Comments on: Bakala Pricing http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/ A blog by Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in TV. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:49:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Entrepreneur http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15657 Entrepreneur Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:42:33 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15657 hehe, give it a try :) im curious hehe, give it a try :) im curious

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15562 Mark Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:46:25 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15562 actually does McDonalds have a refund policy? Cuz if they do then it would work.. unless I need to show them my bill actually does McDonalds have a refund policy? Cuz if they do then it would work.. unless I need to show them my bill

]]> By: Entrepreneur http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15561 Entrepreneur Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:43:48 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15561 hehe thats cool, i wonder what arbitrage opportunities this throws up. If it was a returnable product, you could buy both items at the 1.650 price and sell them back to the store at 1.800 hehe... at least this would be possible in the markets... dont think it applies too much to retail opertations hehe hehe thats cool, i wonder what arbitrage opportunities this throws up.

If it was a returnable product, you could buy both items at the 1.650 price and sell them back to the store at 1.800 hehe… at least this would be possible in the markets… dont think it applies too much to retail opertations hehe

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15533 Mark Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:51:32 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15533 btw this bug doesnt apply anymore after their recent price increases btw this bug doesnt apply anymore after their recent price increases

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15532 Mark Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:50:52 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15532 i hate places were the pricing isn't fixed. but even if it fixed like starbucks they still overchare you sometimes. i found a bug in mcdonalds pricing where if you ordered a fillet o fish combo with a side order of quarter pounder it would cost you KD1.650 but if you ordered a quarter pounder combo with a side order of fillet o fish it would cost you KD1.800 http://www.miskan.com/2005/02/found-bug-at-mcdonalds.html i hate places were the pricing isn’t fixed. but even if it fixed like starbucks they still overchare you sometimes. i found a bug in mcdonalds pricing where if you ordered a fillet o fish combo with a side order of quarter pounder it would cost you KD1.650 but if you ordered a quarter pounder combo with a side order of fillet o fish it would cost you KD1.800
http://www.miskan.com/2005/02/found-bug-at-mcdonalds.html

]]> By: KuwaiTi Mal Awal http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15526 KuwaiTi Mal Awal Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:04:43 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15526 He is basically ripping you off. and he is charging you according to his mood He is basically ripping you off. and he is charging you according to his mood

]]> By: Q http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15384 Q Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:29:43 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15384 starbucks rip ppl off! Once they tried to rob a little boy by charging him more than 2 kd for a frappacino!! He had no clue what was going on and just gave them his 5kd which was probably given to him by his mother to get the drink for her! And about baqala, i agree with holla, just pick ur stuff up and hand him the money like u know what it is So I asked her why the price, she said she charged double extra caramel top and bottom, which means 4 extra shots of caramel, at 150 fils each, so thats 600 fils, plus add 150 to anything they say "extra" like extra cream or whatever! and be careful how they tell the barista to do it! I talked to the manager about it he said yeah im sorry they're not supposed to do that (my ass!) Anyway, I got the kids drink back down to around 1500-1600! starbucks rip ppl off! Once they tried to rob a little boy by charging him more than 2 kd for a frappacino!! He had no clue what was going on and just gave them his 5kd which was probably given to him by his mother to get the drink for her!

And about baqala, i agree with holla, just pick ur stuff up and hand him the money like u know what it is

So I asked her why the price, she said she charged double extra caramel top and bottom, which means 4 extra shots of caramel, at 150 fils each, so thats 600 fils, plus add 150 to anything they say “extra” like extra cream or whatever!
and be careful how they tell the barista to do it! I talked to the manager about it he said yeah im sorry they’re not supposed to do that (my ass!) Anyway, I got the kids drink back down to around 1500-1600!

]]> By: holla http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15212 holla Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:08:51 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15212 umm wtf starbucks has a menu with prices listed already. umm wtf starbucks has a menu with prices listed already.

]]> By: Tata Botata http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15064 Tata Botata Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:21:28 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-15064 reminds me of starbucks I never pay the same ammount of money for my mocha frapacino with extra cream and extra caramel. I never change anything in the order but I always end up paying something different and I don't feel like asking them for an explanation cuz they will have to ask their supervisor who of course knows nothing about this so he goes to the manager who is as cluless as the first barista ... end of the story Mr.Alshaye3 will come there and still I wouldn't get an answer. So I will just avoid making a scene and just pay whatever I have to pay. reminds me of starbucks

I never pay the same ammount of money for my mocha frapacino with extra cream and extra caramel.

I never change anything in the order but I always end up paying something different and I don’t feel like asking them for an explanation cuz they will have to ask their supervisor who of course knows nothing about this so he goes to the manager who is as cluless as the first barista … end of the story Mr.Alshaye3 will come there and still I wouldn’t get an answer.

So I will just avoid making a scene and just pay whatever I have to pay.

]]> By: Mark http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-14968 Mark Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:44:57 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-14968 entrep: yeah sure that must be it lol entrep: yeah sure that must be it lol

]]> By: holla http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-14944 holla Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:15:30 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-14944 just tell whomever works there you got for 250 fils before and just throw your money at them until they understand you aren't willing to pay more. this usually works very well. it's a shitty bakala in a shitty 3rd world country FFS, the prices are whatever you are willing to pay on that particular day. just tell whomever works there you got for 250 fils before and just throw your money at them until they understand you aren’t willing to pay more. this usually works very well. it’s a shitty bakala in a shitty 3rd world country FFS, the prices are whatever you are willing to pay on that particular day.

]]> By: Entrepreneur http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-14941 Entrepreneur Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:11:25 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-14941 * he is using * he is using

]]> By: Entrepreneur http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-14940 Entrepreneur Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:11:06 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/kuwait/bakala-pricing/#comment-14940 Maybe he is live prices for the commodities that you are purchasing, such as the spot price of cocoa for the chocolate, and the spot prices for the water too... all available via his bloomberg terminal that he keeps under his desk, lol ok this is turning into a financial joke that most ppl are going to find sad... hehe theres more though... perhaps he has a unique way of measuring inflation - LIVE. Though a jump from 250 fils to 350 fils is a difference of 100 fils, and amazing 40% DIFFERENCE! damn... perhaps its something simpler, like he's always high. Maybe he is live prices for the commodities that you are purchasing, such as the spot price of cocoa for the chocolate, and the spot prices for the water too… all available via his bloomberg terminal that he keeps under his desk, lol ok this is turning into a financial joke that most ppl are going to find sad…

hehe theres more though…

perhaps he has a unique way of measuring inflation - LIVE. Though a jump from 250 fils to 350 fils is a difference of 100 fils, and amazing 40% DIFFERENCE!

damn…

perhaps its something simpler, like he’s always high.

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