Seriously, WTF is with Starbucks "reward" card? I have to buy 30 drinks within a year to get to the gold level and THEN another 15 just to get my first free coffee! That's 45 visits to a Starbucks to get 1 free drink. All I have to say is WOW.
Let's assume I buy a Pikes Place roast tall coffee which is one of the cheaper items on the menu. 45 x 1.85 = $83.25. Or if I buy a triple grande mocha each time that's roughly $222 to get 1 free drink. Ouch. That's not what I call free. It sure makes Tully's buy 8 get the 9th free deal groundbreaking.
