i am a total sucker for a good deal. i also love pearl tea. the two may not seem like they would go hand in hand, but most pearl tea places offer some kind of free drink after x number (usually ten) of purchases. when a pearl tea place does not offer some kind of frequent buyer’s card, i am usually turned off by the place.
the closest decent pearl tea to my work doesn’t have a buy 10 get 1 free offer, instead they have this points redemption program. for each pearl tea drink you purchase, you get 1 point. they have different items that you can redeem for different point values.
an ipod mini is 500 points. a 20 ounce sports bottle is 20 points. you can then use the sports bottle to refill your drinks and get an extra 4 ounces free on every fill up.
i was really trying for the ipod mini, but with the nano out now, the mini doesn’t seem that exciting. i finally broke down and got a sports bottle. it’s actually not that bad, i may just keep getting them from here on out. 20 ounces is pretty small for a sports bottle, though.
a reader
where is the tea shop? I’d like to try for a ipod mini. dang 500 drinks though at $4 –that’s about $2,000!!
wilco
it’s at barcode in san jose off hostetter. drinks are $3 a pop, so it’s only $1500