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Old Apr 22, 2016 | 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by Segments
Recheck receipt from your history page. I just noticed they are now showing "total applied to stars" line. Had not seen that previously especially when I looked at the receipt immediately after purchase (i.e. the tip your barista moment)

Yeah, learning the new system is going to take time.
Right on the money. $2.25 applied to stars. FL sales tax is funny. It's way low on grocery purchases unless it's take-out sort of food. Obviously a cup of coffee is a "restaurant" purchase as opposed to grocery. A bag of coffee beans would/should be taxed at a different rate.

Which means it will now take me >$134 to reach 125 stars and my "free" $2.40 beverage. That's a 1.79% ROI. Better than the bank but that's not saying much anymore. Still, compared to the prior program's 8.33% ROI, not so good.

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