Pay 80p at the till. Tell them you'll pay the other 20p when they do.

No, he just made a skillful mock of the British tax system. And you just made yourself look like a nob.

I was wondering how long it would take....

Brilliant again someone with condones tax avoidance by the big corporations who make huge profits and pay minimal tax.

I went into my local and just asked the man if they had any of the world earth day promotion tumblers (as I could not see any reusable cups on the shelf) and he went out the back and came back with a £1 cup - asked me for drink choice and job done - was actually surprised they had any left as this was nearly 5pm! Then left the cup on the side at home and my OH put in the recycling bin as though it was a conventional takeaway cup!!

Lol, was first customer in Bournemouth starbucks and then said they were out of stock. Wonder if they will mysteriously be back in Stock tomorrow...

went to Starbucks in Sutton and apparently none of the local stores got any of the cheap tumblers. The guy was a bit annoyed that Starbucks advertised this as it looked like I wasn't the first annoyed person in the shop.

Tried to get a £1 tumbler at two different shops 2day...none left in both they tried to upsell me another one for £8...
So the real story is...give each store 50x £1 cups and upsell the rest so they pay for the cheaper coffee that we are offering

Lots of tumblers in my local store, yummy drink!!

The coffee was only ground this morning.

Warrington Golden Square said they had sold out, only had the £7.95 tumblers

Enjoyed my free coffee this lunchtime! and can now get 50p off my next one.

I got the last £1 at the station a minute from Kings Cross Station about an hour ago. All honoured no questions asked.

It's actually 83.3p, to get to a pound the 20% is added to the net price, not deducted from the gross price.

No £1 tumblers in Manchester Mount St & Princess St stores. Poor availability, it seems.

Starbucks Warrington (Gemini) are honoring the £1 cups. The guys in my office have done 2 separate runs, the first time (at 7.30am) apparently the girl seemed pretty confused by it all but did it anyway, the second time at 9ish they had obviously clocked on to it and did say that this should only be on the expensive cups but as it's been all over the net and because of the demand they are doing it until the cups run out!

No £1 cups in stock in Ashford, Kent. Also told that the promotion didn't apply to the £1 cups anyway, only the expensive ones.

Disappointed in Starbucks for this, especially seeing as MSE's post about it seemed like they had corresponded with Starbucks about the offer and it read like the £1 cups would 100% be included.

Oh well.

Just went into my local store, was told the tumblers are £13.99, when i showed him this deal on my smartphone he said that's nothing to do with Starbucks and no company would do giveaways like this....Ooooops, he's clearly not familiar with what goes on in retail world, all i got for free was a roll his eyes at me when i questioned what he was saying. I get my morning coffee from Starbucks usually but it appears they are trying to alienate regulars...Or someone is. I suggest Starbucks arrange for this offer to be removed from the internet. I have also tweeted them @StarbucksUK as well as @MartinSLewis who is a great champion of such promotions, i'm sure he does enough research to ensure he is not lleft with egg on his face, it would appear that HE has been misinformed also.

any luck with this? is it a real offer lol

Well there it is, typical offer from starbucks...

They found them in my store, just refused to use them for the promotion. The Earth is only worth saving when buying an expensive reusable cup

They've still got some in Glasgow bothwell street but go fast as they are running out

Popped into a Brighton store on St James Street and was told the offer did not include the one pound cups !

Just been into Starbucks in Portsmouth, no tumblers there either. The girl said they haven't had any come in. Great offer Starbucks!

Popped in two Starbucks stores by St Paul's this morning, No £1 tumblers to be found. Didn't surprise me!

Pay 80p at the till. Tell them you'll pay the other 20p when they do.

Just went to central Birmingham on new street, saw the girl plunk the earth day sign on top of the counter, got to the front of the queue and she said "we don't have any tumblers" with a grimace. Ahhh Starbucks, well managed.

Starbucks Hammersmith state it's only with the plastic £8 tumblers not the £1 reusable cups also

London Liverpool Street station branch is doing free drinks but only if you buy a plastic tumbler for £9ish or metal tumbler for £14

yes Manchester Piccadilly train station

Went into Trafford Park Starbucks, they've got no travel mugs AT 7:18AM. Cold.

Is that a station? @demusss

just tried at Manchester Piccadilly and they are not doing earth day drinks :disappointed:

If you are so concerned by tax avoidance why do you have Amazon deals on your profile?

Sooo do you just ask for a mug then they instantly ask what drink you want? Or have you got to explain this?

Sooo do you just ask for a mug then they instantly ask what drink you want? Or have you got to explain this?

Starbucks paid corp tax of £8m on sales of £400m where they made £34m profit.

They spend a lot of their money on in the "Research and Development of coffee" in their operations abroad - despite it being a drink used since the 9th Century. Thats where all their money goes - just like all the other big corps.

They also do pay the VAT, nobody was ever disputing that. What they weren't paying was any corporation tax on profits.

Eslick is correct. Our tax rules, if printed would be a tower of paper as tall as an adult. Each year it gets more complicated. There's no chance anyone can understand it all, and lots of chances to find inconsistencies and errors and exploit them legally. And it'll just keep getting worse.

no I actually point the finger in the right place, you must live in a dream world if you think anyone wouldn't follow tax law to reduce their tax liability, we all do it or should I say we all should, if you don't you will know someone who will. Companies are the same, they have a duty to their shareholders to make money that's it. You can forget anything else they say they are there for one thing and one thing only.

No lets point the fingers at the Government, and not just this one, you can go back decades and every government have been allowing companies to do it and since the stories broke so people who don't work in the tax or accounting industry first head about it they have done nothing, only this year that they announced they were going to do something. Best of all last week they formed an alliance of Europes big countries to figure out how to fix this, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland the big players were not part of the group so nothing will be done. To add to this Switzerland where most of the money is funnels through isn't even in Europe so not part of the group.

Oh and don't say support your local independent coffee shop, they might not have the most expensive accountants but the reality is they are working to the same laws and same process as the big companies.

Ask your MP why the government has allowed this for so long, guess its so the press and then the general public take the heat out of the government when reality is its all of their fault.

no :disappointed: stupid phone quoted the wrong person.

No he didn't.

Just like Starbucks then, so your point is...?

Guess who actually pays the corporation tax?
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It's us, the customers. We pay the companies money for goods or services, the price includes profits, and some of the profits go to HMRC.
No customers, no revenue, no profit, no tax.

No, he just made a skillful mock of the British tax system. And you just made yourself look like a nob.

ta loveabargain must remember to go in friday!

Is that aimed at me?
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5880_en.htm The EU seem to think they have been given an 'unfair selective tax advantage for Starbucks in the Netherlands', illegal under EU state aid rules. They may well have closed Alki, and they are paying tax now, but they were not before. It is still not clear if the Profit they declare and pay tax on is actually correct.

Subway has been doi8ng this for about a month now.
And keep the plastic reusable cup and get it filled with coffee for free every time you buy a sub.

Brilliant again someone with condones tax avoidance by the big corporations who make huge profits and pay minimal tax.

Tax dodge!

What is on the picture?

More info
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/deals-hunter/2016/04/19/starbucks-1-drink/

No idea! Someone edited my post :smile:

cash, card, phone it doesn't state what payment method. As long as you pay for it!

Any further info please. Can I purchase the tumbler with the App payment voucher?