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Jan 31, 2012 | 10:17 pm

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Originally Posted by RobbieRunner

YOW!

I have a friend whom stays at Hampton Inns exclusively. He gets a to go cup in the morning. Throughout his day, he stops in to Hampton Inns with his cup and refills it for free. Hampton keeps coffee out all day and it's usually pretty fresh. The way he looks at it, he stayed with them the night before and is staying with them that night, so he DESERVES to get free coffee from them.
He usually goes through about 5 cups a day.

I'll have to call him and say, "Hey, do you realize you are saving $10,000 a year?"

True.. cup of joe usually runs $1.50 or something.. so the savings realized is straight Starbucks..

Why not see Starbucks as a treat once in awhile, and supplement with Tim Hortons, Dunkin Donuts, Second Cup, McDonalds cafe, etc..

Whoever drinks 5 cups of Starbucks coffee a day obviously has money to burn and eats out quite a bit.. all in context.

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