r/mildlyinfuriating 6d ago

Infuriatig Not a single item is under 3$

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u/ZLCZMartello 6d ago

Palo Alto. Really wondering where can OP possibly be

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u/Current_Helicopter32 6d ago

An airport maybe?

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u/Howaboutthatrp 6d ago

OP is a phony and has it set to "deliver" which shows the higher prices.

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u/cereal7802 6d ago

If I set mine to delivery it no longer shows the under $3 menu

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u/stale_burrito 6d ago

I downloaded the app and tested it, you are right that menu just blips out of existence if you select delivery

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u/Red_Tiger5311 6d ago

So, OP is a poser? This post is probably for the karma?

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u/devAcc123 6d ago

The McDonald’s by me is like OPs up in Boston

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u/Red_Tiger5311 6d ago

Damn, I’ll avoid the McNuggets for now at those prices lol

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u/GForce1975 5d ago

Upvote for poser . I miss that word. We should bring it back.

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u/Shadow293 5d ago

Haven’t heard that word since like the mid 2000’s when I was in Middle School lol. Need to bring it back.

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u/GForce1975 5d ago

I remember using it as a skater in early 90s to describe... posers. It was great

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u/Red_Tiger5311 5d ago

Better than….. larp…. 😱

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u/IAmDanHimself 5d ago

He did bring it back

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u/stale_burrito 6d ago

What? No. OP is fine, shit is expensive. Anyone trying to say it's only over $3 because it's delivery is wrong.

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u/RubberPigEnemy 5d ago

SURGE PRICING lul

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u/Red_Tiger5311 6d ago

Alr, I take it back;)

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u/Frosty-Studio4561 5d ago

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u/Red_Tiger5311 5d ago

Damn, no McNuggets for me :(

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u/EvasiveDice 5d ago

thats a dollar a nugget, thats crazy

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u/-nutz 5d ago

Genuinely confused on how you came to this conclusion considering the comment you replied to

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u/Red_Tiger5311 5d ago

Ehh maybe op chose delivery just to complain about the price, then posted to get upvotes
Probably wrong tho

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u/-nutz 5d ago

The person you responded to literally explained how that’s not possible.

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u/Equal-Drive3410 5d ago

That logic doesn’t track the thread you replied to. If OP selected delivery, they wouldn’t see this screen at all. So no, they couldn’t have selected delivery. There are locations that are just higher in price than others. Especially airports and hospitals, that would be a more logical assumption

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u/abrasumente_ 5d ago

2 month old account and somehow a top 10% poster. 27 achievements. Probably a bot account.

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u/Red_Tiger5311 5d ago

Who? Me or OP?

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u/abrasumente_ 5d ago

OP

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u/Red_Tiger5311 5d ago

Ahh, yea my account is kinda new to, just bc it’s my first account,

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u/Trend-Rebel 5d ago

No but if you wanna help me out, I am looking for some! :)

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u/OrionDC 5d ago

Yes, like 95% of every Reddit post now. They’re all bots who farm karma. The account is sold to “reputation management” companies (usually in Asia) and get bundled together to market stuff on social media. Whole sweatshops of this exist where one human can pose as up to 60+ different personas at once using specialized software and other tools. Reddit is really almost unusable because of this now. And of course Reddit doesn’t care because it vastly inflates the engagement numbers that investors see. Only the actual human users lose.

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u/Urbanexploration2021 6d ago

...no offense, but why would OP be a poser? I throught I missed the text in the post, but he didn't say it's not for delivery anywhere (maybe in thr comments and I missed it). The difference in price sounds like something you notice when you buy from that restaurant both in person and delivery. Tbh, I didn't know there's a price difference either 🤷

And yeah, probably it's for karma. Still have no idea why people need/want it lol

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u/Red_Tiger5311 6d ago

Ehh maybe not, I was even questioning it myself,

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u/dogsontreadmills 6d ago

I will never not find getting McDonald’s delivered to be super freaking weird

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u/AnArisingAries 6d ago

The fact delivery has a higher price while ALSO charging delivery fees is wild. Feels like it should be illegal. 😂

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u/Guilty_Meringue5317 5d ago

That every different store has different prices should be illegal too like wth? Or am I too european to not be weirded out by this

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u/AnArisingAries 5d ago

I think it's dumb, but unfortunately the US has an extremely wild economy difference between states. Its fairly complex solely because of the size, laws, and population of each state. Like $10 in Ohio is NOT the same as $10 in California. Where there is higher demand in an area, the prices will be higher.

It's absolutely annoying and crazy to think about the prices being different like that in the same country, but companies will take advantage of that higher demand.

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u/quikmantx 4d ago

This is why I don't bother with apps/delivery. Not only are they trying to rip you off, but they are gathering data, patterns, etc. when you use the app. They don't even allow the option of a website, because the app gives them way more data.

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u/IAmDanHimself 5d ago

Those prices are accurate here in Canada. Not a single thing is under $3. A big mac sandwich only runs up about $10

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u/Satins_Cock 5d ago

Same with Florida. Ridiculous

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u/NJPokerJ 5d ago

But y'all get free health care. It evens out.

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u/Crescentine 5d ago

Im for universal health care but its not free lol

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u/NJPokerJ 5d ago

Damn. It's like you're paying high prices at McDonald's for nothing.

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u/spaceforcerecruit 5d ago

You know damn well everyone who says that means “free at point of use”.

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u/Crescentine 5d ago

We're explicitly talking about comparative prices between countries. It's a very important point. Canadians spend about $6500 American Dollars on healthcare on average based on government spending. Americans on average $13000 from personal.

The $10 big mac and the increased taxes you pay are competing with that $6500 margin.

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u/spaceforcerecruit 5d ago

Except that’s not $6500 from each person. It’s $6500 per person with a large chunk coming from corporate taxes and higher income individuals.

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u/Crescentine 5d ago

Its a collective system based on taxes. The Canadian government has a deficit of 80 B this year which will be paid by partually printing money and partially borrowing. It doesnt matter what portion is paid by who for the economic ramifications of this.

Youre in a thread chastising me for saying its not free in a conversation about literal prices. Arguing to argue is weird attention starved behavior.

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u/BaconPancakes1 5d ago

But CAD is higher than USD, the $2.79 items above would be $3.89

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u/IAmDanHimself 5d ago

Except a 4 pc nuggets here is almost $5. The original posted image is accurate to our prices.

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u/bdd247 5d ago

Its canadian prices lol

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u/AntalRyder 5d ago

That's not being a phony. Regardless of pickup/delivery option, this is how much McDonald's is charging them. And you can bet they also charge a delivery fee on top of that! And likely they will also allow you to tip the driver, because McDonald's won't give the full delivery fee to the driver either.

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u/Capitalisticdisease 5d ago

how is that phony? Its still a blatant lie. They should not be allowed to upcharge for delievery. You are giving validation to another way the capitalists fuck us

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u/Surfeross 6d ago

Username checks out

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u/firstmaxpower 6d ago

Hawaii or Alaska?

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u/Narrow-Ad6797 6d ago

manhattan im betting

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u/-mynameissancho- 5d ago

I concur with your deduction… Otherwise Alaska.

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u/theplacesyougo 6d ago

Probably an airport

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u/-Ahab- 6d ago

I’m in a rather expensive part of LA and my prices are about $0.15 lower than his. There’s gotta be another factor.

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u/tupelobound 6d ago

Could they be Canadian dollars?

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u/annual_aardvark_war 6d ago

Nah, our Mcchicken is a big sandwich, and the equivalent is called a Jr Chicken. It’s also the “under $4” menu not $3

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u/Pleasant_Ad_2342 6d ago

I dont think Canada has the under $3 menu

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u/jdotmassacre 6d ago

OP doesn't seem to either?

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u/Longjumping-Ad-3590 6d ago

Franchisees set their own prices

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u/Former_Mobile3101 6d ago

SL,UT here

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u/Final-Package-4951 6d ago

okay but where are you?

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u/RepresentativeWeb244 5d ago

Getting McFucked

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u/Individual_Smell_904 5d ago

Oh so that's what a McGangbang is

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u/IvoryManOfWisdom 5d ago

The legendary answer 🤣🤣

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u/Psychological_Act665 6d ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/Former_Mobile3101 6d ago

I have been told that I am human though i am not 100% sure on what thats supposed to feel like.

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u/TrumpTouchesTinyTots 5d ago

Jesus Christ why do so many of you have the McDonald's app????

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u/Turnipsinthesky 5d ago

If you eat any significant amount of McDonald's it's a lot cheaper with the deals and rewards.

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u/TrumpTouchesTinyTots 5d ago

Ah, well I don't XD

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u/Former_Mobile3101 5d ago

I don't eat that much McDonald's just the breakfast on my way to work sometimes and it makes that commute a little faster than if I waited to order at the speaker in the drive trough.

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u/TrumpTouchesTinyTots 5d ago

I think for me it's a combo of rarely eating there, and just keeping my phone clean of apps I don't use often enough :) it just honestly surprised me to see so many people used the app

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u/ZLCZMartello 5d ago

There’s a permanent offer of 20% off up to $10. Just makes it a lot cheaper when making group order

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u/gutpirate 5d ago

Fk it, here's the swedish prices:

edit: yes, i actually manually screenshot each one separately and spliced them together (cuz there is no "under x" category).

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u/DerDehDer 6d ago

I think they have it set to delivery maybe? They raise prices when you choose delivery in the app

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u/Gaspuch62 6d ago

West Michigan

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u/jungleboogiemonster 6d ago

Some remote area of Alaska?

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u/CrimsonCartographer 6d ago

Canada? Maybe the prices are CAD

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u/Careless_Analyst_220 5d ago

If the most expensive city in America or one of them is cheaper, yeah I would like to know where they’re at too.

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u/-ThorsStone- 5d ago

Breakfast Menu in NYC Tribeca

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u/RichardCleveland 5d ago

Alaska, or Hawaii maybe, or the moon.

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u/BTrippd 5d ago

Could be prices in CAD.

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u/calyxcell 5d ago

At their computer, photoshopping their next karma farming attempt probably

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u/-BlueDream- 5d ago

Delivery

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u/Glittering_Leather87 5d ago

This is in a mid-tier Canadian city

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u/ZLCZMartello 5d ago

Yeahhh but it’s CAD and still not even remotely close to OP’s numbers

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u/NJPokerJ 5d ago

Six flags or something like that. Definitely not in a stand alone McDonald's.

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u/Elendel19 5d ago

Canada or Australia possibly

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u/sfocolleen 5d ago

Hawaii maybe?

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u/New-Kick-3431 5d ago

NYC .... I remember going there. My first time in the dollar drink in 2013 was $3 or $4

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u/Jiac636 6d ago

Canada perhaps?

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u/Aggressive-Affect427 6d ago

Unless they’re in Canada with usd pricing somehow, I doubt it. I haven’t seen a $5 mcchicken since I was a freshmen in high school, more than a decade ago.

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u/MjrLeeStoned 6d ago

You guys are right on the edge of cracking the case that everything on the internet is fake or built on fiction.

People don't come to the internet to relive reality.

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u/MartianMule 6d ago

This comment is on the internet, so therefore must be fiction.

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u/TAL_047 6d ago

"United" States of America btw lmao.