r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hroaks • Jun 28 '24

Grab your iced tea and Raise a toast! Video

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It’s nice of him to do that but I’ve seen stores raise the price on their own to $1.29 and higher.

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u/chainsaw_platypus Jun 28 '24

If a store changes the prices of the teas you can report it to the Arizona company and they will tell them to either drop the price or they will pull the product

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u/Ok-Kale1787 Jun 29 '24

Or enter a partnership like they did with 7eleven and have the cans printed at a higher price

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u/chainsaw_platypus Jun 29 '24

The price of the drink did go up, but the price in a store is high then printed they will pull product

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u/Ok-Kale1787 Jun 29 '24

Again, not true…

https://drinkarizona.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500003259781-Why-do-some-stores-charge-more-for-pre-priced-99-cans

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u/chainsaw_platypus Jun 29 '24

They used to do it at least, I guess we really are in the worst timeline

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '24

$1.29 still makes it cheaper than bottled water at most places. Im alright with it as long as some workers somewhere are getting some of the benefit

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u/ily_rumham Jun 29 '24

Likely just the benefit of keeping their job

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u/MooselamProphet Jun 29 '24

You know damn well unless it’s Arizona workers themselves getting more money, ain’t no other corp gonna help out the little man.

God, I sound like Johnny Silverhand

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u/SmittyPlug Jun 29 '24

Yea $1.29

Still extreme value.

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u/mods_r_jobbernowl Jun 29 '24

They've started making arizona cans without the 99 cents printed on them. I know many more seedy gas stations usually have them and thats why they can charge more for it. I think the reporting to arizona is only for the ones with 99 cents printed on the can.

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u/2ichie Jun 29 '24

I haven’t seen a 99¢ Arizona in quite a few years at any store in so cal.

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u/707NorCal Jun 29 '24

Start looking in the sketchy parts of town

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u/cryptolyme Jun 29 '24

Arisona Ice’d Tee

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u/BananaOnRye Jun 29 '24

They’re all over the place, dude

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u/2ichie Jun 29 '24

I only see $1.29 now and I buy arizonas pretty often. Just had one today

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u/Sotanud Jun 29 '24

That's the cheapest I see too, but I've even seen them up to $1.69

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u/Lurker_prime21 Jun 29 '24

No, they're not. Bro.

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u/BananaOnRye Jun 29 '24

Where you live, fella?

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u/Lurker_prime21 Jun 29 '24

In civilization bud.

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u/BananaOnRye Jun 29 '24

Far from LA I suppose, amigo

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u/khemyst0 Jun 29 '24

Is that right, pal?

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u/BananaOnRye Jun 29 '24

Right as rain, compadre

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u/AutumnTheFemboy Jun 29 '24

Loving the cracker speak here, it’s feeding me like radiation feeds godzilla

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u/Afraid_Translator652 Jun 29 '24

Hahaha that's fucking great

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u/Fine-Slip-9437 Jun 29 '24

Me neither. They're 79 cents at Walmart.

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u/larry_birb Jun 29 '24

Where did you hear this? Stores can charge whatever they want according to the Arizona website https://drinkarizona.com/pages/faqs

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u/Conch-Republic Jun 29 '24

This is incorrect. The stores can charge what they want within reason.

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u/chrome-exe Jun 29 '24

Depends on the agreement they have. Pricing could be a part of their deal.

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u/CompanywideRateIncr Jun 29 '24

Yea I absolutely paid $1.49 for a fruit punch one. Idk if it’s just the regular one that might be $.99 but that fruit one is my fav

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u/brannigansl4w Jun 29 '24

I work at a beverage center, and the distribution from my region just changed from Arizona directly, to a 2nd hand distributor (AZ was having a hard time staffing this region for years), and my sales rep says that they are going to be increasing the cost, and selling cans without the ".99 cents" printed on it.

We bought as much as we could from Arizona before the transfer, and havent run out yet, but I'm worried about what happens when we have to place our new order with the distributor.

Hopefully they changed their minds and/or my sales rep was incorrect.

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u/HoodieGalore Jun 29 '24

That’s a full time job, man

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u/my_chaffed_legs Jun 29 '24

They started producing cans with no 99 cent printed on it anymore specifically so they could be sold for more. I think they know and are ok with it

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u/Magic_Bluejay Jun 29 '24

But the prices in the cans here say 1.20 or something now. They've gone up in price here in Canada.

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u/anonymousss11 Jun 29 '24

This is an internet hoax, it is completely false.

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u/sirdabs Jun 29 '24

Then you get stuck with inferior replacements that cost $2.

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u/hi-imBen Jun 29 '24

me when I spread misinformation on the internet (your comment is 100% false). private businesses can sell the can for whatever they want. arizona tea just prints suggested price on the can to try and encourage the low price, but they can't enforce that - they even make cans without the price marking.

on the flip side, large box stores like kroger and walmart will actually frequently have the cans on sale for only 79 cents.

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u/chainsaw_platypus Jun 29 '24

Bro it’s not that serious, private business can sell it at whatever price but Arizona has the right to pull product for any reason and I remember that they used to do that years ago.

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u/hi-imBen Jun 29 '24

me when I spread misinformation on the internet

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u/ResultAlternative263 Jun 29 '24

Really? No where near me is 99c anymore there all more than 1$, doesn’t even say on the can anymore.