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You can probably guess how long it's been since I've been to Burger King. I think I paid $2.99+tax the last time I ordered a standard Whopper meal. Are they seriously trying to suggest that $10 is a steal for two Whopper meals? I get exactly the opposite reaction to that line. I instantly think someone should be fired for overcharging. It makes me wonder how far price increases have heightened at fast food joints to imply that $5 is vastly undercharging for a basic meal. A standard Whopper meal still consist of the burger, fries and a small drink, right?

I haven't really frequented fast food since March of 94, but I am thinking that because I never much cared for Burger King, I possibly discontinued that place in the late 80s. That $2.99 may be on the high end for 87 as well. Oh well, it does not much matter these days. Except, I do clearly remember paying $2.99 for a Whopper meal at some point. One thing is for certain, I will not be buying a single or this double Whopper meal special in 2016 at those prices, and I am surprised anyone else would even consider it.


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Basically, that's like a $2 increase in 22 years. Still seems like a bargain.



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The $2 increase is the price for this severely under priced special. That price increase is within most everything else in the country, but that is far from what that teen said in the commercial. The writing implies that people have become accustomed to paying a substantially higher price than the special offered. Did the Whopper meal reach something like $9.99 or higher at some point in 20 years?

It may not seem farfetched to anyone who orders burgers & fries, but I just don't see how anyone could justify paying much more than $5 for a burger and fry meal. It's a simple, cheap and fast set up. Maybe, I should go take another look at fast food.

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there are a lot of 5 dollar meals out there now, they are just trying to compete with the idiots.

five dolla! five dolla! five dolla foot LOOOOOONG!

it's lunchtime you're hungry we know how you feel. your mouth wants little Caesars and you're wallet wants a deal. four slices of deep dish and soda are for you hot and ready for five bucks and this is what you do: bite bite sip sip that's the mexicambo. bite bite sip sip do the deep dish combo mambo. for lunch!

Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.

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