No, not at all. Feel free to charge whatever. Again, I dont blame starbucks. I blame the consumer.
Even without the coffee bar I find my apartment to be a satisfactory deal based on my analysis of comps. If you want to attribute a separate cost to the coffee bar, fine, then that only means my apartment itself is an even better deal.
yo vandy, do you also make your own shaving creams and household cleaning supplies?
What about the labor of driving to and waiting in line for the starbucks? that would take far more time than making a pot of coffee.
Get a grinder… and then just get a french press. Takes about as much time to boil some water as to run the maker. You will love it 
I use gevalia for espresso and coconut milk
What’s the sample size of your comps? Surely there are tons of people that are getting better deals than you are. Probably even some of your neighbors. How do you sleep at night?
So true. I recently found out that a neighbor managed to negotiate a $50 a month cheaper rent than I did. I wanted to throw up. unfortunately, I am already locked into the lease so there is nothing I can do. Frugality is a constant learning and improving lifestyle. Accurately analyzing real estate to truly extract 100% of value is a learned art form. Not being dumb enough to pay $3 for a coffee when you can buy an entire tub of grounds at the store doesn’t take a rocket scientist
I’ve experimented with making iced coffee at home. It doesn’t turn out that great. My work coffee is gross and I can’t even imagine how much more disgusting it would get were I to try to turn that into iced coffee (which is the only kind I like). Are you familiar with utility functions at all?
I’ve never come across anyone so obsessed with other people’s spending habits. Like BS pointed out in another topic, what if it’s all pointless in the end? What if you get cancer in 3 years and die? As you’re laying there you can say… thank god I was more frugal than Bob in sales? It’s one thing to be smart with your money, it’s another to be over the top OCD with it. You’ve already referenced being physically ill over two different ways complete strangers spend their money in just this topic alone. I don’t even think I’ve ever thought about that in my life.
(Just gained a few utils, for free!)
It’s literally on the way to work, otherwise I’d agree. And in event, I check email and listen to tunes while waiting, so it’s more productive than scrubbing dirty cups.
Im basically george costanza in real life. it’s just a part of my personality. I dont make a concious effort to do it
I’d just buy a separate grinder. They’re cheap and will probably outlast the coffee maker.
I once saw a company where regular drip coffee was free, but if you wanted the single serve coffee it was 25 cents.
I pretty much always just drink the office coffee, because it’s actually decent coffee.
At home I brew the Costco Kirkland Signature brand. Buy the whole bean and just grind it when I make a pot.
Espresso machine is OK. Got 3 at work place. At home, Turkish coffee in a pot is the rule, as saturated that spoon is standing straight in the pot.
I’m in Rhode Island, so it’s Dunkin Donuts and Cumberland Farms ($0.99 for any size, and pretty damn good coffee).
Starbucks has reasonable pricing power due to strong brand and low price elasiticity of demand.
If you can’t beat 'em, join 'em
Can’t last as a competitor? Become a shareholder.
Can’t afford to be a customer? Become an employee.
That’s how they pay for maternity leave.
At home, I drink the cheap flavia coffee my apartment has in their cafe. Too lazy to buy keep up with buying beans and cleaning machines. I used to use a french press with a dark starbucks roast (sumatra blend was my favorite).
Lol, very well played
the scenery at Starbucks outweighs it all. It’s a MiLF congregation
BURN