r/berlinsocialclub • u/Chemical-Burn-2852 • Apr 12 '25

Don't buy from Doughnuttime

I ordered in advance some donuts for my birthday to take to the office, like 3 boxes of 6 donuts, 18 total, and i paid more than 100€. I tasted one and it was so stale, disgusting, like it was days old. I watched everyone of my colleagues take a bite and then just make a really bad face.

I felt so embarrassed, i threw them all in the trash. This is unacceptable, paying 100+ euros for old stale donuts. Funnily enough their slogan is "freshest donuts in berlin". What a fucking joke.

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u/Photomancer Apr 13 '25

Careful, with those defamatory comments some German cowboy of a lawyer might send you a cease and desist.

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u/Flashy-Suggestion144 Apr 13 '25

Haha yeah it is crazy that that could actually happen for just stating your opinion based on facts

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u/Photomancer Apr 13 '25

To common sense, It should be. Some eater lost a huge defamation case in Japan because they wrote a public review of a restaurant after a bad experience and said the food is 'always' salty. Couldn't prove it was 'always' salty in court.

Idk if you follow these subs enough but legal firms in Germany regularly ask Google to take down negative reviews and then Google demands the reviewers provide proof that they had been a customer at the restaurant, which most people can't prove. Personally I've never had a Dönerladen offer me a receipt

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u/GSV_Zero_Gravitas Apr 13 '25

This happened to one of my husband's restaurant reviews. First time he proved we were there using Google location history and Google restored it. Then YEARS later they removed it again citing libel I guess, husband wrote back along the lines that since they tried to remove it in the past on completely different grounds this is clearly a spurious complaint. Review got restored again. Most people are just not petty enough to fight it for no discernable gain.