4 January 2007A poultry excuseJeff Jarvis thinks he got ripped off by Burger King:
We go to Burger King because the kids eat their chicken nuggets. The dollar menu sells them four pieces for $1. At most stores, an eight-piece order used to cost more than double that, so my wife got me in the habit of ordering two four-pieces instead of one eight-piece. Finally, most of the stores saw how silly this was repriced their eight-piece nuggets to $1.99, a one-cent saving over the dollar menu. Fine. Thanks. So today, we went to another Burger King and I just ordered two eight-pieces without looking. Turns out, they don't post the price of the eight-piece and they charge $2.29 for them. So I got two eight-pieces and got 16 pieces of fried chickenesque things for $4.58. If I had ordered four four-pieces, I would have gotten the same 16 fried chickenesque things for $4.
Which, if nothing else, lends credence to the following:
Oh, and Jeff? Wendy's nuggets are better. (Seen by Rachel.) Posted at 6:27 AM to DyssynergyThe only good thing about Burger King is the flame broiled burgers. Other than that their uber stupid "_____ with the King" advertising campaign ripped it for me. And yes, Wendy's are better :) Posted by: ms7168 at 8:22 AM on 4 January 2007People still eat "chicken" nuggets? Posted by: McGehee at 10:20 AM on 4 January 2007Is it really 'being ripped off' if the menu is right in front of you and electrically lit. Posted by: Veronica at 12:16 PM on 4 January 2007Well, he said that this particular BK didn't post the price of the 8-pack, but he still shouldn't have assumed that just because it was $1.99 at Store A it will of necessity be $1.99 at Store B. I got news for ya: Jeff Jarvis IS Burger King. Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 1:08 AM on 5 January 2007Now that's scary. |