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Coffees, cappuccinos, and lattes defnitely. $5+ for a 16-20oz drink that you're done with in 15 minutes is a pretty high price for something that can give you diabetes and that you can make cheaper and healthier at home.
It's not a ripoff because starbucks is globally successful, clearly people love what they have to offer. That's called supply and demand.
You can make a cheeseburger at home too, is that going to stop you from going to Five Guys or In N out?
So they jacked the price because of the election results? What idiots. They should have given it away free...
I understand that they're not an eleemosynary institution but over the years they've cut columns, supplements, etc. and raised the prices. After pulling out all the advertising from the Sunday paper and having very little substance left, I quit getting it even on Sunday. And unless you've published an obituary lately, you wouldn't believe what they charge for those. DH's was a little over 200 words, no picture, and it cost me $450.
Their choice to jack up the price. Mine not to pay it.
Their choice to jack up the price. Mine not to pay it.
Oh, I entirely agree. Newspapers are in such dire straits these days, and the online equivalents have yet to reach... maturity.
My thought was that it was one day that a vast pool of non-readers would go looking for a paper, and giving them away free might have resulted in a subscription, or at least reputation boost at fairly modest cost. Jacking the price just shot them in the other foot.
My local newspaper was bought out. The new company has a premium edition scam that turned my 12 month subscription into a 10 month subscription. They had yet another substantial price increase, too. I turned my long-time subscription into a cancellation.
I looked for a newspaper today at the local grocery store, so I could look at the election results. There were no newspapers available, either inside or outside the store. I guess no one is buying them anymore, as they used to sell them. I could have run into town, but it just wasn't worth it.
My local newspaper was bought out. The new company has a premium edition scam that turned my 12 month subscription into a 10 month subscription. They had yet another substantial price increase, too. I turned my long-time subscription into a cancellation.
I looked for a newspaper today at the local grocery store, so I could look at the election results. There were no newspapers available, either inside or outside the store. I guess no one is buying them anymore, as they used to sell them. I could have run into town, but it just wasn't worth it.
I fear this will become a lot more common as the years go by.
Oh, I entirely agree. Newspapers are in such dire straits these days, and the online equivalents have yet to reach... maturity.
My thought was that it was one day that a vast pool of non-readers would go looking for a paper, and giving them away free might have resulted in a subscription, or at least reputation boost at fairly modest cost. Jacking the price just shot them in the other foot.
Thanks for your additional comments- I'd thought your original post was being sarcastic (as in, "what- do you think they should give them away for free?").
I'm not sure that giving them away for free would have been a good idea- many people grab anything free whether they plan to use it or not (I know this from my experiences listing Free Stuff on Craigslist!) and don't value it. Keeping the price at its usual might have had a better effect on sales. The KC Star, in addition to charging more for the Sunday edition, charges more for the Saturday one, labeling it "special" and also denoting other days as "special", including Black Friday. Sounds like that's what happened to mschultz.
Coffee doesn't promote diabetes. In fact, there are studies that it lowers the incidence.
If, however, by "coffee" you mean Starbucks' coffee-flavored ice cream drinks, never mind. But then, you have to do something to disguise the taste of burnt beans.
I meant the $5 sugary drinks you buy from Starbucks and the like.
And when five thugs on a corner ask for your wallet and you hand it over, that's just demand and supply.
Starbucks is the equivalent to getting robbed?
Let me guess, five guys, chik fil-a, chipotle, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, and every other place that’s serves food or drinks is also a ripoff
Unless you’ve never eaten at a restaurant a day in your life, you’re a hypocrite just complaining about a bias against Starbucks. You know damn well you go out to be “robbed” at any number of these chain restaurants.
Starbucks is highly successful and you’re not, get over it.
Starbucks is highly successful and you’re not, get over it.
Your impeccable logic has skewered me to the cappucino.
I guess drug cartels rank high on your investment plan, then - supply, demand, highly successful, customers who stand in line to throw money at them. Some even have logos. There is, of course, no other consideration here.
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