Hachiroku, 9/12/2006, 12:04:27 PM, <fUANg.3951$J_2.1050@trndny04> wrote:

I think they should award the fellow ten times the damages he is
claiming. Starbucks is so overpriced for the product you receive that
it's far worse than anything the liberals can claim about oil
companies. Starbucks reminds me of state lotteries. Lotteries prey on
the poor to finance themselves. Starbucks prey on the spiritually and
emotionally poor to finance themselves.

" "..dbu'," <howard (AT) dynosadrok (DOT) com> wrote

You'd better get used to it then, because the Democrats will win in
November, big time.
Oh, and if you can afford Starbucks for your slurp of coffee, there's
nothing wrong with your standard of living.
Seems to me there are more than a few Republican lawyers who delight in
suing, not for any reason beyond raking in some more megabucks for
themselves.

On 12 Sep 2006 16:19:46 GMT, "badgolferman"
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Damn Badgolferman, I didn't know you were a Teddycrat!
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Mr.E

Mr.E (AT) totally (DOT) invalid, 9/12/2006, 1:03:37 PM,
<r1qdg2h4icrrh57in7526dldjfc7smg70q (AT) 4ax (DOT) com> wrote:

There are a lot of things you don't know about me! I don't fit into
any particular category. I'm a completely open-minded individual
unencumbered by any political idealism.

--
"Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as
distinguished from the liberal, who wishes to replace them with
others." ~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

This is a class action lawsuit against Starbucks.

http://tinyurl.com/k9hdc

Starbuck sues people and companies all the time, this is just part of
the chaos.


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toyomoho

Hachiroku wrote:
Um, what part of 'failure to honor advertised offer' did I miss?

Are you suggesting that any company that advertises an offer as 'good
through xyz date' (without limitation) should be able to cancel it
without a penalty? How would you feel if your local Toyota dealer
advertised say, free oil changes for the duration of your ownership of a
new car and then after you'd bought the car decided they didn't want to
honor the offer, and didn't offer you any compensation in return? Would
you be the moron then?

You missed the part about the coupon offer being sent out to employees to be
shared with friends and family - not to be spread indiscriminately across
the internet. Once it went beyond the intended recipients, it was out of
the control of Strabucks and the company was not only right to fail to honor
it, they had a legal obligation to the stockholders and employees to do so.
Yes, it was not a well thought out campaign - and yes, they are suffering a
public relations disaster - but for the people who were not able to collect
on something they were not entitled too - tough stuff!

Jack G.

"Travis Jordan" <no.one (AT) no (DOT) net> wrote

badgolferman wrote:

Idiot. Nothing they sell is overpriced. It is priced according to
the market. Starbucks is not a cartel in control of all coffee.

Don't you tire of showing us all what a dullard you are? What a shock
you're a Bush supporter.

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Many people waste a LOT of money on overpriced bullshit like specialty
coffees and bottled water.

Might point the finger at the judicial system. Yes, as you state, even
when customers really get screwed, they may only get a coupon to buy
more of the same product at a discount price. The lawyers get real
money, not coupons. The company makes out, because many of the
customers will not cash in their coupon. Everyone wins, but the
customer.


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toyomoho