I'm about to share with you some very, very, classified information. It's about how to get free pizza, every time. Here's what you do. You need a friend in on it. Here's what you do, you drive up to Pizzahut, with your friend waiting safely at home. Then, you get that friend to call Pizza hut and order lotsa' food. Now here's the fun part. You wait for the delivery guy to head on out, and you follow him around town. According to their routine, they usually have about 1 or... read more.
Not sure about the rest of the world where Dominos is located, but in the USA, Dominos has started a whole new marketing campaign around the whole "You Got 30 Minutes" idea. I was curious as to what they meant. I knew that in the past, they had an offer where if your pizza was delivered in over 30 minutes, you get it for free. So, is this another one of these deals?
Well, their website has a disclaimer about this. On http://www.dominos.com/home/index.jsp if you look at the bottom of the page, you will see a legal disclaimer about the whole "You Got 30 Minutes" deal. It says:
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Because safety is a priority "You Got 30 Minutes™" is not a guarantee but an estimate. You may get more. Must ask for offer. Minimum order required for delivery.
This means that there's not even a guarantee that you'll get your piza in 30 minutes, because they can just say that safety was a priority when delivering your pizza. So what does this offer to the consumer? I guess it means that Dominos will try their very best to get you your pizza in 30 minutes.
So, if you're trying to get a free pizza from Dominos, this might not be the way to do it.
Not sure about the rest of the world where Dominos is located, but in the USA, Dominos has started a whole new marketing campaign around the whole "You Got 30 Minutes" idea. I was curious as to what they meant. I knew that in the past, they had an offer where if your pizza was delivered in over 30 minutes, you get it for free. So, is this another one of these deals?
Well, their website has a disclaimer about this. On http://www.dominos.com/home/index.jsp if you look at the bottom of the page, you will see a legal disclaimer about the whole "You Got 30 Minutes" deal. It says:
Because safety is a priority "You Got 30 Minutes™" is not a guarantee but an estimate. You may get more. Must ask for offer. Minimum order required for delivery.
This means that there's not even a guarantee that you'll get your piza in 30 minutes, because they can just say that safety was a priority when delivering your pizza. So what does this offer to the consumer? I guess it means that Dominos will try their very best to get you your pizza in 30 minutes.
So, if you're trying to get a free pizza from Dominos, this might not be the way to do it.
see i love how there is always a catch to those things but you have to read the fine print! Pizza Hut didn't have that sort of thing but one time it took pizza hut an hour and a half to get us our pizza so we got all the things for free which included 3 pizzas 4 boxes of wings 2 boxes of bread sticks 2 liters of soda and since we waiting an hour and a half we got 4 boxes of cinna stix free! hehe they lost about $100 of profit! AND we didn't tip the deliver guy. he was all like i'm sorry about your order. and we were like yea w/e haha. so he went back to get the cinna stix and brought the manager with him and the manager waslike you don't have to pay for this meal pizza hut will pay for it. and then we were like ok thank you and then he was like please take these free cinna stix. and i was in the back ground and screamed "SCORE!!!"
Yeah, Pizza Hut is good. We also ordered from Pizza Hut delivery once and the delivery person was delayed due to a road accident en route to us. (No, he wasn't involved but it did knot up the traffic, effectively delaying him 20 minutes) They didn't have to bring the manager, though. The guy himself said it's free.
Actually, we're pretty humanitarian (or my family was) so we asked him if there's any penalty for him for delivering it late. He replied, though, that he won't have to suffer for it. After all, the accident was, well, unanticipated, as accidents are wont to be Anyway, the management pays for it so we can, at least, bite into our pizza in peace and without guilt.
As a side note, we know of a certain chicken et al fastfood that makes a habit of penalizing its employees heavily. Oh, never mind what I said.
Anyway, it really sucks that Domino's are gonna pull of a cheap trick like that. I mean, not all people who avail of their service are aware of the loophole. And not all people actually surf webpages of pizza companies. If they're gonna make promises, they better make sure they fulfill them and not come up with lame excuses like "Oh, the roads were slick and wet and it was unsafe." In my opinion, it should be a calculated risk for any sensible pizza delivery service, not a marketing ploy to lure people into thinking they have a chance at free pizza when they don't. Blah!
Not sure about the rest of the world where Dominos is located, but in the USA, Dominos has started a whole new marketing campaign around the whole "You Got 30 Minutes" idea. I was curious as to what they meant. I knew that in the past, they had an offer where if your pizza was delivered in over 30 minutes, you get it for free. So, is this another one of these deals?
Well, their website has a disclaimer about this. On http://www.dominos.com/home/index.jsp if you look at the bottom of the page, you will see a legal disclaimer about the whole "You Got 30 Minutes" deal. It says: This means that there's not even a guarantee that you'll get your piza in 30 minutes, because they can just say that safety was a priority when delivering your pizza. So what does this offer to the consumer? I guess it means that Dominos will try their very best to get you your pizza in 30 minutes.
So, if you're trying to get a free pizza from Dominos, this might not be the way to do it.
Actually, what they mean about safety is weather conditions. At least where I live, I talked to my friend what they meant (hes a delivery boy for pizza hut) and he said, when pizza hut did the same thing around here, they had a somewhat same disclaimer, where if its heavy ice, snowing, raining, thunderstorm, lightning, etc, they will not give the pizza free if its past 30 minutes because of safety reasons, but they would for regular sunny days, (or winter days for that matter) with little or no risk to safety.
Actually, what they mean about safety is weather conditions. At least where I live, I talked to my friend what they meant (hes a delivery boy for pizza hut) and he said, when pizza hut did the same thing around here, they had a somewhat same disclaimer, where if its heavy ice, snowing, raining, thunderstorm, lightning, etc, they will not give the pizza free if its past 30 minutes because of safety reasons, but they would for regular sunny days, (or winter days for that matter) with little or no risk to safety.
Hmmn... I gotta admit, we have never tried ordering pizza on washing days... maybe I should try it sometime. Still, who on earth eats pizza during cold or wet weather?
Oh well, maybe there's something in it that I'd only find out if I try
h jus read a similar article on the complaints board. fight the power!
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Domino's Pizza On Saturday night October 20th, 2007 we ordered a medium sausage pizza and were going to redeem a $5.00 gift certificate, which by-the-way was sent to us following a previous poor quality experience with Domino’s. The grand total of this purchase was to be $8.66 counting the gift certificate. When the delivery driver arrived he could not speak a work of English and became annoyed when he realized I didn’t speak his language. But that’s another issue. He had no idea that he was supposed to pick up the gift certificate and get only $8.66. He kept demanding, through primitive sign language that I pay the total $13.00 dollars for this pizza. I paid due to the fact my daughter and I were hungry and it was late enough that going out was not an option. Obviously I did not leave a tip for this person. When I opened the box the pizza was cold. I called the story back where I purchased it and was transferred to customer service. The customer service rep who I spoke with had the voice of a 15 year old and claimed to be a manager. His disposition as well as lack of tack immediately indicated that he was no manager. After explaining the situation I asked that I receive my ‘satisfaction guaranteed or your money back’ guarantee. He asked how much of the product was left; I told him my daughter had already eaten two pieces. He would not honor their guarantee saying that the product was not whole. I demanded, and was able to speak with his supervisor. (She) had the voice of a 19 year old had the demeanor of such. She proceeded to tell me the exact thing the previous rep said. I was then placed on hold for 10 minutes. She came back and explained that Domino’s would not fulfill their written pledge as part of the pizza was eaten. This basic argument went on and on for another 10 minutes, when again I was placed on hold with her saying, “Let me try to make this good.” Another 10 minutes, the same argument ensued. She would refund my money and take the pizza back. I told her this was the 2nd time I received lousy service from Dominos and then demanded that the pizza be comped due to the amount time spent trying to resolve this simple thirteen dollar dilemma. She argued it was not D omino’s policy to do that. I told her that Domino’s broke their written promise and I was going to call the BBB and file a complaint as well as contact their corporate office and provide a tape recorded copy of the conversation. The outcome was that she said Domino’s would not deliver to us any longer and the pizza would be comped and the purchase amount refunded within 4 business days. I am sure that one person refusing to ever do business with Domino’s Pizza will not bother them. But I hope if more people provide feedback Domino’s will get their act together.
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That' is pretty much what hte disclaimer is about as I have read similar stuff about this disclaimer, because it seems after this little rule went into effect many pizza drivers have gotten into accidents, regardless of weather, and some even fatal and so that disclaim was put into effect. Really if you can't wait 35-40 minutes then just go to pizza place and pick it up, because really I think people would start suing these places for endangering lives and all that junk. Of course I don't think anyone would appreciate having the pizza guys car inside your house in a bad snow storm .
Speaking of which,, ***crashes into house with pizza car***
I know no one wants to cause harm to the pizza delivery guy's so be patient, and remember nothing is a guarantee except for a yummy pizza on a cold night, or a cold pizza early in the morning. Heck I remember calling one night and they were so busy that it was a 2 hour wait, and so they kindly suggested to go somewhere else
safety IS a good reason
Dominos Delivery Marketing Scam, You Got 30 Minutes
There's been delivery drivers hit by trains trying to make the time guarantee. If they were to go back to the archaic days of free pizza time guarantees you can bet the estimated time would always be closer to an hour. Delivery ranges are getting cropped left and right cause nobody thinks you need to tip a delivery guy, like the company just fills our gas tanks for us? Most drivers don't get paid but minimum wage, and we only get a dollar per run for gas.
Pizza Hut in Australia some years ago had a "Lunchtime Pan Pizza" deal.
They would knock out 6 inch pizzas at lunch time and if your pizza didn't arrive in 10 minutes it was free. All you needed to do was pay for your drinks and salads if you ordered them.
We used to go there many a busy lunch time and fill a table of 10 or 12 people, all order and they'd drop the timer on the table to countdown the 10 minutes. Most times we would eat for free. One of the guys "borrowed" a timer that the server left for us, so we would take that with us, set the timer going about and then call a waiter to take our order. They would then bring a timer and we would switch timers for the one that already had 3 minutes elapsed.
We must have cost them quite a decent chunk of cassh over the 12 months they ran that promotion for.
I'm about to share with you some very, very, classified information. It's about how to get free pizza, every time. Here's what you do. You need a friend in on it. Here's what you do, you drive up to Pizzahut, with your friend waiting safely at home. Then, you get that friend to call Pizza hut and order lotsa' food. Now here's the fun part. You wait for the delivery guy to head on out, and you follow him around town. According to their routine, they usually have about 1 or 2 deliveries on the way before they get to your place, or else they'll directly take the right turns and head on over. Now when they get to the point where you're certain that they're heading to your home, you pull up in front of the guy and slow down. After a while, you stop the car and get out. You'd have to do this in an interior road, where the traffic can just drive by. Go up to the Pizza Guy's car and yell at him. Yep, yell at him about how he's been tailgating you the entire time and how you have heart problems and how he's a murderer because if you got too nervous out there, you could have died. Sure, this will be a bunch of drama, half of which the delivery guy won't buy. But here's the cream. You ask to speak to their manager, and claim that you don't have a phone. Once you're in possession of their phone, waste time. Speak to their manager about how this delivery guy almost killed you with his driving, about how you're going to sue the company for hiring unfit drivers, about how global warming is affecting the world today, about how your grandma Agnes has cramps when she poops, all that good stuff.
Sure, the situation will be comical, ridiculous, and unnecessary. But spend an hour doing so. What happens now? Well your friend calls up the manager, complaining about how the Pizza is an hour late and how you think Domino's is so much better. Abra Kadabra, Pizza hut gives you your order for free in the fear of terrible customer review, and you get to talk about your imaginary Gramma Agnes to someone who doesn't care. Win win.
I delivered for a year, the pay was just enough to get gas at the end of the day; sometimes not even that. Only about 30% of people tip here where I'm from and I certainly didn't make enough to cover wear-and-tear on my vehicle that's why it is being used for junk parts right now. If you don't want to tip the driver, I mean gas is $2.40 a gallon, don't ask for delivery. I told a woman one time it was a $2.50 delivery charge and she said "I can come get it for that." I said "well come get it we deliver so you don't have to leave, not to save you money!"
I know where you live
Dominos Delivery Marketing Scam, You Got 30 Minutes
This is all bull****, drivers do not get compensated properly for there work. Period. Yes we can all get other jobs and we all do, BUT know this. I keep a nice little black book in my car with all the addresses of ****/asshole people in it. ALL OF THEM. Don't respect the service you will get ****ted on. WHY is that you are willing to TIP servers 20+% of a tab when a driver is lucky to get 10%. Drivers do the exact same **** as a server except BE UP YOUR ASS the whole time. We take orders, we bring you the food and drinks, everything a server does but the server didnt have to go anywhere in there own personal vehicle to make that money. SO what they checked on you while you ate and maybe refilled your drinks a couple of times, for that they deserve 20+%. Don't bring hourly wage into the equation, servers do get paid 3 plus an hour, a driver will get 5+ an hour and I live in a city with many many people. Don't tell me its my area. Sometimes a driver has to drive 7 miles ONE WAY just to get a dollar tossed at them, and all the stores say the same thing, we don't want to give our area to other stores so tuff drive it or quit.It just a matter of time before we get a serial killer delivery driver. You people better watch the **** out taking out your frustrations on the driver in his tip. Just a matter of time and I say rightly so
This is all BS you drivers need to stop whining yourselves too
Dominos Delivery Marketing Scam, You Got 30 Minutes
This is all BS you drivers need to stop whining yourselves too. I delivered pizza quite a few times throughout the different times of my life.Once at 17 once at 22 and even once more when my restaurant closed at around 31 - 33 yrs of age during which time I delivered food from my restaurant because my crackhead (and yes I mean that literally) delivery driver decided to quit on me during my busiest times. And one thing I can say for sure is that there is no reason for you not to get the food there on time from bagging to it being handed to the driver should take max. 30 to 35 minutes. Pretty much the reason that this is not happening boils down to a breakdown in management. Example not having enough people working at the time or not having the proper people working some of the time meaning people who plain don't give a **** or don't want to be working there. Now granted the latter is definitely a small percentage but it does happen. But whatever the reason is it should not fall onto the customers to burden those problems we pay for the food as well as the service being provided and it is no more logical for us to think about the business' problem than it is for the business and drivers to bring us food when we are either short money and cannot afford to pay for it hence worrying about our problems. If I walk into a restaurant to dine and it is busy and therefore I get **** service, **** food or an all around total **** experience than guess what I am going to complain because why should I pay regular price for sub regular results. And again I delivered food plenty in my life as well as owned and worked in a number of restaurants and do understand the business from both sides but I still feel when you pay for something that is promised it should be delivered as promised. Let me worry about my problems paying you and tipping you for the food. And you worry about your problems getting that **** to me quick, hot, fresh, undamaged and with as little attitude as possible my friends. And if it's not than yes, yes you can expect me to complain and want some restitution because ****ed if I am not the reason your ass has a job and a business and a house and a car etc. And a warm ass place to sleep eat **** and do whatever else you wanna do without the inconvenience of having to do it outside in the cold rain snow or some other homeless guy looking at your Johnson while you take a **** just my 2 cents worth
"Do any of you realize how hard it is to deliver a pizza in 30 minutes in the city. Have any of you left work at 530pm and not made it home until an hour later being only 5 miles away??"
uh u know..They're the one who advertised it that way. If u cant make it in 30 mins, why bother guarantee it then put some ****ty captions under it saying that it's only approximate?
they lost about $100 of profit! AND we didn't tip the deliver guy. he was all like i'm sorry about your order. and we were like yea w/e haha. so he went back to get the cinna stix and brought the manager with him and the manager waslike you don't have to pay for this meal pizza hut will pay for it. and then we were like ok thank you and then he was like please take these free cinna stix. and i was in the back ground and screamed "SCORE!!!" 
Anyway, the management pays for it so we can, at least, bite into our pizza in peace and without guilt.
