31-Cent Scoop Night at Baskin-Robbins, 4/30 from 5p-10p

[Morrigoon]

Well, the info's pretty much in the topic, but here's the official website (http://www.baskinrobbins.com/Promotion/31cent.aspx).

[innerSpaceman]

Hmmm, didn't they used to go the Ben & Jerry's route and offer FREE ice cream ALL DAY?


This is a lame retreat.

[swanie]

Only Steve could find a problem with 31 cent ice cream ;)

swanie

[wolfy999]

How true...how true!!!!

[innerSpaceman]

It's a great deal ... but not in relation to what they offered before.

Actually, I think the craptastic part is the hours. 31 is cute, and maybe keeps away the totally homefilthyless ... who need their spare change for Two Buck Chuck.

But why limit it to certain hours? That's retarded, imo. The anniversary is an all-day thing. Sheesh, why not limit it to the hour the Articles of Incorporation were signed?

[swanie]

I think I've made my point :p

swanie

[belleh5]

I used to go every Tuedsday for dollar night, and the scoops got smaller & smaller everytime. It's probably one spoon full, for 31cents. :rolleyes:

[Kevy Baby]

For all those who think this is not a good deal: stay away and STFU

[innerSpaceman]

Oh, I'll have no problem staying away .... seeing as I won't be able to make it to a Baskin Robins between 4:42 and 5:37 p.m.

[lashbear]

Oh, I'll have no problem staying away .... seeing as I won't be able to make it to a Baskin Robins between 4:42 and 5:37 p.m.
....during an elephant stampede, on Febuary 29, during a hail storm, during a full moon and a plague of locusts........ and a Monkey.

...gotta love Daffy Duck.

[DisneyDaniel]

Bump. This is today!

If you need a good excuse to go out for ice cream, this might be for you ...

Baskin-Robbins is holding a 31 Cent Scoop Night on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. to help honor America’s firefighters. Participating stores will reduce prices of small ice cream scoops to 31 cents.

2.5 oz scoops are 31 cents plus tax where applicable. Limit 10 scoops per person, per purchase.

A donation of $100,000 will be made by Baskin-Robbins to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. At select local stores throughout the country, you may also have a chance to donate to your local fire station.

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation remembers America’s fallen heroes and assists their families. The organization provides firefighters with training to prevent deaths in the line of duty and offers the public information to prevent fires in our communities.

Baskin-Robbins is proud to support this worthy cause. To learn more about the foundation, visit www.firehero.org (http://www.firehero.org/)

More information is available at www.baskinrobbins.com (http://www.baskinrobbins.com/)

[Morrigoon]

10 scoops for $3.10 - now we're talking! ;)

[Kevy Baby]

I want all 10 scoops on one cone!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I think the pay-for-charity thing is better than the free thing.

[innerSpaceman]

Yep, I like the pay-for-charity angle. Just not happy with the limted hours.

Of course, I have no idea where a Baskin Robbins is. They seem to be a dying breed. I was amazed when I passed one by the other day. (and yeah, I have no idea where that was.)

[Morrigoon]

There are a few around me - mostly combined with Togo's, but there's one independent one really close by.

[BarTopDancer]

The previously known as "free scoop night" has always been between 5pm and 10pm. It has always been the "junior size" scoop. And it used to be 1 per person. So all they did is now charge 31 cents and donate $$ to charity and up the limit to 10 per person. Hours are the same, scoop size is the same.

[Kevy Baby]

Of course, I have no idea where a Baskin Robbins is. They seem to be a dying breed. I was amazed when I passed one by the other day. (and yeah, I have no idea where that was.)There are 180 Baskin Robbins' locations located within a 30 mile radius of downtown Los Angeles. You can find your closest one here (http://www.baskinrobbins.com/StoreLocator/prxinput.aspx).

[Disneyphile]

Yep, I like the pay-for-charity angle. Just not happy with the limted hours.I agree with you on this, because I'd totally take advantage of it this afternoon before school lets out, but I have no desire to wait an hour in line with loads of kids this evening just for cheap ice cream. I'd rather save the time and calories by just donating $5 directly to the charity.

I wonder if they have a little drop box at the counter to do just that?

[Alex]

Yeah, I'd rather pay $10 and not stand in line than pay $0 and spend anything more than 5 minutes in line.

But it is possible I place too much value on my time.

[Kevy Baby]

This is purely theoretical since I have no idea what the current prices are at BR.

Assuming that a two-scoop cone is $3.50 normally, that would be a $2.88 savings ($3.50 - $0.31 x 2 = $2.88). Assuming that one would have to wait in line for 20 minutes for the lower priced ice cream (being optimistic) vs. a normally 5 minute wait for full priced, that would be 15 minutes (.25 hour) additional time required.

If one waited 15 minutes to save $2.88, then you are saying that your time is only worth $11.52 per hour. My time is worth MUCH more than that!

[BarTopDancer]

A junior scoop (2.5oz) is around $1.69 these days. Depends on location though.

[Kevy Baby]

Then if all one purchased a single Junior Scoop, the savings would only be $1.38 making your time only worth $5.52/hour.

[Morrigoon]

Ah, but if you average your work hours out with your non-work hours, that $5.52 starts looking worth it.

[DisneyDaniel]

Wow! All this analyzing is starting to sound like one of those classic math problems, like "Two trains leave different cities heading toward each other at different speeds. When and where do they meet?" They meet at Baskin-Robbins on April 30 between 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for 31 cent scoops!

[Kevy Baby]

Ah, but if you average your work hours out with your non-work hours, that $5.52 starts looking worth it.Not for me. Since I get very few free hours, I place a very high premium on them.

[Alex]

Ah, but if you average your work hours out with your non-work hours, that $5.52 starts looking worth it.

Maybe, maybe not. $5.52/hr in a year works out to only $48k/year (a lot of money for a lot of people but not particularly astronomical).

Of course, if I only did things if they compensated me for my time on par with what my employer pays me for my time then there wouldn't be a whole lot of options open to me.

I meant non-monetary value when I said "but it is possible I place too much value on my time." I just hate standing in lines for the privilege of shopping (and buying ice cream at B&R is just a form of shopping in my categorizations).

[Morrigoon]

You're worth more than me.

[Moonliner]

I just find it fascinating that $0.31 suckie air filled ice cream is getting more attention than yesterdays succulent free ice cream.

[Morrigoon]

Simple - I don't live near Ben & Jerry's

[innerSpaceman]

Was yesterday free B&J's day??? Arrrgggh if i missed that!!

[Morrigoon]

Yes, you did

[Kevy Baby]

You're worth more than me.Nope; not at all.

Was yesterday free B&J's day??? Arrrgggh if i missed that!!And the day before that was free BJ day at the Y

[Alex]

I had actually typed a BJ joke not two minutes ago and then abandoned it saying to myself "nah, Kevy'll get it."

[LSPoorEeyorick]

1) I like Baskin-Robbins just fine. Give me PB/Chocolate over Cherry Garcia any day.

2) Technically, if you didn't like Baskin-Robbins, and wanted to spell correctly, you'd tell us that it was "sucky."

3) Using the word "suckie" in a sentence makes me think immediately of AllyOops and her beloved slurpees (but, me, I call them "squishies." I also call my favorite comforter "squishy," but that's neither here nor there.)

4) I'm terribly sorry, but you are incorrect, sir, every day is free BJ day at the Y.

[Kevy Baby]

1) I like Baskin-Robbins just fine. Give me PB/Chocolate over Cherry Garcia any day.I haven't been to a B-R in ages, but I do recall my fav is Gold Medal Ribbon

1)2) Technically, if you didn't like Baskin-Robbins, and wanted to spell correctly, you'd tell us that it was "sucky."As opposed to sucker?

4) I'm terribly sorry, but you are incorrect, sir, every day is free BJ day at the Y.Really? I'll be back in a few minutes.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Wait... "Baskin-Robbins is sucker"? That sentence doesn't make any sense to me. "Sucky," I get. "Suckier," even. But "sucker"?

[Kevy Baby]

Wait... "Baskin-Robbins is sucker"? That sentence doesn't make any sense to me. "Sucky," I get. "Suckier," even. But "sucker"?I was thinking along the lines of "payee" vs. "payer." But I obviously did a poor job of communicating that.

Jeez people: can't you read my mind when I need you to?!?

[BDBopper]

Drat living somewhere where a B-R is conveniently located. But even if there was one I have no ride to it anyway. :( Oh well...such is my life. Hope everyone enjoys their ice cream cones. :)

[Chernabog]

Was yesterday free B&J's day??? Arrrgggh if i missed that!!

Speaking of suckers, every day is free BJ day, as long as you aren't Eddie Murphy cruising for trannies.

[BarTopDancer]

1) I like Baskin-Robbins just fine. Give me PB/Chocolate over Cherry Garcia any day.

It's taken a few years, but I do enjoy myself some gold medal ribbon and winter white chocolate. In the end, ice cream is ice cream, unless it's this amazing chocolate-guiness gelatto I had in SF.

[Kevy Baby]

In the end, ice cream is ice cream...Actually, I disagree. Some are better than others. My recollection on B-R is that they are fairly good, but it has been several years since I have had any. We had a favorite place up in Upland (Bert & Rockies), but I haven't had any of that in a while. It was awesome!

[Alex]

In the end, ice cream is ice cream...

I assume you haven't eaten at Cold Stone? Admittedly, enough good stuff can be added to the ice that it is overall good, but the ice cream itself is amazingly awful.

But yeah, other than that I've never had bad ice cream, just bad flavors of ice cream (falooda being at the top of that list).

[Kevy Baby]

I assume you haven't eaten at Cold Stone? Admittedly, enough good stuff can be added to the ice that it is overall good, but the ice cream itself is amazingly awful.I like the Cake Batter straight up (although I have never done it in large quantities).

[BarTopDancer]

Actually, I disagree. Some are better than others. My recollection on B-R is that they are fairly good, but it has been several years since I have had any. We had a favorite place up in Upland (Bert & Rockies), but I haven't had any of that in a while. It was awesome!

Some are better than others, I agree. But I've yet to have an ice cream that makes all others seem sucky.

I assume you haven't eaten at Cold Stone? Admittedly, enough good stuff can be added to the ice that it is overall good, but the ice cream itself is amazingly awful.

But yeah, other than that I've never had bad ice cream, just bad flavors of ice cream (falooda being at the top of that list).

I actually like cold stone, with stuff in it. Also like DQ and McDonalds. I prefer Golden Spoon frozen yogurt over ice cream, but eat any of it so rarely that I'm in the mood for what ever kind of ice cream I'm getting.

[Crazybirdman]

Okay, the line was wrapped around the building. I offered the dude in front 32 cents to let me cut, but he said no. :(

[innerSpaceman]

Cold Stone is teh awesome.



Why am i not surprised?

[€uroMeinke]

Saw the line when I went to pick up Mexican food in the place that shares the parking lot - had no desire to join it.

[Alex]

It's teh awesome once it contains exactly what I want in ice cream (which is something I can't get anywhere else) but the base sweetcream ice cream, plain, is awful.

Primarily because they keep it half melted so that they can mix it easier so it both lacks lightness (which is good) or dense richness (which is good). And since they don't want it to compete it really has no good flavor of its own beyond "sweet." But that is understandable. Since the intent isn't to eat it plain it isn't a huge deal.

The only other flavor base I've had is the banana and that flavor tastes like it came straight from the test tube at the artificial food flavorings factory. Which is too bad because banana, peanut butter and graham cracker crust could be the best thing ever.

[Morrigoon]

We just barely made it in (because instead of using the Disney method of placing a person at the end of the line to turn add'l people away they had a lady at the door letting only 10 minutes worth of people in the door and threatening to close it at 10), but we got ours!

Mmm... nearly free ice cream... :9

[Brigitte]

We took the kids last night for this (it was Robbie's 5th birthday too) and Robbie was far more interested in the fire trucks and DARE truck with the TV in the back than he was the ice cream. It was also about 35 degrees and breezy out...maybe that's why he wasn't into the ice cream so much ;)

[LSPoorEeyorick]

In fact, I HAVE had ice cream that made all ice cream puny and undesirable in comparison. (But since we can't get to that gelato shop tucked away behind the Trevi Fountain in Rome anytime soon, I'll have to eat my not-as-good chocolate/pb and dream of the world's best honey or cinnamon-ginger gelato.)

[Ghoulish Delight]

In fact, I HAVE had ice cream that made all ice cream puny and undesirable in comparison. (But since we can't get to that gelato shop tucked away behind the Trevi Fountain in Rome anytime soon, I'll have to eat my not-as-good chocolate/pb and dream of the world's best honey or cinnamon-ginger gelato.)I think I know that shop!

[Stan4dSteph]

I think the pay-for-charity thing is better than the free thing.Most of the Ben & Jerry's donate the tips they get on free cone day to a local charity. And B&J's is good quality ice cream too, not puffed full of air and filled with artificial stuff.