cnn.com— Cafe owner Sam Lippert has come up with an innovative way to cope with the recession: He's done away with pricing and simply asks customers to pay what they want.
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Wether you like it (him) or not... he's got..'em, and a whole lot of courage! Something most of us have managed to work out of our toolkit for life.I say, "you go for it dude!!" And the rest us.. will watch this sapce. Perhaps there is more courage out there than we think?@robeddio... yip, that's why at pumalo.com we have tried to learn "what to do with a model when it hits the muddle" of reality.welcome to the adventure, the wolrd ecomomy is writing its own set of new rules.
Depends if you're talking about just coffee or a fancier espresso drink. Plain coffee at Starbucks is really not that expensive. With the rest keep in mind there's a variety of ingredients that go in there, you have a trained barrista making it, you're being helped by at least 2 people who need to be paid. The $4.30 I pay for my beverage may sound like a lot, but I'm also getting a lot.
I think I would probably err on the side of caution and end up paying more that what it was worth. Who wants to be known as the "cheap bastard?".
Good point. I wouldn't have the nerve to under-pay. Plus, the guy could spit in your food! However, it would be worthwhile to pay after - depending on how good the food ends up being.
flyingcavemanMar 18, 2009
thats how i'm going to pay my taxes next time.
afruff23Mar 18, 2009
@SpoonMSUActually, the In Rainbows thingy pissed Radiohead off because most people weren't paying anything.
robinepullenMar 18, 2009
Wether you like it (him) or not... he's got..'em, and a whole lot of courage! Something most of us have managed to work out of our toolkit for life.I say, "you go for it dude!!" And the rest us.. will watch this sapce. Perhaps there is more courage out there than we think?@robeddio... yip, that's why at pumalo.com we have tried to learn "what to do with a model when it hits the muddle" of reality.welcome to the adventure, the wolrd ecomomy is writing its own set of new rules.
digdugdiggerMar 18, 2009
Maybe this is more enjoyable than being an engineer crunching numbers.
philbertMar 18, 2009
Depends if you're talking about just coffee or a fancier espresso drink. Plain coffee at Starbucks is really not that expensive. With the rest keep in mind there's a variety of ingredients that go in there, you have a trained barrista making it, you're being helped by at least 2 people who need to be paid. The $4.30 I pay for my beverage may sound like a lot, but I'm also getting a lot.
jennyvanMar 19, 2009
I think I would probably err on the side of caution and end up paying more that what it was worth. Who wants to be known as the "cheap bastard?".
pstrollMar 19, 2009
Wouldn't work in the ghetto
snogyeMar 20, 2009
lolz :D
spiderman222Mar 20, 2009
Good point. I wouldn't have the nerve to under-pay. Plus, the guy could spit in your food! However, it would be worthwhile to pay after - depending on how good the food ends up being.