Curious what your meal is. Where I’m at, you can get a large fry and drink for $1.50 altogether, then after that it’s just the cost of the sandwich. If you order 15min ahead of time, you can immediately place another order after you pick up the first for another deal for the sandwich also, so you can get away with a double quarter pounder with cheese, large fry, large drink for $6.50.
100% I know the app is cheaper. I refuse to download the app and accept binding arbitration for if their food kills me somehow. Fuck your app, I’m just not eating there.
? A deal for a drink and fry for $1.50 if you’re using the app anyway isn’t elaborate, you can order your regular sandwich with that and still only pay $8. So exactly what is going on with the $22 order, I want to know. Just tell me what the order is. Should be simple enough.
Being given virtual coupons daily so you can afford a large double QP with cheese meal for $6.50, which is like 2005 prices, is not gamification. I agree that all of their prices should be less, fuck, I’d have free food offices like the post office where anyone can pick up pre-made hot or cold meals.
But you sound like a boomer or child who can’t take two seconds to think and order, $22 is some nonsense
Having to use an app to order from a drive through restaurant to get the food down to semi-affordable is bullshit and you know it. What about people (for whatever reason) don’t have access to a smartphone with the McDonald’s app?
You’re making a completely different argument, please fuck off. You’re fighting just to fight. Read what I write and if you have beef with corporate McDonald’s, go email them.
The OP said originally:
Just for the chuckle I put that same meal into the app, it’s now 22$ after tax
THIS is what sounds like nonsense to me, if they actually used the app then I wanna know their order and why they didn’t use any deals. It is disingenuous at best, and sounds genuinely stupid to anyone who uses the app.
In no place ever did I argue that the app itself is a good thing or fair. It just isn’t gamification to distribute coupons digitally though. That isn’t what gamification is. The rewards points on the app can be argued as gamification, sure, but we were never discussing those (so see my first sentence). But not the virtual coupons, unless you want to argue that all coupons are gamification, however I don’t think anyone else sees coupons as such. Especially using (1) coupon, there’s no way their order was $22. This is likely a lie. I’m tired of lies. Aren’t you?
It just isn’t gamification to distribute coupons digitally though. That isn’t what gamification is.
I’m not trying to suggest that distributing the coupons digitally is the gamification, I’m arguing that the shift to app only coupons and ‘rewards’ and ‘app exclusive deals’ overall is a form of gamification.
You’re boasting about how you min-maxxed their system, you’re gonna tell me that they didn’t find a way to lure you in with a bit of dopamine when you think you’ve found a hack?
I remember a couple years back the limit to app coupons was once per day and they’ve changed it to 15 minutes. All of these coupon restrictions are arbitrary, they control the whole system.
20% off $20
Free X after Y team won
Tuesday only deal, free fries friday
A set of rules that can be applied. takes advantage of human desire to optimize. sounds like gamification to me
“Boasting” Jesus, you all cannot argue in good faith.
All of these coupon restrictions are arbitrary, they control the whole system.
Lemmy user discovers what a coupon is, more at 7
Again, none of this is my original argument. Go email McDonalds. My point is that I want to know OP’s order, because no way is a normal order $22 especially with their coupons. All of your weird other arguments and stories are you barking at the wind, because you certainly aren’t discussing the original topic or anything I have said. Ya fucking weirdo
No change in cost? It’s $6.50 altogether - $1.50 for drink and fries, and about $5 for the double QP (40% off deal). The app limits you to one deal per order every 15 minutes. The 15 minute timer starts when the order is placed, however, and they may make your food early but not usually for fries and a drink. So you place the 2nd order after you pick up the first so you can use another deal to order the sandwich, once the timer expires.
On first reading that, I thought it was a bit fiddly or sort of defeating the point of “fast”, but actually the more I think about it… Fair enough lol, that’s cheap for that much food
The price per calorie (.004 cents per cal) is pretty good, and you can place the first order while you drive over so you don’t have to wait long. 15min timer starts when order is placed on phone.
Curious what your meal is. Where I’m at, you can get a large fry and drink for $1.50 altogether, then after that it’s just the cost of the sandwich. If you order 15min ahead of time, you can immediately place another order after you pick up the first for another deal for the sandwich also, so you can get away with a double quarter pounder with cheese, large fry, large drink for $6.50.
You’re describing an elaborate maneuver to get a meal at the price it used to be without “app exclusive deals” etc. The turn to app-ification is shit.
McDonald’s has traded “cheap” and “convenient” for gamification. They’re not the only ones, either
100% I know the app is cheaper. I refuse to download the app and accept binding arbitration for if their food kills me somehow. Fuck your app, I’m just not eating there.
? A deal for a drink and fry for $1.50 if you’re using the app anyway isn’t elaborate, you can order your regular sandwich with that and still only pay $8. So exactly what is going on with the $22 order, I want to know. Just tell me what the order is. Should be simple enough.
Being given virtual coupons daily so you can afford a large double QP with cheese meal for $6.50, which is like 2005 prices, is not gamification. I agree that all of their prices should be less, fuck, I’d have free food offices like the post office where anyone can pick up pre-made hot or cold meals.
But you sound like a boomer or child who can’t take two seconds to think and order, $22 is some nonsense
Having to use an app to order from a drive through restaurant to get the food down to semi-affordable is bullshit and you know it. What about people (for whatever reason) don’t have access to a smartphone with the McDonald’s app?
You’re making a completely different argument, please fuck off. You’re fighting just to fight. Read what I write and if you have beef with corporate McDonald’s, go email them.
The OP said originally:
THIS is what sounds like nonsense to me, if they actually used the app then I wanna know their order and why they didn’t use any deals. It is disingenuous at best, and sounds genuinely stupid to anyone who uses the app.
In no place ever did I argue that the app itself is a good thing or fair. It just isn’t gamification to distribute coupons digitally though. That isn’t what gamification is. The rewards points on the app can be argued as gamification, sure, but we were never discussing those (so see my first sentence). But not the virtual coupons, unless you want to argue that all coupons are gamification, however I don’t think anyone else sees coupons as such. Especially using (1) coupon, there’s no way their order was $22. This is likely a lie. I’m tired of lies. Aren’t you?
I’m not trying to suggest that distributing the coupons digitally is the gamification, I’m arguing that the shift to app only coupons and ‘rewards’ and ‘app exclusive deals’ overall is a form of gamification.
You’re boasting about how you min-maxxed their system, you’re gonna tell me that they didn’t find a way to lure you in with a bit of dopamine when you think you’ve found a hack?
I remember a couple years back the limit to app coupons was once per day and they’ve changed it to 15 minutes. All of these coupon restrictions are arbitrary, they control the whole system.
A set of rules that can be applied. takes advantage of human desire to optimize. sounds like gamification to me
“Boasting” Jesus, you all cannot argue in good faith.
Lemmy user discovers what a coupon is, more at 7
Again, none of this is my original argument. Go email McDonalds. My point is that I want to know OP’s order, because no way is a normal order $22 especially with their coupons. All of your weird other arguments and stories are you barking at the wind, because you certainly aren’t discussing the original topic or anything I have said. Ya fucking weirdo
Why would you buy two orders when you only want one? Wouldn’t that literally double the cost, too?
No change in cost? It’s $6.50 altogether - $1.50 for drink and fries, and about $5 for the double QP (40% off deal). The app limits you to one deal per order every 15 minutes. The 15 minute timer starts when the order is placed, however, and they may make your food early but not usually for fries and a drink. So you place the 2nd order after you pick up the first so you can use another deal to order the sandwich, once the timer expires.
Oh I see, you order fries and a drink using a deal to get $1.50, wait fifteen minutes, and then order a burger with another deal?
Right
On first reading that, I thought it was a bit fiddly or sort of defeating the point of “fast”, but actually the more I think about it… Fair enough lol, that’s cheap for that much food
The price per calorie (.004 cents per cal) is pretty good, and you can place the first order while you drive over so you don’t have to wait long. 15min timer starts when order is placed on phone.
Honestly, fair play. Glad you’ve found a hack! I just ate an entire quiche from my local supermarket, cost like $3 for 800kcal.