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Domino's 30 minutes or free

Posted on 1/4/25 at 7:03 am
Posted by TechBullDawg
Member since May 2014
2048 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 7:03 am
Anyone take advantage of their 30 minutes or free, back in the day? At Tech we would order and about 25 minutes later, tie up the elevators in Nelson... No way they were climbing stairs to the 8th floor. Profit

Of course I feel bad now
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
20550 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 7:05 am to
Avoid the noid.
Posted by Aguga
Member since Aug 2021
3707 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 7:08 am to
Stealing, such an admirable trait.
Posted by lsudat10
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2010
2829 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 7:14 am to
We would throw road spikes in front of the college student delivery man driving his ‘91 Corolla down Burbank Dr. Ahhh nothing like a refreshing AND free medium single-topping pizza!
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
7186 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 7:39 am to
I drove for Dominos in college. Went into the Gardere area to deliver a pizza on Ned Drive at night. Quit when I got back to the store.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
38887 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 7:43 am to
Did they actually give it out free?

I remember back in college the day there was the glitch going on with ordering dominos online where you could get free pizzas. Went there to pick it up and by then they had figured it out. The place was packed and people were just walking out when they realized it wasn't free anymore. A few people I know made off with a bunch of free pizza though
This post was edited on 1/4/25 at 7:44 am
Posted by TechBullDawg
Member since May 2014
2048 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 8:05 am to
quote:

Stealing, such an admirable trait.


I know, and not proud of the few times I did it

But what did I know as a hungry student in early 80s when there was no money and campus meal services closed for the weekend. Many a time I went Friday dinner to Sunday dinner hungry
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
26407 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 8:07 am to
Even a free Domino’s pizza sucks.
Posted by morganwadefan
TN
Member since May 2023
1431 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 8:16 am to
A high school kid in my town worked there after school and tried to beat a train to meet the time guarantee. The town named the overpass after him, a couple of years after his funeral.
Posted by LRB1967
Tennessee
Member since Dec 2020
22904 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 8:19 am to
I remember when they had the 30 minutes or its free. I had a friend who worked for Dominos
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
65091 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:21 am to
Dominoes is better than marcos
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
24433 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:41 am to
quote:

Did they actually give it out free?


Yes. But I think they got sued by dead driver families trying to beat the times. And dead people families their drivers ran into.

I think some of the “free” loss came out of drivers pocket as the stores had maps of areas they claimed were deliverable within the time.

But trains and backups and many other reasons slowed drivers down so there were many reports of drivers crashing and losing lives over it. Lawyers made bank and they ended it
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
3931 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 9:53 am to
When I was in my twenties, we would order 2 pizzas, then put our big, mean dog in the gated front yard. We would then turn out all of the lights so it would be hard for the driver to see the address. The driver took a few extra minutes trying to find the address and getting around the dog. We didn't go to the door until 30 minutes were up. This worked twice, and then they refused to deliver to us anymore.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80478 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:18 am to
quote:

When I was in my twenties, we would order 2 pizzas, then put our big, mean dog in the gated front yard. We would then turn out all of the lights so it would be hard for the driver to see the address. The driver took a few extra minutes trying to find the address and getting around the dog. We didn't go to the door until 30 minutes were up. This worked twice, and then they refused to deliver to us anymore.



Classy
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
37115 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:43 am to
They basically have that now still

They’ll send an email of “ this delivery time didn’t meet our standards, here’s a free pizza on us”

I get that regularly and never once has the total time been over an hour. It’s been reasonable with delivery each time yet they wanna give me a pizza I will take it . But I don’t complain and request one
Posted by PerplenGold
TX
Member since Nov 2021
2215 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:50 am to
And when boxes were crappier, before the little plastic triangle they put inside, the box would sometimes collapse onto the pizza. If you called and complained they’d send another for free. Think this was only on large pizzas.
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
22273 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:51 am to
I like Dominos Carryout specials but had to whip some baws arse their last night what an asshat.
Posted by liz18lsu
Naples, FL
Member since Feb 2009
17898 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:59 am to
quote:

But what did I know as a hungry student in early 80s when there was no money and campus meal services closed for the weekend. Many a time I went Friday dinner to Sunday dinner hungry


You didn't have ramen or parents?
Posted by I Love Bama
Alabama
Member since Nov 2007
38421 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 11:08 am to
quote:

Dominoes is better than marcos


Might be the dumbest thing I have read on the OT in over 10 years
Posted by LSBoosie
Member since Jun 2020
17027 posts
Posted on 1/4/25 at 11:51 am to
You would make all of the elevators in your entire building useless for 5+ minutes because you didn’t want to pay $6 for a large pizza?
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