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Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by londons_explore »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #110
londons_explore wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just put coffee in my printer to see... It kinda works, but the printouts are very faint. I was expecting it to clog immediately (the jets are ~10um), but it didn't.

I'm not surprised if you used the Breakfast Blend. Did you try the Caffe Verona or Espresso Roast?

It was Lidl's red topped instant - don't even know the name - the jar with the red lid, and I made it pretty strong but without milk/sugar (which I thought would cook/burn onto the inside of the nozzle)

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by postalcoder »

amelius wrote: post #105

Are 3d printers allowed? How about a soldering station? Or a desktop scanning electron microscope?

Amusingly, those are all available at a cafe i’ve frequented in Seoul.

They’re used as background dressing but they’re also available to use. It’s criminally underused and i’d love to do it but i have no idea what i would make with it.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by Mistletoe »

stby wrote: post #63
rich_sasha wrote: post #60

Cafes provide two distinct products, usually bundled into one: seat rental and food/drink. How about charge separately for each? I get that it would be awkward to try, but why not.

Newer Coworking places generally seem to have some Starbucks-vibes, but AFAIK they are not doing to well. Maybe the price of a coffee is exactly what people are willing to pay for a seat, a small table, and wifi for some hours.

Imagine if a little critical thinking like this had been allowed to enter the minds of WeWork investors.

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by currency »

stby wrote: post #63
rich_sasha wrote: post #60

Cafes provide two distinct products, usually bundled into one: seat rental and food/drink. How about charge separately for each? I get that it would be awkward to try, but why not.

Newer Coworking places generally seem to have some Starbucks-vibes, but AFAIK they are not doing to well. Maybe the price of a coffee is exactly what people are willing to pay for a seat, a small table, and wifi for some hours.

Coworking spaces need to colocate with services. Starbucks, Fedex Kinkos, massage chairs....

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by londons_explore »

FredPret wrote: post #86
londons_explore wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have literally hundreds of HP print heads from a project, many partly blocked or burned out (they burn if you send them the wrong signals, and like 10% of the time I hit 'break' on my debugger it burns a few jets out if they're firing at the time), and had a coffee sitting right next to my desk so thought "why not".

This is incredible - you should write a blog about it. I want to see what that printout looks like!

When the main project is done, there'll be a blog post and the coffee test will make an appearance!

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by cmavvv »

mrtksn wrote: post #107
rich_sasha wrote: post #60

Cafes provide two distinct products, usually bundled into one: seat rental and food/drink. How about charge separately for each? I get that it would be awkward to try, but why not.

Or have actual public places? The Cafe's are there to serve coffee, it's just courtesy as business model to let you hang around in the premises and when the business model starts to fail in some way they adjust it. After university, the most I miss is the actual places that are mine to use and are made for hanging around or working and not necessarily consuming anything.

> The Cafe's are there to serve coffee, it's just courtesy as business model to let you hang around

Traditionally it's the other way around, the drink is a by-product of a public house where people can gather. Could you imagine a bar where people are just supposed to drink and leave?

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Post by victorbjorklund »

mathiaspoint wrote: post #83
stby wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Newer Coworking places generally seem to have some Starbucks-vibes, but AFAIK they are not doing to well. Maybe the price of a coffee is exactly what people are willing to pay for a seat, a small table, and wifi for some hours.

I haven't seen a coworking place that isn't insanely overpriced compared to a coffee shop so it's no surprise they're not doing well.

Yeah, but isn't the question whether the co-working place is overpriced or if the coffee shop is underpriced or maybe both?

Re: Starbucks in Korea asks customers to stop bringing in printers/desktop computers

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Post by victorbjorklund »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #31
cm2187 wrote: post #23

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Is that a business they even want, someone occupying a seat for 8 hours only to consume two coffees?

They'd rather that than an empty seat, especially if that person is turning up 5-6 days/week. Most coffee shops where I live (London, UK, specifically out in West London) are at best 20% full through most of the day, that's a lot of dead real estate not paying for itself. When I tried working out of coffee shops a bit some years ago the "etiquette" seemed to be ~1 drink/hour to pay for your seat. I don't like coffee…

Obviously some coffee shops are gonna want that but some coffee shops are making all their money by selling to customers during short periods in the morning, lunch and maybe in the afternoon and if this person is sitting there blocking the chair that could be used by many customers during the time the total of two cups of coffee will be less than what they are losing from not being able to serve those customers. Of course for some coffee shops they are never full and they probably benefit from this and they would love to have those type of customers.
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