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01-28-2009, 05:40 PM
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#26 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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Cream and Sugar doesn't make a coffee good...it masks the taste of the coffee!
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01-28-2009, 07:12 PM
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#27 | | The Lone Wanderator
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Originally Posted by Volvo-brickster  +1
Timmys = dish water
Starbucks = water downed coffee swill
Cafe Artigianos ftw ! | QFT.
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01-28-2009, 07:14 PM
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#28 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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whys everyone so pissed off at starbucks for? Blenz mochas are like dog shit, i love starbucks mochas
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01-28-2009, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by hotjoint I'm glad I don't drink coffee its such a waste of money | +1
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01-28-2009, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by _Hotsauce_ ^
Cream and Sugar doesn't make a coffee good...it masks the taste of the coffee! | like a double double.. tried that once, never again. Just drink fat instead. Quote:
Originally Posted by GordonTse *knock knock* tim hortons is cheaper. you can get 3 larges for the price of one grande coffee at starbucks | Not really. A grande coffee is like $0.50 > a large at TH. It's more but not exactly a ripoff. How many of you SB haters have actually looked @ their menu?
Waves - now there's a ripoff unless you use their free internet.
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01-28-2009, 07:52 PM
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sooo that means there will be only one starbucks at every corner here?
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01-28-2009, 08:18 PM
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#32 | | RS controls my life!
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starbucks isn't just about coffee... it's a lifestyle
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01-28-2009, 08:19 PM
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I absolutely do not find Starbucks expensive relative to the competition.
Many of you must be comparing drip coffee to a not-quite-four-dollar latte. It's a different drink.
I drink latte's and buy the occasional food item. St. Arbucks are right on par, if not slightly cheaper than the competition, when comparing like products.
I picked up a latte at a coffee shop downtown today and it was slightly more expensive than Starbucks and the comparable food items were about 60% more. I even backed out of buying the food item when I had the employee price check it because it was much more than I'm accustomed to paying at the big S.
The only place I know of that is cheaper [to any significant degree] to get a latte is Costco but I can't get there very often. I would love to know of a cheaper option so I can save money on drinks I'm buying anyway.
IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE I CAN GET A 16oz LATTE FOR MUCH CHEAPER THAN $3.70 PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
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01-28-2009, 08:21 PM
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gotta love mcdicks 1.39 coffee + muffin.
starbucks are just for posers who think they are the sh!t.
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01-28-2009, 08:34 PM
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Artigiano ain't exactly hot shit either. It's really gone downhill since the Picolo? bro's sold it. 49th Parallel is pretty good tho. Starbucks is ok as long as you specify EXACTLY what you want. At the end of the day, you have to treat those drinks as more than just a source of caffeine - drink the coffee for enjoyment, like a desert. (I'm not even going to mention the amount of calories in a frappacino!)
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01-28-2009, 08:43 PM
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#36 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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^ Caffe Artigiano might not be as good as before, but it certainly is better than Starbucks from drip coffee to lattes.
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01-28-2009, 08:45 PM
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#37 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by agentcloud starbucks isn't just about coffee... it's a lifestyle
lol | As Dennis Leary would say:
Latte-sipping, beret-wearing, haiku-writing motherfuckers.
The longer the drink order the bigger the asshole. 
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01-28-2009, 09:40 PM
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#38 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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I don't know what you guys drink.. but my grande house roast is only $2.00 at sbucks.
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01-28-2009, 09:43 PM
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#39 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by tegz I don't know what you guys drink.. but my grande house roast is only $2.00 at sbucks. | Its $1.98. You just like to give them the 2 extra cents haha.
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01-28-2009, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Lomac Didn't Starbucks close something like 60-odd stores out of 80 in Australia last year?
I wouldn't be too upset if they start closing up shops around here. I work in an area where there's literally four Starbucks on one single intersection (200th and the Bypass in Langley). Two of 'em are even right next door to one another...  | lol.. thats almost like the starbucks on robson.. the 2 that are directly across from each other.. XD
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01-28-2009, 10:12 PM
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#41 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by Mancini I absolutely do not find Starbucks expensive relative to the competition.
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IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE I CAN GET A 16oz LATTE FOR MUCH CHEAPER THAN $3.70 PLEASE LET ME KNOW. | How about not getting them at all?
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01-28-2009, 10:21 PM
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The biggest rip off is the new Tim Horton's Latte. Seriously, save a dollar and get their cappuccino instead! Unless you want espresso instead of really sweet coffee, then go somewhere else  | |
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01-28-2009, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul How about not getting them at all? |
Well...
1. I didn't complain about Starbucks' pricing (more than anything I was supportive of it). A recurring theme in this thread is that Starbucks' drinks are overpriced. I am not a brand loyalist and would gladly participate in a better deal.
2. I like coffee. Drip coffee periodically bothers my stomach. Latte's don't.
3. I've already cut my consumption in half for a variety of reasons.
So people - where are the latte deals?
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01-28-2009, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by goo3 The biggest rip off is the new Tim Horton's Latte. Seriously, save a dollar and get their cappuccino instead! Unless you want espresso instead of really sweet coffee, then go somewhere else | I just heard about their new latte's and went there first for my coffee today. Latte's weren't on the menu, so I went elsewhere. You're saying they taste sweet?
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01-28-2009, 10:34 PM
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#45 | | ESKETIT
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Originally Posted by q0192837465 Haha, finally ppl realize $5 a day can add up to big amount. Some ppl just have really poor planning. |  | |
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01-28-2009, 10:37 PM
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they dont really need starbucks in every safeway that's for sure.
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01-28-2009, 10:40 PM
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Well it's expected. I don't see how Starbucks didn't see this coming.
Poor economy = less people buying specialty coffees.
Starbucks is more of a lifestyle then anything else. For specialty drinks, there is little coffee that goes into it, just a lot of labour.
Best bang for the buck is to just get straight coffee.
OR make it at home. lOL.
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01-28-2009, 10:47 PM
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#48 | | Banned By Establishment
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Originally Posted by Mancini I absolutely do not find Starbucks expensive relative to the competition.
Many of you must be comparing drip coffee to a not-quite-four-dollar latte. It's a different drink.
I drink latte's and buy the occasional food item. St. Arbucks are right on par, if not slightly cheaper than the competition, when comparing like products.
I picked up a latte at a coffee shop downtown today and it was slightly more expensive than Starbucks and the comparable food items were about 60% more. I even backed out of buying the food item when I had the employee price check it because it was much more than I'm accustomed to paying at the big S.
The only place I know of that is cheaper [to any significant degree] to get a latte is Costco but I can't get there very often. I would love to know of a cheaper option so I can save money on drinks I'm buying anyway.
IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE I CAN GET A 16oz LATTE FOR MUCH CHEAPER THAN $3.70 PLEASE LET ME KNOW. | Everyone opposing starbucks in this thread just got told.
Seriously people, quit complaining that its $4. Starbucks is a HUGE company, $65 mill of profit should be EXPECTED.
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01-28-2009, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Mancini I just heard about their new latte's and went there first for my coffee today. Latte's weren't on the menu, so I went elsewhere. You're saying they taste sweet? | it was meh, i wouldn't buy it again.
if you've tried their cappuccinos it tastes sorta like that: sweet coffee
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01-28-2009, 10:56 PM
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159 large double double at timmys, havent gone back to starbucks for coffee.. Only there iced caramel machiattos!
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