Why go to the chemist when you can just get Uber Eats?
Is a sentence I never thought I’d say out loud. But alas, 2020 and 2021 were weird as fuck, so what makes you think the craziness is gonna stop in 2022? Apparently a burger restaurant in South Australia, The Big Grill Bolivar, has been caught red handed flogging Rapid Antigen tests via Uber Eats, and boy, they’re getting roasted six different ways from Sunday online.
In a tweet posted online, the burger joint are selling a two pack of RATs for $50, which, if you were lucky enough to cop rapids before shit hit the fan, would’ve gotten you around five tests alone. It’s kind’ve unbelievable how inflated they are, especially with Bolivar’s Brekky combo right beneath it going for $10.95.
Not even a joke. RESTAURANTS buying up RATs and selling them on UBER for x5 of the RRP.
You should be able to buy a 5 pack for roughly $50, not a single test.
Still don’t want to undercut businesses @ScottMorrisonMP when they are PUTTING LIVES AT RISK by this practice? pic.twitter.com/tO32jJ8Cnf
— B (@Brodhe) January 4, 2022
Whoever owns the Big Grill Bolivar is a scum sucking profiteer making money off of other peoples desperation and fear. Not only should this be illegal, it should have actual consequences.
I hope every mattress you ever sleep on has lumps in the most uncomfortable places. https://t.co/Ga1E9cZCVc
— Nic (@omega_bunny) January 4, 2022
Usually in these situations, the accused would lay low and wait out the social media frenzy; relying on people’s goldfish-level memories to forget about it within a week or two. But in a surprising twist, The Big Grill Bolivar has clapped back (another sentence I never thought I’d write), taking to Facebook to explain “There has been much confusion in regards to the pricing of our RATs. These are priced in accordance to the current market prices.
“We sell a two-pack of rapid antigen tests for $40 in store and we sell a two-pack of rapid antigen tests for $50 through our delivery partners; the price increase is due to their exorbitant fees.”
“Exorbitant fees”? The words ‘pot’ and ‘kettle’ spring to mind. But of course, who are we to judge in this clusterfuck of a world? Check out their full response below, and the next time you’re ordering Uber Eats whilst ridiculously shitfaced, keep an eye out for a RAT option; it might just be your best chance of getting one at the moment thanks to Sco Mo and his band of fuckwits.
