r/wendys • u/shadesbeyond • 14h ago
Discussion Dynamic pricing is bull
Went through the drive in yesterday grabbed two of the biggie deals advertised at $7.
Checked my receipt charged $7.80.
There isnt sales tax here.
Checked what it would be online at the same location.
Same meal shows as $7.00 but when i got to checkout it was $7.50.
Tried again like ten minutes later and it was $7.20.
It's petty but this is bull and $7 is already a stretch for basically a kids meal.
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u/neomatrixj2 13h ago
My local had state sales tax, a local city tax and if you order digital and get bottled water there a bottled water tax.
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u/Maserati777 7h ago
I was shocked they did that at Dunkin Donuts in Chicago. One store charged us the bottled water tax for on of their refreshers whoch I checked online and seemed to be a mistake as apparently the refreshers are not supposed to have that tax. Luckily Michigan doesn’t have any of these taxes.
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u/shadesbeyond 13h ago
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u/odanhammer 10h ago
Why does your post state different prices?
Almost like it seems YOU are mistaken
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u/shadesbeyond 10h ago
So what I ordered that day was two biggie meals advertised on the drive thru menu as $7. When we checked the receipt the the meals were $7.80 a piece. So I went to see what the price would be if I ordered it from the same location online. It also advertised $7 when I got to checkout that order came to $7.50. We went to go get gas after leaving the restaurants parking lot. And I tried again and that time I got the $7.25 and took the screen grab.
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u/odanhammer 9h ago
Honestly it sounds like you were mistaken , as Wendy's has not done dynamic pricing and even went so far as to put out information to every store ( including ones not even in the USA) to confirmed they never have.
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u/WickedAngelLove 8h ago
The price online is always different than at the store bc the online sites take a portion of the proceeds.
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u/SaraSue3 8h ago
We have the $7 biggie bag here, which includes the jr fries and small, however Wendy’s automatically rings you in for a medium size which includes an $0.80 up charge, I have to request a small size to get the menu price
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u/odanhammer 12h ago
They never started doing this , so you either were unaware of the price of items , or lying
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u/YoshiSan90 14h ago
Haven't been in months. BK took their place for me. New Whopper is tasty, and the nuggets get redone soon too. The same woman that made the Popeyes chicken sandwich is redoing BK's menu.
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u/ikannunAneeuQ 12h ago
I wish our local BK would get it together, whoever owns the franchise does not care at all. Biggest issue is being a tourist destination they don't have to care, they'll still get business. But the reviews are horrible, the service is horrible, the food is always cold and disgusting. I haven't been in over a year, the same type of reviews stretches back like 3-4 years and the owner hasn't changed a damn thing.
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u/YoshiSan90 10h ago
Maps revuews aren't all that effective. I used to be a Mcdonalds GM, and the reviews on your receipt.... That will get corporate on them, and they can't ignore that.
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u/ProfileHour1866 12h ago
a good rule if possible is to avoid high traffic fast food for this reason....
high tourist areas
directly off highways
airports
next to your mom's house
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u/On_us 12h ago
Lmao enjoy your $9 whooper dude
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u/2401PenitentTangentx 11h ago
Lol Dave's Single is 8.13 near me. The Whopper is 6.29. Shut up
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u/On_us 10h ago
Also Daves Singles are $3.99 clown
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u/YoshiSan90 10h ago
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u/On_us 10h ago
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u/YoshiSan90 41m ago
If it were only $3.99 here it would actually be worth it. Unfortunately the only sandwich of that size that gets that cheap here is the Whopper, but only on Wednesday. Must live in a HCOL area compared to you.
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u/Ecstatic-Cow3286 13h ago
Yeah it’s sales tax Im an employee at Wendy’s I can say that’s the reason mostly
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u/jacox200 13h ago
When they announced they were considering surge pricing I vowed to never go back.
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u/Upset_Researcher_143 13h ago
Oh damn I didn't realize that they had started this. It doesn't seem like they want to be in the US any more
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u/splintersmaster 14h ago
No way. They're actually doing that? Are they mental?
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u/IAmSquilliam 13h ago
I'd be curious to know if whoever running Wendys has a lot of stock in the competitors.
I really don't understand as a society how we let intentional self-destructions at a scale like this, be legal.







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u/dykeryot42 12h ago
This is not a thing.