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  • G GaryWoodfine

    Starbucks is SH!T Overrated, overpriced and over marketed!!


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    _ABHILASH_MS_
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    Overpriced Probably ! . But I will swear by the White Chococlate Caramel Mocha any day or any night.Hope they have a country sensitive pricing

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    • N Nish Nishant

      World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

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      Abu Mami
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      I spent a good amount of time in India and used to frequent the Java Green shops at the Reliance Infocomm campus. Nice. How do they compare with Starbucks. I still prefer good old Israeli Turkish coffee (referred to by the Hebrew word for mud).

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      • N Nish Nishant

        World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

        Regards, Nish


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        Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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        Christopher Duncan
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        I think this is great news for programmers in western countries whose jobs have been outsourced to India. With the entry of Starbucks into the Indian culture, people will soon become accustomed to paying $4 for a bad cup of coffee, and as history shows, will even begin to crave it. This will lead to a growing demand from Indian programmers to be paid the same rate as their western counterparts in order to support their new caffeine habit. Once this happens, the global playing field will become level once more, and there will be enough high paying coding work to go around for everyone. Viva Starbucks! :-D

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        • S Sceptic Mole

          Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

          World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

          BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA? :~

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          Michael Dunn
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          It's above fast-food coffee but it's far from gourmet. EDIT: Looks like I got bit by The Forum Bug, this was a reply to "is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA?"

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          • C Christopher Duncan

            I think this is great news for programmers in western countries whose jobs have been outsourced to India. With the entry of Starbucks into the Indian culture, people will soon become accustomed to paying $4 for a bad cup of coffee, and as history shows, will even begin to crave it. This will lead to a growing demand from Indian programmers to be paid the same rate as their western counterparts in order to support their new caffeine habit. Once this happens, the global playing field will become level once more, and there will be enough high paying coding work to go around for everyone. Viva Starbucks! :-D

            Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com

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            Nish Nishant
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            Christopher Duncan wrote:

            This will lead to a growing demand from Indian programmers to be paid the same rate as their western counterparts in order to support their new caffeine habit. Once this happens, the global playing field will become level once more, and there will be enough high paying coding work to go around for everyone.

            :laugh: Actually, it also helps reduce the number of Indians moving to the US for work. Many of them do it for Starbucks coffee and better bandwidth. Indian ISPs are improving speeds and consumers have the option to get affordable broadband-level bandwidth in metro cities. With Starbucks debuting in India, I see a big dip in Indians who'd want to move.

            Regards, Nish


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            • S Shog9 0

              Sceptic Mole wrote:

              BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA?

              Yes. :) Seriously, it depends on who you ask - coffee snobs dump on it, but there's nothing really wrong with the coffee - you can certainly find much, much worse. However, they do tend to de-emphasize actual coffee in favor of very sweet coffee-based drinks, and nearly everything they sell is hugely over-priced. YMMV.

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              Nish Nishant
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              Shog9 wrote:

              and nearly everything they sell is hugely over-priced

              Yeah, but that may be a good selling point in India. Young folks like to show off their increased income levels by paying more (for the same quality). So they may go to Starbucks just for the price-increase factor.

              Regards, Nish


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              • S Sceptic Mole

                Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                BTW, is Starbucks considered 'good' or 'bad' (like McDonald's) in the USA? :~

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                brianwelsch
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                It really depends on who you ask. Personally, I think their coffee is about average.

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                • N Nish Nishant

                  Christopher Duncan wrote:

                  This will lead to a growing demand from Indian programmers to be paid the same rate as their western counterparts in order to support their new caffeine habit. Once this happens, the global playing field will become level once more, and there will be enough high paying coding work to go around for everyone.

                  :laugh: Actually, it also helps reduce the number of Indians moving to the US for work. Many of them do it for Starbucks coffee and better bandwidth. Indian ISPs are improving speeds and consumers have the option to get affordable broadband-level bandwidth in metro cities. With Starbucks debuting in India, I see a big dip in Indians who'd want to move.

                  Regards, Nish


                  Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                  Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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                  smaaaart
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                  Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                  Many of them do it for Starbucks coffee and better bandwidth.

                  I have a suspicion they do it for the $$$. ;) Anyone moving to another country JUST for Starbucks coffee or JUST for bandwidth is a fool and without a life.

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                    World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                    Regards, Nish


                    Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                    Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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                    Tarakeshwar Reddy
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                    I am thinking on the lines of opening StarKaapi in USA, people would get to have the real taste of South Indian coffee(or kaapi as its known).


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                    • T Tarakeshwar Reddy

                      I am thinking on the lines of opening StarKaapi in USA, people would get to have the real taste of South Indian coffee(or kaapi as its known).


                      Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW

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                      smaaaart
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                      Tarakeshwar Reddy wrote:

                      StarKaapi

                      How about TaraKaapi (Star == Tara in Hindi)? :D

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                      • S smaaaart

                        Tarakeshwar Reddy wrote:

                        StarKaapi

                        How about TaraKaapi (Star == Tara in Hindi)? :D

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                        Tarakeshwar Reddy
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                        smaaaart wrote:

                        TaraKaapi

                        Shhh, someone is going to steal the domain name


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                        • N Nish Nishant

                          World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                          Regards, Nish


                          Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                          Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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                          Lost User
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                          Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                          World's largest coffee chain, Starbucks, in India soon[^]

                          I refuse to go there because they refuse to put sugar in my coffee for me. They charge twice as much as anywhere else, the coffee is bad and then they have the hide to force me to take my coffee to a little counter, take the lid off and add my sugar. At $5 a cup I dont want to have to finish the job for them

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