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Note I did not buy any food for myself.

To head off questions:

  1. No, I couldn't cook for her. I'm suffering from a long-term illness where I can't eat solid foods and am extremely smell sensitive. My wife is at a funeral, so I had to order food.

  2. She's extremely picky and refused to let me order anything but pizza.

  3. We live outside of town, in a not very big town, with very few pizza delivery options, and they're all at least this expensive.

  4. No, I didn't also have to buy her the cheesy bread or the second topping or the sauces, but it's nice to get my daughter a treat and that is no excuse for the order being that expensive.

  5. We're in Indiana, so this should be ludicrous in terms of pricing. This used to be the pricing I would expect when we lived in L.A. and ordered from a good local place rather than a chain.

Edit: Turns out what I should have been infuriated about is people repeatedly telling me to get takeout and having to repeatedly explain why that wasn't an option, having people not believe I'm sick, and being repeatedly berated for not magically knowing food coupons exist on the internet when I never order food on the internet. Oh right, and also being a bad parent for not forcing food my daughter doesn't like down her throat or starving her if she won't eat it.

By the way, I have another thing to be infuriated about. A huge storm came in and this happened to our trees. I assume I will start being berated for not cutting them down before that happened, but because I have no power or internet at home and have to go to the library to post, your further posts telling me what an idiot I am and how I'm an awful parent and how I'm not really sick will take me a while to read. Sorry to ruin your day. Maybe you'll find someone else to treat like shit.

Anyway, have fun telling me I'm the worst person on Lemmy, just don't expect a quick reply.

Oh, and do tell me how stupid I am for not knowing that people who clear up and fix such damage have coupons on their website.

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[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Skill issue.

Check the deals tab on the website, you could have gotten a medium and cheesy bread for at least $10 less that what you paid for this.

Don't blame the restaurant when you won't even try to save money.

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[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago

i always start ordering something for delivery and then get to the checkout screen and see the price and am like LOL NOPE CANNED BEANS AGAIN

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[-] match@pawb.social 20 points 1 week ago

You tipped 20%? If that's the case they're calculating the tip on the taxes and delivery charge as well

[-] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A. Should have done the 6.99/7.99 buy two or more deals off the app. B. That cheesy bread got yo ass play. Next time use the app though, that's where all the coupons from the advertisements went. Fr fr bussin 128/10.

National

[-] Rekorse@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

Just another company thats created two price levels:

  1. Pay full price and dont use the app
  2. Use the app and always ALWAYS get a discount, but we will partner with amazon and google to gather and sell your data to make up the costs of the discounts.

I know 2 is preferable to some but I'm against it purely because of how deceptive it is, so I'm stuck with option 1.

I dont think thats what happened to the OP here, but just wanted to add why the cheaper option isnt always better.

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[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Hell, not even the app. Their website advertises that deal everywhere. OP must have been blind.

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[-] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

We order dominos kinda regularly. Check their coupons next time. I can tell you that I'll get a large 5 topping, stuffed cheesy bread and wings for that price or cheaper. And I'm your friendly neighbor to the west, not in a major or midsized area.

[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

This is pretty much true of any of the large pizza chains. Watch the specials, use coupons, take advantage of discounts for things like ordering through the app or texting (because reasons). It's dumb, but you have to play their game to get a decent price.

That said, I can't fault OP at all. Trying to grab a quick meal for a kid means you can't spend the time to piss around and try to get a better deal.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago

The issue isn't the prices. It's that the prices go up but income doesn't. Get out the pitchforks, but let's go after the real villains.

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

And the timespan of the increased cost of everything.

Since the pandemic, construction ply more than tripled in price and isn't going down.

That's insane. Income can't keep up with that.

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[-] Swuden@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think it's interesting to see the US cost of living catching up to that of my country (Norway). I've always looked at US prices and envied them, but now I'm just like "Whey! That's a normal price!". Based on what I'm reading I'm guessing wages aren't keeping up in the same manner though...

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[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

When I tip the driver in a delivery I literally just give them cash when they deliver (and only if they actually arrive with some promptness, not if they come half an hour late with a cold pizza).

It's a habit I got into when living in the UK because there, like in the US, lots of companies just take the "tip" money and keep it if you tip whilst paying with card.

Granted, I like to pay stuff with cash, both for privacy reasons and because it has actually been shown that people in average spend less if they pay in cash (something to do with the feeling of giving something physical away), so I almost always have some cash to pay and tip.

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[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My delivery charge is $4.99

Edit: I’m also in indiana

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

FYI the value size pizza is almost always the largest one they have.

[-] bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

Dominos is outrageously expensive if you don’t shop the deals.

When I was in college, I’d get dominos with my roommates when they had the 20$ special, which would be about 30$ after tip and delivery. The special had 2 medium pizzas, garlic knots, cinnamon twists, and soda.

After I moved back home, I learned my local dominos doesn’t always have that deal. I’d get something similar to what you got and I’d be upset that I got less food for a bit more…

Now what really pisses me off is the high end neopolitan place near me is cheaper on their dinner special days, where you can get 2 personal pizzas that taste so good I’d accept it as proof that god is real for about 25$ including tips and gas money.

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[-] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

They have small frozen pizzas that are in a cardboard box at places like Aldi's and Walmart. They're good, they actually have crust, and cheap. $8 for a supreme. I just get one of those sometimes.

I also ordered a small pizza and wings this past weekend from the pizza place in my area. $27, for take out. It's like fast food and pizza joints are competing to see who can get more expensive.

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[-] stinerman@midwest.social 12 points 1 week ago

Most people have already pointed it out, but I must say, I don't recall the last time I ordered pizza and didn't use a coupon.

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[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Even with an insane 20% tip I don't think you've worked it out right. A 20% tip on the food (because why would you tip on a service charge??) comes to 4.09

[-] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Yep. He tipped on top of the delivery charge and taxes. I it was 20% tip button that doesn't isolate food.

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[-] waz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

If you are paying separately for the delivery, what is the tip for?

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[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's crazy... I can get more than 3 times as much food from Domino's in a HCOL area for less money just by paying attention to the online deals and picking it up instead of delivery.

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Next time buy her a large 1 topping and pick it up for $7.99.

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[-] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

Food is crazy. My wife went to jersey mikes and got a sandwich for herself. It came out to $17.50!

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