# Pay-as-you-Go converts to Coffee Club when quote paid? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-as-you-go-converts-to-coffee-club-when-quote-paid/577743 "2011-04-09T02:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-as-you-go-converts-to-coffee-club-when-quote-paid/577743/21 "2011-04-11T15:17:18Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > You mean 32 quarters, right? Nope. The idea here is you have your ($10) roll of quarters, you remove 8 quarters, and what is left is $8. You pay for your coffee out of the roll, so you’ll be able to keep track if it’s easier for you to just pay $8 up front or not. Added bonus: getting to jingle quarters in your pocket that day! Extra added bonus: getting quarters in the bottom of your washing machine after washing that pair of pants! (if you’re me) ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-as-you-go-converts-to-coffee-club-when-quote-paid/577743/22 "2011-04-11T15:21:10Z")
> [@randomface](#): > > No, a roll of quarters, less 8, would be $8. Ahhh upon re-reading her post, I realize what she was saying. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-as-you-go-converts-to-coffee-club-when-quote-paid/577743/23 "2011-04-11T15:36:25Z")
If freaking coffee drinking generates this much angst, bring a thermos from home. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-as-you-go-converts-to-coffee-club-when-quote-paid/577743/24 "2011-04-11T15:46:44Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I didn’t answer the poll, because I don’t know what’s fair without knowing the “wholesale” cost of providing the coffee in the first place. Same here. Whatever the case, you should make sure that _a)_ there’s enough cash coming in to cover the coffee expenses, and _b)_ everybody involved agrees up-front about what is fair. The upside of choosing between the $8.00 or the pay-as-you-go plan is that in neither case do you have to keep track of how many cups you’ve had, so it’s just simpler all around. But if you’re going to tally everybody’s consumption, then you might choose to settle up at the end of the month. Everyone owes 25 cents a cup, _or_ $8.00, whichever is less. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-as-you-go-converts-to-coffee-club-when-quote-paid/577743/25 "2011-04-12T12:46:19Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Given that the person who pays $8 in advance is taking a risk that they won’t be able to drink 32 cups in the month, those that pay 25 cents per cup should stop paying at a higher point, e.g., $10. I think that this is a fairer option, and should be the rule. In my experience, people tend to vastly overestimate the amount of money they’ve contributed. Having a higher quota for pay as you go would encourage more people to pay up front. Also, you wouldn’t have to remove the eight quarters from the roll, if you use my roll of quarters method. > [@Tristan](#): > > Nope. The idea here is you have your ($10) roll of quarters, you remove 8 quarters, and what is left is $8. You pay for your coffee out of the roll, so you’ll be able to keep track if it’s easier for you to just pay $8 up front or not. > > Added bonus: getting to jingle quarters in your pocket that day! > > Extra added bonus: getting quarters in the bottom of your washing machine after washing that pair of pants! (if you’re me) This is why I keep an emptied wine jug in my room. When I undress, I go through my pockets, and all the single bills and all coins except quarters go into the jug. The quarters go into a coin purse, and I almost never put any bills BUT singles in my pocketses. I also keep a container for coins and such on the shelf in the laundry room, and I go through pocketses before putting clothes in the washer. Any coins or bills I find belong to me, no matter whose pocketses they were in to begin with. I don’t have OCD. Really. I don’t think so, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-as-you-go-converts-to-coffee-club-when-quote-paid/577743/26 "2011-04-13T14:09:46Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Presumably the main reason is convenience, trying to scrounge around for quarters every time you need coffee is kinda a pain. So I say assuming the payer is sure that they’ve kept good track of their coffee consumption, stopping payment after reaching 8 bucks should be kosher. Ah that would be no problem where I work. We have the Bank of Verbatim, an old floppy disk container that we throw our change in, which allows people to grab money for impulse purchases (usually from machines). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-as-you-go-converts-to-coffee-club-when-quote-paid/577743.md?page=1)