the state i am in ([info]pocketnovel) wrote in [info]seattle,
2008-01-23 12:03:00
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$1 coffee at Starbucks

Starbucks is testing out offering a $1 short drip coffee with free refills.  I'm a writing a story on this for Metroblogging Seattle and I was wondering what your opinions were.  I would love your comments/quotes as well on any, all, or none of the questions :)  Thank  you!

EDIT: Thanks for the wonderful responses!  You can see the finished article here.

Poll #1126237 Starbucks $1 drip coffee
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 302

Does this make you more likely to get coffee at Starbucks?

View Answers
Yes
73 (24.2%)
No
194 (64.2%)
Maybe
35 (11.6%)

Does this improve your opinion of Starbucks?

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Yes
76 (25.2%)
No
183 (60.6%)
Maybe
43 (14.2%)

Do you think this deal will revitalize Starbucks' customer base?

View Answers
Yes
45 (14.9%)
No
145 (48.0%)
Maybe
112 (37.1%)

Anything else?


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[info]scearley

January 23 2008, 20:11:17 UTC 4 years ago

I don't see the bit where I'm supposed to punch the monkey to win.

[info]popcultureicon

January 23 2008, 20:51:00 UTC 4 years ago

The best part is that OP probably wasn't even paid for this whoring.

[info]pocketnovel

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[info]captain_brad

January 23 2008, 20:18:21 UTC 4 years ago

Oh, cool. Starbucks' is opening homeless drop-in centers.

[info]sonder

January 23 2008, 20:23:48 UTC 4 years ago

*hands you a fruit basket with a blue ribbon on it that reads 'best comment in the thread'*

[info]captain_brad

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[info]rosebranch

January 23 2008, 20:38:59 UTC 4 years ago

Spare a dollar? I want some bottomless burnt coffee.

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[info]adularia

January 23 2008, 20:19:51 UTC 4 years ago

It'd have to be pure convenience for it to work on me. They would have to price the coffee at $0.91 so I could pay with a single and leave, rather than digging for change to make $1.09. I would rather spend almost $4 on a well-made latte + tip elsewhere, but if Starbucks is the only thing around and I have a choice between pulling out my debit card and spending exactly $1, I would probably cave and get the drip.

[info]sonder

January 23 2008, 20:23:19 UTC 4 years ago

Drip coffee should cost .50 cents. Period.

[info]stryper666

January 23 2008, 20:30:34 UTC 4 years ago

Truth (mainly 'cause that's all I drink).

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[info]gomezticator

January 23 2008, 20:26:59 UTC 4 years ago

It's kind of like when McDonalds tries to sell pizza, Mexican food or espresso. It's a marketing ploy that ultimately doesn't reach very many people because people don't associate those things with the brand, and it goes away after a little while.

[info]tanukisuit

January 23 2008, 20:51:27 UTC 4 years ago

people don't associate drip coffee with starbucks? a lot of places have starbucks drip coffee things available.... like... the ferries, hospitals, waiting rooms, etc etc. mcdonalds....

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[info]popcultureicon

January 23 2008, 20:53:54 UTC 4 years ago

To what end?
I sit in their store and suck down the tiny cup of horribly roasted and brewed coffee, sitting next to the kind of people who would actually participate in this bullshit, and periodically annoying the children behind the counter with requests for refills?

Fuck that. I'll get my free refills at a Chace's.

[info]tanukisuit

January 23 2008, 20:54:19 UTC 4 years ago

This is what you should say in your article: Starbucks is for people who don't know any better.

[info]bjorker

January 24 2008, 01:47:56 UTC 4 years ago

Oh hey. We agree again.

[info]tanukisuit

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[info]jgurney

January 23 2008, 20:54:39 UTC 4 years ago

I'll re-iterate my "Anything else" comment here:

People don't go to Czarbucks for good tasting coffee. They go for froofy coffee flavoured milk drinks. Why anyone would drink their drip is beyond explanation.

[info]leighhyphenanne

January 23 2008, 21:38:02 UTC 4 years ago

agreed. I don't buy starbucks for drip, i buy it for shots and flavor. I brew my own coffee from store-bought beans and I use a press. Drip is for dummies.

[info]salanth

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[info]eleri

January 23 2008, 21:02:25 UTC 4 years ago

Wow... Starbucks selling plain ol' coffee? I dunno man, it's just too weird.

[info]moliere

January 23 2008, 21:09:39 UTC 4 years ago

Czarbucks drip? That's like taking water torture to a whole new level.

[info]thaen

January 23 2008, 21:32:25 UTC 4 years ago

I'm not a coffee snob, I'll drink whatever has caffeine and is cheap, but this survey scores about 0 for usefulness. Please to be learning how to do customer anticipation surveys kthnx.

[info]stutts

January 23 2008, 23:11:51 UTC 4 years ago

anti-tsarbuKKKs hivemind itt

[info]fulloflies

January 23 2008, 23:36:56 UTC 4 years ago

I tried to go get some downstairs (6th and Stewart) when I read about it on Yahoo [whatever] and they said they had no idea what I was talking about and then the AWESOME "barista" proceeded to reprimand me and tell me that they would never make a profit that way, especially downtown.

???

[info]gomezticator

January 24 2008, 01:19:01 UTC 4 years ago

Uh ohs, someone didn't get the memo. Lol

[info]sporkier

January 23 2008, 23:41:07 UTC 4 years ago

I said no, no, and maybe. I don't drink drip coffee. I drink fat free milk and get the smallest amount of coffee flavor in it while still getting the caffeine I need.

[info]browneyez

January 24 2008, 00:31:13 UTC 4 years ago

I go out of my way daily to pay $5 for a latte/mocha with actual mocha powder (not syrup) and fresh, not burnt caffeine shots. Oh, and for the personal service, where they ask me how I'm doing, how my boyfriend is and how my weekend with my parents went.

*bux doesn't give a shit if i'm there or not, and I know, because I tried to work there once. It's slave labor and the employees either don't know better or don't have a choice and are bitter about it - so why would they give a shit about their customers?

[info]browneyez

January 24 2008, 00:31:48 UTC 4 years ago

caffeine shots, espresso shots, you get the idea.

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[info]ninaf

January 24 2008, 00:33:02 UTC 4 years ago

Do you take your dog to starbucks with you?
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