I thought this specific message was targeting North Americans for whom $3 is a 
realistic price. If the message is for worldwide use I would also find it 
offensive in its US centric price claims. I am in Africa, where a cup of coffee 
would normally be less than $3 US, but is enormously variable depending on 
where you are, what coffee you drink, and who you buy it from. I don't drink 
coffee myself, so not particularly expert on the topic.
Cheers,
Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
James Salsman
Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 7:17 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] when is the last time a one-line fundraising banner 
was A/B tested

Someone recently complained that referring to the equivalent of USD $3
as the cost of a cup of coffee was incorrect and substantially
offensive in Brazil. And then a few weeks later there was a discussion
about how donations are so much smaller in the developing world.

Coincidence? I don't think so.

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 10:11 AM Peter Southwood
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It is a bit of a wall of text, but at first reading the message is less 
> offensive than many previous versions.
> Cheers,
> Peter

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