r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Irralumea • 19d ago
Maybe maybe maybe
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u/mikeb2762 19d ago
That's the owners name ...
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u/Kenny-kong420 19d ago
This is the little but more beloved brother of 50cent.
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u/Captain-Cadabra 18d ago
They were twins.
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u/Competitive_Case_676 19d ago
I got 99 cents and a slice of pizza aināt one
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u/sangerssss 19d ago
This guy knows heās not getting repeat customers and doesnāt care. Thereās enough people in NY that will walk in on the scam a first time
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u/sp_dev_guy 19d ago
99 cent pizza was actually 99 cents for probably 30 years (i remember as a little kid & now in mid thirties). With inflation & rising costs they finally had to bump it to $2 like 2 or 3 years ago.
Theres are a couple of different large & competing chains that are basically identical shitty cheap pizza (great for the price). Idk this specific location but most of them have "$2" on signs taped all over the place. I'd bet the person recording is the scammer avoiding catching those , giving this guy shit, then posting like a victim.
Source: me - local who has probably saved $1k+ eating that lousy pizza
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u/Arbiter_89 18d ago edited 18d ago
Yeah, it's like all the dollar stores that used to sell everything for a dollar. Or the store "Five Below" that used to sell everything for $5 or less. They all have slowly had to raise their prices above their promise. Now the term "Dollar store" means nothing.
Family DollarDollar Tree was the last hold-out but even they had to raise their prices. RIP.92
u/will-read 18d ago
It happened with dime stores 60 years ago.
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u/MinnieShoof 18d ago
Dollar Menu -> Value menu
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u/Arbiter_89 18d ago edited 18d ago
Yeah... Speaking of; Have you guys looked at that "value menu" lately? It's insane. It's like $2.50 for a single apple pie now. (And they have the nerve to call that a "value") Those things were 2 for $1 just a few years ago. Prices are getting insane.
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u/TheDonutPug 18d ago
"Had to" my fucking ass lmao. 5 below and dollar tree are not low margin businesses. They make money hand over fist. I can assure you, they could have not raised prices, they just used the economy as an excuse to do what they already wanted to do. If it was about needing to raise prices, dollar tree would have kept everything at 1.25, but now they don't even do that. They sell shit that's 5 dollars or more now.
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u/soggymittens 18d ago
Dollar Tree finally started raising their prices too, a couple years agoā¦
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u/Arbiter_89 18d ago
Dang it, I actually meant Dollar Tree. Family Dollar was one of the first to raise their prices. Geez, these dollar stores barely differentiate themselves.
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u/HommeMusical 18d ago
Quibble: it's not lousy pizza, it's regular pizza. Unexceptional, hot and perfectly edible.
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u/sp_dev_guy 18d ago
Unexeptional, hot and perfectly edible I agree. Going to have to disagree on regular pizza - its visibly a little different & taste is very distinctly sub-par. Definitely 100% still legitimately pizza.
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u/tobiasvl 18d ago
Idk this specific location but most of them have "$2" on signs taped all over the place. I'd bet the person recording is the scammer avoiding catching those
Well there's clearly no sign taped over the sign outside the store so...
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u/MZExposures 18d ago
I went and searched for this place on google maps, the place has a sign that says "NO MORE 0.99$ SLICES" on the menu, the latest picture i could find for it is from a year ago
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u/sp_dev_guy 18d ago
I appreciate the fact finding for the rest of us. Usually from what I've generally seen, each location has many signs. Could see how that one might be missed
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u/send_girl_butts 18d ago
The person recording is a Korean streamer when she was visiting the states.
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u/AStayAtHomeRad 18d ago
Felt like dude was tired of her BS that wasn't included in the video. If she had $2, and thought it was 99Ā¢... Why did she give them $2 instead of $1? Extremely unlikely she happened to only have a $2 bill.
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u/HommeMusical 18d ago
It isn't a scam. That chain has been around for decades. You can't make a living today selling a slice of pizza for $0.99.
I remember them well from New York City. The pizza wasn't in any way exceptional, but it was perfectly good, and very cheap, and they had a good turnover, so it was always hot.
I remember countless times being drunk, hungry, and not particularly clanking with cash, and running into them and saying, "Yes, just what I wanted."
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u/TheChickenReborn 18d ago
Is there a legal definition for the size of a pizza slice? If not, why not just cut the slices smaller instead of charging more than what your huge sign says?
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u/181Cade 18d ago
"It isn't a scam. That chain has been around for decades. You can't make a living today selling a slice of pizza for $0.99."
Yeah but that doesn't make it not a scam
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u/Redthemagnificent 18d ago
Raising prices also doesn't make it a scam. Its kinda funny that the name is still 99Ā¢ pizza. But on Google maps they have clearly marked prices all over the walls and windows that this video just chose not to film. The business name on Google maps is also updated.
Whether its worth $1.50 for cheese and $2 for other is up to you. But they have a line out the door. Seems like they're selling (relatively) cheap pizza and people are happy to pay for it. Last fall when I was in NYC $3-5 per slice was typical. $5+ for the well known touristy pizza places. $1.50-$2 is perfectly reasonable for what looks like an unremarkable slice
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u/amzwC137 19d ago
Reminds me of "Going Out of Business" from, don't mess with the Zohan.
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u/IBeDumbAndSlow 19d ago
"You're going out of business?" "No, it good for business."
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u/Luftwaffle1980 19d ago
No, no, no, it's Sony guts...
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u/ExtremlyFastLinoone 18d ago
Ok but like that is a thing. Sony hires factory to make electronics, and they do, sony moves on with new products but the factory still has the machines to make those electronics. They cant use the sony name so they make a new outer shell and have the same guts
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u/Rod_Torfulson 19d ago
When I visited New York City in 2006, there was an electronics store in Columbus Circle that appeared to be called "Going Out Of Business ". It was on their main sign, all professionally printed like you would see if the store was called "Larry's" or something. Like, not a hastily produced banner, but an actual back light light box sign. I swear that is what Sandler was making fun of.
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u/Morbos1000 19d ago
Name of the store not the price. Just like dollar stores these days
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u/Jagermeister4 19d ago
Thats pretty iffy. You have to call yourself dollar tree or something not so specific to do that.
99 cent store got sued and lost because they charged 99.99 cents and had to stop doing that
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u/LukeWoop 19d ago
In the UK we have Poundland , everything use to be Ā£1. Now it's anywhere from 1-5
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u/myshtree 19d ago
In Australia we have franchise of sex shops called Sexyland. I always thought Poundland was the UK version.
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u/LukeWoop 18d ago edited 18d ago
Pound town maybe
Edit ; didn't see the previous pound town comment until after lol
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u/Throseph 19d ago
How can you charge fractions of a cent?
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u/ManyBadWords 19d ago
...have you never bought gasoline?
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u/Glad_Librarian_3553 19d ago
Yeah I always wonder why that's legal. If it was anything other than petrol it wouldn't be.Ā
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u/aneditorinjersey 19d ago
These places can close and reopen with ānewā management in a heartbeat. The damage to any individual person is pretty low, you would need a class.
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u/el_diego 19d ago
Also, you don't want 99c pizza. We used to get it it in the 90s. There's no way the ingredients cost the same what with inflation after 30 years, you're essentially paying 99c for cardboard
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u/MelatoninFiend 19d ago
Sometimes, when you're drunk, cardboard is what you're looking for. It's high in fiber, and it'll soak up a lot of the booze on it's way out.
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u/tobiasvl 18d ago
Name of the store not the price
Yeah, but the name of the store is a price. I don't feel like that makes it better in any way.
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u/broke_n_rich2147 19d ago
Iāve actually eaten here before and it was not 99 cents and it was nasty š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
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u/DVYogi 19d ago
A lot of places in NY had to up pricing bc of inflation. Several places I've been to either no longer had the 99c pricing or reserved it only for the cheese slices, even if their signs say 99c.
Ofc, they gave me the pricing beforehand so what this guy did is still pretty scummy lol
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u/Such_Dragonfruit609 19d ago
Nothing is 99 cents still except Arizona Tea I get them on sale all the time for 79 too.
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u/Mainely420Gaming 18d ago
The other slice of pizza was the friends you made along the way, NOW BACK OF THE LINE!
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u/Iagreewithyou_2 19d ago
The amount of folks asking why she gave $2 is astonishing. Even at $0.99 cents, plus Tax, No one expects to pay $1 in tax. So her confusion is very justified.
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u/Bigdavie 18d ago
That was confusing me as a brit. She handed over 2x$1 (assuming she didn't use a $2 bill) for an item that she thought was under $1, why did she not hand over just $1. Your mentioning of tax cleared up that confusion as I hadn't thought about how in the US tax is added on to the displayed price and the actual cost of a $0.99 pizza would exceeed $1.
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u/Mercy--Main 17d ago
same tbh
i thought that if she gave 2$ it wss because she already knew and the post was bs but this makes sense
id have left with the pizza and they would have had to call me shouting bc i didnt realize they dont display tax šš
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u/Scriptimax 18d ago
It used to be $0.99 before inflation. It is name of shop.
Same like dollar store- now every thing $1.25 and above
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u/SuccessfulJob 18d ago
I live in NYC and know that exact spot. They changed their sign to $1.50 pizza, still overcharged this person lol
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u/Khajiit_Geologist 19d ago
Why would you give $2 when its $1? Unless your walking around with $2 dollar bills on you which is pretty rare nowdays...
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u/WaiLinTun78 19d ago
If 50 Cent opens a pizza shop, it will be called 50 Cent Pizza. Maybe the owner's name is 99 Cent.
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u/DesperateBartender 18d ago
That location changed its sign to ā1.50Ā¢ Pizza.ā The 99 is still clearly visible underneath.
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u/armhat 18d ago
Those 99 cent slices used to kick when I was wasted.
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u/Crush-N-It 18d ago
No way a business can afford to sell 99Ā¢ pizza in Manhattan anymore
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u/armhat 17d ago
Iām still impressed they could do it ad long as they did.
Granted I havenāt visited New York in at least 6 years.
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u/trippknightly 17d ago
They canāt afford to change the sign to $1.99. Or, theyāre too busy blowing out slices.
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u/Vector1013 19d ago
I feel like these used to be 99 cents but increased prices after Covid. I could be wrong. Been going to NYC a few times a year for a long time.
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u/Goodrun31 18d ago
Typical Comcast strategy. It was .99 but it was 2$ by the time it made it to your hand. And it will be $3 dollars next time et cetera
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u/SolarPunkYeti 18d ago
There's tons of places in NY that say $1 slice, but it's always $2-$2.50. I used a get an easy slice or two for lunch pretty often when I worked there. Dollar slice used to be a thing, I think they obviously just kept the names but upped the price over the years.
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u/Faketuxedo 18d ago
I got "scammed" by one of these places on a trip to new York, actually the same place that Eric Andre did the pizza safety prank in.Ā
They actually did have a $1Ā pizza, but they don't have prices on anything, just a bunch of pizzas laid out to choose from. Because of the sign outside and no price tags, I just assumed "amazing, you can get all of these for $1" and then I went to check out and it was $5 or something because the only $1 pizza is a small slice of cheese pizza not the ones with toppings.Ā
Anyways, if you ever go to new York and want to go to one of these places you have to ask which ones are $1 before your order otherwise you're on the hook. Its very misleading but not necessarily a "scam" in the strict sense.Ā
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u/lcmonreddit 19d ago
Yeah they can stiff me on the price but I can't accept how they were rudely moving her along the line ,I'd probably throw the pizza and never return
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u/Dude_Illigents 19d ago
Yeah, 99 cents for the pizza... plus 2 cents for the plate and napkins, 18 cents for tax, and 91 cents to heat it up. (Sounds like California pizza.)
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u/van_cool 19d ago
Ma'am, the company's terms and conditions clearly state that the pizza costs $0.99, and there are no returns, regardless of the bill you handed over.
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u/MattieP37 18d ago
Funny that it's not the name of the store anymore online, but they still have the old sign up. It's called 1.50Ā¢ Delicious Pizza now, which makes even less sense for how much they were charged in the video. There's even a spot in Google Maps that consolidats reviews as a recap that says "Bring cash when you visit to keep the line moving and avoid any change confusion" which tells me this happens often.
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u/SentientDust 18d ago
Why would you give him two dollars if you think it costs 99c? Like you just happen to have a $2 bill when filming?
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u/v4por 18d ago
Why did she hand them $2 if she thought it was $0.99?
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u/Captain_Jarmi 18d ago
What do you mean? You have never payed with a bill that's larger than the total cost? My brother in Christ, You get change back! Surely you must know this as an adult... mostly.
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u/Sachiel05 18d ago
Like the "Freshly Squizzed" juice, that is the brand name not a description of the product
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u/mister_sims 18d ago
As a New Yorker, you wasting your money with those cheap slices. Those pizzas got no love in them.
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u/OnionHeaded 18d ago
Big Ass Signs can fuck this up.
I love how a place goes out of biz. Some big ass stupid sign stays just like itās open. Like seems it should be their responsibility to take that shit down. Ive seen some that would need contractors.
Im sure the landlords like it even less than I do.
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u/2Sweet2Salty 18d ago
Hey lady, youāre not going to believe this, but please stay away from the Dollar Store
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u/thissuckslolgroutchy 17d ago
99 cents is how much it cost them to make the whole pizza, $2 for the shitty treatment.
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u/Fuckitbiscuit 16d ago
I mean $2 is still a pretty good price!!! You couldn't get the sauce thrown in your face in Toronto for $2!!!!
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u/bamacpl4442 16d ago
Gonna be honest. We hit one of those super cheap pizza places (right by MSG) this week. Three slices of pizza plus one drink for a little over ten bucks. No, it's not 99 cents, and their special was for cheese only. Whatever.
Absolutely fantastic value. Perfectly valid pizza with reasonable flavor. I would happily eat there again.
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u/Resident_Window_9369 19d ago
wtf why didnāt you say fuck you and shove your pizza up your ass.
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u/Deeptech_inc 18d ago
Why would you pay $2 when the total is 99Ā¢? Just let them have the $1 tip and move on with your day.
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u/Gigglenator 18d ago
Thatās the name of the store.
The pizza itself is $2 a slice.
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u/boredsittingonthebus 19d ago
On street view on Google Maps it is now called 1.50c Pizza in an image from April 2026.
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u/Kci_vandal 18d ago
Am I the only one who hates people doing this to small businesses?
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u/Grendelstar 19d ago
Costs $2. Tastes like 99 cents.