The Daily Money: No more free seats at Starbucks

excellent morning! It’s Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money, vanishing buyer perks edition.

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Planning to pop into Starbucks to meet a partner, use the restroom, or surf the Internet? Better order a latte or cold brew before you do.

Nearly seven years ago, the globe’s biggest coffee chain began allowing non-paying guests to use its facilities. In a 180-degree turn Monday, Starbucks announced it is reversing its open-door policy in business-owned North American stores. People who enter a Starbucks must now, you recognize, order something.

Buy before you try

In other buyer information, Amazon is no longer giving customers the alternative to “try before you buy.”

The retail giant is dropping the service, which allowed Amazon’s Prime members to try on select clothing items, shoes and accessories at home before making a purchase.

worth gouging in L.A.

With tens of thousands of homes destroyed by fire and many communities completely inaccessible, housing is rapidly becoming one of the most critical issues facing residents of greater Los Angeles, Andrea Riquier reports.

In the aftermath of the fires, “What we view is some people taking this as an chance to make additional money,” said Natalie Maxwell, managing attorney at the National Housing Law assignment (NHLP).

So, it’s significant that people renting a home or trying to discover a place to live recognize their rights. It is absolutely illegal to gouge housing prices in the aftermath of a disaster, packed stop. Here’s what that means, and what California residents require to recognize.

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Each weekday, The Daily Money delivers the best buyer and budgetary information from USA TODAY, breaking down complicated events, providing the TLDR version and explaining how everything from Fed rate changes to bankruptcies impacts you.

Daniel de Visé covers financial planning for USA Today.