"Lloyd Parsons" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Brian Colwell" > wrote:
>
>> "Lloyd Parsons" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > In article >,
>> > "Brian Colwell" > wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> >
>> >> > "Lloyd Parsons" > wrote in message
>> >> >>> Russell Patterson > wrote in
>> >> >>> :
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> > , the cost per cup is at
>> >> >>> > or under 50 cents a cup.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> you call that reasonable?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I could understand it if home brewing resulting in under 20¢ a
>> >> >>> cup,
>> >> >>> but
>> >> >>> 50¢?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Actually it isn't too bad if you think about it. If you like drip
>> >> >> coffee, I suspect that each cup costs more than you think if you
>> >> >> consider that you throw out a fair amount of each pot pretty often.
>> >> >
>> >> > For the price of an 18 pack of Keurig you can get a lot of good
>> >> > ground
>> >> > coffee.
>> >> >
>> >> > Three cups a day in our house would be $45 a month with Keurig. My
>> >> > wife
>> >> > buys a bag of coffee at BJ's for $15.99 and gets a couple of months
>> >> > from
>> >> > it. Let's see, $90 versus $16. I'm thinking, just as you suggested.
>> >> > 90 - 16= 74 x6 = 444 per year more for the Keurig + the cost of
>> >> > machine
>> >> > =
>> >> > $600 additional outlay the first year. . I'm thinking, I'm
>> >> > thinking.
>> >> >
>> >> Have you looked at the Tassimo ? Both the pods and the unit appear to
>> >> be
>> >> cheaper. Not sure there would be much difference in the end product !
>> >>
>> >> bmc
>> >
>> > A couple of things about the Tassimo. Go to the website and see what
>> > the disks have in them, as I remember it, it is more than just coffee.
>> >
>> > And most of the cups produced are of the much smaller 'european' style.
>> > One of the discs was called something 'petit' and I jokingly said that
>> > meant 1/2 a cup of coffee...
>> >
>> > And many of their discs are nearly a dollar each...
>>
>> Here in BC their 100% Columbian ? :-)) a pack of 14 pods go for
>> $4.99Can.
>>
>> bmc
>
> Here the Starbucks Columbian is $10.99 for 12 disks
>
> The Nabob Columbian is $7.99 for 14 disks
>
> That's the only 2 Columbians they list. Seems like a big disparity in
> pricing between us and north of the border, huh?

Especially since the Canadian dollar is back down to about 81 cents US !!!!

bmc