Starbucks offers free iTunes "Pick of the Week"
Apple and Starbucks are at it again, this time with a new Pick of the Week iTunes offer. Basically each week Starbucks will distribute cards good for a free download of a hand-picked song from the iTunes Store. Starting this week the first such song is the Counting Crows' "Washington Square."It's not entirely clear what you have to do to get a card, but presumably it involves a purchase. A new card will be available each Tuesday. Once you get a card you have 60 days to redeem it.
[via iLounge]
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Apple and Starbucks are at it again, this time with a new Pick of the Week iTunes offer. Basically each week Starbucks will distribute...
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Every starbucks should have them by the register or where the cds are. If not, they are screwing up or they haven't got the shipment yet.
Before, starbucks used to give out cards like this with a new song/artist a day. That promo lasted for two months last year around thanksgiving. This is an entirely different promotion, where instead of new songs a day, it's a new song a week. And there are only FOUR different songs being given out for this promo, so it's nothing exciting.
Yes I work at starbucks.
**For the Starbucks Employees**
Are you asked to dispose or do anything with the previous weeks card
Several Starbucks here have been doing this for the last 6-8 months. Old news?
April 16 2008 at 9:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIIRC, Starbucks was previously doing this *with a purchase.* Plus, those were done on a daily basis; this is one free song—no purchase necessary—each week.
Similar deals, but still different.
Why not also have a "pick of the week" a la iPhone wifi download?
April 16 2008 at 12:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHey everyone. I'm surprised I'm the first Starbucks partner to reply to this, but yes - we did start carrying the free download cards today. We received the cards yesterday, and were given instructions to put them on the CD stand. We also started carrying $25 iTunes gift cards and some new digital releases. No purchase necessary for the free downloads, if you can't find them on the CD stand ask a barista where they might be.
April 15 2008 at 7:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI walked into Starbucks this morning, and saw the display of cards alongside the rest of the movies and CD's for sale.
April 15 2008 at 6:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNo cards here...at least not yet.
April 15 2008 at 5:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGotta love free music like this, but I'm still waiting for them to roll out the Starbucks iTunes store for iPhone / iPod touch here in L.A. Wasn't that supposed to come here last month?
April 15 2008 at 4:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply$tarbucks has been doing this in my area for quite some time now.
I have a dozen of the cards sitting on my desk, I have redeemed maybe 1/2 of them.
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