An update on the Tassimo coffee saga: when last we left our story, we had learned that Tassimo hot beverage machine “T-Discs” packages had been down-sized — from 10 discs to 8. Yet, the price remained the same at retailers. In other words, this is a 20% price hike.
Yesterday I brought this up with the staff at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Long story short: they are not lowering their prices, but they offered to lower them one time only for me, a valued customer.
Thing is, this week I discovered that Target has just started selling the T-Discs. At astonishingly low prices. For example, a pack of Latte discs at BB&B is $8.99. At Best Buy, they are $9.99. At Target? An astonishing $4.99! Not only that, but they have regular and green tea as well as hot chocolate for $2.49.
So, one cup of latte from BB&B costs $1.13. The same cup costs 62¢ from Target, which is so close to my house that I can ride my bike there.
Now we know why BB&B is so liberal with those 20% coupons. Even 20% off leaves the discs $2.20 more expensive there.
