Dunce Dunn Bros Coffee is celebrating their newest location at the University of Minnesota by offering a coupon for a free medium coffee. For the price of a small.
What? No, it’s either free, or it’s the price of a small. Not difficult. Patrons attempting to redeem the offer need to bring in the coupon, and possibly a dictionary.
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‘Free Upgrade’ makes a lot more sense. Moving on…
It’s located in an educational building?
Lol.
So, is this like a buy one get one free?
Awww – oops. Somebody wasn’t thinking!
But, I grew up in the Twin Cities and can attest to the high quality food/drinks at Dunn Brothers! Don’t hold this dumb ad against them. They’re great.
@SOhp101: Actually, yeah. That makes the most sense as presented, instead of having to ignore one word or the other.
@QueenHawkeye: More like a “buy one, get one” thing…
In the Education Sciences building yet. I guess the lower level is appropriate.
They just opened one here in San Antonio and very close by to my house. It’s way better than Starbucks (which we have 5 of in a 2 mile radius).
We didn’t get no stinkin’ coupons, though.
Wait so smalls are usually free? Man I gotta hit this place up!
This seems a logical extension of the paradox of “Buy One Get One Free”.
Maybe you get to choose whether you want it free or for the price of a small.
It’s a private franchise, located on campus. You gotta give the college kids a deal, ya know? I’m gonna cut the Mom and Pop operation a break here. College kids need to learn how to be critical consumer somehow… and some of my best memories of being a college kid was exposing myself to the haphazard marketing of small, independent university-oriented businesses.
You think Coffee grows on trees?
to the writer of the ad/coupon, i guess those marketing classes aren’t paying off after all.
@royal72:
Goes without saying. Why else would he be running a coffee shop?
seems kinda deceptive
The Dunn on campus isn’t run by Dunn brothers, its run by UDS/Aramark. Just like the Starbucks or Chick-fil-A in Coffman Student Union or anything here:
[www1.umn.edu]
@Jonathan Harford:
Maybe I’m just dense today (it is Monday after all), but why is it a paradox, exactly? I know it’s a more marketable way of saying “50% off two,” but it doesn’t seem overly paradoxical to me.