2 posts tagged “expensive”

There was a time when I really, really liked Quizno's for a fast-food sub. Then Potbelly came along and, well, the rest is history.

But I was feeling nostalgic today (and thrifty!) and decided to visit Quizno's. Coupon in hand, I headed inside to get a nice, tasty sandwich. Visions of nice, bubbling cheese and charred bread floated in my head...

and all of that vanished when I read the menu board.

The average price of a regular sub was - no exaggeration here - $8.00. The cheapest was the veggie at $6, but anything above and beyond that was high. The regular sub is a little big, so I decided to get a small sub. Cheapest (veggie) was $4, and ran all the way up to $6.50.

Large subs - which must be really big - were $9 and up. And up! For a sandwich!

Quizno's isn't doing anything really unique here. They're trying, somehow, to market their basic sandwich as some sort of premium food. But the "Let's pay $8 for a sandwich" game is best left to Cosi, where they at least pretend better.

I just can't see any reason to spend $6.50 for a Quizno's sandwich when I can get the same thing at Potbelly for $3.89.

What's worse is that the Quizno's also pulled the "you must charge at least $5 in order to use a card" deal without posting said restriction anywhere. So for more than the cost of a sandwich, chips, and soda at Potbelly I got a sandwich and a cookie.

Quizno's, you stink.

For today's Ping I needed to look up when my first order with Amazon took place and, whad'ya know, they've got all that info on the internets. I was able to determine that my first order was in December 1998, when I bought something for my sister. Neat!

What are your Amazon relics? Find out by going to your account, and then choosing "Complete Order History Sorted By Year" in the top dropdown.

Some notes from my orders:

• I bought my first DVD player on November 30, 1999, but ended up selling it to Greg because my TV (which I still have!) had no RCA video inputs. Eventually we bought a DVD player and an RF modulator to take care of it. The hilarious/sad part? The DVD player cost $350.00. (PS: where'd I get that cash?)
  
• I bought my first TiVo on September 2, 2000 for just $99.88. Not bad.
• In April 2000, my sis and I bought my mom a new VCR, which cost more than the TiVo at $120. (Wow.) Also, she rarely uses it - it's a little too new-tech. (I love you, mom.)
• I bought my fave headphones in October, 2002 and am wearing them right now.
• Not sure why I bought Pooh Bounce Around Tigger & Roo Too in November, 1999. (The better question is, whom was it a gift for?)

Fun stuff. Thanks for keeping all this info around, Amazon.