Extra Sausage in a Bunnings Sausage Sandwich

7hours 44min ago on 21/10/2019 - 14:49
Last edited 22/10/2019 - 07:15

A few months ago I was feeling very hungry and asked for an extra sausage with my sausage sandwich at Bunnings. After some initial confusion, the lady said $1 extra seemed fair and I got a $3.50 double sausage sandwich. It was a struggle to eat but it hit the spot. I was also very happy with the price and value obtained.

Since then, I have ordered 4 more double sausage sandwiches on different weekends. Here lies the issue, on all 4 subsequent occasions I have been charged $5.

Cost breakdown

Sausage: 40c
Bread: 5c (assuming 24 slices per loaf and cheapest loaf is used)
Onion: 5c (assuming 10 servings per onion)
Sauce: Free (I will boycott Bunnings if they ever charge for this)

That is a ratio of 8:1:1 if you scale up to $2.50, which means the sausage represents $2 of the overall product’s value. Does this mean the fair value is $4.50 for a double sausage sandwich or should a discount be applied since only one transaction is taking place and you are buying in volume?
Should I say something next time $5 is requested? I cannot go back to single sausages and don’t want to be “that guy” who I complains to a charity or community group about wanting to support them less through a sausage sizzle.

Tl:dr how much should be charged for a double sausage sandwich at Bunnings?

Note: This is not a discussion about sausage sandwich vs sausage in bread.

Poll Options

  • 8
    $3.00
  • 64
    $3.50
  • 22
    $4.00
  • 37
    $4.50
  • 466
    $5.00
Food & Grocery

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Comments

  • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2019 - 20:43
    +1

    Where's the $100 option.

    That's how much I think you should be charged…

  • slow on 21/10/2019 - 20:47
    +8

    Find someone who wants 2 slices of bread and one sausage and cut a deal with them

    • bobbieb on 21/10/2019 - 21:43
      +1

      Ah… finally a solution. Maybe the store staff will allow the OP to use one of the surplus boxes to make a sign.

  • stumo on 21/10/2019 - 20:53
    +4

    Amateur. The triple sausage is much easier to handle/eat in one slice. And they are less likely to change you $7.50, and higher meat/fat to carb ratio.

  • pegaxs on 21/10/2019 - 21:21
    +11

    Christ, I always get one for the daughter and one for myself, hand them a $10 note and tell them to keep the change. It’s about helping the community, not about how much you can get for the lowest price. There is being a bargainer and then there’s being an arsehole.

    BTW, nice troll. :)

  • ozoner on 21/10/2019 - 21:23
    +2

    Ask 'em if they take $250 drone vouchers.

  • alexlim2000 on 21/10/2019 - 22:06

    yeh nah, its a sausage sizzle not a sausage sandwich

  • pluelp on 21/10/2019 - 22:11
    +15

    I have volunteered for a charity that does sausage sizzle at Bunnings to raise money and it is extremely tiring. Preparations often starts early morning to get the bread rolls (some Bunnings require bread rolls some will be ok with bread slices), slicing onions, setting up etc not to mention the ‘free labour’ from people volunteering. Whilst it is rewarding for the charity it is also not easy as it seems. Most people are extremely generous I have had people just asking for a sausage only usually for their dogs and still pay the full 2.50. I’ve even had a vegetarian who asked for no sausage Just bread and onion only and paid the full amount. It’s all about supporting the charity

    • xmail on 23/10/2019 - 09:51
      +3

      OP needs to go halves with that vegetarian

  • Blitz001 on 21/10/2019 - 22:41
    +2

    Three things;

    Bunnings isn’t charging anything for the sausages.

    If you don’t like what the charity is charging, don’t buy it.

    The price isn’t what it cost to make, but what people are willing to pay and it would appear you’re not willing to pay the $5 and frankly I can’t think of anything more unaustralian than that.

  • armdrags on 21/10/2019 - 22:54
    +1

    You didn't take into account the cost of equipment, labour, rent, electricity and gas.

    • Sage on 21/10/2019 - 23:19

      and most importantly (in my opinion) is the cost of having to serve a custom order.
      Imagine you're doing the snags all day when someone asks for it to be made differently, that's a big ask.

  • MilkDrinker on 21/10/2019 - 23:04
    +5

    Protest by asking for the bread too when they charge you $5 and then throw it on the ground.

    • Fobsessive on 21/10/2019 - 23:47
      +1

      lol'd

    • bingsta on 22/10/2019 - 08:11
      +1

      Don't forget the second serve of onions you are entitled to

    • outlander on 22/10/2019 - 19:31
      +2

      Then throw the rest of the loaf too.

      Welcome to the real world!

  • geoffs87 on 22/10/2019 - 02:01
    +6

    Eff me, it’s for a charity.

    I’m sorry but being a bargain hunter should stop when it’s for a charitable cause

    • Munki on 22/10/2019 - 10:35
      +1

      I ask for a receipt whenever I buy mine.

      • Baysew on 22/10/2019 - 16:24

        Why?

        • ssquid on 22/10/2019 - 17:25
          +3

          Sausages taste better when they're tax deductible.

          • Munki on 22/10/2019 - 20:31

            @ssquid: Work sausages! AMIRITE?

            • ssquid on 22/10/2019 - 22:30

              @Munki: I was thinking more along the lines of it being a charitable donation but whatever.

  • timetoquit on 22/10/2019 - 02:13
    +3

    Disgusting attitude, not sure if I should feel sorry for you or if you're just trolling. Hope these responses give you a little dose of reality. Start with a fiver everytime, if you don't feel good about helping your community then you have a long way to go.

  • happirt on 22/10/2019 - 02:49

    don't they cook the sausage?

  • This Guy on 22/10/2019 - 03:03
    +5

    A Double Bunnings Sausage Sandwich is a custom, premium order, made by hand, on request, by volunteers looking to make your community a better place.

    Your premium, custom, hand made, made to order, slave made Double Bunnings Sausage Sandwich helps increase your smugness, as you, and only anyone else whom orders one, gets the privilege of sacrificing a piece of bread you paid for to increase the supply of bread for other orders, reducing cost of non premium Bunnings Sausage Sandwich's for Bunnings while increasing their tax liabilities, further helping fund your local why are you still reading this communities.

    You, Dear Ordinary Consumer, are the salt of the earth. You are the back bone of Austrlia's taxation system. If every Australian was a generous as you, our beloved Australian Taxation Office would cease their famous search for those kindly, forgotten soles who helped grow their local economy by reallocating funds from Australia's favourite office to their local post office, their pub, their house of loose ethics, with only their wit and a keyboard.

    Ordinary Consumer, your generosity knows no bounds. You are a hero. You need to start introducing your self as, "Ordinary Consumer, an Hero, Consumer of Double Sausages." When you arrive at Bunnings, you should demand a $250 voucher and a DJI Mavic 2 Zoom Drone for the inconvenience to your charity that is removing change from your wallet. Such injustices should not be unmet. We should. NO. We must, boycott Bunnings for their appalling treatment of Saint Ordinary Consumer, an Hero, Consumer of Double Sausages.

    • ssquid on 22/10/2019 - 04:23
      +3

      Mate, you don't want to introduce yourself as "Consumer of Double Sausages" when you're paying a visit to the house of loose ethics. You'll end up paying for extra service that probably won't be appreciated.

      • H E B on 22/10/2019 - 10:42

        OP's next post: AMA "Consumer of Double Sausages@Bunnings"

    • 7hours 44min ago on 22/10/2019 - 07:14

      an Hero

      Spelling mistake?

      • pjetson on 22/10/2019 - 07:41
        +1

        I think it's more of "an grammatical error".

        • Miss B on 23/10/2019 - 07:00

          It depends on how you pronounce hero. If they don't pronounce the h, it's actually correct to use an.

      • MilkDrinker on 22/10/2019 - 11:55
        +1

        Short hand of anti hero.

      • This Guy on 23/10/2019 - 20:21

        Google is your friend. At least socially.

  • gimme on 22/10/2019 - 04:58
    +1

    Scrape meet barrel

  • DarkOz on 22/10/2019 - 05:59

    double sausage… It was a struggle…but it hit the spot. I was also very happy with the price and value obtained.

    Saucy sausage.

  • Entheogen on 22/10/2019 - 07:16
    +2

    Do you also buy a meat lovers pizza with extra sausage?

  • VictimEqualsProfit on 22/10/2019 - 07:21

    This post proves that people will literally post about anything.

  • Hedgehog on 22/10/2019 - 07:26

    Tip the sausage makers for the confusion you are causing, lol these volunteers don't need this sort of crap, they are operating a FIFO (fit in or F off) business…… Perhaps you need to get off your ass and volunteer for the next sausage sizzle to see how hard their job can be with awkward sods. Just saying…

  • Vote for Pedro on 22/10/2019 - 08:04

    They have something you want. You have something they want. The rest is the ‘market’ sorting out the price. If the price is too high, buy elsewhere or don’t buy. If enough people do the same, the market forces will likely dictate a price adjustment.

    You can try negotiating, but you will end up being’ ‘that person’. Sometimes at the end of the day they give them out at a massive discount, so you could wait til then but risk missing out.

    However, it seems you really really really want the sausage sanger…

  • bremo on 22/10/2019 - 08:30
    +3

    If they give an extra sausage for $2, then that’s one less sausage and bread they could’ve sold for $2.50. Lost opportunity cost for them.

  • IainND on 22/10/2019 - 09:08
    +5

    You're down $6 over a few months and you're mad enough to write 250 words about it?
    Please, nobody tell this guy about loans. He'll lose it.

  • Trying2SaveABuck on 22/10/2019 - 09:36
    +1

    Double Sausage for $5 isnt bad the local cafe charges 12.50 for a panini (Fancy word for sandwich) - at least the fiver goes to charity

    thestuffthatendsuponOzbargin

  • HeWhoKnows on 22/10/2019 - 10:56
    +6

    What sort of person asks such a question?

    These wonderful people are volunteers working for free.
    Giving thier time to raise money for a worthy cause.
    It could be the local kids football team or Rotary or The Lions or some other local sports club.

    There are no rules and no prices for such extras.
    In fact there is no price structure for anything other than what these people think is fair and reasonable on the day.

    If its the end of the day and they have left over sausages the price might drop to $1 or less and maybe a free one for the kids.

    So its not a case of what one is charged but rather what one is willing to "Donate" in exchange for a quick snack that hits the spot.

    Remember, its not Bunnings you are paying but rather a volunteer organisation you are supporting.

    Be kind to these volunteers and open you hearts to them.

    • GG57 on 22/10/2019 - 11:13
      +1

      Actually, the Bunnings BBQ is very regulated.
      Same products, same prices, etc. Every weekend.

  • MoonlapseVertigo on 22/10/2019 - 11:21

    It’s charity. Pay the $5 and claim it back on ur tax return.

    • gimme on 22/10/2019 - 11:25
      +2

      I know you're joking but the ocd in me says you can't claim anything if you get something in return.
      PS: we have hit rock bottom on Ozb

  • shaiguy on 22/10/2019 - 11:25
    +2

    You're just someone I never ever want to be in a Bunnings with (if this is the case I hope they charge you for sauce next time) even if you are trolling about this - as it's pretty low given these bbqs are for charity/fundraising. Having organised these in the past it is a significant amount of effort and they're all volunteers. It's not as easy as calling up a Bunnings and arranging one - there's a considerable waitlist for these things.

  • cuteseal on 22/10/2019 - 11:28
    +1

    Come on guys, I'm going to need a mspaint diagram of this double sausage monstrosity!

    • 7hours 44min ago on 22/10/2019 - 12:10
      +1

      I'll get a photo this weekend. Might try for a triple and ask for an even steeper discount.

  • Drogo on 22/10/2019 - 11:34

    If this has bugged you enough to post then you need a hobby.
    Of course you'll get people giving you different prices for your custom sausage sanga cause there's a different charity group there each week.
    If you don't like the price they give you then go buy your own bbq, gas, pack of sausages, loaf of bread, sauce, onions and cook it yourself

  • [Deactivated] on 22/10/2019 - 11:54

    People like you are the ones you see on shows like my strange addiction.

  • diddy50 on 22/10/2019 - 12:46

    What's a sausage sandwich?!

    its a sausage sizzle! Straya mate

    Or is that, Victoria maaaate

    It ALL goes to charity that are there on the day, they fundraise.
    So I'd pay extra and more.

  • mousie on 22/10/2019 - 13:24

    If you fancy a true sausage fest go to the Ivy Nightclub in Sydney.

  • idonotknowwhy on 22/10/2019 - 13:51
    +1

    Your logic checks out. $4.50 is reasonable.

    Sauce: Free (I will boycott Bunnings if they ever charge for this)

    Bunnings aren't running this, they're merely tolerating it.

  • dufflover on 22/10/2019 - 14:16
    +1

    Personally I wouldn't pay $5 for it, but meh, so be it. As a pure thought exercise yeah $4 or $4.50.

    One year when I shopping for PHI, the cost of a dual policy was exactly the same as two singles - no incentive/difference at all. So I just didn't buy it and instead just got two singles which actually overall cost less cos I was able to choose a cheaper policy for myself (what's a guy gonna do with pregnancy…). So yeah, people can charge whatever they want really, and if "buying two" is poorer value than singles, then so be it.

  • Dreamcast on 22/10/2019 - 15:00

    This is a joke right? Right????

    If not, I just, I can't, I don't, like how, like what do even say in response.

  • Tigercjn on 22/10/2019 - 15:10
    +1

    It's a fundraiser, Bunnings set the price $2.50 for a sausage. Bread white, brown or none = Free. Sauce or mustard Free.
    2 Sausages $5 4 Sausages $10.

    • 7hours 44min ago on 22/10/2019 - 17:48
      -5

      So you're saying I could get unlimited bread for free… Might submit this in the deals section!

  • Watto23 on 22/10/2019 - 16:11
    +2

    Anytime there is a charity/organisation running an event to fundraise at Bunnings or the local sports club, the prices are regulated, because of this exact issue.

    Someone one week does a "cheap" deal then someone completely different gets hassled for the same deal the following week so Bunnings sets the prices and the organisations can lose their spot on the roster if they go outside of this pricing structure.

    Same goes for meat tray tickets at the sports clubs, where it might be $1 each or 6 for $5. whatever the prices are they are set by the club, to stop harassment of the volunteer each week when they get pressured to sell them cheaper. Cause people are very good at guilting people to sell for less, you know when they say things like "Geez you can't be too hard up for money at your charity if you won't take my $5 then." The prices are set to stop the guilt trips people use and the abuse people cop when someone can't get their double sausage in bread for $3 next week. While the OP might not be abusive, there are plenty who are and it makes getting volunteers to help out more difficult, after all, who wants to cop crap from someone because they want you to sell it for less to them.

    I won't even get into the stories my friend tells me when she works at Vinnie. The number of times she has been told clearly Vinnies has too much money if they won't sell item X for half price to them. Often they say it was donated so where is the cost to Vinnies.

    • Adz81 on 22/10/2019 - 19:28
      +1

      How the hell do you let the sausages touch and not feel weird about it?

  • ShannonN on 22/10/2019 - 16:59

    Best approach:
    Join the gang making snag sangas each week as a volunteer, then ask for your preferred sanga with 2 sausages at the $4.50 price point citing Staff Discount LOL

  • seraphim2017 on 22/10/2019 - 18:17

    I would not typically ask, under the principle that everyone is fighting a battle we know nothing about, so always be kind, but this can't be a real thing? You're arguing about giving less money to charity. Just buy a single sausage and live longer!

    • 7hours 44min ago on 22/10/2019 - 20:26
      -2

      Do you sign up to every charity worker that approaches you on the street? Empty your pockets when someone asks you for spare change? Buy carbon offsets every time you fly?

      It's not a crime to want to moderate how much you give to charity or a good cause.

      I'm convinced by some of the points raised in this post that $5 is ok (I still think $4.50 is more reasonable) to charge but think it's ridiculous people are hanging me out as someone that doesn't want to support charity or community groups.

  • Ahbal on 22/10/2019 - 19:13

    At that point its better to get two separate ones.

  • sk213 on 22/10/2019 - 21:30

    Wheres the you're a crap person option?

    • 7hours 44min ago on 22/10/2019 - 23:33
      +2

      Can't edit a poll after publishing, only thought of that option after you said it.

  • imurgod on 22/10/2019 - 21:50
    +1

    Pity we can't use our $250 gift cards from the drone price error. You could get all the sausages!

  • lltravel on 22/10/2019 - 22:39
    +1

    LOL @ THE op trying to "keep the carbs low" but eats absolute junk meat and sauce laced with sugar. Cool story man

    Tell me more about your healthy diet of sausage and bread. I want to know more!

    • 7hours 44min ago on 22/10/2019 - 23:33
      +1

      I did say trying. Thanks for the support.

  • LFO on 22/10/2019 - 22:40
    -1

    Is there any government body overseeing these sausage charities??

    I recall some news about it (some 8 months ago??) were theft was rampant and charity was none …
    Asking for confirmation.

    • GG57 on 23/10/2019 - 09:15
      +2

      If you can't find the news item you recall, no-one else is going to bother searching for it

      • LFO on 25/10/2019 - 20:22

        Who said that?

        Do you know about it?

        Yes or No is the answer.

        Without nonsense.

    • John Kimble on 26/10/2019 - 11:00

      Do you get a receipt that you can use for tax deductions? No. They are not official charities.

    • Baysew on 26/10/2019 - 11:09

      Peter Dutton is the federal minister for Home Affairs, with The Department Of Sausage and Fried Onion being the relevant body.

  • dxlr8 on 23/10/2019 - 00:31

    These are the kind of tough questions that need asking! We need people like you in politics, you would get my vote.

  • syousef on 23/10/2019 - 08:49

    One beeeellllyun dollars!

  • Jackkkkkk on 23/10/2019 - 13:03

    Why is this even on OzB forums popular thread. He's clearly wanting attention >_>

  • mooboy on 23/10/2019 - 13:48

    Where's the option for the bellow?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT76KTpqpvI

  • Zachary on 23/10/2019 - 14:26

    I find it funny how everyone is having a go at him for being a money pincher….when he's on a site specifically for money pinchers and bargainers alike…

  • WhoGiveAShxt on 23/10/2019 - 17:42

    You got too much spare time in your hand, bro.

  • Worf on 23/10/2019 - 21:06

    User name does not check out

  • haemolysis on 23/10/2019 - 23:59

    Well, it must be said that OP isn’t trying to rip them off, exactly! He isn’t asking for the extra sausage at wholesale price. He has simply used wholesale to scale individual component costs according to the (profit included) sale price. So he would… in one sense… still be giving an equivalent amount to charity. Which I’m not saying to defend the concept but gosh it makes this whole troll thread all the more funny… the layering. It’s like a good Bunnings snag sammich. 👌

    • franco cozzo on 24/10/2019 - 07:12
      +2

      …personally i dont think you can have a sandwich with only one slice of bread. two is the minimum requirement…
      'sausage in bread' is more correct i think…

      • ssquid on 24/10/2019 - 14:01
        +1

        That's because you're a Brunswick/Footscray guy. Only NSW people insist on calling it a sandwich.

  • John Kimble on 25/10/2019 - 15:08

    Just be wary though (if it matters to you), a sporting team I used to play for signed up to run the sizzle one day…the profits were used to partially fund their end of season cricket trip…so it may not necessarily be "charity". I'm not sure if they disclosed this if they were questioned…

    However, they made the rookie error of buying premium sausages, which reduced their profit margins significantly…each person didn't get much more than $100 each, they all said it was the most work they did for not much (given their hourly rate at their white collar jobs would have been significantly higher) so wouldn't do it again…or at least get cheaper sausages next time.

    Most of the time I see/check now and it's usually Rotary club or similar at my local.

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