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Old Nov 20, 2008 | 8:49 pm
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Renard
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I took the plunge and got it. I have mixed feelings now that I learning about the fine print. The registered gold card is NOT eligible for free dripped coffee refills, free syrup shots, or free soy like the Free Registered card is. Essentially the gold is NOT like 'supersizing' the benefits of your free registered card.

I find this annoying as I often buy the drip coffee and get a refill on the way out..and with the gold you pay and the regular registered you don't. It appears that the only overlap in benefits that the gold registered and the free registered card is the free wi-fi.
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