointed to have to count on a streaming service when the show is available for free?
That's false advertising because the button says "Watch with Prime"
It's like Amazon allowing me to add things to my cart, only to be told when I go to pay, that delivery isn't available in my country. Obviously this could be flagged much much earlier!
Nowadays, it’s difficult to escape all of the information about goods and services. It seems omnipresent—on billboards while we’re driving to work, on TV while we’re watching our favorite shows, in pop-up ads while we’re scrolling on social media, and even in good old newspapers when we think we can escape the digital pressure that screens bring.
Whether we actively pay attention to what’s being advertised or not, chances are at least some of it sticks in our heads—especially when we catch a glimpse of a good deal, or something that seems too good to pass up. (Did an ad for some delicious food pop into your head? No? I guess it’s just me then.) Consequently, it can lead to us buying whatever it is that was advertised, sometimes even when we don’t really need it.
Saved This To My Cart Yesterday But Decided To Wait Until Today To Buy It To Get A Sale Price On Amazon Prime Day
No, typical price means this is what something like this would typically cost. You're thinking of "actual price" which is how they get you.
Load More Replies...amazon does this all the time. I tend to put tons of stuff in my cart and just leave it there or put it in save for later. Then whenever I have the money I'll pick from my 'wish list' and move to cart to buy. I usually take screen caps of my cart a week before i know a deal is happening. Without fail, a few days before they double the price. So something that has been 30 bucks for a year is suddenly 60. Then on prime day they put it back down to 30 and call it a deal. A few times it's even more than it usually is. I'm all for people making money but stop lying. I'd rather just pay full price than find out I was lied to about a deal.
I do the same. Eventually it’s no longer available so I save money. Every once in a while I get lucky and the price actually does drop on things like tea or vitamins that aren’t available in our local stores.
Load More Replies...I have an add-on on my computer for Amazon called Keepa. It shows you the price history of the last couple of months or year. That way I firgured out what items were really on sale and which ones were just faked. There were a few items that got more expensive just before black friday and then had a 'discount' of 50%, but it was the same as the earlier original price. Some people on Amazon really are scammers :(
Companies are prevented from found this in EU. They always have to tell you the lowest price from 30 days
I've been doing the same thing and finding the same results. Waiting for Friday or waiting for Monday and the price was better last Wednesday.
Use CamelCamelCamel to check the price history on any Amazon “sale”. Sometimes they’re legit, but an awful lot of them are this kind of crāp.
I've been using the Microsoft Edge browser and it has a feature that shows you the price range something has been for a few months. Saved me a lot of stress and anger on Prime day and cyber monday
The Fees On Ticketmaster Cost More Than My Tickets
I sincerely hope that Ticketmaster, and all of their board members, chief officers, etc. Self implode.
Buy them from the nice man in the parking lot looking shady in his trench coat. He's totally telling you the truth and never charges a processing fee.
recently bought concert tickets & found this out (though mine wasn't that bad!). I feel like the days of $25 tickets is a very dim memory to the point of 'was it real?'
The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines marketing as “the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.” And, well, it’s clear by looking at this list that the offerings are often presented in a very appealing, if somewhat deceptive, way.
But as long as the information provided in an ad, a billboard, or elsewhere is true, you can’t really say that a company did anything wrong by choosing a font that makes the number 8 look like a 0 from afar.
Despite The Official Weight Limit Being 50lbs, These Spirit Self Service Kiosks Will Flag Anything Over 40lbs As Overweight And Require A $78 Additional Charge To Proceed
The only way to avoid this is to have your bag checked by a live employee who will follow the real 50lb limit.
Seems like class action material if they're claiming a lower limit than they should at the kiosks, or if the weight readings are different between kiosk and counter.
There’s a theory that these airlines allow their image to be horrendous, they let you think it will be hell on wheels when you fly with them. When you experience the flight and it’s just horrific instead of the full 10th circle of hell then you think you’ve done well. You exceeded the expectations. It’s a weird strategy but they stay in business 🤷🏻♂️
Daughter exclusively flies Delta for these reasons. Visited us last month, had the bag she brought heavier going home, packed a carry on for the extra on grandson's ticket.
I get slammed for $78 for less than 1 lb over 40 with Spirit every single time. I like to use the kiosk scales, then have the real person check it because the weights are always different. I've taken a pair of shoes out and put them in my carry on, to avoid $78. Spirit loves to charge for everything.
I worked in freight for a while. Nobody in my company would weigh something that was clearly marked with a weight. Most shippers didn't realize this, but the ones who did would get away with shipping all sorts of oversized packages.
I hate the self serve kiosks. We pay enough to be assisted by a real person
I smell a class action lawsuit in the future. Labeling 40 pounds as 50 pounds is just plain fraud.
Ham And Eggs Are $8.99, But They've Outlined It To Look Like $0.99 From Afar
Even close up, I have to really see that it's an 8. This should be illegal. Fraud.
Despite the deceptive pricing, $8.99 for a ham and egg breakfast seems reasonable. $0.99 for ham and eggs seems too good to be true and if it was, the quality wouldn't be that good anyway.
Bowlero - Default 22% Tip. Canceling Order Then Tries To Get Your Business By Giving The Option For No Tip. Then Asks Again To Confirm If You Are Cancelling Order
How is this manipulation not illegal? Time to go back to Cash Only.
Also, since when do you tip at a bowling alley?
Load More Replies...This is why you don't go to to the hip trendy bowling alleys with loud music and mixed drinks. I once went to an alley like that and couldn't hear myself think, the music was so loud (and they turned it up!!) Find the ones your grandparents bowl at (or other old folks you know). They won't be flashy...but you can actually BOWL there (and for much less money, usually!)
When more people are cancelling their order than continuing, maybe they'll get the hint and fire the AH who so brilliantly thought up this scam. People, start voting with your money. Scam me once. There will be no second time.
I click custom tip and enter 0.00 I'm not tipping the girl at the counter for handing me the pizza I had to DRIVE to pickup myself.
Ads are the same way. Some games have an ap between every single level. And you have hit the x 3 or 4 times-waiting 5 to 30 seconds in between-to finally close them out! It's obnoxious!!
While discussing the persuasion and deception in marketing in a piece for Forbes, best-selling author and speaker Nick Leighton pointed out that, from an ethical standpoint, the line between making a bold statement to influence the target audience and providing information that’s outright deceptive can be quite blurry.
But, according to Leighton, there is an easy way to check if your claim steps over the bounds of being ethical – you can ask yourself if the claim has the potential to harm the consumer, whether financially, physically, or emotionally. If the answer is yes, the expert advises carefully re-evaluating your message.
Paying For A Subscription And Still Have To Sit Through 8 Min+ Of Ads
I pirated occasionally but I've become tired of people who think everything should be free and then get mad when things get s****y. I get that it costs money to produce tv/movies and that comes from advertisers. So I'm okay with ads here and there. And I'm even okay with paying. But if you pay for no ads, you should get no ads. And Prime will lie to you about things that are available. I got prime because there was a tv show I could only find there. I couldn't even find it to download it was so old. So I sign up for prime and they gave every season but the last one. The last one I had to buy outright even though I was paying for prime. And it's seriously the worst platform. I'm convinced that anyone with a apple phone can submit a movie there because if you go past, like, 2 pages of results you wander into this weird insane movie dimension of absolute sh!tstain movies with plots and acting that is so bad it makes WolfCop look like Academy Award level material.
Ah, that's Amazon isn't it? I paid extra for no promotions, only to find out it just gave me the option to skip them, they still pop up!
The only streaming services I tolerate ads on are freeview (free-to-air in Australia) channels. If I pay for a streaming service, I expect no ads. Mind you, the only reason I have access to other streaming services is because my dad lives with me and pays for a couple. I would love to go and stay at my mum's for a week, because she has one that we don't, but that would mean putting up with her and my stepdad for that time, and they are not good at just letting you sit quietly to watch something lol.
The Way This Goal Has Extra Rings To Make The Goal Smaller. You Cant See It From The Front When Shooting The Basketball To Try And Win A Prize
We had a saying when I worked for Loves expo shows -you cant con a carnie.
Amazon Prime Video Is Basically Back To Cable TV Now That We’re Getting Random Commercials In The Middle Of Movies
Even worse, they will cut to a commercial in the middle of a sentence, or even a word.
And they seem to only have 4-5 advertisers. Between Libby Dunn and Tezspire, I'm done with Amazon.
Load More Replies...But that is like cable tv. It started as a service you could pay for to avoid ads and eventually became infested with ads.
yup and this will happen to the *cheaper* versions of not so legal TV too once they get shut down and have to go to some sort of legal platform... *sigh* the money grubbers control the legislators.
Load More Replies...Cancelled prime the moment they put in ads. I don't mind if it was hey, low tier is cheap but ads. However the price I've paid for years is now with ads and their aren't tiers. Honestly everything is behind their rental paywall now anyway.
I pay for ad free but get ads on some channels. Great deals on shipping, though.
and now that they have some exclusive sports games, it's just awful
my "favorite" is when they put the commercials at the end of the show...you know it's getting close, so you try to check how much time is left & it's like 2 mins or less, but you can't FF through it! I just want the continuity of the build-up at the end of the show! STOP INTERUPTING THE FLOW
And my dad wonders why I don't have a TV in my house. Besides the majority of shows being commercials on cable, then there's the streaming services with their commercials. I've paid for add-free but on many streaming services it just gives you the option to skip, they still show up. I have lots of shows and movies on my laptop and a few services on my tablet that I can put away when I get annoyed.
Delving deeper into deceptive advertising, Nick Leighton suggested that there are seven red flags indicating unethical tactics in advertising. The first one is based on transparency and disclosure, or lack thereof.
“In many cases, it’s not what you say but what you don’t say that is deceptive,” the expert wrote, adding that sometimes, businesses or organizations choose to deliberately withhold important information in order to sway consumers.
Dave & Busters Spin Game Landed On The 500 And It Only Gave Me 4 Tickets. Showed To Manager And Said It Needed To Be In The Middle
But it is in the middle, I can clearly see the pointer is in the purple area...?! 🤷♀️
The middle of the purple area. It's slightly closer to the upper 4. It's a load of bull, but that's what they're saying.
Load More Replies...That makes the time I won even better that's not good though. Basically my story was I was in Dave an busters waiting for this machine and a kid, about 8 years old, was using it, he got ten but he was happy. I got the jackpot and he heard my excitement and turned around and was jist watching me standing there for like five minutes as it dispensed 500 tickets
You took a photo anyway, why not simply nod and say "well, the (insert monitoring body) will surely tell me if that is correct"?
This Is What Happens When You Price Everything At £4.99 Instead Of £5
I'd rather buy something for $2 than throw that away for BS. That's definitely how they get you, but I'm not letting them not earn it.
I guess it depends where you are, but in Australia it is definitely legal to have a surcharge on eftpos purchases under $10, and very common. They usually have signs on the register etc to tell you ahead of time though. It's usually to cover the costs the business accrues from using card machines. I definitely use cash if I have it or buy something to just meet the $10 in those cases.
Load More Replies...Grocery Store Price For Bay Leaves Is 16300% Higher Than The Farmers Market
The cheapest bay leaves the local Kroger had were $61.06/ounce. The farmer's market sells a higher quality for $5.99/pound ($0.37/ounce).
Get to know your local vendors and suppliers. Once Trump's tariffs kick in, they are going to be your best friends. I get my eggs from a woman who keeps chickens.
What if one has no local vendors or suppliers? I live in the middle of Chicago… There are some Chinese or Mexican grocery stores that have good produce prices, but that’s not going to last.
Load More Replies...This one doesn't belong on the list. It is just a price difference between two retailers. Not a scam or deceptive.
But look at the pretty glass packaging! It will look so 'modern farmhouse' on the shelf with all the other containers. Also...this perversion of the word organic on everything has gotten out of control.
This is the difference between plucking-drying-packing-shelving by one family on one location and distributing the same work between several countries, facilities and transport methods, involving 20 companies which all want to earn money. Buy local and of season whenever possible. Plan ahead and use the freezer wisely.
I found out Dollarama has spices and herbs for $2 or $2.50. I don't understand why people don't shop there more. Canned fruit and veggies are way less than at other grocers. It's all the same.
Next on the list of red flags are exaggerated claims or misleading language, followed by manipulative imagery, all of which show that if a service or a product seems too good to be true—be it in the description or the pictures—chances are that it is too good to be true.
“Always make sure the claims your company makes are accurate and easily verified to avoid any accusations of deceptive business practices,” Leighton wrote.
The rest of the red flags implying that the company might be using deceptive advertising, entail false comparisons, hidden fees, bait-and-switch, false customer reviews, and misused statistics or cherry-picked data that backs the company’s claims of their products or services.
The Price Of My Burger King Meal Got More Expensive As I Was Checking Out
I believe the reasons are that they are greedy a-holes.
Load More Replies...This was due to the new thing I read about where fast food places were trying 'dynamic' pricing to try and lure in crows during typically dead periods. https://lunchbox.io/the-state-of-dynamic-pricing-for-restaurants-in-2024
Well the way they’re doing it won’t be luring in crowds for long. In fact, if the food changes prices—-and always higher—-between the time you order it and the time you have to pay for it, you’ll be chasing away business. People aren’t stupid, and they really do not like being cheated. I believe businesses are now calling it “dynamic pricing”, but the truth is that price gouging, by any other artificially neutralized name, is still price gouging, and is just as unethical, as well as a really bad, business losing, practice. In extreme cases, it’s illegal. But I guess the business lobby paid enough to not be fined or sent to jail for the practice. You know, like the restaurant lobby did decades ago, to make it perfectly legal for them—-and only them—-to pay their employees a fraction of the federal minimum wage,
Load More Replies...People still go to Burger King? I have this little restaurant by me, they have specials everyday. On thrusday, you can get an amazing burger and fries, and a drink, soda or a draft beer for $10.00!! You cannot get a burger this good for this price at any fast food store.....
I'm guessing this is in the US. Where I live (NZ) the reason MUST be stated, or the original price stands. If I struck this overseas I'd just walk away.
Hotel Charging Cable That Requires You To Register An Account And Sign In With The Qr Code In Order To Work. It Gives You A 5-Minute Free Trial And Then Requires A Fee Per Hour Of Use
I mean, people forget chargers. But it would really just be cheaper to just buy a replacement!
Load More Replies...OH HELL NO! The amount of electricity to charge a cell phone is literally PENNIES. I charge my phone every day and my total electric bill is only about $30/month. The phone might be drawing $0.10 a day MAYBE.
A phone charger runs for about $0.26 a year. I hope these catch on fire.
Well obviously this should be the way it is. Their property. They want to make sure they get it back. It's like need a toothbrush? Here is one for ten bucks or go to the store down the road and get one for a buck. Just bring your charger.
My New Truck Requires A $15/Mo Data Plan To Use Features My Previous Model Did For Free (Maps, Basic Voice Commands, Text To Voice Messages)
For real. I'll happily pay to replace an engine and transmission before I buy something new.
Load More Replies...No doubt toilet manufacturers have been discussing whether they can get away with requiring subscriptions to use them
My mom bought a new car. The salesman hooked her phone up to the display. I was in the back seat. After he got out I informed her that how he set up the map also went towards her data plan. He never asked how much of a data plan she has. Because I pay for her phone and data. He didn’t like me for correcting him so much.
Same “affliction” that’s the reason they stuff rolled up socks in the crotch of their pants.
Load More Replies...You do realize that all of those features are available on your phone and you just need Blue Tooth.
Until the car manufacturers decide you need a subscription to connect to the car's Bluetooth.
Load More Replies...According to Nick Leighton, fixing the damage caused by misinformation and deception can be a difficult task, bearing in mind that people already aren’t that fond of ads—at least the digital kind—as it is.
Seeking to minimize the number of ads they are forced to sit through, many people use ad blockers, and the main reason for doing so, according to research carried out by HubSpot, is that ads are annoying and intrusive.
Other reasons why people reportedly dislike ads (the ones on their screens, at least) include their disruption, security concerns, reduced bandwidth use, offensive or inappropriate content, and privacy concerns.
Semi Deceptive Marketing
It's clear what they are offering once you read it fully. I love and hate this in ways that I'll just not say.
I wonder how many times that sign has been smashed and put back together
It is not illegal in all 50 US states, there are restrictions on what an establishment and patrons can do while in possession of it, but (with the exception of 3 states) it is legal to give it away for free as long as they are not violating the other legal mandates.
Load More Replies...I know a group of sports fans who would not hesitate to burn the place down
So I Am Now Officially Never Buying A Vegas Editing Software Again. The Developers Have Removed Vegas Pro Edit 15 For Purchase On Steam And Are Now Revoking Licenses For The Software
I'm now out $150 and no longer have an editing software. Very cool!
You've always been renting, except you never bothered to read the license. You never owned any of the software you bought. You owned a license to run it.
Load More Replies...And this is when you decide to liberate software. I am sorry, but that "you bought a license" argument is bull****
Photoshop did this, too. I was working with version 7.0 and I understood I wasn't going to be able to user newer features and I was fine with that. Then I changed computers and the software wasn't compatible on the new comp which was annoying but..okay I get it. So here I am, ready to buy and what do I find? You have to rent it like the other poster said. It's 400 bucks a year. It used to be a full license purchase for a total of about 400 dollars. Now it's a yearly subscription. I understand it can't just be free but I'm so tired of subscription services. And then if you change computers or have any issues it's a nightmare to redownload because they think you stole it. Or you have to buy multiple licenses to use on more than one comp. I have a desktop and a laptop and I need to be able to use both interchangeably. It's so annoying how many programs I've had issues with trying to get them to work on the two systems without going broke.
DaVinci Resolve from Blackmagic. It's free and easier than Premiere and After Effects. I used Acid and Vegas before Sony acquired them, it's all been downhill from there.
yeah but the classes to learn how to use it aren't
Load More Replies...Get DaVinci Resolve. The free version will do. It is for the pros (no joke), and takes longer to use, but is excellent.
While MAGIX uses plenty of predatory licensing for their crappy software, this is a rare case of them not being scummy. That message is a generic error that -if you have a valid license- most of the times just means the license manager was not installed correctly or has corrupted DLLs. This message also happens when you try to change or upgrade a license bought on Steam through MAGIX's own website: the two licensing systems are different and parallel, so a valid Steam code is not valid to update on the app website.
Panera Bread Increases Food Price By 25% When You Switch To Delivery - After Redeeming "No Fees" Delivery
All the food delivery services should be part of some kind of investigation into price gouging. They also often promote "30% off your next order" but then you realize it's a 10 dollar maximum redemption. How is that 30%? That is a totally deceptive practice.
Just don't do business with them. After the last election, owners are realizing how stupid people really are
Delivered food costs more than picked up, or ordered in person food. This is not new. Time is money.
That’s why there is a delivery fee, service fee, and tip. Charging higher prices for the food itself is ridiculous.
Load More Replies...This is why I never order from any delivery service. I just go and pick it up myself, or don't order. I still have choices. :)
Uber Eats “Taxes & Other Fees” Strikes Again
I miss the old days of just going on the restaurant's website and getting delivery through them instead of a service. I often have the struggle of getting to the last page and seeing all the fees and then having the argument with myself at what a waste of money it is. My fav pizza place recently switched from doing their own delivery to using grubhub. I was going to order 2 pizzas and normally it's like 20 bucks. Maybe 25 with a tip. But on doordash it came out to almost 50 with the fees. And I'm just like... am I really about to spend 50 dollars on pizza? I ended up cooking at home. These places are turning people back to cooking at home all the time. Restaurants are going to end up hurting worse than they already are.
I will personally never use Uber eats. As Bart would say "Eat my shorts!"
That's such a scam. Last days they had a take 2, pay 1. The sandwich they offered was nearly as expensive as the set menu (same sandwich+fries+drink), and if you took all separate you would pay exactly the same for 2 set menus. Scam, scam, scam.
Reading through your comment tells me you've never dealt with places that have a fuel surcharge, flat rate tax for online purchases, and business protection surcharges. My city for example puts a 25% surcharge on fuel (which gets translated to the customer when you do online purchases), and a 15% surcharge on online purchases. That latter one being applied to people who don't purchase from a local company, or who make use of companies like Uber Eats, and Door Dash. That being done to protect small businesses in the city. Those surcharges are taxes and fees that are passed on to the buyer.
Load More Replies...Taxes on food? What is this Hungary? Sorry, couldn't resist, but Hungary really does have a messed up sales tax.
Belgium has a normal VAT (tax on final consumer) of 21% and a reduced one of 6% on necessities such as food (12% if you eating in a restaurant).
Load More Replies...$1 Kids Meal? Wow That's A Good D-...oh Wait
Kids meal for $2!...Now hiring! (Did the kid really do that bad of a job?)
This is so common now. Every time I see the .99 I just round up the cost to the nearest dollar. so $8.99, is $9. It will more after the tax is added, anyways.
Common NOW? Are you not from the States or do you just live under a rock? Because marking .99 instead of the next dollar up has been happening since at least the 90s (when I was old enough to actually notice it).
Load More Replies...I already knew it was sh!t when I saw that to apply for a job you had to scan a QR code. Nevermind the deceiving pricing.
$1 Slices... *squints* Oh
This is just a lazy owner. Likely has had that sign up for years, and can't be bothered to take it down and get a new one.
Basically, owner put the sign up some time ago, maybe years, or even a decade ago. Now, inflation has pushed the price up to 3 bucks a slice. So the owner can't be bothered to take the sign down and fix it.
Load More Replies...So, I Was Helping Mum To Use Her Printer And This Comes Out...an Advert...that Used Her Printer Ink To Make It
That's not an ad, dummy. That's instructions on how to print from your phone.
These Shoes Have A Texture *printed* Onto Them. There Is No Actual Texture
Great Sale
OMG, I was waiting for them to go on non-sale, so I didn't feel tempted to buy any. That's Walmart looking out for us.
I gotta start paying attention more the next occasion I happen to need to go into a Walmart.
at least it's not hidden and plainly clear. I'll give them that.
Forcing Scanning Qr Codes To See Prices At The Gas Station?
I'd take several different ones to the register and say that they're separate. When each one is rung in, I'd say, "Never mind, that's too much; you should put the prices on the shelf, so I don't have to waste my time and yours."
And then the minimum wage cashier will hate you for your idiocy of thinking making their life a pain will have any affect on this.
Load More Replies...QR codes are the easiest way to get hacked. I would just assume the store is run by criminals and make a hasty retreat.
I would take a bunch of different flavors up to the counter, one of everything I could carry, and ask the price on each one. Then I would say, "No thanks," and leave them all on the counter as I left. That's just s****y business, folks.
Load More Replies...QR codes are full of malware. Don't use them unless you want to infect your device.
THese days gas stations seem to never post prices. Which I thought was illigle...
The Fortune In These Fortune Cookies
"Person expecting sound advice from stale cookie probably make good dishwasher. Ask manager for application."
Load More Replies...I got a fortune cookie that said, "Tomorrow might be too late. Live today", the day before going into surgery in which I was told to have a living will. You know, 'just in case'. I kept that fortune.
Throw the fortune coookie crumbles on the floor to let them know what you think of that.
the person who has to clean the floor probably had nothing to do with it
Load More Replies..."Sale" Pricing
I Walked In, Ordered The Meatball Footlong, And Paid Almost 10 Dollars For It
Apparently I have to order it “as is” or else it’s full price. I was told this after choosing provolone and Italian herbs and cheese, both of which aren’t allowed.
What??! Oh this whole article is making me angry. They’re fleecing us inch by inch… Viva la revolutíon.
I laughed with the "artist" one day.."So the steak sandwich with onion, pepper jack and green pepper is cheaper than the Philly?"...(chuckle) "yup".."ya'll are going bankrupt"..(chuckle) "I know, right?"
Load More Replies...Ugh I found this out my last visit. I wanted a steak and cheese. I hadn't been there in a while and I just thought they changed the name to steak bomb so I asked for it. So I ask to put toppings on and he's like 'oh this one comes as is. You can't get toppings.' So I was like...okay lets call it the steak and cheese then. It's like a dollar more. But there's no signage or anything that tells you this special part of the menu is as is only.
I would have said, "Keep it" and walked out. Those kinds of restrictions should be highly-visible and/or explained while ordering (the minute you added something extra, they should have pointed out the discount for no modifications). I don't blame the "sandwich artist", unless it was the owner or manager, though.
But it literally says on the poster that two flavours: the marinara and the pizza, are 5.99 for two. It lierally SAYS THIS on the poster.
Load More Replies...I would have left the sandwich on the counter and walked out. It's really not that hard. Vote with your feet!
And half this country is populated by conservatives who think regulation is evil. I guess they do not understand that regulations and laws were created to counter the evils of capitalism and dishonest business owners. And Donald and his buddies will strip any remaining consumer protection away to benefit the rich predators.
This Giant Olympic Countdown Banner During The Entire Movie
If you choose to accept, that just sounds like an impossible mission?
Load More Replies...Well, can't help if it is cable. However, if you're streaming this movie and it does that, I hope its a heated phone call with the streaming service.
What's pissing me off is that if I want to read something on the screen that pertains to the movie (sometimes they don't leave the text up long enough for me), a giant add pop up and blocks it all. So, then I have to unpause and then pause again and hope I can finish it before another ad pops up.
Our Company Has Received Numerous Boxes Of Nothing Inclosed But A Post Card And Paper Confetti
omg i don't know who came up with these but they were a thing at my job for a while, too. This is they epitome of waste.
If I got a free box complete with confetti I'd be enjoying not to have to buy these supplies for the next holiday gift giving. It gets expensive.
“…not My Prob,” Some Target Employee, Probably
If you’re buying banana flavoured whiskey you deserve to be ripped off.
People who like banana flavored whiskey are presumed to be gullible any way.
1. What state does Target sell hard liquor in? 2. Why does the shelf tag say "Wooler Bra?" (Wool bra doesn't sound fun either)
Always Read The Fine Print. Found In Hollywood, Los Angeles Ca
I hate paid parking areas. If the flat (min) rate is $15, then it wouldn't matter what any rate below $15 is, regardless of how little/long you've parked for. I once got charged $30 for pulling into the lot, looking at the parking rate, and leaving to find a cheaper lot. There was no rate posted outside, so you had to enter to see it. I never parked or got out of the car.
This is why I take the subway to go Downtown anytime there is a major event. City owned lots charge hourly while private lots charge double than the city owned lots, so prices can vary. Not to mention the traffic and the stress of finding a spot several blocks away as the ones close by are already full.
I Went To Get My Mail And This Was The First Thing I Saw
This Ad Increased The Price
I see this a lot. Also, they promote a sale and it's literally like 3 cents!
Tried To Buy An Economy Flight For $500, Kept Running Into An Error And The Price Eventually Skyrocketed To More Than Premium Economy
this is because of the error if this happens it thinks the tickets are in high demand so jacks up the prices it happens if you keep checking the price often
Somehow I’m guessing that if you kept trying to book premium it wouldn’t make economy cheaper…
Load More Replies...That was me a while ago. Booking flights for my first vacation in years. I had it picked out, decided to wait a day since I knew payday was the next day and needed to know my budget could afford tickets months in advance. The next day I checked and the price went up over 300 bucks. Off I went to another airline!
Air Canada as of January will be no carry on except for a purse or laptop bag. All other bags are 40 bucks for the first 55 for the second.
Making All Four Screens Smaller To Feature A Massive Logo
Yes, but when you are watching say Sunday Ticket and you want to see 4 different games it really is a pita... Same with the black lines on movies Just fit to screen damnit...
Load More Replies...Ads On The Keyboard
Just looks like a bunch of random letters. And I'm not talking about the keyboard.
Product Not Selling Fast Enough? Put It On “Sale”
I’d hope people know what half of seven is, but look what will be in the White House.
Always remember that A&W once tried to compete with McDonald's Quarter Pounder by offering a 1/3-lb burger for the same price; people wouldn't buy it because they thought the Quarter Pounder was a better deal...literally because it was 1/4-lb and "4 is bigger than 3." You can't make this stuff up!
Load More Replies...There have been so many times that I've found it cheaper to buy two 12-packs of soda than a case of 24.
Load More Replies...Peacock Will Not Let You Switch To A Different Feed During A Commercial On The Active Feed. It Just Says “Controls Are Limited During Ads” When You Try To Move To A Different Feed
Luckily, my subscription to Peacock is very limited.. in fact, so limited, it doesn't exist.
same on Amazon.. sometimes if I fall asleep and want to move back to a point before ,they start at the beginning and I only can move forward after 4 annoying spots
The Humble Bundle Custom Amount Slider Is Designed To Makes It Look Like They Get Less Than Everyone Else
I Firmly Believe That Tesla Is Anything But Jerk, And Can Even Think Of A Couple Of Reasons Why They Added This Feature, But The Car Should At Least Be Allowed To Start In Complete Manual If The Software Isn't Installed
I know. I have tears rolling down my face over this one.
Load More Replies...Welcome to the future where your dishwasher can nuke your data plan and your car needs software updates to turn on.
Here's hoping you don't have an emergency and need to go to the hospital to visit a loved one. Or need to go to work. Does Elon pay for the time I lose at my job if I can't get there because my car won't start due to software updates that should be done at optional times?
wonder what will happen after the car's failure to start results in a death or injury and the inevitable lawsuits
"I'm going to be a bit late coming into work.... my.. uh... car needs updating."
Teslas are made by an idiot who takes credit for other people's ideas and IMHO people who buy them are stupidly supporting the life of said douche canoe. That and I've yet to see a Tesla in the wild that doesn't cut people off, change lanes without signalling and break check.
Tesla does not build products to run manual. This was a selling point, though I am uncertain if it came from Tesla at first or pushed by Elon Musk. The Telsa car / CyberTruck was always marketed as a "Drive-by-wire" without any manual linkages.
Coffee Shop Has No Prices On Any Of Their Menu Items. Noticing This, I Got Just A Small Chai Latte That Cost $3.50. My Wife, Unfortunately Ended Up Paying $8 For A Small Slice Of Avocado Toast
I would just stand there asking for the price of each item. I would feel bad for the employee, but if the owner is going to waste my time with this BS, I'm gonna spend as much time as I can not having orders go through.
Don't pester the employee about prices. Just order, and if you don't like the price, just leave without paying. If the product isn't made yet, you save everyone the hassle, if it is, just leave it on the counter as the price for b******t.
It was like that in a coffee franchise for years, in South Africa. Started with a V and ended with a-E
App Puts A Price Slash Into Its Name To Make It Seem Like It's On Sale
Clerk Said It's -5% Not -50%. What Do You Think?
Kia Charging $150/Year To Use The Already Installed Remote Start Feature
Especially when it comes to cars, it mostly doesn't matter what you want. I live in the US and I want a manual shift.
Load More Replies...Most remote starts now require an app to use on your phone and they require a yearly subscription. Everything is a subscription now. My old car had a remote start by key fob. I'm sure you can still find them but most car companies are making them obsolete. I'm guessing they're getting kick backs from the companies for installing the hardware in their vehicles. When I bought my newer car, the preinstalled remote start was just a simple keyfob one and it worked fine, but it was recalled. I wasn't going to even bring it in but I got a letter saying not changing it out could void my warranty, which is such bullsh!t. They gave me a credit to get a new one but it only paid for the actual hardware. I still had to pay for the labor and install. And of course the yearly subscription. I'm convinced they just wanted to get me into that subscription and there was nothing wrong with the previous remote start.
The Box Calls Walmart Out On Its "Sales"
Realistically the before price could be right. This is Halloween merchandise only sold once a year(has bats, pumpkin on package). Walmart is trying to move it w/o losing money, i.e having to mark it down more after the holiday. Same goes for all candy branded for a holiday. I work there.
If the "before" price is correct, then they were charging people a higher price than what is printed on the boxes.
Load More Replies...This 4 Star Hotel In A Dutch City, Pretending To Be A 5 Star Hotel By Using The Town’s Coat Of Arms As A Fake ‘Fifth Star’
My Cabs Preset ‘$0.00’ Tip Button Was Actually Set To Tip 25%
This Drink On Doordash Says Its $4.69, But The Only Size Option, Which Is Required, Adds An Extra 50 Cents
Some of us are disabled and just want a treat once in a while
Load More Replies...We Booked This A Month Ago
It's not always that easy, if you've got plane tickets for there, you just gonna cancel those too? Cancel the whole trip? What if you can't find other lodging?
Load More Replies...And this is why AirBnB in the EU has a completely different booking system. Since 2019 by law they have to show the full price including all fees up front (so, no extra surprise "cleaning fees"), they must provide a valid reason for deleting or changing the price of a booked rental and in most cases the guest can refuse the change. They must report the income of hosts to the tax agencies, the host must offer the full protections warranted by professional hotels and such, false discounts are illegal and must follow strict guidelines depending on previous pricing,
Just another way the good ol' US of A screws ya.. no customer protections for us..
Load More Replies...I'm showing my age, but I remember there was a time when one could "lock" a price, fees and all, when booking.
It looks like there were changes requested so without more detail we can't say whether or not this is reasonable. But for 2 days... that's about the cost of a hotel stay per night in a city hotel so it's not totally crazy. Especially for 3 bedroom and 5 people.
Sellers Increase Prices During Prime Day And Offer A Discount At Checkout And Call It A “Deal”
The prices on Amazon change constantly. If there's something is just in your cart it means you haven't actually bought it yet.
Load More Replies...(Not A) Goodbye Sale!!!!!! (5%-) 99 Percent Off
"We have glasses for that! *Whispers*: but they are +15% from the list price"
Load More Replies...Sometimes I like the "up to X% off" ads. I like to stroll through the store and search for the highest & lowest percentage off. Most times I actually catch a nice sale, that way all the presents for xmas (& next years birthdays) are collected by November.
Hiding The "For" So You Think They Are Having Great Closeout Sales
makes you think they are bending over backward, rather than bending YOU forward.
Load More Replies...One of my sleezy bosses did the same thing years ago. I had to answer the phone and explain that we were in fact, not going out of business to people 50-60 times a day for weeks. I wanted to shove that phone up his a*s sideways more than I can express in words.
We have two companies in Australia (House and Ishka) that are constantly having 'going out of business' sales. At least my whole lifetime.
Load More Replies...Trying To Book A Cruise As A Surprise For My Wife’s Bday/Our Anniversary In A Few Months. Every Cruise I Attempt To Book Has Ended Up Having “Taxes And Fees” That Are Higher Than The Actual Subtotal, Effectively Doubling The “On Sale” Price
2k19 Is A Retail 60$ Game. They Put Non Skippable Ads In From Another Company
Neat! A 2$ Burger, That’s Pretty Chea- Oh Wait…
Why not just make it $3? It's still a good deal and removes the scummyness.
Because people think they're getting a deal when they see it start with a 2 instead of a 3. Even if it's only a penny off.
Load More Replies...Keurig Sensor Blocks Your Brew Unless It's "K-Cup Compatible", Aka Has Scannable Foil. Slap On An Old Foil To A 3rd Party Cup And Suddenly No Issue
Try to use a purple or orange marker on the outer edge of the lid-don't go too dark at first- it may not read it. (The white part on that lid in the picture) I found that worked on my machine for no name brands.
Try to use an orange or purple marker on your pod lids- the white edging. Don't make it too dark at first- my machine had the problem with no-name brands not working- and coloring the lid worked for me!
Nashville Signature Shakes. Insane Prices. No You Can't Keep The Cute Jar
I'm fat. Like seriously overweight. And even I find these 'drinks' ridiculous. This isn't even a dessert. It's like someone was dared to make the most unhealthy chocolate-drenched bowl of sugar they could possible make and then sell it to people in a mason glass to somehow make it seem 'folksy'. And to charge those kind of prices. And because it's only a dollar more, of course most people will choose the bigger one. Everyone always makes fun of Americans for being so fat but it's no wonder considering this is what's being thrown at us from the time we're kids.
My Grandmother Bought Flowers Over The Phone And They Didn't Say That The Fees And Taxes Cost More Than The Flowers
Flower delivery in the US is ridiculous. I bought my mom flowers for her birthday and it was a bouquet about that same size and it was 80 bucks with the fees. i'll never do that again but it was my own fault for waiting until the last minute.
Load More Replies...In the EU they have to tell you any additional charges and the full cost before you confirm the order
My New Headset Has Dlc
Spatial audio and 7.1 surround on earphones is idiotic. They have TWO speakers, and at best can emulate a partial L/R spatial sound, something that is already done via software by most games and some TVs.
Thx and dolby, unless specified, are a paid thing, that has nothing to do with the manufacturer (razer in this case). That's nothing new. Make a right click on the little speaker on the task bar in windows and go to spatial audio, the razer's qr code is for one of the options here.
Cheaper If You Don’t Buy Two
This Supermarket Offers A 2 For £7 Deal On A £3 Item
It's hard to say how unreasonable that is without knowing what else is included in the offer. It is a mix and match offer, so the other product does not have to be the same. If you bought 2 of those, you would be charged £6, not £7.
Amazon "Prime Days" Sales Are Such A Load Of You Know What! Bought This Item In June For $60 Or So And Amazon Says It's '54%' Off Now
A 7% Discount Pretending To Be 70%
Parking Lot Charges A Fee For Not Downloading Their App
I Sent Someone A Link To A Cat Video And The Thumbnail Is An Ad
I think what they mean is they sent the right link and Reddit changed the thumbnail. Reddit is the problem. Edit for spelling.
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Who Is The One Who Thought Up The Idea To Make People Pay For A Subscription Plan Just To Read A Comment?
Haven't you seen all the ads for Premium? And there are articles that you now can't finish reading unless you buy it.
Load More Replies...Literally almost every online newspaper site. I don't mind that they're trying to make money. It's the deceptive practices used to lure people that bothers me. I'll be on a news site like google news and there's a story that I click on, thinking it's like AP or Reuters...something google procured. But then you're taken directly to the site like washington post or something where you immediately get a popup ad and it asks you to pay and the little x box doesn't show up for a minute so you have to wait unless you want to close the whole tab...stop trying to fool me into buying your product. If you have to trick people into buying it then you have a sh!t product.
Spotify Remotely Bricking Hardware Customers Paid For Less Than 3 Years After Its Official Release
How I enjoy music in my car - over the air radio, or the 1000+ pieces of music and 40 or so ebooks on my MP3 player. That I own. F*ck subscription based everything
I Can’t Use My Treadmill In Manual Mode Unless I Pay For A Subscription
"News Flash: Advertising Is Deceptive" -- Sigh, This Fake "Thermal Imaging". If The Pants Kept You Warm By Retaining Heat, The Would Register Cooler On Thermal Imaging, Not Hotter
Not if the pants were heated. Then they would show up warmer when scanned.
Okay, but how many people who don´t regularly deal with thermal images know about that? for most normal people red means warm, so when they see a red picture besides the pants they know that it keeps them warm.
Ever Heard Of Paying To Reject Cookies?
If I'm paying, I would expect to have NO ads at all, not just "non-personalized" ads.
If only that could be... I have subscriptions for two newspapers, but the apps and websites still show ads. On the other hand, when you by a physical newspaper, it also has ads in it.
Load More Replies...Thought Of This Sub As Soon As I Saw This…
Can’t believe they can get away with this… (apologies for taking a photo of a screen.)
I mean...i don't see the big issue with this unless i'm missing something. At least it's for a good purpose and the no thanks button is right there if you don't want to.
They're asking if you'd like to donate? Cool. How the fvck is this deceptive advertising? How is this "infuriating"? Don't want to donate, don't donate.
It's the fact that a quick glance, the "donate" button looks like a "no" button
Load More Replies...where is the problem? Your payment finished without problem, and asking doesn´t hurt. Furthermore there is a clearly visible button to decline.
But it's disingenious: you have the green button that says "Yes, please" and a greyed out button that says "Donate". And only then the "No" button made to look like some kind of a "Terms and privacy" link.
Load More Replies...Isn't It Illegal To Have An "Everyday Sales Price"?
This isn't illegal. It's legal to label something as your "Everyday sale price" if you're not advertising it as "This object WAS this price, but here's the price now." In this case, probably not. If John Paras is a discounter, and $2249.95 is the suggested price, or the normal price at a different store that sometimes discounts to $1499.95, the “every day sale price” is more of a marketing line. It’s not claiming that John Paras would normally sell this couch for $2249.95 if not for the sale that is inexplicably taking place every day, it’s saying that you would be paying $2249.95 if you bought it somewhere else. It’s not “on sale,” it’s “for sale” at a discount in comparison to whoever sells it for $2249.95.
Spot The Cheapest Option
What's the issue? You can buy one basic wash for $8. Or you can buy unlimited basic washes for $24.99/month. Not deceptive at all, just a lack of comprehension on your part.
It's the $5 "fat free" option behind the unlimited $24.99. Seems like a lack of comprehension on your part.
Load More Replies...Yeah, that's per month for as many carwashes as you want, if you choose, or you can do the $8 one off price. This one shouldn't be here.
It's the $5 "fat free" option behind the unlimited $24.99 This should totally be here.
Load More Replies...The Price Of Two Pepperoni Pizzas Through Ubereats
I stopped using delivery apps, including Uber, because of this. Even if you apply some discount code, the final price after all sorts of senseless additional fees, becomes more than double the original price of the product. Also the base price of the items on the app is more than their cost in the shop. It is ridiculous how businesses are allowed to operate in such manner!
i mentioned it in a comment above about the discount codes being really deceptive. They tell you they'll give you 30% off but then in the fine print you find it's capped at 10 dollars. That's got to be illegal. It's so sh!tty that it made me stop using these sites.
Load More Replies...Are people really expecting delivery companies to not charge for delivery? Do they think people deliver food for tips only? Do they think that companies do not pay city/county/state fees to operate?
It's certainly a downgrade from the old system of pizza places using their own delivery drivers and adding a simple delivery fee.
Load More Replies...Super Bowl Ticket Prices… And Their Fees (Sb Lvii 50 Yd Line Row 17 From Stubhub)
I'm very biased, and you certainly have the right to do whatever you want with your money. But I find I can't feel that bad about this. If you're silly enough to pay 30K to watch a football game 17 rows back, I don't feel that bad about you paying this. And that doesn't even count the costs of travel and lodging if you don't live in the same place the superbowl is being held. 75K could literally change my life. It could pay for health care that I can't currently afford. And you're paying it for 3 hours of entertainment. I don't feel bad that the fees are that extravagant.
You're absolutely right Kate. A previous boss of mine went to the Super Bowl out in LA a few years ago with his father. 50k a ticket, probably another 50k to live it up in LA for the week too. He had the audacity to say the company didn't have money for raises that year. I quit a few weeks later. People who are willing to drop that sort of money and then tell the people who made them record profits 3 years in a row they can't make a few extra dollars an hour is frankly disgusting.
Load More Replies...This Discount
yes, kinda weird, but what´s deceptive or cr*ppy about it? I am more wondering where the additional 1.99$ in the total come from.
Fine Print Strikes Again. Buy One Get One 50% Off
It's the disparity in the font sizes that is deceptive. There's no reason to make the "buy one get one" so small unless they're trying to fleece the gullible. Or vision-impaired.
Load More Replies...Hp Ink Subscription Plan Bricks Your Ink Cartridges When You Cancel The Subscription
Dog Toy Pricing - Facebook Ad vs. Amazon
Watch out for stuff advertised via Facebook ads: there are lots of dropshipper webshops that order cheap from China and double or triple the price. Reverse image search can help to find out if they get their products from Temu or something. And if so, what the original price was.
This Game Purposely Gives You “One-Time-Deals” That You Can’t Afford So That You Are Tempted To Buy Their In-Game Currency
The Er Could At Least Let Me Watch TV For Free Considering The Huge Bill I'll Have To Fight
I'd rather be pumped full of d***s I pay for than spend money on hospital tv.
You say that until you're in a hospital room for a length of time with nothing to do. A few years back I was rushed to the hospital and ended up in there for 3 weeks and I didn't have my phone or anything. I lived alone and I was away from family so I didn't have anyone that could go to my house to get anything for me. I wasn't going to pay at first but within a day l I was stuck with an annoying roommate and tv ended up being worth every penny I spent on it.
Load More Replies...Last time I spent the night in the hospital, when they wheeled me into the room, they just asked if I wanted the TV on. I said yes. Then I get a bill some time after I was there. I called and disputed it, saying I was not told there was a fee. I did not pay that fee.
This Got Me For A Second
The deception is what? Themed joy controllers? The game itself runs about 50 USD, the Switch close to 300 USD, and the Online Membership (more games) is about 100 USD.
That's not the price, that's how much you save. They don't list the price.
Load More Replies...Apple TV/Amc + Subscription Scam. They Have This Button On Every Show. Not Just Amc + Ones. I Put In Cc Info For The Free Trial And Then It Still Wants Me To Pay For Every Episode After The First Free One
I just discovered this last night w/ AppleTV. I got the free months because I wanted to watch Spirited & that Godzilla show. I thought I'd watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas and was surprised everything apparently aside from what's on the homepage you have to rent or buy. There's very little content on AppleTV. Needless to say I won't be continuing the after the free trial.
Made To Look Like $2.50
This Sale At Target
You're right. Tag is in the wrong spot. Thanks for pointing that out!
Load More Replies...Here We Go
Subscription BS just needs to stop. I get the subscription model for services like Netflix, or Spotify, but subscriptions for printer ink, car features, software, games, etc is just over the top. Edit: Just create a better product, and if I find that it is worth my money, I will purchase it. Don't force me to continually pay for a product that adds no real value over time.
f YES! its like the don't want pandas here anymore! 🤢😵
Load More Replies...Biggest scam. Paying BP to see articles without ads. Not a fat chance in hell im gonna buy BP premium
Not just without ads. Many articles containing list that have been shortened now require a subscription to see the rest of the list.
Load More Replies...We the consumers need to stop buying this BS. Simply stop buying it, then tell the corporations why. Most of this is just stuff we can live without long enough for them to get the message.
Et tu, BoredPanda...? With the new premium nonsense, that wants you get a paid subscription to read all entries in an article... 😡 (Funnily enough not for this article though.) BP is a great time killer, but most of the content is not even original, but put together from some Reddit threat. I'm not going to pay for that.
Don't worry, it'll all be trickling down any time now. Aaaaaannnny time now...
Kinda like BP putting an ad on my page that pops up and there is no way to get out of it unless i get all the way out and start over. I literally can't find a way to get out of the at my whole screen goes darker and this tiny ad shows up in the middle and there is no way out. I have to start over
Subscription BS just needs to stop. I get the subscription model for services like Netflix, or Spotify, but subscriptions for printer ink, car features, software, games, etc is just over the top. Edit: Just create a better product, and if I find that it is worth my money, I will purchase it. Don't force me to continually pay for a product that adds no real value over time.
f YES! its like the don't want pandas here anymore! 🤢😵
Load More Replies...Biggest scam. Paying BP to see articles without ads. Not a fat chance in hell im gonna buy BP premium
Not just without ads. Many articles containing list that have been shortened now require a subscription to see the rest of the list.
Load More Replies...We the consumers need to stop buying this BS. Simply stop buying it, then tell the corporations why. Most of this is just stuff we can live without long enough for them to get the message.
Et tu, BoredPanda...? With the new premium nonsense, that wants you get a paid subscription to read all entries in an article... 😡 (Funnily enough not for this article though.) BP is a great time killer, but most of the content is not even original, but put together from some Reddit threat. I'm not going to pay for that.
Don't worry, it'll all be trickling down any time now. Aaaaaannnny time now...
Kinda like BP putting an ad on my page that pops up and there is no way to get out of it unless i get all the way out and start over. I literally can't find a way to get out of the at my whole screen goes darker and this tiny ad shows up in the middle and there is no way out. I have to start over
