Charities board update
Please note, our Forum rules no longer allow the posting of links to personal fundraising or crowdfunding pages, such as JustGiving. You can read the full set of our Forum rules here.
We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Pizza Hut adding money to bill without asking

Options
24

Comments

  • WhiteHorse
    WhiteHorse Posts: 2,492 Forumite
    suited-aces wrote: »
    Because Piza Hut are going to reap all the good publicity when the money is handed over, at minimal cost to themselves. Why can't they knock 15p of each payment they receive and give that instead?
    Excellent reply.
    "Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracy
    seeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"
    Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.
  • WhiteHorse
    WhiteHorse Posts: 2,492 Forumite
    tneale3 wrote: »
    How many people have realised this is going on because this has never been advertised through the media and the only advertising Pizz Hut provides is a small advert which they keep next to the till and not on the tables so that customers have the right to decline if they need to.
    Very dubious legality.
    "Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracy
    seeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"
    Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.
  • suited-aces
    suited-aces Posts: 1,938 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    WhiteHorse wrote: »
    Excellent reply.

    Would have been better if I'd spelt pizza right...
    I'm not bad at golf, I just get better value for money when I take more shots!
  • mummymi
    mummymi Posts: 76 Forumite
    there should be 'table talker's' on the tables. as someone pointed out before they are cardboard things that explain it all.
  • roddydogs
    roddydogs Posts: 7,479 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Only 15p for a cup of rice, I just paid £2.55 at the local Chinese.
  • Kay.Samuels
    Kay.Samuels Posts: 262 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I noticed this on my receipt last week, but not until I got home! We go into Pizza Hut once in a blue moon but when we went in there were no notices of it anywhere to be seen, and it was not mentioned to me AT ALL, as I say I didn't notice until I got home. I wouldn't have asked for it to be refunded as I would have felt A) awkward and B) like a tight git.

    It did leave a bad taste though. I do donate to charities regularly and am happy to do this as I feel that even hough I'm feeling the pinch I am still much more fortunate than others. However I like to do this as and when I choose, and like to research where I donate to, what the money is spent on and so on. The way they have gone about it is all wrong IMO.
    It is only a bargain if you need it!
  • ebayqueen_2
    ebayqueen_2 Posts: 1,175 Forumite
    With the deepest of respect I think we all need to get a grip here

    15p.........................

    Are we all so broke/ miserable/tight/uncharitable to consider that it is unacceptable to pay a few pence to people who are starving.:(
    "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream" :) C. S. Lewis
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    ebayqueen wrote: »
    With the deepest of respect I think we all need to get a grip here

    15p.........................

    Are we all so broke/ miserable/tight/uncharitable to consider that it is unacceptable to pay a few pence to people who are starving.:(
    It's not just the 15p that they are asking for it's also the frequency of requests that I get. If I gave money to every chugger that I passed I'd have no money left for myself. I choose where and who I donate a percentage of my pre tax salary/wages to via gift aid and I choose not to donate 15p for a cup of rice so that pizza hut can have some free marketing.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • Kay.Samuels
    Kay.Samuels Posts: 262 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Yes its only 15p, but they should ASK not just take.

    If when I had asked for my bill, the PH waitress had said 'we are asking our customers if they would like to donate 15p, cup of rice, blah blah blah, would you like to donate?' I would have most likely said "yes", and would have probably upped the amount! It's the way it's being done that I object to.
    It is only a bargain if you need it!
  • Arg
    Arg Posts: 931 Forumite
    DCFC79 wrote: »
    Its 15p, why let it bother you.

    Why even bother posting such a silly comment on a moneysaving site of all places?
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.9K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.9K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture