Help with coffee

[vitauta]

I've read great things about their customer service and how they will easily replace the broken machines.

if there is a major flaw with the keurig coffee machines, then i think the company should offer an extended warranty at no cost to the customer. it would go a ways toward winning those keurig-leaning minds and hearts, wouldn't you say?

(mulling this over with a second steaming cup of timothy's dark french roast merrily brewing) ahh, yess....

 

[pacanis]

It certainly would! It's really the only thing holding me back at this point.
As I was filling the caraffe this morning for 6 cups I was telling myself I could have been drinking a cup out of the Keurig brewer in that time. I have really low water pressure in my kitchen for some reason.

 

[Alix]

I've read great things about their customer service and how they will easily replace the broken machines.

Mine wasn't broken, just had a manufacturer's defect and they sent me a brand new one. I had to send them a piece to prove I wasn't just scamming them but that was no biggie for me. I was impressed with both the service and the speed of delivery.

Pacanis, if you have a Costco, the machine that sells for $189 has a My K Cup included ($15-$20 value) and also about 30 pods to try out. That's a pretty good deal. And COSTCO'S return policy is bar none the best ever. You have an issue, just take anything back and they're on it.

I did see my machine on sale at Walmart for $114 though. Its regularly about $170.

 

[pacanis]

No Costco, Alix, but it sounds like you are describing the same deal I mentioned above at Amazon. Maybe I'll take a drive to Wally Word today and see if they have the same deal, as Amzon was not giving free shipping with any of the ones they had listed.

 

[Alix]

Try the keurig.com site too. Sometimes they have deals on there.

 

[pacanis]

Try the keurig.com site too. Sometimes they have deals on there.

In all honesty, I have a hard time cross-referencing what I see on their site to what I see at online stores. It appears the stores offer certain models I don't see on Keurig's site and vice-versa.
The best deal I found though was that same one you mentioned Costco has. Keurig just has free shipping on most models. They are really pushing their Vue model with all the accesories and V cups...

 

[Alix]

I'm thinking of trying some of those san francisco cups that vituata was talking about. Vue shmoo. Got my k cups, I'm good to go.

 

[Andy M.]

In all honesty, I have a hard time cross-referencing what I see on their site to what I see at online stores. It appears the stores offer certain models I don't see on Keurig's site and vice-versa.
The best deal I found though was that same one you mentioned Costco has. Keurig just has free shipping on most models. They are really pushing their Vue model with all the accesories and V cups...

I noticed a Cuisinart version of the K brewer that takes the cups and the refillable one. I guess if you can use your own favorite coffee, a cup costs a lot less than buying the Keurig pre-filled ones. It had slightly higher ratings.

 

[pacanis]

I saw the Cuisinart and Mr Coffee K cup brewers on their site, too. It surprised me, but like someone said above, they are making their money on the K cups. I suppose they don't care whose machine gets bought as long as they can keep selling those K cups. The refillable cup makes it much more of a practical purchase IMO. Especially from a cost factor.

One site I was on folks were saying that the timing of the Vue coffee maker coincided with Keurig's patent on the K cup running out. Figures they would come out with a machine that addresses some concerns with their old line (and is also more versatile) and give it a proprietory cup to use. There's no reason the Vue machine could not have been designed to work with K cups. Well, except for them making more money, lol.

 

[Addie]

Do they really think the public is so stupid, that we won't see through their trying to get our very last cent?

 

[pacanis]

Oh I'm sure their marketing department told them we'd buy it anyway... or eventually

 

[taxlady]

No Costco, Alix, but it sounds like you are describing the same deal I mentioned above at Amazon. Maybe I'll take a drive to Wally Word today and see if they have the same deal, as Amzon was not giving free shipping with any of the ones they had listed.

Costco online: Search Results: keuring

"Non-members pay an additional surcharge."

 

[vitauta]

qvc has keurig b70 for 159.95, plus 15.22 for s&h---divided up into six monthly payments. comes with: my k cup, and 48 coffee k cups, i yr. limited warranty.

 

[vitauta]

i'm relaxing with a tall mug of deidrich's colombia coffee, one of the last ones...deidrich apparently 'retired' this perfectly lovely blend that i've been enjoying so many mornings for so many months...kinda wish i hadn't found out about that at all. but, there are so many new coffees to try these days that i really can't stay bummed for too long....

 

[vitauta]

i'm three hours late getting my wake-up coffee fix this morning. "parisian nights" is a strange coffee choice for a morning brew, but sometimes you just feel the need for that extra blast to yes, 'chase the fog' blanketing your slow-moving brain. wait for it...here it comes, yes, clarity--peeking through at last.

 

[pacanis]

My Cuisinart drip machine has relinquished itself to the demands that it brew good coffee again, so I am once again enjoying a few cups in the morning.
That doesn't mean I don't want to speed things up though. I'll see what sales Black Friday brings.

 

[vitauta]

now that pac is showing a renewed interest in coffeemakers, i thought i'd make myself useful and bring back his coffee thread, so's it'd be easy to get to, in the case of a stray coffee thought, wandering about, in need of being nailed down....

 

[Dawgluver]

Appears Pac is about to spring for a Keurig. If I drank much coffee, I would get one too.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Stray coffee...aww poor little thing, bring it here and let it warm me up.

 

[bakechef]

This is a good time of year to buy a keurig, or other maker, everyone has them on sale. I bought one for my mom, shipped from Macy's, I got a good deal combining discounts.