Breaking news: Domino's executives apply for bailout funds....

You must not use Slickdeals. Use it, love it, get used to the idea that mistakes are sometimes made, and that no one was actually harmed by dominos except dominos themselves. They have no obligation to honor your request for a free pizza when it is a mistake. The fact is that they went out of their way to try and make amends for their own mistake(!) by offering free cinna stix. Have you ever gotten screwed over by your own mistake and then screwed yourself even further by offering MORE free stuff to "fix" the mistake? Umm, no, because that's INSANE. So go ahead and don't patronize dominos; your a shitty customer anyway.

The cost of 11,000 pizzas for them is maybe what, $30k at most? Probably more like $20k, if even that? Straight to overhead, lesson learned, promotion next week to sell off medium pizzas for $6 each instead of $5 when you order an XLG + super overpriced 2 liter etc...

@OnefinFinn:

Then the delivery guy hung out the rest of the afternoon, ate all the pizza, and proceeded to hog the Playstation, right?

Oh well, free pizza is good pizza.

I do plan on making real pizza later this week, though.

@Xerloq:

Agreed I got my free pizza last night, the employees were totally cool about it. I may order from them again.

ROFL Wow! I got in on this: Ordered before the store opened for a 6:50pm pickup. I thought about ordering another for the office at lunch and saw things were afoot. But my order remained. Went to pickup and girl didn't bat an eye: "Here's your pizza!" says she. It was a hot, maybe a wee bit overcooked but mighty darn good for free. Bummer on the overstep, but hey, it's a little publicity for Domino's. I'm sure it cost less than an advert.

@Shawn Roth: You're suggesting that not only are they giving their pizzas away for free, they're SHRINKING their customer base? This will be an interesting case study for years to come.

But, again, kudos for them for fulfilling their promise, even if it was a mistake. Shame on the franchisees who arbitrarily decided not to honor it- don't plan on patronizing their businesses again. Apparently they don't care about keeping their customers happy anyways, just their own bottom lines.

The biggest question of this debacle, however: who is this guy who has so much time on his hands that he goes around typing words into coupon boxes to see if they work? What are the odds? Now it's only a matter of time until we see spam bots ordering pizzas and entering random words to discover coupon codes.

@changed my name: I think the Noid used to ruin your pizza on the way to being delivered. Domino's pizza delivery people were so amazing that even the Noid couldn't get to the pizza before it got to your house.

Or something like that. I think these ad execs did a lot of coke in the '80s.

i have 2 free pizzas sitting in my fridge now. i knew this was shady, so i made sure to order deep dishes with toppings so that i was paying ~$3 each to avoid any witty management-types canceling the order.

We have friends from Italy who invited us for dinner. The husband informed us we were having pizza, so we were all excited.

They had effing Papa John's ordered in.

One of the most disappointing dinners of my life. The pizza wasn't that bad, but when you're expecting a fabulous Italian-from-Italy cook to be making it....

The packaging the pizza comes in tastes better.

Having Worked at a Domino's, the only way I would eat there would be if I could make the pizza myself. Sure, the ingredients were heartburn tastic, but seriously? It's freakin pizza, not salad.

Thin Crust + Bacon + Hamburger + Banana pepper + Pepperoni + 5 cheeses = Oh wow thats tastey.

Also Wings cooked twice pre-sauced, delicious.

@Pistachio?_GitEmSteveDave: Maybe he'll be riding a cab? Worked for Dan Hesse- he got tired of walking towards the light.

@Comrade ☠Grяrяrяrяrяrяrя reporting for duty!: Free orders aren't unheard of. There have been coupons for a free pizza in the system for years. Having worked in several stores, I can promise you the problem simply wasn't noticed. As soon as they figured out they were giving away free pizza unintentionally they shut it down.

Middle management is going to have to pay for those pizzas, both through increased store costs and loss of bonuses. But it's not like they can go knocking on doors demanding payment even if they want to. Although with only 11,000 orders, it probably won't make much of a ripple. That is assuming the orders were spread out across the nation at least fairly evenly.

@chris101d: The free cinistix thing is supposed to be kind of a jam too. Generally if you use one coupon, you can't use another. That means it is really only good if you plan on ordering one pizza with up to two toppings and nothing else. Otherwise, there is almost always a better coupon for what you are getting.

"EXCLUSIVE FOR CHEAPSKATE READERS"

...and readers of THE CONSUMERIST.

So, if I ate even a single pre-reformulated oreo, I was harming myself? It was worth it.

@GayNerd: Free Pizza promotion? They are paying you.

Seems to me that's some pretty cheap publicity for Dominoes (even it was actually unintentional).

It's win-win-win. People get free pizza, Dominoes gets into the news and they get credit for honoring the coupon.

Keylogging, calling up pretending to be someone your not, guessing passwords based on the persons interest, all instances of social hacking.

@GayNerd:

Yea, yea. Heard that one before. Here is your $, go eat a slice.

@GayNerd: Seconded. But at least the profits no longer support Catholic whack jobs.

I think the attitude that certain foods are instantly going to transform you into something else is a huge part of the obesity issue in the U.S. Balance and moderation are the key, but you lose that balance and moderation when you treat some foods like they are off limits and skew your diet in one way or another.

'Honoring' 11,000 free pizzas just means 11,000 orders got through before they deactivated the coupon. The second free code is also being refused in stores.

Good that Domino's Corporate is trying to make good on their mistake, but they need to inform the stores (company owned and franchisees) of the steps they're taking to correct this.

Both codes worked for me, and none of the employees were jerks about it, so I might consider giving them more business...

Marketing guy one: "Hey, let's try a bailout promotion. Subsidizing your stomach with a free one topping pizza!"

Marketing guy two: "Ok, here, I set it up on the website."

MG one: "It's not working."

MG two: "Oh, let me set it to 'ON.'"

Marketing boss: "You can't give everyone a free pizza...too expensive."

MGs 1 and 2: "Ok, we'll work on something else."

@ceez: its not hacking... its just trial + error

hate when people call me a hacker, when all I know is to be efficient on computers and know how to fix things electronic... i don' t know how to hack, but everytime they see me, they shout 'stop hacking'

What isn't? Ok, leprosy and most family reunions, but that's about it.

LOL, my friend emailed me today and told me about this promo code. By the time I tried it the code was invalid. fortunately for him he was one of the 11k people that enjoyed their free pizza!

LOL...hackers....

Kudos on honoring the glitch. 11,000 people probably have heart burn tonight.

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