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  • SpacemanSpiff
    MVP
    • Mar 2005
    • 1279

    #91
    Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

    Originally posted by Trevytrev11
    Yep, if he rolled his own coins and took them to the bank, the actual increase would only be 11.1%..assuming he spent it all on these meals.

    If $123 was the amount received at the Coinstar after the reduction, then the initial amount was about $135 (123/(1-0.089). With that $12 savings, he could have covered his costs for the next 60 double cheeseburgers.
    Lol, next 60 double cheeseburgers. That's kinda funny when you put it that way.
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    • ehh
      Hall Of Fame
      • Mar 2003
      • 28960

      #92
      Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

      Is there really a five-page thread on something that costs a dollar-twenty?
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      • countryboy
        Growing pains
        • Sep 2003
        • 52730

        #93
        Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

        Originally posted by ehh
        Is there really a five-page thread on something that costs a dollar-twenty?
        LOL

        its actually a 10-page thread.
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        • Darkleaf
          MVP
          • Feb 2006
          • 1685

          #94
          Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

          Originally posted by Blzer
          It is very true, and I understand what I did. But let me put it to you this way... it took me six minutes alone to dump the coins in the God-forsaken machine (that's how many coins I had). Imagine how long it would have taken to roll up that many coins. Even if they were all quarters, that would still be over 500 coins to roll up. They weren't all quarters though, of course (maybe only $50 worth).

          Like I said, it's not the dollar difference, it's the percent difference. 20% is over 100% more than 8.9%.
          It would have taken you half the time you took to explain it in this thread.

          Originally posted by Blzer
          I'm not really trying to argue with anybody here, I just don't think anyone sees the true point I'm trying to make.
          You must be real popular...I have seen this "My intelligence is so much higher why do I bother" in a lot of posts from you. I chuckle every time after briefly skimming over your long winded posts about nothing.(Like Seinfeld)

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          • Blzer
            Resident film pundit
            • Mar 2004
            • 42515

            #95
            Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

            Originally posted by DarkleafGoJays
            You must be real popular...I have seen this "My intelligence is so much higher why do I bother" in a lot of posts from you. I chuckle every time after briefly skimming over your long winded posts about nothing.(Like Seinfeld)
            That's... fantastic. Not quite what this thread is about, either. I don't want to go down that road like I have before, so please stop whenever possible.
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            • Darkleaf
              MVP
              • Feb 2006
              • 1685

              #96
              Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

              Originally posted by Trevytrev11
              Yep, if he rolled his own coins and took them to the bank, the actual increase would only be 11.1%..assuming he spent it all on these meals.

              If $123 was the amount received at the Coinstar after the reduction, then the initial amount was about $135 (123/(1-0.089). With that $12 savings, he could have covered his costs for the next 60 double cheeseburgers.

              Lol

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              • ezekiel55
                Th*s F*c* C*sh*s Ch*cks
                • Nov 2003
                • 2156

                #97
                Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

                To echo C's and other's comments, its funny how this thread has turned into a dissertation on the equitable value of the Double Cheeseburger...we have turned the Value Menu into an allegory of our economy...good work, fellas.

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                • Darkleaf
                  MVP
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 1685

                  #98
                  Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

                  Originally posted by Blzer
                  That's... fantastic. Not quite what this thread is about, either. I don't want to go down that road like I have before, so please stop whenever possible.
                  Uh I just posted what you did in this thread(Edit:60 post's in). I think it's funny.No beef haha.

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                  • PVarck31
                    Moderator
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 16869

                    #99
                    Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

                    I had a McDouble about an hour ago. It was good. End thread!

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                    • OSUFan_88
                      Outback Jesus
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 25642

                      #100
                      Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

                      I suggest everyone here reads Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

                      You'll never eat cheap fast food again.
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                      • Husker_OS
                        Champs
                        • Jun 2003
                        • 21459

                        #101
                        Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

                        Originally posted by hdaniel1
                        It doesn't matter if it is rolled or not. The banks don't care. If you bring it in all loose, they will let there money processing center process it for you. Only problem is you won't get the money deposited in your account right away, you probably have to wait 1-2 days.


                        My bank won't take un-rolled coins.


                        Also, your name has to be on the roll in case its a quarter or two short.
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                        • SportsTop
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                          • Jul 2003
                          • 6716

                          #102
                          Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

                          Originally posted by OSUFan_88
                          I suggest everyone here reads Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

                          You'll never eat cheap fast food again.
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                          • Alliball
                            MVP
                            • Aug 2004
                            • 2368

                            #103
                            Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

                            Originally posted by Blzer
                            Well, you can do better with fries (IMO McDonald's has the best of the local fast food joints) and milkshakes (Jack In the Box), but its burgers are unbeatable. They don't need to, but if their double-double prices were cut 20%, that would definitely be best burger value (filling and taste are so high up there, cost difference is almost irrelevant in the case of value).
                            Yeah, fresh food does tend to scare people off sometimes.

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                            • J0nnD0ugh
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                              • Feb 2003
                              • 16602

                              #104
                              Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

                              Originally posted by ehh
                              Is there really a five-page thread on something that costs a dollar-twenty?
                              I said something similar back on page 5. If the McCain-Palin ticket had zeroed in on the spiraling costs of double cheeseburgers instead of Obama's experience, they might be moving to the White House next month.
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                              • TheMatrix31
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                                • Jul 2002
                                • 52908

                                #105
                                Re: And just like that, McDonald's just lost one, if not millions of customers

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