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This isn't anything new to Groupon. For as long as I can remember companies advertise many of their sales based on MSRP, or a jacked up initial price. Heck, I g

This isn't anything new to Groupon. For as long as I can remember companies advertise many of their sales based on MSRP, or a jacked up initial price. Heck, I get coupons in the mail all the time from local and national pizzerias offering things like, "Large Pizza, Breadsticks, and 2 Liter for $20.99" when ordering each of them individually adds up only to $19.99. Many of Wal-Mart's "New Reduced Prices" are only $0.10 cheaper than the original price. I guess the moral is that as long as people fall for it companies will continue to take advantage of the public's innate desire for "a great deal." Off topic, but am I the only person that finds it annoying when company blogs don't provide an easy link back to their website? I understand wanting the header logo/name to lead to the blog homepage, but it still seems sensible to include a good link somewhere. Edited to show the on-topic stuff first.

rhizome 15y ago
"Large Pizza, Breadsticks, and 2 Liter for $20.99" when ordering each of them individually adds up only to $19.99. This goes for every fast-food combo meal, as well. IME it's just a dime or so off the a la carte sum.
- mgkimsal 15y ago
  I've not found that to be the case. Usually I find that the sandwich and <size> fries will add up to, for example, $4.79, and adding a drink is another $1.59, but the combo price is $4.99. You're paying an extra 20 cents or so for the drink, which is IIRC still less than their cost for the soda, but I might be wrong in today's dollars. In 1990/91 when I worked at a Burger King, our food cost price for a medium soda was 5 or 6 cents, which included the cost of the cup/lid/straw and estimated "average" number of refills. I imagine its somewhat more in 2011, but possibly still under 20 cents.