Y’all Come Back Now
I don’t usually ask for a receipt for my coffee in the morning because: paper waste, but the barista insisted I take it this morning for what she said would be, “half off your next coffee if you come back after 2 p.m.” Well, okay, then! Except that’s not what the receipt says at all. I feel like this is thing that happens a lot, and that people get tricked into coming back to spend more money.
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This seems ridiculous – but seriously – how does one get a Starbucks card, and is it worth it? I don’t go super often, but I figure I should still have one if I go at all…
@bgprincipessa You can get a card online. My wife has one. If you spend enough to earn gold status, it gives you a free drink with every fourteen purchases, and a free birthday drink. Both types of free drinks can be the most expensive drink you can imagine.
Oh, here it is: http://www.starbucks.com/customer-service/faqs/card
My mom and I would do this all the time last summer when I lived at home! It was actually a pretty great deal. One of us would get a (relatively) cheapo tall brew coffee or latte in the morning, then we’d come back in the afternoon and get a fancy, expensive, deliciously cool Frap in the 100+ degree afternoon for only $2. If you did it every day…maybe they’d be fleecing you. But not if you just reallyreally need a cold beverage in the afternoon once in a while.
ahhh yes, treat receipt season. in some ways, it does trick customers into coming back for a second purchase, but if they normally do that anyway and get a $3+ drink, they save a bit of money. some customers will purposefully order crazy expensive drinks just because they can and it will only cost them $2.
this promotion only runs august 1-september 3 though, so it shouldn’t really happen a lot since it just started today?
I went to Boston Market last week (on a short road trip, middle of nowhere) and my recipt said that if I came back the next day, I could buy one meal and get one free. Insane.
A good way for me to go from 0 to Depressed in five seconds is to think about how far away the nearest Boston Market is from Portland.
As a former barista I HATED treat receipts. As a consumer, you can absolutely use it as an opportunity to pay a more decent price for your iced grande beverage.
But yes, the barista who gave this to you this morning did kind of lie to you.