Comments on: Is the Price of a Starbucks a Rip off? http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/ Economics Blog - current events and economics essays Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: tejvan http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-4652 tejvan Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:54:52 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/#comment-4652 VAT is charged on Coffee if the shop is VAT registered. A cafe has to register for VAT if if has a turnover of more than 75K. So at Starbucks, Costa e.t.c. VAT is applied to coffee. VAT is charged on Coffee if the shop is VAT registered. A cafe has to register for VAT if if has a turnover of more than 75K. So at Starbucks, Costa e.t.c. VAT is applied to coffee.

]]> By: Ron de Mbowa http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-4646 Ron de Mbowa Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:45:34 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/#comment-4646 I am not even so sure whether they (Starbucks) pay VAT on all stuff...coz most beverages are Zero-rated for VAT...I know some hot ones incur some VAT but it depends on which...any clarification on this, editor??? I am not even so sure whether they (Starbucks) pay VAT on all stuff…coz most beverages are Zero-rated for VAT…I know some hot ones incur some VAT but it depends on which…any clarification on this, editor???

]]> By: Paul http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-4521 Paul Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:04:31 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/#comment-4521 starbucks trying to establish itself of being trendy and cool while ripping off the young people with it's over-prised coffee. Now they are getting political with their commercials.I would tell young people that they are being ripped off by starbucks. F-u starbucks you corporate pigs. starbucks trying to establish itself of being trendy and cool while ripping off the young people with it’s over-prised coffee. Now they are getting political with their commercials.I would tell young people that they are being ripped off by starbucks.
F-u starbucks you corporate pigs.

]]> By: sajid http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-4324 sajid Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:16:04 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/#comment-4324 yessssss yesssssss yessssss yesssssss

]]> By: geoff http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-4035 geoff Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:21:53 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/#comment-4035 Check out the coffee at javabean coffee in gloucester road arcade, london - they roast their own beans - fresh, make a big deal that the perfect espresso is fresh aribica beans (whatever they are) and the extraction is always 25 seconds. I tell you what - there coffee is the best I've ever tasted - unbelievable Check out the coffee at javabean coffee in gloucester road arcade, london – they roast their own beans – fresh, make a big deal that the perfect espresso is fresh aribica beans (whatever they are) and the extraction is always 25 seconds. I tell you what – there coffee is the best I’ve ever tasted – unbelievable

]]> By: Andy Haslam http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-3785 Andy Haslam Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:55:14 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/#comment-3785 Anyone who pays £2.50 for a coffee gets what they deserve. For goodness sake buy a flask and make your own. Starbucks just pander to lazy people who say they haven't time to make a flask of coffee but will spend hours on Facebook. Get a flask and GET A LIFE Anyone who pays £2.50 for a coffee gets what they deserve.
For goodness sake buy a flask and make your own.
Starbucks just pander to lazy people who say they haven’t time to make a flask of coffee but will spend hours on Facebook.
Get a flask and GET A LIFE

]]> By: laura http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-3475 laura Mon, 18 May 2009 10:15:23 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/#comment-3475 Adding my pennyworth to the floor...I agree that Costa coffee tastes better...but you dont have all the options that Starbucks offers. For those of us who want the latte without the calories ... I am perfectly content with a tall, skinny latte with sugar free hazelnut syrup extra hot....and I just can't seem to get that anywhere else. However when it comes to a basic coffee Costa wins hands down every time. I've also just bought one of the Starbucks cards. I get a free first drink and I get all my syrup shots or extra coffee shots free. Keeps the cost down that teeny tiny bit. Just dont get suckered into buying more just because you have a card! Adding my pennyworth to the floor…I agree that Costa coffee tastes better…but you dont have all the options that Starbucks offers. For those of us who want the latte without the calories … I am perfectly content with a tall, skinny latte with sugar free hazelnut syrup extra hot….and I just can’t seem to get that anywhere else. However when it comes to a basic coffee Costa wins hands down every time.

I’ve also just bought one of the Starbucks cards. I get a free first drink and I get all my syrup shots or extra coffee shots free. Keeps the cost down that teeny tiny bit. Just dont get suckered into buying more just because you have a card!

]]> By: D.F. http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-3456 D.F. Fri, 15 May 2009 14:13:42 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/#comment-3456 Vernom, Yes, I agree, Starbucks is overpriced in terms of the cost of the actual product they sell -- medium-quality coffee and materials produced cheaply in third-world countries. However, you have to remember that the customer is not always a "sucker". They know Starbucks is expensive, but they pay for the ambience, for the experience. Not only that, but an emotion. Whether the pleasure be "real" (they genuinely enjoy the taste and experience of drinking a Starbucks coffee) or "fake" (they are driven to a store because of peer pressure, advertisement or for prestige), they, to some extent, are buying their happiness. Can you honestly say that genuine happiness can only be bought at less than £2 a cup? Vernom,
Yes, I agree, Starbucks is overpriced in terms of the cost of the actual product they sell — medium-quality coffee and materials produced cheaply in third-world countries. However, you have to remember that the customer is not always a “sucker”. They know Starbucks is expensive, but they pay for the ambience, for the experience. Not only that, but an emotion. Whether the pleasure be “real” (they genuinely enjoy the taste and experience of drinking a Starbucks coffee) or “fake” (they are driven to a store because of peer pressure, advertisement or for prestige), they, to some extent, are buying their happiness. Can you honestly say that genuine happiness can only be bought at less than £2 a cup?

]]> By: Vernom http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2225 Vernom Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:46:29 +0000 http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/economics/is-the-price-of-a-starbucks-a-rip-off/#comment-2225 lets see how many of these coffee outlets are left at the end of 2009. Of course these joints are a rip off and as for their "experience", half of em didnt exist 10 years ago. they set up primarily because a cup of coffee is peanuts to make, you employ cheap minimum wage young people, give the places a snazzy name and feel and just watch the suckers queue up for their overprice cup of coffee. all these joints are a luxury no one needs, just want. I predict fewer of them by the end of 2009 when people truly do wake up and smell the economic coffee. lets see how many of these coffee outlets are left at the end of 2009. Of course these joints are a rip off and as for their “experience”, half of em didnt exist 10 years ago. they set up primarily because a cup of coffee is peanuts to make, you employ cheap minimum wage young people, give the places a snazzy name and feel and just watch the suckers queue up for their overprice cup of coffee. all these joints are a luxury no one needs, just want. I predict fewer of them by the end of 2009 when people truly do wake up and smell the economic coffee.

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