Bah Humbug Is the Enemy of Win Starbucks for Life

For the next month, you can win Starbucks food or drinks for life if you can face they enemy known as “bah humbug.” I mean it’s really easy to enter the Win Starbucks for Life contest. Heck, you don’t even need to make a purchase to enter, but you do have to overcome your own lethargy.

Say you do make a purchase at Starbucks, don’t just walk away from the register after paying. Ask for your printed receipt that has a contest entry code at the bottom. That’s the only way to enter when making a transaction at Starbucks – the code on the receipt. With the receipt, you have to manually enter that 22-digit code at starbucks.com/play along with your email address and an increasingly challenging CAPTCHA code. Bah humbug!

Then you need to acknowledge the conditions of the contest and opt in/out of a Starbucks newsletter (each and everytime you enter). And I’m guessing with up to two entries per day, these codes expire each day, so you shouldn’t be lazy and check your codes tomorrow. Do it today. Bah humbug!

As of Starbucks iOS mobile app version 3.2, I can’t see a way to virtually retrieve codes found on the printed receipts. The codes can only be found on old school receipts that you remembered to ask for and didn’t throw away. Bah humbug!

But remember, you don’t have to purchase anything at Starbucks to enter the contest. You can get a free code online daily… if you’re willing to provide your first name, last name, email address, and mailing address each and every day. Then you may need to wait up to one hour for your code to arrive via email. Don’t let your full inbox make you forget about this code! Bah humbug!

But maybe, just maybe, you do win free food or drinks from Starbucks for the next 30 years. All is forgiven right? Bah humbug!