Comments on: Class action: too much ice in Starbucks iced drinks

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By: Justin Case

Justin Case — Tue, 03 May 2016 23:53:49 +0000

Starbucks coffee tastes awful, now their dessert drinks are ok but overpriced. That being said, I buy coffee at this little local place on my way to work. It’s 1/2 the price, tastes good like black coffee should, and I feel good when I leave because of the great and friendly service. I’ve never thought of suing Starbucks because their black coffee tastes bad though. But being the Libertarian that I am, I just go elsewhere.

By: Chris Hoey

Chris Hoey — Tue, 03 May 2016 18:50:52 +0000

The insider joke at the venerable F W Woolworth Co. was what’s the difference between a “Regular” Coke and a “Large” Coke at its ubiquitous soda fountains? The amount of the ice in the large glass! Starbucks must have learned from the Five & Dime/

By: Wfjag

Wfjag — Tue, 03 May 2016 11:16:20 +0000

OMG! As I sat there the ice all melted. Not once did Starbucks warn me that the ice would turn to water. Quick! Let’s “Just Call Saul.”

By: bumper

bumper — Tue, 03 May 2016 01:11:40 +0000

In reply to VMS. Or more likely brought by competitors who otherwise can't quite compete...

By: Terry Vernon

Terry Vernon — Mon, 02 May 2016 19:50:12 +0000

The empty space in coffee cups is for you to add your own milk.
If you tell the staff that you don’t take milk they will happily fill your cup to the brim.

By: Cecil

Cecil — Mon, 02 May 2016 15:25:47 +0000

Quick trip east of min/mn. 2 cups of coffee, two sandwiches, and 4 cinnamon buns < the equiv two cups at starbucks. The coffee was better, the cinnamon buns beat cinnabon and my wife wanted a sausage/egg/cheese crescent which wasn't there so they made her one… $10.50 after tax.
Please forgive misspellings of company names, blind and I spell them as I hear them. 😀
Oh yeah, the cups were Styrofoam instead of paper and kept the coffee hotter longer. I probably could have spilled it on my legs and sued, but I prefer being able to purchase hot coffee than to enrich lawyers and I work for my money. 😀

By: great unknown

great unknown — Mon, 02 May 2016 15:18:09 +0000

One of the arguments is that Starbucks is making too much profit on its iced drinks. Did I somehow sleep for seven months and miss the election that made Bernie the Commie Sanders president?

By: Jeff M

Jeff M — Mon, 02 May 2016 15:14:29 +0000

VMS, that’s an interesting conspiracy theory and probably not that farfetched to be believable.

As Starbucks mentions, they will adjust the drink as desired. As proof of that, my wife demands light ice when she orders an iced coffee from Starbucks and they never respond, “no, we can’t do that because we’d have to give you more coffee.” They willingly comply. Of note, she also orders her lattes with no foam. She doesn’t believe in paying for 2 ounces of air. She’s been doing this for years.

Do we really need lawyers to point out that there are people out there too stupid to make decisions and, in the process, make products more expensive for the rest of us?

By: Jason Barney

Jason Barney — Mon, 02 May 2016 13:59:11 +0000

First world problem.