by SeanKilleen on 2/29/16, 3:59 AM with 23 comments
by douche on 2/29/16, 5:35 AM
Most of the time, if you hit them in the morning, the cashier would just punch the whole card when you bought one...
It's terrifying the amount of money you can save when you get in the habit of making your own coffee though. It's not quite on the level of movie popcorn, but it's up there.
by JoshGlazebrook on 2/29/16, 5:30 AM
But now with this new change it seems like they're catering to the customers that already shell out the money for the $5.00+ drinks (frappuccinos, lattes, etc) in their larger size forms. It's like they're just giving the middle finger to the people who only come for regular coffee and teas.
On top of that, they're making it even more complicated to understand. Like how exactly do they think managing hundreds of stars and calculating stars earned based on the amount of money paid is better in terms of simplicity for the ordinary customer vs. the current (soon to be old) system where 1 purchase = 1 star, 12 stars = free food/drink. It's overly complicating an already simple system. Surely there had to be another way to fix the issue of people wanting their orders split up into individual orders to get more stars while still giving more value (in stars) to larger orders.
by et2o on 2/29/16, 8:02 AM
Taking the absolute worst-case scenario: You spend only $1.75 every weekday morning on a plain coffee. This website says you now get a free drink every 36 visits instead of every 12 visits. Assuming you have 240 visits (48 weeks/year), that comes to $408/year instead of $385/year, or a difference of $23. That's only about 5% more. Over time, you'd save much, much more just making your own coffee or even buying a machine for the office.
If you're buying a $3.65 latte everyday (apparently these are much cheaper nationally than in Manhattan), this rewards program change takes it from $832/year to $813/year, or about a 2% change.
by gitah on 2/29/16, 4:41 AM
Guess it was too good to last; I'm going to stop using the reward system and just drink coffee from the office.
by ww520 on 2/29/16, 5:46 AM
by joeax on 2/29/16, 5:04 AM
by gd2 on 2/29/16, 5:23 AM
Under the old program, even that it was kinda dumb, I liked getting the stars and the reward, and it somehow made me feel like a member a my club. This changes seems to bust that.
by fencepost on 2/29/16, 6:47 AM
I also haven't actually been in very much since I got a Zojirushi mug for Christmas - these days I make a pot in the morning, fill up an older mug (for immediate drinking) and the Zojirushi mug for 2-4 hours later (when it'll still be quite hot), and I'm done with it for the day.
by boling11 on 2/29/16, 5:47 AM
by jstelly on 2/29/16, 7:27 PM