Any truth to this Starbucks thing?

disneyjoe7
disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
edited November 2006 in The Clubhouse
Received this as an Email, any truth about it or is this a fake?



Recently Marines in Iraq wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let
them know how much they liked their coffees
and to request that they send some of it to the troops there.

Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support
of their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor
anyone in it, and that they would not send the troops their brand of
coffee.
So as not to offend Starbucks, maybe we should not support
them by buying any of their products!
As a war vet writing to fellow patriots, I feel we should get this
out in the open. I know this war might not be very popular with some
folks, but that doesn't mean we don't support the boys on the ground
fighting street-to-street and house-to-house for what they and I believe
is right.
If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can discard it
and no one will never know.

Thanks very much for y our support. I know you'll all be there again when
I deploy once more.

"Semper Fidelis."
Sgt Howard C. Wright
1st Force Recon Co
1st Plt PLT

PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS .... ALLOW IT TO BE PASSED TO ALL IN
MEMORY OF ALL THE TROOPS WHO HAVE DIED SO THAT WE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO

CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THEM OR NOT!!!

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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    edited November 2006
    Snopes.com says it's ****!

    http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,091
    edited November 2006
    I don't know, it sounds pretty much off the wall to me. If it turns out to be true, it's a real shame. Let's just hope it's a fluke story. Whether or not you support the war, the troops command our support 100%.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited November 2006
    Thanks, I take it as BS. Emailed back so I could kill it on my end.

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2006
    Why do people write those ridiculous things? Do they just have a beef with Starbucks and make up a story to rally people behind them? Just ridiculous.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited November 2006
    That would be a good way to ruin your business.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited November 2006
    I'm surprised just how long this story as been floating around 2004 it started. :(

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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited November 2006
    There are some hippies out there that just HATE Starbucks. They pop their heads out every now and then up here in Seattle.

    I'm calling BS on that email.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited November 2006
    I sent that email to 10 of my friends and I got a coupon in the mail for Dunkin' Donuts coffee.
    Never Forget
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  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 915
    edited November 2006
    Who cares...I don't go to Starbucks anyway.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited November 2006
    I LOVE Starbucks. Tis the season for Pumpkin Spiced Latte's, sooooo yummy.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited November 2006
    Ron-P wrote:
    I LOVE Starbucks. Tis the season for Pumpkin Spiced Latte's, sooooo yummy.

    Here, here
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited November 2006
    I heard a while back, someone refer to Starbucks as part of the evil empire of corporations. Of course Microsoft and some others were in there too.

    Rediculous! Don't buy the product if you don't like it. It's America, we do have the freedom of choice.

    Starbucks has some really good coffee! I may have to indulge in some of that Pumpkin Spiced Latte for the holidays. Yum Yum!
    No excuses!
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited November 2006
    DJ I doubt that is true about Starbucks, they are way smarter than that, however, Target did respond to a group I belonged to wanting support for veterans that honoring a war effort was not something they felt appropriate for their charitable donations.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited November 2006
    The problem with Starbucks (at least in our city) is that they target the most popular coffee house and proceed to build not one, but two locations on the same block. Their coffee isn't better and is never cheaper, they just run a very aggressive business.

    More power to 'em I guess... I'm not going to knock them for trying to succeed. However, their coffee is far from the best and has run many a coffee I thoroughly enjoy right out of business.

    So eff their Peppermint Mochashamalama Whopudding Latte....
    but I'm just being petty.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • krabby5
    krabby5 Posts: 923
    edited November 2006
    I will boycott Starbucks....

    I will also boycott Caribou..and when I'm in Canada, I won't go to a Tim Horton's

    But, then again, I hate coffee:D
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited November 2006
    reeltrouble1 wrote:
    DJ I doubt that is true about Starbucks, they are way smarter than that, however, Target did respond to a group I belonged to wanting support for veterans that honoring a war effort was not something they felt appropriate for their charitable donations.

    You need Snopes in your life. ;)
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited November 2006
    what is it about reading something in an email that makes people turn into blubbering gullible idiots? I'll never understand it.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2006
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    Their coffee isn't better and is never cheaper, they just run a very aggressive business.

    Common misconception. I think their coffee is better than most, but that's just taste. But as for cheaper, they tend to be cheaper than a lot of other companies, IF you just get a plain coffee. No one goes to Starbucks and just gets a plain coffee though, you get a grande nonfat mocha blah blah, that costs five bucks. For example, in the Northeast, their big competition is Dunkin' Donuts, and most people say they won't go to Starbucks cuz they're so expensive.... but if you got to Starbucks and get a large coffee, it's CHEAPER than a large coffee at Dunkin Donuts. And certainly better than the coffee-flavored water DD serves.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited November 2006
    No... you're right. Their regular coffee is competively priced (if not cheaper). It's actually quite good and I enjoy many of the blends when I'm dragged into a Starbucks. I just live in a somewhat bohemian part of town with three coffee joints for every stoplight... and it seems a shame that Starbucks had to go stomping through the daisies.

    Like I said... a lot of places I thoroughly enjoyed less than 5 years ago are no longer around. This after being in business for 15 years or more.... Starbucks annihilated them fair and square.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,039
    edited November 2006
    It's ok cause Tim's taste like ****
    Gotta love Starbucks...Don't care who they are they have amazing coffe and CS.
    krabby5 wrote:
    I will boycott Starbucks....

    I will also boycott Caribou..and when I'm in Canada, I won't go to a Tim Horton's

    But, then again, I hate coffee:D
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited November 2006
    That letter is BS and has been confirmed a long time ago.

    I'm in Iraq, and Starbucks is also! They also send free coffee beans over here for the troops, hard to say they don't support us.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2006
    Wow, I'm glad to hear that email is bogus. That'd be really sad if it were true.

    However, I boycott Starbucks because they're such pro-active supporters of the **** rights movement.

    But then, I don't drink coffee anyways. So I guess I should say...I've gotten about 5 or so people so far to stop going to Starbucks.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2006
    audiobliss wrote:
    However, I boycott Starbucks because they're such pro-active supporters of the **** rights movement.

    Yeah, them thar **** don't deserve no rights.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited November 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Yeah, them thar **** don't deserve no rights.
    So, you boycott them, too? I never knew. Next time I go picketting I'll call ya and see if you wanna join me.



    ;):D
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited November 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Yeah, them thar **** don't deserve no rights.

    Yeah, lets vote Brett off this forum! Darn **** ruin it all! It's all their fault that the SDA line was cancelled. Them and their stylish decorating ruined it! ;)
    No excuses!
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited November 2006
    I heard that in Tokyo some **** breath fire and enter small villages by the cover of night to eat small children...
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Greg Peters
    Greg Peters Posts: 605
    edited November 2006
    One thing I've never figured out with Starbucks coffee (compared to other competitors)- how come if one cup of Starbucks goes in...three cups seem to go out right away? Have they got some extra diuretic action in with the beans somehow?? :confused:
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited November 2006
    It's a conspiracy by the **** to dehydrate the world! :rolleyes:
    No excuses!
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  • univera
    univera Posts: 848
    edited November 2006
    Reminds me of the Steve Spurrier to Miami rumor started on CSTV website. ESPN picked it up and next thing you know, Gamecock fans are sweating their asses off....I was concerned myself even though I know the internet is full of B.S. No one bothered to ask the man himself before running full steam. Reporters fail to do their due dilligence anymore.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited November 2006
    Punctuation is your friend.
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