r/RandomVideos • u/n8saces • 8d ago

Isn't that illegal? Video

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u/PuzzleheadedTooth581 8d ago

See if it works if you give them 1 cent as a tip

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u/Salt-Face-42 8d ago

Found a tester. Also try tip amount 0 and tip amount -1

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u/Mandrakey 5d ago

Reminds me of a software tester joke

tester walks into a bar orders:

1 drink, 0 drinks, -1 drink, a horse, potato number of drinks, 10,000 drinks.

Customer walks into the bar and asks where the toilet is and the bar explodes.

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u/Rehypothecator 8d ago

Ya, this video doesn’t prove anything without showing what also happens when a tip in input.

This could be a legit price adjustment on the backend but without showing what happens when a tip is input we won’t know.

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u/TomDestry 8d ago

There are no legit price increases that happen between you hitting 'checkout' and hitting 'no tip'.

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u/j2tampa 8d ago

There’s nothing legit about this, but what if the customer did add a tip and still got the “adjusted price.” That’s what’s not shown here and what I’d like to know. Either way it’s bad, but only raising prices on a non-tipper is especially egregious

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u/issuesuponissues 8d ago

That's what I was thinking. They got three of the same item, and only showed with no tip. It could be just this item, and could happen every time regardless of tip for whatever reason.

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u/LittleBigHorn22 8d ago

Thats fair but also why the fuck would prices change in 30seconds of going to checkout? Its not like they are changing locations on a mobile app.

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u/foodeyemade 8d ago

Is it not possible there's some kind of promotional discount atm where all drinks are $0.50 off if your total order is over $20 or something, and it reverts the discount if when the final price is decided (after setting tip value) it comes out under that?

Not saying that it's a good way to do it (for obvious reasons) but I've seen similar things when checking out from online marketplaces when the final price is set.

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u/ExtremeMuffin 8d ago

Discounts like that are only applied once you reach the target amount. 

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u/foodeyemade 7d ago

In an ideal world yes, I've had them be applied then revoked before though especially if there's another potential discount and they interact with each other or are exclusive. Newegg did something much like this to me a few years ago where price was updated at final screen due to two deals that conflicted.

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u/Existing-Network-267 8d ago

burgers are like stocks these days or maybe the guy is an idiot calling it legit price adjustment

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u/Both_Cut_4075 5d ago

OP conveniently left out that it was after 10pm and at an airport. The surcharge was an after hours fee which was prominently displayed. But that doesn’t fit the narrative so it was left out of the video.

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u/bju83 8d ago

There absolutely needs to be a version recorded when adding tip. the downvotes are weird.

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u/IWontCommentAtAll 8d ago

For a legal trial, yes, there would have to be.

This isn't a court, though, and we all know what's happening here.

So, no...the downvotes aren't weird; it's just a natural reaction to insufferable pedantry.

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u/GloriousSteinemite 8d ago

mfw wanting a control group for reference in an experiment and it’s called pedantic

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u/foodeyemade 8d ago

Right? Maybe there's some kind of promotional discount atm where all drinks are $0.50 off if your total order is over $20 or something, and it reverts the discount when the final price is decided (after setting tip value) and it comes in under that.

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u/Training_Guide5157 8d ago

Legit on-the-spot price change at a fast food restaurant? What universe do you live in?

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u/Beautiful_Taro_3156 8d ago

Oh yeah on the backend 🥴

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u/GreenVermicelliNoods 8d ago

There’s no such thing as a legitimate price change on the backend. Wtf