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How much to live on per week

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  • Dunroamin
    Dunroamin Posts: 16,908 Forumite
    ~Chameleon~ wrote: »
    And students don't pay anywhere near the price the likes of Costa & Starbucks charge! £1 for a coffee, and a decent barista coffee at that so it's hardly breaking the bank!

    Plus, most eateries & cafes offer decent discounts to students, often up to 25% (Nandos and Frankie & Benny's, Pizza Express etc) so it is perfectly possible to socialise on a budget!

    The links give earlier were to on campus branches of Costa and Starbucks.

    Even at £1 a throw, a coffee most days takes a decent slice out of anyone's budget.
  • rubytuesday
    rubytuesday Posts: 22,383 Forumite
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    I suppose it's all about what you want.

    If you want your coffee have your coffee but that means less for other things.

    If you don't mind that all well and good.
    Here dead we lie because we did not choose
    To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
    Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,
    But young men think it is,
    And we were young.
    A E Housman
  • katejo
    katejo Posts: 4,314 Forumite
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    I work near to Costa Coffee in Waterstones, Gower St (close to University college London). i sometimes go there at lunch time or after work. At lunch time during the term it is overflowing with groups of students. I am genuinely amazed at how they can afford it.
  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    Dunroamin wrote: »
    The links give earlier were to on campus branches of Costa and Starbucks.

    Even at £1 a throw, a coffee most days takes a decent slice out of anyone's budget.

    Even on campus branches of Costa etc don't charge full price to students. I've never paid more than £1.20 for a coffee at student rates in Costa.
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • Dunroamin
    Dunroamin Posts: 16,908 Forumite
    ~Chameleon~ wrote: »
    Even on campus branches of Costa etc don't charge full price to students. I've never paid more than £1.20 for a coffee at student rates in Costa.

    I assumed it was cheaper so thanks for confirming it. However, I still think that's a lot of money to spend regularly rather than as an occasional treat.
  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    Dunroamin wrote: »
    I assumed it was cheaper so thanks for confirming it. However, I still think that's a lot of money to spend regularly rather than as an occasional treat.

    I guess it's all relative. I don't drink alcohol often so I can have two coffees a day for the price of a pint (yes, it's just £2 a pint in the student bar :D )
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • Dunroamin
    Dunroamin Posts: 16,908 Forumite
    ~Chameleon~ wrote: »
    I guess it's all relative. I don't drink alcohol often so I can have two coffees a day for the price of a pint (yes, it's just £2 a pint in the student bar :D )

    But you're a mature student (as I've been in the past) and that's not really typical when it comes to budgeting.
  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    Dunroamin wrote: »
    But you're a mature student (as I've been in the past) and that's not really typical when it comes to budgeting.

    Completely irrelevant. A budget is still a budget. I also think your views are vastly outdated.

    You might be interested to read this... http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/21/students-retail-lock-ins?CMP=twt_fd
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    I pay £1.78/month for coffee. One cheap instant jar, 200g.
  • ~Chameleon~
    ~Chameleon~ Posts: 11,956 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I pay £1.78/month for coffee. One cheap instant jar, 200g.

    Does that also buy you a social life? I can't imagine what sort of coffee you're drinking so cheaply, I think I'd rather drink the dishwater than that ;)
    “You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”
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