Zomato asks Musk for 60% discount on blue tick fee, gets roasted online

The post directly attacks Elon Musk's decision to charge $8 to become a verified Twitter user. But the prank apparently backfired as Zomato received a lot of backlash for its discount policy.

Published on: Nov 6, 2022, 16:14:43 IST

By HT News Desk | Written by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar | Edited by Aryan Prakash

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In an apparent dig on Elon Musk’s recently announced $8 subscription fee for those who want a blue tick for their account, Zomato came up with a funny tweet. The food delivery platform responded to by sharing a post on the platform stating, "'ok elon, how about $8 with 60% off up to $5?’

Zomato regularly provides its consumers discounts through coupons and other methods. (Reuters Photo)

The post directly attacks Elon Musk's decision to charge $8 to become a verified Twitter user. On the other hand, Zomato regularly provides its consumers discounts through coupons and other methods.

However, Twitter users started trolling Zomato over the 60% discount company offered in its tweet.

A user replied that Elon Musk does not charge a crazy price and then give discount on it. While another tweet read, “Sure. With 60% off your charges will be $3.2. Add $2.4 packaging & handling charges, further $2.4 as delivery charges. Total $8. Hope you enjoyed the service".

“@zomato and then adding a delivery charge of another 8$ to end up at 13$. Nice", another Twitter user criticised the food delivery app for taking additional charges.

The prank apparently backfired as Zomato received a lot of backlash for its discount policy. Another tweet stated, "“Dear @zomato hope you do know, an upto discount is offered when there is price differential. A fixed price has a fixed discount, you dont need to add upto clause to it. Oh but how would you know who gives 60% discount and adds what not charges to nullify that discount."

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