[Sherril54]

I haven`t come across this yet. If I could not find a price, I would ask for a price or not buy anything at the shop/cafe etc.

 

[7777]

One has to ask why have the cafes removed their prices, there has to be a reason behind this move.

 

[June E]

I’d love to know who would be expecting $4 for coffee and a slice ? It’s been at least $12 in the coffee shops near me, but they do mostly show their prices, I’d find somewhere else if they didn’t. Usually I wait till I get home.

 

[Charlotte59]

If cafe's don't show their prices, then don't dine at them. It's about choices, and people have the choice to walk away if the prices aren't either displayed or added to menu's. Personally, i would prefer to walk away than get a shock when it comes time to pay. People go to supermarkets and other stores where prices are displayed, so i think cafe's should do the same.

 

[BruceC]

It’s not hard to ask the cost of each item.
If I go to any cafe that doesn’t display prices I ask the price of each item before I order..
I don’t care if it wastes the time of the person serving.
One time the manager was serving us (a group of 6) and he said “sorry I don’t have time to go through all the prices”. I replied “then sorry, you don’t have the time to serve us all. We will go to a cafe that does”.
On departing I asked him if he would buy from a supermarket that had no prices displayed or would he buy a car without knowing the price?
He replied “have a good day sir”!
Funny how that cafe only lasted about 12 months in our local shopping centre..

 

[Vidbri1953]

No Price….no purchase.

 

[Veggiepatch]

Cafes are "experts" at subterfuge and deceit when it comes to prices.

The prime example is The Public's Corner at Dandenong in south east Melbourne. No hard copy or blackboard menus. Just a QR code generated menu.

To rub salt into the wound, ordering is done through the same QR code, negating any staff/customer interaction, resulting in NO personal service except when your "meal" is delivered.

To put icing on the cake, this snotty nosed establishment charges like wounded bulls.

How about $32 for a steak sandwich? Or $5 for a 330mL bottle of Mt Franklin water when you can get the 600mL equivalent at Woolworths for $2.35!

Throw in your rude weekend and public holiday surcharges and there isn't much change from $50 for a mere snack. That is, of course, if the mongrels take cash!

The Public's Corner

www.thepublicscorner.com.au

 

[magpie1]

For those of us with a tongue in their mouth.....use it and ask for the price before buying/ordering.
Costs NOTHING to ask this simple question, without any feelings of guilt/embarrassment at all from anyone.

Don't wait to be shocked when paying....ask beforehand....SIMPLE.

Finally if the price quoted to you is more than you think is fair and reasonable, then go for a walk and find another outlet for your needs whose prices are closer to what you would be prepared to pay.

Your money, your choice....their business, their problem.

 

[Wayneo]

We have a bakery in the town near us and they don’t put prices on their products but I know the prices for basic sandwiches is rediculous and I don’t want to ask what price everything is if the prices are in front of the products I can decide what to order. When I have chosen something without asking the price it can be a shock to the system it either that’s not too bad or wtf that price is bs but Ive ordered it so suck it up and pay

 

[Jest]

if i have to ask i do not purchase. who has to go for a coffee every day? a whining, moaning idiot??

 

[Jest]

For those of us with a tongue in their mouth.....use it and ask for the price before buying/ordering.
Costs NOTHING to ask this simple question, without any feelings of guilt/embarrassment at all from anyone.

Don't wait to be shocked when paying....ask beforehand....SIMPLE.

Finally if the price quoted to you is more than you think is fair and reasonable, then go for a walk and find another outlet for your needs whose prices are closer to what you would be prepared to pay.

Your money, your choice....their business, their problem.

love you for this. Honestly, how dumb can some be?

 

[Jest]

Cafes are "experts" at subterfuge and deceit when it comes to prices.

The prime example is The Public's Corner at Dandenong in south east Melbourne. No hard copy or blackboard menus. Just a QR code generated menu.

To rub salt into the wound, ordering is done through the same QR code, negating any staff/customer interaction, resulting in NO personal service except when your "meal" is delivered.

To put icing on the cake, this snotty nosed establishment charges like wounded bulls.

How about $32 for a steak sandwich? Or $5 for a 330mL bottle of Mt Franklin water when you can get the 600mL equivalent at Woolworths for $2.35!

Throw in your rude weekend and public holiday surcharges and there isn't much change from $50 for a mere snack. That is, of course, if the mongrels take cash!

The Public's Corner

www.thepublicscorner.com.au

your choice as to purchasing. stop your moaning.

 

[Jest]

If cafe's don't show their prices, then don't dine at them. It's about choices, and people have the choice to walk away if the prices aren't either displayed or added to menu's. Personally, i would prefer to walk away than get a shock when it comes time to pay. People go to supermarkets and other stores where prices are displayed, so i think cafe's should do the same.

are some so dumb that they would just order before asking prices? OMG idiots everywhere.

 

[Argie]

Yes silly me got stung 2 weeks ago at a Southbank restaurant. Waiter as me would you like tap wa ter or sparkling.He had a jug of Tap water in hand.Well slilly me said sparkling and he went and got a bottle of sparkling.Come time to pay the bill and i was charged $10 for that water.Yes i should have asked is sparkling also free...as i said silly me.Never again

 

[Phantom55]

I wont buy anything unless the price is clearly marked (even in supermarkets) it's embarrassing to ask how much is everything. It is the shopkeepers job to display their wares and if smart the price, Its psychological and is used extensively by supermarkets today it appears to be an accident(ITS NOT) there is no accident in chain store marketing

 

[Phantom55]

one is always entitled to know the price of their wares BEFORE they place an order...if not go away
im never going to negotiate prices just for a coffee or the like, its belittling

 

[7777]

I wont buy anything unless the price is clearly marked (even in supermarkets) it's embarrassing to ask how much is everything. It is the shopkeepers job to display their wares and if smart the price, Its psychological and is used extensively by supermarkets today it appears to be an accident(ITS NOT) there is no accident in chain store marketing

Dear member Phantom55, thankyou for your post. I agree with you. However, don't be embarrassed to ask how much is everything. The Cafe owner will be the embarrassed one when it will look like he forgot to put up the prices. It's no one's business how much you have or how much you want to spend. Believe me, those standing beside you also want to know the prices of foods and beverages, but have not got the courage to ask. Be proud that you don't have to worry about asking for the prices before your purchase. It's your hard earned cash, your choice and your right to speak up for yourself, when everyone clearly knows that the manager of the store, is being a smart ass for not putting up the prices. Wishing you a pleasant evening.

 

[Luckyus]

sO are KFC, Hungry Jacks and MacDonalds.

 

[BruceC]

Cafes are "experts" at subterfuge and deceit when it comes to prices.

The prime example is The Public's Corner at Dandenong in south east Melbourne. No hard copy or blackboard menus. Just a QR code generated menu.

To rub salt into the wound, ordering is done through the same QR code, negating any staff/customer interaction, resulting in NO personal service except when your "meal" is delivered.

To put icing on the cake, this snotty nosed establishment charges like wounded bulls.

How about $32 for a steak sandwich? Or $5 for a 330mL bottle of Mt Franklin water when you can get the 600mL equivalent at Woolworths for $2.35!

Throw in your rude weekend and public holiday surcharges and there isn't much change from $50 for a mere snack. That is, of course, if the mongrels take cash!

The Public's Corner

www.thepublicscorner.com.au

You forgot the surcharge for the “forced“ use of the credit card.
I will not go to any restaurant that forces QR code ordering…