Coffee a dollar a cup in Mexico?? are they nuts?.........

wow that is a lot of money to say the least are they out of the fool heads most people can't afford that here in mexico I guess in no time you will be the only one that is open for business wishing you a great day

May be they want to make some quick buck by charging a higher price than yours, i am sure there are always some fools out there like to be taken for a ride in those high priced internet cafes, strongly believe just by paying premium price on the cheap Mexican coffee, they are doing a patriotic duty to Mexico, you shouldn't be too surprised there is always some nuts out there willing to play the role of suckers by doing exactly that. Don't worry, continue to charge .55 per coffee if you are still making decent profit from the sales, i am sure your regular customers will appreciate yours' cafe everyday low price and will come back for more later. Just let's those fooling people continue to frequent the businesses that charge higher price until their heart content, they have too much dough inside their deep pocket.

People mainly drink cappuccino here in Australia and it's $3.60 a cup...which is about the same as US $$$. A sandwich will cost anything from $5 - $8. Wicked, yes?

We pay even more but a lot of things are expensive. Homemade items are a real attractive attraction. I think as far as people are concerned even those without much money will spend what they have if they like something. Anything that brings them pleasure they buy right? Most people here carry at least a twenty dollar bill with them when they go out. Myself, I look carefully for bargains but if the coffee is good and I like the atmosphere, don't really care if it is a little more or not. i just don't want to go somewhere and feel like i am #27 now get out! You know what I mean?

Nope, here would be $3.00 - $7.00 a cup depending where you go. I went to a coffee shop in the mall where I work, and got a small cappucino for $1.50 which is unheard of, didn't taste that good either.

Where I stay its about $2 per hour and 1.25 for coffee

Although they are asking a dollar for a cup of coffee, they must be selling the coffee otherwise they'd have to put their prices down. Ask yourself was the cafe busy, were people buying coffee? It's supply and demand, if people think a dollar for coffee is too expensive then they wouldn't buy it, but obviously they are!

Here in Boston a small coffee is a dollar and change! I think your underselling yourself! I happily pay the $1 for a good cup of coffee.

That seems cheaper than in America. Maybe it's a different size of coffee cup? You said regular size, I wonder if regular there is regular here. I'm not really sure. I don't drink coffee. All I know is if you want to go to Starbucks, prepare to pay through the nose.

Not if people are willing to pay them that amount...

In the world of business, I believe the answer to your question at the end of the post would be I don't think so. You should know that internet cafe business simply does not earn from renting computers out by the hours only. I am sure there are many additional services which could be offered to increase earnings like selling refreshments, cold sodas, hot beverages, snacks, instant meals (t.v. meals or instant noodles) or fresh tacos. While you may charge a reasonable price for your coffee, I don't think there's anything wrong selling at market price because it would mean profitability which is good to have for the sustenance of the business. Besides, the other cafes may have different operating cost than yours. I believe internet cafes can derive income by providing top up service for various MMORPG games for gamers or you may want to consider giving computer classes to elderly computer illiterate folks. Setup WiFi hotspot add a few tables for coffee or refreshments + .15 for WiFi access. I am sure you need to consider what you will need especially the funds for keeping your machines to be fast and with the latest upgrades in online games and whatever. So, you are not nuts if you are charging 1.00 refillable coffee.

Even at |Burger King, coffee sells at US$1.30 in my country. It is now a luxury. If I ever have one then I make sure to get a refill Really ridiculous price

That's pretty cheap for coffee really. Local cafe charges $1.20 with free refills. Any gas station close by is about $2.00 per cup (and that's a small one). I don't think a $1.00 an hour would be unreasonable to charge for computer time. You said you have a lot of young customers, do you sell soda as well? I would think that would be very popular amoung the younger people. That and snacks of cookies and brownies.

You know, a dollar is actually a good price for a cup of coffee. StarBucks charges way more then that for a cup. So does Dunkin Donuts. And most stores here charge at least a dollar a cup. Maybe less for a small cup. But, a dollar is a good price. You could undercharge everyone even if you raised the price on a cup of coffee from 55 cents to like 80 cents or even 75 cents. And you can raise the amount of the time on the computers. I think you should be charging at least a dollar an hour or more for the computer time. You need to make money. After all you are running a business.

May be, some of the owners might think that if people are too interested in drinking coffee, they will anyways go for it. I have seen it in many Malls in India- things that should be something like Rs. 30/- being charged Rs. 45/- and so on, based on the thinking that people who come to such places would anyways have so much money to pay anything they are charged.

Hi Maria, but I think you should see another internet cafes in other region but if in your region they tag for that price I think you should adjust your rate just like theirs or maybe you should raise 5 cents or 10 cents from your rate

well, you need to see how are the things here in Brazil, the hour is like $1.50 and the coffe is .80 or more. thank you for your discussion

It's been so long since I paid for 'a cup of coffee' (as I usually have-instant coffee at home or -FREE coffee from church ... I know it's not "free," but you know what I mean). & I don't think I've EVER had it in 'an Internet cafe,' but--the one time (a long time ago) when I DID buy 'a cup of coffee,' it was something like $2.50. Granted, it was 'gourmet' coffee. And in US-money; is that what you're using, or are you on pesos? What's the difference? Why?

Its a part of everyday's life. People think that they are sharp enough but other one make them fool. And you know that prices increase on area bases also. On some area we get coffee at low price while on other areas we get high price, its all about the locality and many people think that if they are paying high then they are getting good things.

a cup (a very tiny one) of espresso costs 80 euro cents here in rome or probably in all over italy. this is equivalent to one US dollar. if you go to the more chic coffee shops, the price would be higher. the prices are indeed very high these days. everything is expensive.