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$500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Uncommon Sense
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Date: July 13, 2013 08:15AM
Two friends of mine recently went to a restaurant and ordered spaghetti dinners. While at dinner they were offered truffles (which they thought were free or some kind of special). As it turned out the truffles were "MP" which stands for market price. The dinner was over $500. That's $50 for the combined dinners plus $250 per truffle!?!
Seems like common sense to me to ask how much something costs when the restaurant seemingly "offers" something like that, especially if its MP, but this particular incident seems very fishy to me. Has anyone else every had this problem?
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Mario Batalli
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Date: July 13, 2013 08:27AM
Your friends are idiots. Spaghetti dinners and truffles? Yea, truffles are always FREE, and the Opus 1 is all you can drink for 7.95. Are you sure they didn't get Dorito Crunch Burritos and a bottle of Dom?
Uncommon Sense Wrote:
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> Stabitha Wrote:
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> > You have some rather stoopid friends.
>
> Yes, and both were (ugly) females, go figure.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Cap'n Etiquette
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Date: July 13, 2013 12:41PM
Anytime you see "MP" or market price or ANY OTHER designation which makes the price of a menu item unclear...you have to ask. If you do not ask you will need to be prepared to pay a lot for that item. Perhaps it will be unreasonable and perhaps not.
Some blue bloods would say, "Well, if you have to ask the market price on something...you simply can't afford it."
That's fine...everyone's entitled to their opinion. But, there is nothing wrong if you're not prepared to pay what they put on your bill for a market priced item in saying, "Pardon me, Garcon...what is the market price today on the truffles?"
Now, regardless of what they say...I ALWAYS enjoy responding with, "Oh my! That's an exquisite price! How affordable! Lemme' think it over..."
However, if you'd prefer not to come off like Paul Lynde regardless of how you actually feel about their pricing then a simple, poker-faced, "Thank you, waiter." will suffice. Your dining companions will make their own assumptions about your wealth and good taste by what you actually end up ordering. Feel free to ask for the market prices on ALL items, if it'll make you feel better.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Caps Jihadist
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Date: July 13, 2013 02:59PM
Hay Zeus Wrote:
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> Wegmans sometimes has truffles for sale which are
> located in a locked casse. Usually the price is
> $999.00 for 1, I shit you not. I don't get
> truffles.
Sup, Hay Zeus...I'm not saying I don't believe you but, I'd love to see a pic of that. The next time you're there, can you please post one? Thanks, man.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Truffle kerfuffle
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Date: July 13, 2013 03:02PM
Well, since there's a trend these days to outlaw stupidity and irresponsibility (eg., texting while driving), then perhaps there should be a law requiring restaurants to have servers fully disclose all prices when offering an item.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
dumb whitey
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Date: July 13, 2013 03:32PM
That's just like putting your hand in a hornets nest, getting stung and blaming the hornet...Fucking people are just dumb.
Unless you're a nigger or illegal spic, NOTHING is for free.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Ricky Rack
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Date: July 13, 2013 04:44PM
Hoosier Daddy Wrote:
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> Welfare Queenie Wrote:
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> > Does this restaurant take food stamps?
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> You can't use foodstamps at a restaurant,
> dumbfuck. Not even Subway.
I think they were being facetious, nothing much gets by you
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Truffleupagus
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Date: July 13, 2013 04:52PM
Hay Zeus Wrote:
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> Wegmans sometimes has truffles for sale which are
> located in a locked casse. Usually the price is
> $999.00 for 1, I shit you not. I don't get
> truffles.
For something that French people find with pigs?
I just Googled, and I do believe you, but the jokes almost write themselves.
Are they actually any good? I've always assumed that they'd be an "acquired taste", and I don't think I'm in much danger of that happening.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Hoosier Daddy
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Date: July 13, 2013 06:39PM
asdfasdfasd Wrote:
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> Truffles are amazingly good, a delicacy in fact.
> Some larger truffles found can be priced in the
> hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"Delicacies" are usually shit that no one in their right mind would eat. The smart money says that you've never even had the smallest bit of truffle.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
asdfasdfasd
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Date: July 13, 2013 07:02PM
Hoosier Daddy Wrote:
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> asdfasdfasd Wrote:
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> > Truffles are amazingly good, a delicacy in
> fact.
> > Some larger truffles found can be priced in the
> > hundreds of thousands of dollars.
>
> "Delicacies" are usually shit that no one in their
> right mind would eat. The smart money says that
> you've never even had the smallest bit of truffle.
Sure I have, although not the more expensive kind. They are wonderful with dark chocolate, had some interesting samples in Europe some years back too.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Depends
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Date: July 13, 2013 07:13PM
If you are at Mortons or the Palm and the menu says MP, you either ask or be prepared to pay a lot, if it was at Clydes I'd be pretty pissed, there are certain expectations based on the relative prices on the rest of the menu.
A made up story, they asked, didn't buy them, but it makes a more OP to say they did.
Caps Jihadist Wrote:
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> Hay Zeus Wrote:
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> > Wegmans sometimes has truffles for sale which
> are
> > located in a locked casse. Usually the price is
> > $999.00 for 1, I shit you not. I don't get
> > truffles.
>
> Sup, Hay Zeus...I'm not saying I don't believe you
> but, I'd love to see a pic of that. The next time
> you're there, can you please post one? Thanks,
> man.
It is true. Last I saw white truffle even at a higher price. I do not have a acquire taste for truffle.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Uncommon Sense
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Date: July 14, 2013 05:20AM
Chef Boy R D Wrote:
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> In small amounts they are excellent in Pate.
> BTW...OP is a worthless lying troll. AMF...and I
> don't mean Adios My Friend.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Spaghettios
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Date: July 14, 2013 04:24PM
Chef Boy R D Wrote:
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> It's OK Uncommon douche....you have figured out
> MP, now work on Pate, Dumb-ass.
Another WOP who thinks he knows something about nothing. ;P
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Caps Jihadist Wrote:
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> Hay Zeus Wrote:
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> > Wegmans sometimes has truffles for sale which
> are
> > located in a locked casse. Usually the price is
> > $999.00 for 1, I shit you not. I don't get
> > truffles.
>
> Sup, Hay Zeus...I'm not saying I don't believe you
> but, I'd love to see a pic of that. The next time
> you're there, can you please post one? Thanks,
> man.
I remember seeing those truffles. I thought it was $999 per pound. Not that that's any better.
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Case Closed
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Date: July 14, 2013 09:23PM
Uncommon Sense Wrote:
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> Two friends of mine recently went to a restaurant
> and ordered spaghetti dinners. While at dinner
> they were offered truffles (which they thought
> were free or some kind of special). As it turned
> out the truffles were "MP" which stands for market
> price. The dinner was over $500. That's $50 for
> the combined dinners plus $250 per truffle!?!
>
> Seems like common sense to me to ask how much
> something costs when the restaurant seemingly
> "offers" something like that, especially if its
> MP, but this particular incident seems very fishy
> to me. Has anyone else every had this problem?
Re: $500 Dinner - Friends screwed by MP (Market Prices)
Posted by:
Broken Logic
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Date: July 15, 2013 04:49AM
hoocoodanode Wrote:
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> Caps Jihadist Wrote:
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> > Hay Zeus Wrote:
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> > > Wegmans sometimes has truffles for sale which
> > are
> > > located in a locked casse. Usually the price
> is
> > > $999.00 for 1, I shit you not. I don't get
> > > truffles.
> >
> > Sup, Hay Zeus...I'm not saying I don't believe
> you
> > but, I'd love to see a pic of that. The next
> time
> > you're there, can you please post one? Thanks,
> > man.
>
> I remember seeing those truffles. I thought it was
> $999 per pound. Not that that's any better.
>
> They looked like little dried up turds.
You are correct, they are $999 a pound (not each).