Starbucks stars

[jennistarr1]

This is a FWP if I've ever heard of one but indulge me, in the midst of family health scares and super busy work

So, ham and cheese croissants were 50 stars along with the other bakery items. Normally 3.75, this was a good deal for me making a yummy breakfast. Compared to the old system (where 125 stars was a free drink)...that would be like 9.37, I would never add that many extras .

They just made those 150 stars! Every other bakery item is still 50.

I feel like they're on to me or something

[alleinesein]

They probably reclassified it as a breakfast item instead of bakery. Ours doesn't have a ham and cheese croissant so I never paid attention to how many points it required.

[morecoffeeplease]

I would have guessed they were breakfast items, not bakery items.

[pumpkin]

I hate when they do things like that!

[isabel]

Along the same lines, I occasionally buy bagged coffee for DH at the store. The last two times I've done it, I've thrown away my receipt before taking a picture, so now I can't take advantage of the stars from those purchases. I know why they moved to doing it that way, but I still find it annoying.

[Leeham Rimes]

I feel this way about the box top for education labels. They’re going to “clip-less coupons” and you have to scan receipts. I’m annoyed they’re making my life harder bc I never keep receipts for groceries and I don’t buy box tops on purpose so I never know what I have (unless it’s gogurt or Cheerios) until I’m throwing the boxes away.

[CloudBee]

Aug 24, 2019 11:10:15 GMT -5 Leeham Rimes said:

I feel this way about the box top for education labels. They’re going to “clip-less coupons” and you have to scan receipts. I’m annoyed they’re making my life harder bc I never keep receipts for groceries and I don’t buy box tops on purpose so I never know what I have (unless it’s gogurt or Cheerios) until I’m throwing the boxes away.

Yes! I went to scan a bunch of boxes, a few days AFTER shopping, and realized I needed my damn receipt. I felt scammed.

[Leeham Rimes]

Aug 24, 2019 11:25:15 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Aug 24, 2019 11:10:15 GMT -5 Leeham Rimes said:

I feel this way about the box top for education labels. They’re going to “clip-less coupons” and you have to scan receipts. I’m annoyed they’re making my life harder bc I never keep receipts for groceries and I don’t buy box tops on purpose so I never know what I have (unless it’s gogurt or Cheerios) until I’m throwing the boxes away.

Yes! I went to scan a bunch of boxes, a few days AFTER shopping, and realized I needed my damn receipt. I felt scammed.

I know it’s all conspiracy theory but I swear they’re doing this so less people redeem it. Lol.

[isabel]

Aug 24, 2019 11:27:12 GMT -5 Leeham Rimes said:

Aug 24, 2019 11:25:15 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Yes! I went to scan a bunch of boxes, a few days AFTER shopping, and realized I needed my damn receipt. I felt scammed.

I know it’s all conspiracy theory but I swear they’re doing this so less people redeem it. Lol.

They could put the coupon on the inside flap of the box or the stars on the interior of the bag at the top. There are ways to do this that don’t require extra work and still help prevent theft.

[sparty04]

Aug 24, 2019 11:25:15 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Aug 24, 2019 11:10:15 GMT -5 Leeham Rimes said:

I feel this way about the box top for education labels. They’re going to “clip-less coupons” and you have to scan receipts. I’m annoyed they’re making my life harder bc I never keep receipts for groceries and I don’t buy box tops on purpose so I never know what I have (unless it’s gogurt or Cheerios) until I’m throwing the boxes away.

Yes! I went to scan a bunch of boxes, a few days AFTER shopping, and realized I needed my damn receipt. I felt scammed.

It took me 5 minutes to scan a receipt and I got .10 credited. So annoying

[Leeham Rimes]

Aug 24, 2019 17:07:23 GMT -5 sparty04 said:

Aug 24, 2019 11:25:15 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Yes! I went to scan a bunch of boxes, a few days AFTER shopping, and realized I needed my damn receipt. I felt scammed.

It took me 5 minutes to scan a receipt and I got .10 credited. So annoying

It’s why I hate ibotta. Too much rigamarole

[ohgillian]

Aug 24, 2019 18:14:05 GMT -5 Leeham Rimes said:

Aug 24, 2019 17:07:23 GMT -5 sparty04 said:

It took me 5 minutes to scan a receipt and I got .10 credited. So annoying

It’s why I hate ibotta. Too much rigamarole

Agree. For some grocery stores, Ibotta lets you link your shoppers card and then credits you automatically. Those are the only ones I do.