Stop Buying Crap #10 – Starbucks
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More Frappuccino Than You Can Shake a Stick At
They’re sooo expensive.
That is all.
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May 30th, 2006 at 8:17 am
But theyre soooo goood.
That is all.
May 30th, 2006 at 11:21 am
They are sooo goood but sooo expensive, soo I don’t buy any.
It’s funny in my town we have 5 and our town is pretty small.
Two are in the same parking lot and another one is across the street from those ones.
Dave
May 30th, 2006 at 7:54 pm
That is really funny because I had a chocolate chip frappachino tonight at Target! It was really good! You are right about them being expensive though =)
May 30th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
So true! Can’t believe how many people I know go broke on their frap-addiction…
May 31st, 2006 at 2:31 am
“But theyre soooo goood.
That is all. ”
That’s EXACTLY what I was going to type.
I get a frapp about once every two months now. Having seen a SBUX drive-thru made me sad.
May 31st, 2006 at 9:01 am
That’s the topic of our a penny saved article this week.
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf19172979.tip.html
Put that latte money in the bank and watch it add up… I love the name of this blog!
May 31st, 2006 at 11:39 am
the only time you’ll find me in a Starbucks is when I’m dragged there along w/ friends. But yeah, it’s not some anti-globalization ideal, it’s just my thin wallet wouldn’t permit it.
“Um, besides credit cards, do you take wire transfers?”
June 1st, 2006 at 3:56 am
I’ve never had a “real” Starbucks coffee, never even walked in the place before. I buy my Starbucks coffee in the grocery store or Target and brew it myself with my coffee maker at home. I’m scared if I try a “real” one, I will feel deprived.
June 1st, 2006 at 8:01 pm
Don’t worry, you’re not missing out. Ignore all those raving above!
June 6th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
People at work give me crap about buying Starbucks. I just point out that my Starbucks cost less then the breakfast they buy at the cafeteria. And since it has about as many calories, I don’t need to eat breakfast when I drink a caramel latte or some other creamy sweet coffee drink. Plus what a time saver, I buy it and go right to work! :)
August 22nd, 2006 at 7:02 am
It’s dessert for breakfast. We go once a month or less as a weekend breakfast treat (and spend about $15 on two fancy coffees and 3 food items). I do not understand how people can go there every day.
August 22nd, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Starbucks has to be the worst coffee in the U.S. Okay, maybe it’s a tie with Denny’s. Starbucks coffee is highly-acidic, not very flavorful, and expensive. Ever order a mixed drink? Starbucks doesn’t make them up fresh. They use pre-packaged mix. Go to a nice independent coffee house where they make the Cafe Mocha’s and blended drinks with freshly-brewed coffee, not something out of a package.
August 22nd, 2006 at 8:21 pm
i like tea… mmm tea. Starbucks drains the bank account.
August 23rd, 2006 at 8:47 am
Recipe for Caramel Frappachinno- cost about 25 cents
Brew some double strength dark roast coffee ( I like Kroger generic just fine) – I make about 5 cups worth for the week and put in fridge
Use 1/2 cup of it with 1/2 cup milk (I use 2%, SB uses whole), 8 ice cubes two packets of Splenda (SB uses 3Tb of Sugar!!!) and a few squeezes of caramel ice cream topping (I like Smuckers- WalMart $1.96) Mix in blender and enjoy! Also enjoy the facts that you aren’t drinking 500 calories and that you didn’t spend $4.84 for it!!
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:57 pm
I like to splurge on an outrageously expensive coffee once or twice a mo. but I prefer the indy shoppes. We have Seattles Best at work—and I have Yuban at home. Works for me.
August 23rd, 2006 at 11:12 pm
I had starbucks only once. Some sort of iced chocolate drink. Tasted good enough, but so does dairy queen’s iced coffees. Some of my favorite cappachino comes from the gas station for 89 cents. Can’t beat that, though I think I might try Julie’s recipe :D.
August 23rd, 2006 at 11:50 pm
Yep, I agree it’s expensive but once you’re hooked… ;) Now I make it a once a week treat! (And believe me, it’s a treat after drinking the crap they have at work for the rest of the week!!)
August 24th, 2006 at 12:13 am
I bought a Keurig brewer (B40) at Amazon.com (with a coupon code I got it half-off) and I go every several months and order coffee at Green Mountain coffee.com. It tastes SO much better than Starbucks.
August 24th, 2006 at 7:55 am
I think Starbucks is a money drain. I hate the high prices and this new vocabulary frequent starbucks customer use when they are ordering.
Why cant these morons just say Small instead of “tall”?
hahaha
August 24th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
Julie,
Seattle’s Best is owned by Starbucks.
It breaks my heart too.
September 5th, 2006 at 7:38 am
Yes, those $3 a day habits do really add up!
Let’s see:
$3*365 = $1095 per year.
That doesn’t include the overpriced confections, cakes or cookies.
So you could really save quite a lot of money this way!
Kenneth
September 17th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
oh my gosh?!?!?!? this is soooooo me!!
when we bought a house, idecided this was the FIRST thing to go- daily trips to starbucks!! i cannot believe how much we’ve saved?!?!?!?
October 9th, 2006 at 8:44 am
As part of my lifetime of frugality that has paid off very well, I never buy Starbucks coffee.
However, my brother, who is deeply in debt, buys the stuff all the time.
There’s a lesson there, folks!
January 31st, 2007 at 7:46 am
Guilty. I love the stuff, but I’m trying to cut back to once a week. It’s just so convenient when you work full time and go to school-it’s just not always so easy to bring coffee from home and you need the caffeine jolt.
March 15th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Plus you can make these drinks at home for pennys!
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:26 am
All coffee shops are a huge markup, not just Starbucks… My homemade morning latte costs me $.50 (I did the math a little while back!) and the time spent is the same as stopping at a coffeehouse and waiting and such.
Now of course when I am out of town I do pop in but usually just for drip coffees…
September 26th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Maybe if everyone cut down a bit they would lower their outrageous 60000% mark-ups on drinks (and food)!
August 27th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Here’s something that will help you curb your Starbucks urges, I know I am not interested in any more Starbucks…. since this is what I found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=385pohwjSf8