I DO!! Anyone else scam Starbucks?

2/17/2011 9:40:41 AM

do tell

2/17/2011 9:42:46 AM

co-workers and I discovered this. Quite the loop hole. Any guesses?

2/17/2011 9:43:25 AM

wave a gun around?

2/17/2011 9:44:07 AM

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1557279/starbucks_scam_how_to_get_free_coffee.html

2/17/2011 9:45:43 AM

^haha that's awesome. But not close.

2/17/2011 9:46:51 AM

hahah ok that's awesome!

2/17/2011 9:48:26 AM

no guesses? We get a cup of coffee at the beginning of the week then get free refills the rest of the week.

2/17/2011 9:50:18 AM

^^^^ Am I missing something, or is that the most ridiculous fail ever?

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 9:51 AM. Reason : s]

2/17/2011 9:51:38 AM

i get free coffee at work ... we have every keurig flavor known to man

2/17/2011 9:52:27 AM

Sign up for a Starbucks gift card. Put $20 on it. Register your card. After 5 drinks you become a "green" member and you get free flavor shots and free refills. Buy coffee and save the cup. Go in the afternoons and you get free refills every day. In fact they assume I already got coffee in the morning because I had a coffee cup and just give me free coffee every day.

Should I feel guilty?

And you can use your phone to buy it. They just scan the barcode on the app.

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"we have every keurig flavor known to man"

That shit needs a lot of creamer to taste good.

2/17/2011 9:56:11 AM

2/17/2011 10:01:06 AM

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"That shit needs a lot of creamer to taste good."

wrong 2 small creamers and a little honey and im all good

2/17/2011 10:04:31 AM

I have never heard of putting honey in coffee before.

2/17/2011 10:06:47 AM

I do a similar deal at Redbox. My company gives these 25 dollar visa cards out all the time for good work or other random BS, and I got a whole stack of em. When they get down to 1 or 2 bucks left, I rent a redbox movie. They charge me whatever is left on the card but can't charge me anymore than that because they don't have my real CC. I usually return the movies eventually, but its definitely a loophole.

2/17/2011 10:08:44 AM

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"Sign up for a Starbucks gift card. Put $20 on it. Register your card. After 5 drinks you become a "green" member and you get free flavor shots and free refills. Buy coffee and save the cup. Go in the afternoons and you get free refills every day. In fact they assume I already got coffee in the morning because I had a coffee cup and just give me free coffee every day. Should I feel guilty? And you can use your phone to buy it. They just scan the barcode on the app."

That's just stealing if you didn't buy a cup that morning...

2/17/2011 10:09:23 AM

The coffee shop I used to work at wouldn't give out free refills at all. We had to charge $.50. And if you left and came back, we had to charge you for another cup.

2/17/2011 10:11:56 AM

to me this is stealing to me

2/17/2011 10:13:38 AM

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"Sign up for a Starbucks gift card. Put $20 on it. Register your card. After 5 drinks"

So its not initially free. You still have to buy 5 drinks.

Then you start stealing after your 5th drink.

2/17/2011 10:16:42 AM

mcdonald's once shorted me a sausage biscuit when i was using the drive-through...didn't notice until 5 minutes later and i was already late

ever since, i just take in the same styrofoam cup and use that instead of buying a new one...i figure after 25-30 times, they will have made up the cost of stiffing me a biscuit

TO ME, IT'S NOT STEALING, TO ME

or is it?

2/17/2011 10:18:18 AM

I can only imagine the kind of bacteria and germs that live in that Starbucks cup

Esp. if you put cream or milk in it

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 10:20 AM. Reason : gq]

2/17/2011 10:20:11 AM

i figured your plan would just be to have a friend order a drink, you go up saying its yours and walk out, then your friend complains he never got his drink and shows his receipt. same premise, only half off though

2/17/2011 10:21:55 AM

definitely stealing

2/17/2011 10:22:10 AM

it's only stealing if you get caught

2/17/2011 10:25:05 AM

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"Don't incriminate yourself - There is always the chance that a member of law enforcement could browse this board. Do not post anything that will incriminate you or someone else."

2/17/2011 10:26:02 AM

2/17/2011 10:29:14 AM

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"I can only imagine the kind of bacteria and germs that live in that Starbucks cup Esp. if you put cream or milk in it"

Haha I typically buy coffee most days but if I bring coffee in the morning and my starbucks cup from the previous day is still on my desk I'll go get a free cup.

Plus they refill my cup without asking. How is that stealing if they just give it to me?

2/17/2011 10:36:14 AM

so as long as they don't stop you that deems it ok?

2/17/2011 10:44:26 AM

2/17/2011 10:52:57 AM

How is it rape if I'm stronger than her

2/17/2011 10:55:20 AM

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"mcdonald's once shorted me a sausage biscuit when i was using the drive-through...didn't notice until 5 minutes later and i was already late ever since, i just take in the same styrofoam cup and use that instead of buying a new one...i figure after 25-30 times, they will have made up the cost of stiffing me a biscuit TO ME, IT'S NOT STEALING, TO ME or is it?"

You could have just called, told them of the mistake, and gotten a free meal the next time you went in. I can understand why you'd prefer to steal 25-30 cups of coffee though.

2/17/2011 11:12:54 AM

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"so as long as they don't stop you that deems it ok?"

Yes. Ok maybe not.

I still buy coffee in the morning and get the free refills in the afternoon. Occasionally if I still have my cup I'll get another refill.

2/17/2011 11:18:05 AM

So you're only stealing some of the time. Got it.

2/17/2011 11:55:22 AM

yes only some of the time.

2/17/2011 12:09:44 PM

You'll gonna feel guilty as hell next time you do this

TWW is going to be in your mind, wagging its judging finger at you

2/17/2011 12:11:07 PM

they deserve to be stolen from tbqh

2/17/2011 12:12:11 PM

if they make you scan your card to get a refill then its their fault for not tracking your last purchase date. otherwise its stealing.

pro tip: if someone is using their phone for the card, take a screenshot on the phone and send it to yourself. Then use the photo of their card on your own phone for free starbucks.

2/17/2011 12:15:11 PM

haha that's awesome.

2/17/2011 12:17:44 PM

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"You could have just called, told them of the mistake, and gotten a free meal the next time you went in. I can understand why you'd prefer to steal 25-30 cups of coffee though."

i didn't have their number (there was no receipt in the bag) and i have a dumbphone...i suppose i could have paid 411 for the privilege, but i was on my way out of town for a backpacking trip, so it wasn't like i could get the number when i got where i was going...3 days later seems a bit absurd, don't you think?

also, how have you not realized that 90% of the inflammatory stuff i post is trolling? i thought it was pretty blatant

also, i was referring to soda, not coffee (because i am, admittedly, a coffee snob)

2/17/2011 1:25:03 PM

Damn you guys must drink a lot of coffee. I can't stand that stuff.

2/17/2011 3:31:30 PM

Yeah Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks. They're both right near my office uptown in Charlotte.

If you fill out the survey on the DD receipt you get a free donut next time you come in. My co-worker gets a free donut like every day. I resist.

2/17/2011 3:39:11 PM

Or you know, just become buddies with the people at Starbucks and get free refills that way

2/17/2011 8:57:54 PM

^so is it stealing if they give it to you knowingly?

2/18/2011 9:34:19 AM

My company brews free Starbucks brand coffee outside of our cafeteria. They even have the flavor shots to make some of the crazy combinations.

But I dont like coffee. In the random event that I DO want a cup of coffee, I go to one of the Keurig machines.

[Edited on February 18, 2011 at 9:45 AM. Reason : .]

2/18/2011 9:44:14 AM

If you know a Starbucks employee and they give you a complimentary refill, you are not stealing. It could be construed that the employee is stealing from the company but that's on them.

If you buy one cup of coffee on Monday and take the cup back on Tuesday afternoon for coffee and make the employees believe that you purchased it Tuesday morning, then yes technically you are stealing.

2/18/2011 9:53:26 AM

^^^ generally if you're going there that much you're spending enough that they won't mind a 10 cent loss from time to time.

[Edited on February 18, 2011 at 9:54 AM. Reason : .]

2/18/2011 9:53:34 AM

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"If you know a Starbucks employee and they give you a complimentary refill, you are not stealing. It could be construed that the employee is stealing from the company but that's on them."

by that logic, the fence should be absolved (both morally and legally) of any wrongdoing, while the thief is the only one responsible

2/18/2011 9:55:52 AM

2/18/2011 9:58:47 AM

I got a free one this morning! Some lady was "paying it forward"....but she prob only did that cus I just got an iced coffee. I caught up to her and honked and said thank you!

7/15/2013 9:38:39 PM

setemup

7/15/2013 9:39:38 PM