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Starbucks Delivers – A Free Smoothie on my iPhone

by Adam Kornfield on October 15th, 2009

Two months ago, it was a hot and steamy summer day in NYC.

An email arrives from a friend with a coupon attached for a free Vivanno, the new fruit smoothie at Starbucks.  I couldn’t believe it.

I could print out a million of these and keep getting ones for free.  Seemed too good to be true.  The coupon looked real, but I didn’t ask many questions.

A few days later, walking through Gramery Park in New York, I needed something cold.  Then I remembered that coupon in my mailbox.

Free Vivanno = Winner

I had to try it, but the coupon lived on my Apple iPhone, not on paper.  Could this magical coupon on my phone really get me a free $4 drink?

The Pitch

  • This is crazy, but I got an email for a free Vivanno
  • Is this possibly true? I can’t believe it
  • I totally meant to print it out, but forgot.  I’m sorry
  • Its here on my phone

Now the magic happened.  She looked at me, looked at my phone, and then paused.  ”Ok, what flavor do you want?”

A huge smile spread on my face.  With nothing printed, this coupon of unknown origin works. 

A free drink just tastes so much sweeter.

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