Starbucks Sued for $114 Million Over Coupon
A customer of Starbucks is suing the company for $114 million over their feelings of betrayal after Starbucks wouldn’t honor their coupon for a free drink. I agree that Starbucks should be punished somehow for not accepting the coupon, but why does one customer deserve $114 million? I guess it’s a good lesson for me…now that I live in the United States I can sue people frivolously! Hurray! Check out the story here:
Starbucks (SBUX) was sued Friday for $114 million over its recall last week of a coupon that entitled the holder to a free large iced drink.
Peter Sullivan, a lawyer who sued on behalf of a 23-year-old Starbucks regular who felt "betrayed" when her coupon was not honored, accused the Seattle-based company of fraud. He said he will request class-action status to include the "thousands who were misled" by the offer.
On Aug. 23, Starbucks e-mailed the coupon for the free "grande" drink to selected employees with instructions for them to forward the coupon to friends and family.
But Sullivan said Starbucks got jittery and refused to honor the coupon after the company saw how widely it had been distributed.
Sullivan said he saw lines of coupon-carrying customers outside Starbucks shops in New York, and when they could not redeem the coupons "they felt let down and angry."
A spokeswoman for Starbucks had no comment. Via FOX
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HART (1-800-HART)
Sep 17, 2006 at 11:18 pm
Sounds like an episode from HBO’s “Entourage”
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