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[Video] Are we getting screwed at Sporting events?

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  1. Stack24

    Stack24 Member

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    So I got sent this video of a couple guys showing how the beer in the larger cup which is a 1.25 more is the same exact amount as the smaller one. So basically they have been making a ton more to upsell an item that is the same as the cheaper one.

    I wonder if anyone other stadiums have been doing this and we just don't ever check.

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    #1 Stack24, Jan 21, 2011
  2. leroy

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    That is just wrong...but not surprising in the least bit.
     
    #2 leroy, Jan 21, 2011
  3. apollo33

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    OMG it's David Blaine
     
    #3 apollo33, Jan 21, 2011
  4. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    nuhuh the taller is more my brother said so
     
    #4 Xerobull, Jan 21, 2011
  5. pugsly8422

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    Wow, that's insane! I wonder if they can actually get into any trouble for it? If they post one as "Small 16 ounce" and another as "large 22 ounce" I could possibly see someone saying you're not giving me my full 22 ounces. If they don't actually post the ounces, then I thnk the people are out of luck. The Seahawks will probably just say they're charging extra for the larger cups. Overall though, it seems pretty lame....

    I don't think we have this option at the Rocket games, luckily. You can buy the bottle or the draft (in one size), that's it.

    Pugs

    P.S. They need to offer Shock Top at more of the smaller stands, I always have trouble finding it, and I hate having to walk all the way to the Jack Daniel's Bar!
     
    #5 pugsly8422, Jan 21, 2011
  6. YourSecretLover

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    they need more of this

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    Bob Barker?
     
    #7 RoxSqaud, Jan 21, 2011
  8. BEAT LA

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    "Are we getting screwed at sporting events"

    Subject: beer

    Is that even a question?
     
    #8 BEAT LA, Jan 21, 2011
  9. Stack24

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    That part is a given. This is just one more step on top of it lol. 12 oz Draft Domestic beer is about .25 cost.
     
    #9 Stack24, Jan 21, 2011
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    I don't like how she's mixing up the "Budweiser" and "Bud light" when she puts the cups on the counter.

    The beers could be coming from the same tap (ie both are the same beer).

    Something is fishy and they might be scamming me.:(
     
    #10 krnxsnoopy, Jan 21, 2011
  11. pugsly8422

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    Not to mention she's having to pick them up from the top, near the rim. I don't think there's any place you can drink from that she didn't touch, unless you're going to use a straw!

    Pugs
     
    #11 pugsly8422, Jan 21, 2011
  12. Cannonball

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    Yeah, waiters are taught (or should be) not to grab glasses near the rim.
     
    #12 Cannonball, Jan 21, 2011
  13. SwoLy-D

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    MEH. Who cares. Just drink it up no matter how much it costs. Let's get drunk together and enjoy the times... MoBalls. ;)
    WHAT :( THE EFFFFFF?!?!?!!?!! :eek:

    Nice one. Yeah, it sounds like those dudes. :grin:
     
    #13 SwoLy-D, Jan 21, 2011
  14. tmoney1101

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    I usually roll with the aluminum bottles.
     
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    How can you just drink it up and not care when they charge you more money for the same thing lol...Come on man
     
    #15 Stack24, Jan 21, 2011
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    Actually that guy screwed the fans. The stadium actually lost money...So really the fans could've screwed the stadium by buying the "small" beer and getting more for their money. The people who bought the large got what they paid for.
     
    #16 Astro101, Jan 21, 2011
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    Alcoholics aren't good at geometry.
     
    #17 BEAT LA, Jan 21, 2011
  18. rocketsjudoka

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    I thought this thread was going to be like that one of the girl giving a lap dance at the Cowboys game or the drunk woman who screwed some guy at the Metrodome bathroom during a Hawkeyes Gophers game a few years ago.
     
    #18 rocketsjudoka, Jan 21, 2011
  19. ima_drummer2k

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    I thought it was another Texans thread...
     
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  20. Miguel

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    Yeah, if it was the other way around (Cups labeled 20oz only holding 16oz) would have been a scam.

    This is just the ones with smaller cups getting an extra 4oz for free, no fans getting screwed. (Well, aside from the prices being ridiculously over the top anyway)
     
    #20 Miguel, Jan 21, 2011
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