For quite a few months now the folks at my local Starbucks have been after my Starbucks Card. When I make the purchase which brings its balance down to $0, I have to ask for it back.
"Oh, you want it back?" they say, as if people frequently burn them down then just reload a new one.
I do get a new card when they come out with them, but they all go in The Drawer at home, this particular card I've been using for a couple of years now.
Then today, the cashier asked if he could have it when I'm finished with it.
I told him when it's empty I just reload it.
He then offered me $100 for it.
I looked at him. "I might take you up on that," I said to him, "if I thought you were serious."
"I am serious," he replied. "I spend more than that on shoes."
"$100 for my card," I repeated. "I guess it would give you bragging rights. I know you all have been after my card for months."
He laughed and mimed flashing my card around at the other 'Bucks employees. Apparently it's the same style card that you get from Seattle, which you can no longer get down here in California.
"When I get paid," he said, "in two weeks time. Think about it."
I am thinking about it. One hundred dollars for my Starbucks card. And he'll be getting it empty, of course, or at least with a very low balance.
I guess it's time to look through The Drawer, and find my new Starbucks Card :P
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Wow. Who said consumer confidence was down in the U.S.? When a cafe jockey will spend $100 on a friggin' card (and more on shoes), I'd say that American consumerism is alive and well.
If you do sell, make sure you get cash, though. Just sayin'
Quite right, Tesh. Cash it is, in small, unmarked bills, if you don't mind ;)
Am I missing something here? Is your card worth more than that on Ebay? Collectors item perhaps? I would have to fight the urge to pull the same shit the lawyer did in the film Planes Trains and Automobiles: "Anyone who would pay 100 dollars for a gift card, would certainly pay 175.00" ;-)
I just found the same card on eBay, seller is asking $10, it has no bids at this time.
When Liz began collecting them, every time I dropped into a Starbucks if I saw they had new cards I'd pick a couple up for her. We just looked through her collection (which were all in The Drawer) and I found the exact same card.
So I can sell "mine" to my guy for $100, and still keep it!
For some reason I feel the urge to laugh like Dogbert right now.
I am constantly amazed at how dumb people are.
A child in Africa will die by the time I am done writing this.
Yet, some wanker wants to horde (or is that whored?) a Starbucks card to show off to... who? There's not a single thing cool about possessing a rarish plastic card. So feel good about your retarded possession you retarded possession guy; someone goes hungry for three months because of you.
Wanker.
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