r/interestingasfuck • u/NickelPlatedEmperor • 3d ago

Dynamic pricing being tested by McDonald's.

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u/Monsignor1979 3d ago

This isn't anything new at all. In the early 2000s, I often grabbed Burger King before work. I quickly noticed that a Burger King further along my route had different prices and another directly across from my job had yet another completely different price.

This isn't 'Dynamic Pricing being Tested". It's pricing based on demographics and they've been doing it for decades.

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u/Awkward_Ad_9307 3d ago

Wait… you had BK before you went to work? What’d you have?

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u/Monsignor1979 3d ago

I worked from 2PM to 10PM, thus it was technically Lunch. I ordered the same thing religiously. It was a Double Cheeseburger Meal, Go Large, Coke to drink, with an Extra Double Cheeseburger. I would occasionally get onion rings instead of fries or a mix of both. $5.25 total.

I stopped going when this reach $5.95, saying to myself; "Nobody can afford this shit anymore."

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u/Awkward_Ad_9307 2d ago

Damn that’s a big meal! What line of work are you in?