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KFC - no chicken

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After watching repeated adds on ITV and C4 for Tuesdays big deal -9 pieces for £5.99, decided to treat the family today. I was told when ordering "sorry we cant offer that,but we can sell the same chicken at full price. https://www.kfc.co.uk/tuesdays-bucket-deal
E mailed KFC this is their reply
E mailed KFC this is their reply
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everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
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Now, I'm not suggeting anything...
Donald Trump, Press Conference, February 16, 2017
But it does open a morale question of companies advertising a product, at a cheap price, that they must know they will not be able to honour.
everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Groucho Marx
Why do people always assume the worse? Would seem like a monumentally stupid idea to spend millions on advertising just to p*** people off, no?
Do you really think this is some next-level-galaxy-brain marketing technique, based on the assumption that people will just pay the full price? Put your tinfoil hat away.
I would understand if they said they were completely sold out and could only offer you hot wings or a boneless bucket or one of their non meat products. But one would think if they have an item to sell they would, for the sake of good will, sell it at the advertised price.
They're likely delaying the advertised special because they have limited supply of chicken and it wouldn't make sense for them to sell what little stock they do have at a discount, when people would be willing pay full price for it.
Motorist walks into a garage "I want two Brand XXXX tyres for my car, how much are they?"
Mechanic "£100 each"
Motorist "That's dear, down the road they are advertising them for £75 each"
Mechanic "Why don't you buy them down the road, then"
Motorist "They haven't any in stock"
Mechanic "Oh, when we haven't any in stock we advertise them for £50 each"