How much for 12 cookies?

Well let's see here:

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Man... that's a big number... I dunno.

5 bucks or so?

I guess it's no surprise that NYC is more expensive, but down in north carolina most subways will give you three cookies for $0.99, while one is something like $.75. It's a pretty good deal.

Regardless, that sign is funny.

At least the sign is honest advertising!
christ on a cracker some of the targets out here have gone completely round the twist for their stuff. A quarter more for buying two at the same time? Smeg!

@invisiblenemies: Don't ask an employee, they won't be able to answer unless they have a calculator handy.

@Canino: Or,
"I'll have to ask my manager".

At McDonald's yesterday I saw:

1 Apple Pie: $.50
2 Apple Pies: $1.00

I had the same reaction: "Yeah, thanks for multiplying by two for me."

@invisiblenemies: Is that point five dollars or point five cents?

@WiglyWorm: BofA has a position for you.

No, not that one.

@jmhart:

Thats actually shocking, because as a means of decreasing waste. McDonalds has actually changed it to 99 cents for 1 or 1.00 for 2, this way they arent left with singles of an older batch.

Here in Georgia there are three subways all with in a five mile radius. The price of three cookies? $1, $1.39, $1.69.

I think that stupid signs like that sometimes have a good reason for being up. Maybe they got tired of people asking how much 3 50-cent cookies would cost.

@DrGirlfriend: Are you suggesting there is a NYC Subway store with a "soup Nazi" manager, "No cookies for you! You idiot! Get Out!"?!

Here in the Chicago area, my Subway cookies are .79 for one or 3 for $1.39.

These comments make me think Consumerist should do weekly Subway Cookie Costs alongside Gas Updates.

@WiglyWorm: Please tell me you are joking, or are still in grade school. Please.

12 x .5 = 6. 6 Dollars. Ah ah ah.

My guess is that it's marketing to sell more cookies. If they put "1 for $0.50" people would be hesitant to order 3. This way, we will think"'3 is a reasonable number of cookies to order since it's on the sign. That can't be an unreasonable amount since it's on the sign...now I won't be be too embarassed by ordering 3 so I will get 3.'

Not for a sale/discount, just to make us feel it's ok to stuff our faces with some more food.

@Ghede: And I'm the magical man from Happy Land who lives in a gumdrop house on Lolly Pop Lane!

@jmhart: Probably more than most of their employees could do. Customer service is so horrible these days that I think companies put up these idiot signs to make people feel like they're being helped. Sort of like the 'Your choice!' and 'You choose!' signs I've seen at some clothing stores. Either these companies think they're pulling a slick one or people really are getting a lot stupider. Or both.

Looks like the sign is illegal...

If it's in New York City the calorie information is too small.

@chris101d: Yeah, up here they charge 79 cents for 1, or get 2 for $1.

LOL....mercy! They are doing the math-challenged customers a favor.

@huadpe: What is this, Verizon? )

@DrGirlfriend: Years ago I was in the Century City mall in the food court and saw a food stand with a large, carved wooden sign that read "Coffee and Fudge." Taped underneath it was a sign written in ballpoint ink on a piece of shirt cardboard that read, "ALL WE SELL IS COFFEE AND FUDGE!!!!!"

@Ghede: It was totally a joke, yes. I was going for the reaction I got from legwork. :)

I think it's a franchise-supplied sign, and the individual franchise is supposed to offer a deal for two or three cookies, but this particular one is cheap and not offering the deal.

@WiglyWorm: Oh thank god. My world view was nearly shattered, my very existence called into question. I was going to throw away my router and join a band of nomadic mathematics teachers.

I think too many assume that if something is advertised or has a sign on it it's on sale . Alot of businesses use that assumption for their profit .

Just read the signs like Edward .

@Lyrrad: The calorie info is on the sign above so they might have their bases covered

@DrGirlfriend: Agreed. Sure this is Consumerist, but you can't deny how many stupid people are out there. Some people would buy more cookies just because of that sign. And people are more likely to have fries with that salad, than if there were no salad at all.

How about buy 1 for $1, get the 2nd one free?

Better than my local grocery store that has a common item I purchase:
100 for $2.50 (ON SALE)
50 for $1.00

It's been this way for months and ironically, the 100 count boxes are selling much faster since the 50 count boxes are always fully faced.

@bananaboat:

Its always been amazing to me how a sale sign will fool people, even if the price isnt much of a sale at all.

My local walgreens has the same sort of pricing on contact lense cleaner. The large 16oz is "on sale" for something like, $16, but the cost of 2 of the smaller size 12oz bottles is less than the sale price of the large bottle, and you're getting more solution. But of course the large bottle is the one that sells, because it says SALE! on it, and no one bothers to do the math

Of all the places to eat in the food capital of the world. . .

@jmhart: The other day I went in to McDonald's for some hash browns and noticed one sign said Hash Browns $1.00 and the other, right next to it, said Hash Browns 2/$1.00. (This was in Chicago.)

@chris101d:

The apple pies and cheeseburgers both have interesting pricing.

Cheeseburger: $0.99
McDouble: $1.00
Double Cheeseburger: $1.19

So you pay an extra penny to get an additional burger patty, but 19 cents for an additional slice of cheese.

Not to mention the difference in price between a double Cheeseburger meal and the 2 cheeseburgers meal.

I know this has nothing to do with Subway or cookies. EAT FRESH!!!

@Ghede: I'm sorry, but I just don't see how you got an answer of six point six dollars!

Just kidding. Reminds me of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

ARTHUR: My name's Dent. Arthur Dent.
SLARTIBARTFARST: Nice to meet you, Dentarthurdent.
(not an exact quote)

@Sarah Bellum: ... MIXED TOGETHER!!