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[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And yet they still claimed an average of $180,000,000 a year the past 5 years that people didn’t spend.

I’m with you this is something Starbucks probably doesn’t engineer, it’s just people being dumb.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

It’s definitely a dark pattern built into the app / gift card experience.

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does this include people that just use their Starbucks cards for frequent purchases? I always have up to $25 on my card for the one or two times a week I get something. That is just money I haven't spent yet, and I'm fully aware that I could just use it up if I stopped going to Starbucks.

[–] skydivekingair@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Well… as someone who thinks he spends more money at Starbucks than is smart I’d go as far to say anyone going there is a little dumb lol