Enter: The Lawyer. Starbucks Coupon Drama Reaches Lawsuit Stage
By Bean Counter, on Thursday, September 14th, 2006
There’s no business like tort business! Starbucks somewhat less than brilliantly thought aout and hastily abandoned coupon promotion has now become what it was destined to become: A lawsuit! Hurrah for lawsuits! Nothing is really real until it has spawned a lawsuit and this one could become the Top Dog of lawsuits, namely a class-action made-for-TV-lawsuit.
A woman in New York City was apparently so angered by Starbucks decision to drop the coupon promotion that she did the only thing you can do when you’re angered by somebody or something. That’s right: She sued. She’s sued Starbucks for $114 million, according to BBC News (only the best news sources for the drinkers of the best coffee!). The amount is based on how much the promotion would have cost Starbucks had the Seattle-based company not pulled the plug on it (for a moment I thought it was a dollar for each Starbucks outlet). The lawyer is hoping more coupon-snubbed Starbucks customers will join the lawsuit.
Some blogger reactions to the suit have already hit the Interwebs:
The Florida Masochist knows the game:
What is the purpose of this lawsuit except to enrich himself? Would the Starbucks customers share in the windfall? No they’ll get coupons as [the lawyer Peter] Sullivan rakes in millions, that Starbucks customers will then have to pay for via higher prices.
The Boy Davis puts it succinctly:
The world is full of wankers
And, you know, even if they’re holding a cup of coffee in one hand, they still have the other free to do their thing.
I think Greckler speaks for many:
I’m sick and FUCKING tired of this GOD DAMN country’s BITCHING and WHINING! Oh boo fucking hoo you can’t get your morning half-caf decafe skim milk mocha latte enima.
Red Is The New Black says:
we approve of anyone brave enough to go toe-to-toe with a big corporation but even we can’t see the logic in this one.