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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:55 PM Author: Cerebral ivory jap locale how much revenue is lost at self-serve restaurants when patrons ask for a "cup of water" then fill it with a beverage of their choice? it's likely in the billions per year. instead of relying on the honor system, what if restaurants could have a system that actually verifies if a patron purchased a beverage?
I'm thinking of a small QR code or chip on a cup that will authenticate a patron as a legit beverage purchaser, then allow them to fill their fountain drink. no QR code, no beverage.
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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:54 PM Author: mischievous vigorous bawdyhouse antidepressant drug premise is wrong, but regardless this has been done. I've seen it at resorts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37612264) |
Date: January 17th, 2019 8:56 PM Author: mentally impaired den really really bad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611538) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:57 PM Author: Cerebral ivory jap locale ty, but why (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611543) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:57 PM Author: Topaz gas station this is literally worse than the "jump to conclusions" mat idea from office space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611542) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:57 PM Author: underhanded native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611547) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:11 PM Author: gold locus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611610) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:35 PM Author: Khaki nursing home half-breed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611735) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:58 PM Author: nudist market Soda is essentially free for them, I doubt very seriously this adds up to billions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611551) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:01 PM Author: Cerebral ivory jap locale lost REVENUE bro, not a big expense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611565) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:13 PM Author: Chestnut up-to-no-good crackhouse Your scenario involves people who are trying to scam for free. They won't find out they can't get soda from the machine until they already asked for water. You think they're going to go back to the counter and be like "oops, I meant soda. I'll pay for it." They'll just get their water. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611619) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:58 PM Author: mauve old irish cottage stock car how about if they use a water cup in a soda fountain instead of the sugary stuff it shoots out that red dye from bank robberies into their face and an alarm goes off. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611553) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:51 PM Author: high-end garrison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37612245) |
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Date: January 18th, 2019 3:36 PM Author: henna electric furnace (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37616064) |
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Date: February 11th, 2019 7:29 PM Author: federal whorehouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37765604) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:59 PM Author: Chestnut up-to-no-good crackhouse You want them to pay to put chips in disposable cups? That will probably cost more than the lost revenue from soda. And the water cups are usually small anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611557) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:01 PM Author: Walnut Wonderful Set Bbw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611563) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:03 PM Author: mauve old irish cottage stock car two-dimensional bar codes? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611573) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:03 PM Author: Cerebral ivory jap locale lets say one chipotle has 10 patrons per day that do the water cup trick. a medium drink there is like $2, so that's $20 / day in revenue they're losing. that's pretty conservative imo.
if you multiply that over 5000 chipotles that's $100,000 / day in lost revenue, $36 million annually.
are my calculations off an if so, where? |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:06 PM Author: Chestnut up-to-no-good crackhouse You're assuming those patrons would get drinks if there was a better system rather than settling for the water. Isn't the real question what they're losing on the soda? No way it's $2. It's probably a few cents. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611585) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:09 PM Author: Topaz gas station well, the part where you assume that 100% of people so shameless they won't drop $2 on a soda are going to completely reverse those practices instead of actually getting water, bringing their own can of coke from home, or finding a work around to your brilliant system for starters. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611602) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:10 PM Author: Cerebral ivory jap locale you're being nasty for no reason. I'm spitballing here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611606) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:11 PM Author: Topaz gas station ok. in the nicest possible way this is the worst business idea ive ever heard. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611608) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:12 PM Author: Cerebral ivory jap locale your net worth? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611615) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:16 PM Author: Cerebral ivory jap locale (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611631) |
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Date: January 18th, 2019 7:32 PM Author: Erotic Lodge Associate absolutely devastating (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37617316) |
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Date: February 11th, 2019 7:30 PM Author: federal whorehouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37765610) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:03 PM Author: Onyx Newt Corner The cheap way to implement this is have soda cups have purple bottoms and water cups have white bottoms. A sensor in the machine detects the color and determines if it is an acceptable cup. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611576) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:04 PM Author: Cerebral ivory jap locale sure - whatever's the most cost effective but also unable to cheat. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611579) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:22 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford I already tried to move into this space, brother. Trust me: it doesn't reward creative genius.
My business idea was called DrinkReview. Basically, whenever a customer bought a soda, they were given a 6 digit code to input into a DrinkReview app that they could download to their phone (free for the version with ads; $4.99 a month for the ad-free version). At the soda fountain, the customer would input their code into an electronic numberpad and then scan their phone on the reader (this way, the customer needs both code AND phone; if only one is stolen/hacked, it's no loss for the restaurant). Once the fountain gets both the expected code and the expected phone signal, it will unlock one of its soda options for the maximum allowance of a single cup-ful. I invested $95K of my own money into this idea, plus some money from friends and family, and I had a full prototype (for the app at least) plus a team of sales people ready to go, but every restaurant I spoke with said no. Maybe they don't trust technology, which is why I'm working on my next idea, Drink Notary, which would allow for an actual person to be on-site to notarize drink orders. Still in development. |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:23 PM Author: mauve old irish cottage stock car you gave real money to this? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611672) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:24 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford Yes. You should always be trying to start your own business. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611676) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:26 PM Author: Haunting chrome background story Shouldn't you have figured out if the restaurants wanted it before dropping $95K (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611688) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:28 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford That would be a rookie mistake, son. Dazzle them with your best creation, not your best idea. I think they missed the big picture: DrinkReview could have been extended to napkins and plastic silverware too, which people take from casual restaurants by the armful. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611699) |
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Date: January 29th, 2019 8:49 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford seriously, how fucking dumb are you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37688088) |
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Date: January 29th, 2019 8:49 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford seriously, how fucking dumb are you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37688085) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:27 PM Author: Cerebral ivory jap locale (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611691) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:29 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford Post removed by moderator for violating The Law of The Land. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611707) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:34 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford wtf. how was that a violation to call someone dumb? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611728) |
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Date: January 28th, 2019 8:42 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford still mad about this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37681214) |
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Date: January 29th, 2019 8:49 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford seriously, how fucking dumb are you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37688089) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:27 PM Author: Topaz gas station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611693) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:28 PM Author: mentally impaired den Pretty good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611700) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:04 PM Author: apoplectic parlour keepsake machete (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611925) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:52 PM Author: high-end garrison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37612254) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:13 PM Author: Histrionic Lettuce (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37612389) |
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Date: January 18th, 2019 3:16 PM Author: Learning Disabled Cruise Ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37615933) |
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Date: January 18th, 2019 3:39 PM Author: henna electric furnace (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37616072) |
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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:03 PM Author: apoplectic parlour keepsake machete Chilmata is using a community account now? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611917) |
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Date: January 18th, 2019 7:24 PM Author: honey-headed legend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37617282) |
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Date: January 28th, 2019 8:43 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford this thread can be used to identify some obvious board retards, btw.
jfc we have some serious dumbs posting here now. |
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Date: January 28th, 2019 8:55 PM Author: Big Meetinghouse i've been saying this for months, xoxo 2018 is probably 20 iq points below xoxo 2006.
actual result is going to be the extra costs of RFID chips and scanners (incremental billions) versus very little incremental revenue. scammers obviously are not going to convert at a 100% rate for overpriced 90% margin soft drinks. They'll simply stop coming or actually drink water.
You can do the same OP argument for homeless people.
"omg soup kitchens are so stupid why are they giving away free food, if they charged $5 bucks per meal and they feed 100,000 homeless people 3 meals a day for 365 days, that's $547.5mm a year in revenue from homeless people". |
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Date: February 11th, 2019 7:24 PM Author: snowy rigpig halford (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37765573) |