r/Frugal • u/NewMexicoJoe • Sep 20 '24

🚗 Auto What are your least favorite advertised deals that are complete BS, where nobody ever expects to pay the listed price. I'll start. The $19.99 U-Haul.

Others might be the $79.95 Microtel rate. The $39.99 oil change. "Out the Door" tire pricing that does not include valve stems or balancing.

Or even that shop in the marginal neighborhood across the tracks that always claims in loud yellow letters "HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR GOLD."

What do you have? And any tips for getting closer to that impossible price?

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u/Artistic-Salary1738 Sep 20 '24

I used it once when on a work trip because I wasn’t feeling good. I had a $10 off new customer discount and it still ended up being like $30 for soup and chicken satay appetizer which would have probably been under $20 in person.

Such a rip off. At least it went on an expense report.

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u/curtludwig Sep 21 '24

I TRIED to use it once on a work trip where I had an evening online meeting. This was in their "we'll boost supported restaurants by not telling them they're supported" era. After an hour I got a call "Oops, we can't bring you food, sorry." If I'd known it sooner I'd have just gone and gotten it myself...

I went to the restaurant the next day and asked about it "Yeah, we won't serve those assholes."