How to save $135/year at Starbucks (and still drink their coffee)
Something fiendishly simple occurred to me the other day while I was waiting in line for my morning fix of the legalized highly-addictive stuff they pour at the corporate green coffee giant a few blocks from my office.
It’s my opinion (and I think I’m right) that the prices at Starbucks (or anywhere else with a tip-jar, for that matter), are designed to price the purchased item such that there’s a change amount from a whole number of dollars which is:
a) not significant enough to put back in your pocket
and
b) significant enough to be a pretty darn good tip over time Read the rest of this »
