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McDonalds Brings Back Szechuan Dipping Sauce on October 7th, One Day Only
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ElectricBlanketFire
Member
I don't get it. Why introduce all of these sauces and then make the one sauce people actually want incredibly scarce?
Jesus, so sick of this artificial scarcity bullshit. It's all done to get social media buzz and whip everyone into a furor. Nintendo gets away with it, and now McDonald's thinks it can?
Will.
We love this crap.
My sister bought a SNES classic from her friend for 100 bucks. Wasn't particularly into games, or the SNES. Doesn't know what games are on it, had to ask me what it was. But knew the NES was super hard to get, so she was hyped.
Reading on Twitter how the locations only got 20 packets and many have already given them out... Baahahahahaha
Glorious
The good ol' Razzle Nintendazzle.
lbcyalater
Member
I checked the locations and refuse to believe there isnt a single one in Long Beach ca
Bill R Boggess
Member
Just bring back the Hot Mustard.
I still can't figure out why they got rid of that - it was their best dipping sauce by far.
I still can't figure out why they got rid of that - it was their best dipping sauce by far.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
I guess it depends on your location, but hot mustard has been back to most McDonald's for over a year.
Brock Reiher
Banned
Our baseball team did a nuggets for point promotion, and in the 20 or 30 times I visited this summer I only got Hot Mustard.
It specifically has to say "Szechuan sauce available" under the location. Otherwise you'll just get the poster. Kinda sucks.
Honestly, reading on Twitter about people's experiences, unless the McDonald's is next door and you casually walk over, I wouldn't bother.
Some people talking about driving hours only to pull up and see that either this location doesn't actually have it, or all 20 packets have already been given out
Some people talking about driving hours only to pull up and see that either this location doesn't actually have it, or all 20 packets have already been given out
Brock Reiher
Banned
Why would you drive hours without checking to see if they had it lol
Apparently the website was wrong and even though it said a store would have it, it didnt
AdmiralSnackbar
Member
McDonalds wants to test the waters before they gear up production and spend money introduceing a new menu item based on an internet meme.
McDonalds has been facing significant losses because people don't want to buy their dumb gimmicky menu items. Nintendo got burned because no one baught the WiiU.
Consumers speak with their wallets and have said "we don't want this dumb shit
Wait wait wait, but we do want THAT dumb shit"
It's not fiscally responsible for a company to go all in on something just in case they don't hurt anyone's feelings if there isn't enough nugget sauce.
It's just dipping sauce
Brock Reiher
Banned
I would be so pissed
Why did they get rid of Mac Jrs for all this dumb mix and match shit. Never saw anyone order that once.
This store didn't receive the shipment
https://twitter.com/iamchickenboi/status/916714270108389377/photo/1
Pretty incredible to see this be such a shit show.
https://twitter.com/iamchickenboi/status/916714270108389377/photo/1
Pretty incredible to see this be such a shit show.
Artificial scarcity creates artificial demand--it's not much of a test of how well something will sell under ordinary commercial conditions. And a disproportionate amount of consumers participating in this event will be because of the meme.
Biff
Member
God, the Rick and Morty fanbase truly, truly is the worst. Just awful.
If anything I feel like the twitter giveaway they did showed there was a lot of demand and this current promotion is far too limited to do anything other than piss people off.
Sectorseven
Member
Was there always a cult following for this...sauce, or is this purely a Rick & Morty thing?
AdmiralSnackbar
Member
https://www.reddit.com/r/rickandmorty/new
I thought it was going to be a mess but I didn't think it's be a 100+ people in line kind of mess.
Should have just done it the Taco Bell way and tested it in a few small test markets before trying to pull this.
Like... this is the society we live in.
People lining up, HOURS early, some having driven for hours, just in hopes of getting 1 of 20 packets of sauce.
Only to find... the quantities are extremely limited or have already been given out or
But don't worry, fellow humans got your back, can pay 49 bucks for that 1oz packet...
It's something else.
People lining up, HOURS early, some having driven for hours, just in hopes of getting 1 of 20 packets of sauce.
Only to find... the quantities are extremely limited or have already been given out or
But don't worry, fellow humans got your back, can pay 49 bucks for that 1oz packet...
It's something else.
richardhawk
Member
Embarrassing.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Let's start another 'so GAF how do you feel about scalpers?' thread
What location was this? I'm actually scared to even try my local McD's now.
Have a friend who's dad is a manager at a local participating McDonalds.he said they were only sent 17 and that it was being raffled.
The fact that the sauce was so limited is ridiculous. I don't know if this was being done at your locations, but at this one you basically had to buy a chicken sandwich and then wait until 2pm to which they would then raffle out the 17 sauces they received.
Mind you, the place was packed when I went at 11:30.
The fact that the sauce was so limited is ridiculous. I don't know if this was being done at your locations, but at this one you basically had to buy a chicken sandwich and then wait until 2pm to which they would then raffle out the 17 sauces they received.
Mind you, the place was packed when I went at 11:30.
I'm just looking on Twitter, just a tiny sampling of posts. Tons of people reporting the same thing
Some talk of fights breaking out, cops on site. Protests lol.
It might have had some small following but pretty much all of it is because of Rick and Morty.
Gentleman Jack
Member
Guess I'll swing by my local McD's and see if it's a lost cause, brb.
King Tubby
Member
As a casual R&M watcher, all of this business has been really strange from the beginning.
But every location listed will have the Szechuan poster at least? Wonder how limited those will be
TheAbsolution
Member
Mine sold out of the 20 they had before 2. Thank goodness I only live 15 minutes away lol
DarkestHour
Banned
How much you want to wager store employees took the sauce and are probably reselling it on Ebay or something. I remember when I worked at McDonald's as a kid during the Beanie Babies craze and plenty of us did this.
dark_chris
Gold Member
Theres a number in Chicago but Im gonna go outside of Chicago to avoid the shitfest crowds
It had no following before Rick and Morty. McRib this is not.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
well this sounds like i should give up hope and not even bother lol
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
McDonalds you dipshits. I get a limited rollout, but 20 packets at an already limited number of locations?
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
Oh hell yes they'll do that. Come into work for the day, snag one or two packets and make the entire days pay for selling it off.
The McRib isn't even the McRib. It's only limited because if it was a regular menu item everyone would order it once and never again. Making it limited lets everyone forget how shit it tastes and order it again when it comes back.
Nabs
Member
Just searched for the location in Boston:
Video https://twitter.com/madelinerosed/status/916727465669808128
This line is ridiculous
Video https://twitter.com/madelinerosed/status/916727465669808128
This line is ridiculous
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