Dominos - price gouging

boardz · 27-11-2020 9:12pm #1

Really disappointed with Dominos Pizza tonight. All the kids around for the Toy show and tried to order Dominos early and while I can understand no deliveries they have also suspended all of their deals. This is price gouging to me and and I will avoid ordering from them in the future.

We've ordered from Apache who are delivering and have their deals active.

paulpd · 27-11-2020 9:17pm

We ordered online and paid the delivery guy cash at the door. Dublin 12 about an hour ago. Definitely got some deals as it said we saved 10 euro when completing the order.

quote="boardz;115440868"]Really disappointed with Dominos Pizza tonight. All the kids around for the Toy show and tried to order Dominos early and while I can understand no deliveries they have also suspended all of their deals. This is price gouging to me and and I will avoid ordering from them in the future.

We've ordered from Apache who are delivering and have their deals active.[/quote]

Faith · 27-11-2020 9:33pm

Mod note: Moved from Food forum as it’s not suitable for there but might suit here.

27-11-2020 9:46pm

Is it considered price gouging because you don’t get a discount on normal price?

Sheep Shagger · 27-11-2020 9:47pm

Dav010 wrote: »

Is it considered price gouging because you don’t get a discount on normal price?

I don't understand how the OP think that.

Effects · 27-11-2020 9:55pm

I'm disappointed in Dominoes pizza any time I get it. Even when I don't pay for it.

Akrasia · 27-11-2020 9:59pm

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

I don't understand how the OP think that.

Nobody pays full price for Dominos, 24 quid for one 13.5 inch Pizza?? You’d want to be mad

heavydemon · 27-11-2020 10:08pm

Ordered at 6:15 rang at 8pm as no sign of delivery. It was en route in their tracker but when i called there was a mix up and said id have to wait an additional hour. I asked for a discount and was declined so cancelled the order. Disaster

hurikane · 27-11-2020 10:11pm

This thread needs the guy from bargain alerts to tell us how much the pizza ingredients cost when added to Tesco basket.

accensi0n · 27-11-2020 10:15pm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging

Nope.

boardz · 28-11-2020 12:47am

Dav010 wrote: »

Is it considered price gouging because you don’t get a discount on normal price?

These are standard deals - not discounts - visible even now on their site but deactivated because of the night that's in it.

Poster accensi0n above has helpfully put in the definition of price gouging to prove my point.

Honestly wasn't missed Apache food was lovely.

antix80 · 28-11-2020 12:58am

Op, definitely price gouging. This is a case for Joe Duffy. Make sure to tell him how de kids do be hungry and you saved all year to get a mighty meaty with 2 sides and a 1.25ml bottle of coke and dey charged twice as much and forgot de garlic dip and wouldn't even swap de garlic bread for chicken wings even doe de yung ones are alergic to garlic and the delivery man was foreidn and wasnt wearin a mask

Mongfinder General · 28-11-2020 1:02am

antix80 wrote: »

Op, definitely price gouging. This is a case for Joe Duffy. Make sure to tell him how de kids do be hungry and you saved all year to get a mighty meaty with 2 sides and a 1.25ml bottle of coke and dey charged twice as much and forgot de garlic dip and wouldn't even swap de garlic bread for chicken wings even doe de yung ones are alergic to garlic and the delivery man was foreidn and wasnt wearin a mask

Miserappalling so it is.

boardz · 28-11-2020 1:10am

antix80 wrote: »

Op, definitely price gouging. This is a case for Joe Duffy. Make sure to tell him how de kids do be hungry and you saved all year to get a mighty meaty with 2 sides and a 1.25ml bottle of coke and dey charged twice as much and forgot de garlic dip and wouldn't even swap de garlic bread for chicken wings even doe de yung ones are alergic to garlic and the delivery man was foreidn and wasnt wearin a mask

Yawnnnn

foxatron · 28-11-2020 1:12am

Deal to beat the band. Black Friday sure

punisher5112 · 28-11-2020 1:14am

Domino's was set up by a homeless man, he had $5 bought pizza and sold it for a profit and it took off from there....

It's some of the most expensive food one can purchase now and I'm not totally against as I will buy occasion but at minimum 30% or 50% off....

It's extremely expensive.

L1011 · 28-11-2020 1:16am

This is basically a form of yield management as done by airlines - no need to discount product when you know it'll be sold anyway.

Change your purchasing habits if you don't agree with it.

L1011 · 28-11-2020 1:17am

punisher5112 wrote: »

Domino's was set up by a homeless man, he had $5 bought pizza and sold it for a profit and it took off from there

That's not even vaguely true.

Founded by an architecture student.

punisher5112 · 28-11-2020 1:57am

L1011 wrote: »

That's not even vaguely true.

Founded by an architecture student.

Ok wilkipedia said otherwise... I stand corrected...

punisher5112 · 28-11-2020 1:57am

Still extortionate price though

Pkiernan · 28-11-2020 8:25am

punisher5112 wrote: »

It's some of the most expensive food one can purchase now.....

It's extremely expensive.

No its not.
Try lunch at Greshams

purifol0 · 28-11-2020 9:55am

OP I've just been on to Ruth Coppinger and she agrees with me that this breaches your fundamental human rights and the only way to stop this happening is for the govt to nationalise Dominoes.

There's a rally planned check ur Facebook for details. Stay well hun

boardz · 28-11-2020 10:01am

purifol0 wrote: »

OP I've just been on to Ruth Coppinger and she agrees with me that this breaches your fundamental human rights and the only way to stop this happening is for the govt to nationalise Dominoes.

There's a rally planned check ur Facebook for details. Stay well hun

Ah stop you're going to get the thread moved to the comedy forum.

punisher5112 · 28-11-2020 11:22am

Pkiernan wrote: »

No its not.
Try lunch at Greshams

So you believe €3.50 actually €4.50 for a small handful of wedges is ok and 9 for a little tiny pizza is cheap

Kraftwerk · 28-11-2020 11:27am

Dominoes is criminally overpriced to the point that they have to have constant deals and offers for it to seem affordable and appealing to consumers.

I'd call that price gouging tbh. Having unrealistic prices so you can claim you're giving 30% off every day of the week. Then not offering the discounts during big events.

Tired Gardener · 28-11-2020 11:37am

Can't fathom out why anyone would pay their asking prices, even with a supposed discount.

Oh well, guess fools and their money are easily parted.

colm_mcm · 28-11-2020 12:13pm

If only they didn’t have a monopoly on the pizza market

I remember when there were other pizzerias.

Samuel T. Cogley · 28-11-2020 12:16pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

If only they didn’t have a monopoly on the pizza market

I remember when there were other pizzerias.

They don't in D5 thats for sure. Pizzahut are ****e though.

Jim2007 · 28-11-2020 12:32pm

boardz wrote: »

This is price gouging to me and and I will avoid ordering from them in the future.

Not offering you deals is not price gouging.

Del2005 · 28-11-2020 12:48pm

Airlines, hotels, Uber and even supermarkets do it. If you shop mid week in Tesco the place is full of deals, go on a Friday or weekend and there's no deals.

Pkiernan · 28-11-2020 6:33pm

punisher5112 wrote: »

So you believe €3.50 actually €4.50 for a small handful of wedges is ok and 9 for a little tiny pizza is cheap

If you think Dominos is expensive you're either on welfare or havent left your village.

28-11-2020 6:43pm

I enjoy a good Dominos but there's definitely far better value for money out there.

They used to have some great deals but they binned them.

punisher5112 · 28-11-2020 7:37pm

Pkiernan wrote: »

If you think Dominos is expensive you're either on welfare or havent left your village.

Only ever been on welfare for 3 months, working since 15.

So you think a small box of frozen wedges for €4.50 is cheap????

I'm actually lost to be honest.

I actually don't eat pizza but would get the chicken strippers and such.

callaway92 · 28-11-2020 7:39pm

Pkiernan wrote: »

If you think Dominos is expensive you're either on welfare or havent left your village.

What a bizarre comment

28-11-2020 7:42pm

callaway92 wrote: »

What a bizarre comment

You must be unfamiliar with Mr. Kiernan. He's not too fond of the great unwashed.

28-11-2020 11:57pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

If only they didn’t have a monopoly on the pizza market
I remember when there were other pizzerias.

That's the part that confuses me - There are loads of options for pizza. Practically everyone is selling them.

I live in Drogheda, which presumably would have a lesser extent of choice than anywhere in Dublin/Cork/Galway/etc. and we have a Dominos, along with the usual Papa Johns, Apache Pizza, Mizzoni, PizzaBaker, Macari's Pizza, Four Star Pizza and local restaurants aswell, like Il Forno, Le Pizzeria, Roma, Borzalinos, PizzaMax, Sorrento's, Casanova, a few Centra shops also at it.. and there must be at least 5 or 6 more that I can't think of.

I find Dominos to be pricy and subpar, so I never use them (my favourite option is Four Star Pizza).

Simply 'vote with your feet' as they say. Loads of choice.

enricoh · 29-11-2020 12:04am

Tired Gardener wrote: »

Can't fathom out why anyone would pay their asking prices, even with a supposed discount.

Oh well, guess fools and their money are easily parted.

I always took it that most of the customers were stoned! Fair play to them if they can get people to pay e20 plus for a pizza!

Pkiernan · 29-11-2020 12:54pm

If you think of whats involved to get a pizza made and delivered to your door, then I dont think that €20 is expensive.

How can you think it is?

Its Friday night, you can spend 3 hours gathering and mixing the ingredients, wait 2 more to prove the dough, then make and cook the pizza tben clean everything up.

Or you can pay €20.

Paulzx · 29-11-2020 4:30pm

Pkiernan wrote: »

If you think of whats involved to get a pizza made and delivered to your door, then I dont think that €20 is expensive.

How can you think it is?

Its Friday night, you can spend 3 hours gathering and mixing the ingredients, wait 2 more to prove the dough, then make and cook the pizza tben clean everything up.

Or you can pay €20.

5 hours to gather ingredients, mix them and prove the dough?????

You must charge by the hour in whatever line of work you're in or else you're the slowest dough kneader on the planet:D

Cheshire Cat · 29-11-2020 4:37pm

Pkiernan wrote: »

If you think of whats involved to get a pizza made and delivered to your door, then I dont think that €20 is expensive.

How can you think it is?

Its Friday night, you can spend 3 hours gathering and mixing the ingredients, wait 2 more to prove the dough, then make and cook the pizza tben clean everything up.

Or you can pay €20.

Have you ever made pizza from scratch?!? Doesn't sound like it!

Muahahaha · 29-11-2020 8:19pm

Pizza is one of the cheapest foods to assemble at home. Its not hard to produce a 12 inch restaurant quality pizza for less than two or three euro, the dough alone is only about 50c. Im out of the delivery range of 'local' takeaways so got an Ooni pizza oven out the back garden. The investment has easily paid for itself at this stage compared to getting takeaways. Ive always got frozen pizza dough in the freezer, once that is defrosted it is very easy.

As for Dominoes Im not surprised they took away the deals for the Toy Show, Id guess their phones were hopping all night with thousands of people all wanting to be fed at the same time. Its a pain in the arse if you're used to ordering off them every weekend at X price and then it rockets up but its supply and demand at the end of the day. I do agree they're expensive but their model seems to be discount codes for regular customers and then less frequent customers pay full price. The less frequnst customers would have vastly out numbered the regular customers for an event like the Toy Show so they can get away with pulling the deals for that night, they wouldnt be able to satisfy all that demand anyway so why discount it.

deathbomber · 05-12-2020 9:43pm

Definitely agree, complete rip off. They also claim to have the best drivers in the business, however the ones in Dub 15 are nothing short of reckless and dangerous at times - accident waiting to happen. Wouldn't give Dominos the times of day!

AndrewJRenko · 06-12-2020 8:44pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

Pizza is one of the cheapest foods to assemble at home. Its not hard to produce a 12 inch restaurant quality pizza for less than two or three euro, the dough alone is only about 50c. Im out of the delivery range of 'local' takeaways so got an Ooni pizza oven out the back garden. The investment has easily paid for itself at this stage compared to getting takeaways. Ive always got frozen pizza dough in the freezer, once that is defrosted it is very easy.

I used to do pizza from scratch, but I couldn't compete with supermarket prices. A can of tomatoes for the sauce was €1.50 on its own, and the full plain pizza (with cheese and tomato sauce) was €3 in Aldi.

Bikerman2019 · 06-12-2020 8:50pm

Dominoes expenses have jumped substantially since they were found to be mis-declaring their drivers as contractors.

Now they have to pay them properly and give them their legal rights and payments. This is probably why they have cut the offers and are out to make as much as possible.

It was in the High Court.

https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2019/1220/1102450-dominos-drivers-paye/

L1011 · 06-12-2020 8:54pm

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

I used to do pizza from scratch, but I couldn't compete with supermarket prices. A can of tomatoes for the sauce was €1.50 on its own, and the full plain pizza (with cheese and tomato sauce) was €3 in Aldi.

You're getting robbed for tinned tomatoes

Can of own brand chopped tomatoes or a carton of pasata is about 40c normally. They aren't using fancy brand stuff on frozen pizza (or in takeaways)

SpencerJC · 06-12-2020 9:00pm

boardz wrote: »

Really disappointed with Dominos Pizza tonight. All the kids around for the Toy show and tried to order Dominos early and while I can understand no deliveries they have also suspended all of their deals. This is price gouging to me and and I will avoid ordering from them in the future.

We've ordered from Apache who are delivering and have their deals active.

Get four star next time, same thing.

punisher5112 · 06-12-2020 9:03pm

When they were mainly on cub50/90s they were stone mad,.. all weather they be absolutely bombing it....

Dominos - price gouging

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