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Pepsi: bottles with iTunes promo delayed

updated 11:25 am EST, Thu March 4, 2004

iTunes-Pepsi promo delayed

Pepsi says that the featuring the free iTunes song promotion have been delayed beyond the initally expected February timeframe, according to The USA Today: "Specially marked bottles of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi and Sierra Mist offer free download codes in bottle caps. But they arrived in New York last week, four weeks after 90 million viewers saw the Super Bowl ad. The bottles have yet to show up in Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest media market, and won't get there until mid-March." The article also notes that Pepsi expects a 10% to 20% redemption rate from the promo and that the free downloads aren't counted in SoundScan's tallies, but that "adding them could bring Apple's total to around 75 million."

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03/04, 11:32am | report spam | close Reply |
my...

my local bodega has bottles of soda so old that they have dust on them (in the fridge)... they also have some Caps for Caps (hats) contest on some Pepsi products that I've never heard of!

Not to mention that they have some food items that are horribly out of date.

None of the food there is RIPE either.

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03/04, 11:34am | report spam | close Reply |
PRONE

This is just PRONE to anger 1-5 people in LA

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03/04, 11:34am | report spam | close Reply |
heh

They must have Apple Announcement Syndrome: announce a new product at a big event, get everyone talking about it, delay the start date, delay again, delay again...

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03/04, 11:35am | report spam | close Reply |
RIPE

I am just PRONE to out RIPE you

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03/04, 11:43am | report spam | close Reply |
1 in 3

I have 0 / 20 so far in FL, GA, SC,

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03/04, 11:43am | report spam | close Reply |
What's the big deal?

Stores around here (eastern Washington) have had the bottles for weeks...If they can get the bottles out here to the sticks on time, what's the big deal with getting them to big cities?

/already redeemed 4 songs

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03/04, 11:51am | report spam | close Reply |
What effects?

Food for thought...

Will Apple extend the redemption window on winning codes beyond 4/30 since some regions are just now getting iTunes-marked Pepsi products?

Is Pepsi liable for any kind of penalties in the contract with Apple, since their ineptitude at distributing the marked products on a timely basis is detrimentally affecting the promotion?

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03/04, 11:54am | report spam | close Reply |
bottles

I've found that the best place to find itunes bottles are in convience stores or the mommy-can-i-have-that displays at checkout counters. they seem to be stocked with newer bottles than the standard shelf space.

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03/04, 11:55am | report spam | close Reply |
RIPE.

people are just RIPE to download 10-15 songs through the Pepsi give-away.

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RIPE

This is just RIPE to generate 10-15 frivolous lawsuits.

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03/04, 12:07pm | report spam | close Reply |
LA

The LA Area has had another promotion running involving the Lakers, and that is why there were no iTunes caps in that area. That contest ended a few days ago, so only now are the new bottles shipping, and it will take a couple weeks for the supply of the other bottles to run out in stores. Some stores will restock faster than others, of course, and the small coolers with Pepsi are stocked more often and are the best place to look if you're still in the LA area waiting for caps. In the meantime, head to 7-11 and pick up a Big Gulp or Slurpee as the contest has been going on there for some time now even in the LA area.

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They're in Oregon

I bought a soda at a pizza place here in Portland and realized after I opened it that it was an iTunes bottle (diet Pepsi). Low and behold it was a winner. I have yet to redeem it as I'm very indecisive, and there are way too many choices. :)

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4/9

So far I've won 4 out of 9 times in Arkansas.

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Indecisive

...redeem the code so that you will have 1 free song credit. Then when you can decide, you will not have to dig up the cap or risk losing it.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles has a local promotion concerning the suck-a** Lakers that pre-empted the iTunes promotion. One more reason to hate the "Rapers."

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03/04, 12:13pm | report spam | close Reply |
Big Gulps

I've won 1/4 times at 7-11 (1 Slurpees, 3 big gulps)...

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03/04, 12:15pm | report spam | close Reply |
RIPE.

The people who aren't winning all of the time are just RIPE to tilt the bottle and look for a winner.

On a serious note, it does work 100%. If you want to win songs, follow these instructions:

http://www.macmerc.com/news/archives/1270

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03/04, 12:19pm | report spam | close Reply |
1 for 1

:-)

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Tilt

Tilting will not work on the 7-11 cups. That can be good and bad. Good if you don't want to tilt, because then you presumably have a real 33% chance of winning (because no one else could tilt and take all the winning codes). But bad if you want to tilt because you can't and so your chances of getting a winning cup are *only* 33%. Also, good because you get more soda. But bad for those who don't like fountain drinks. But also good because then you can get Coke or Mountain Dew. But bad because you have to go to 7-11 and not just a supermarket or something.

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They're in Richmond

They've been in Richmond, VA for weeks. I've won 3/5. How long until someone starts complaining of some right wing conspicary from the _EVIL_ Bush Administration and the baby killing Republicans to stop the two most left wing cities from getting free music? Everything else is a conspiracy, why not this?

For those not inteligent enough to get it, that is a joke at the expense of the tiny minority of the extreme left (yes, the Dean supporters).

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RIPE

This news just RIPE to delay downloads of a 10-15 minute live jam.

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Good Luck

I have had good luck here in Chicago winning 14 of 18. All from gas stations btw.

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I knew it....

It's obvious the bush administration is behind this. It's just another well-planned media uproar to dodge the public away from real issues like what exatcly the bush administration is doing to the american image all over the world. Oh well, as long as I get my free songs! Tilt away, I say!

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Phoenix

I have won 19/20 without cheating...all from 7-11 and Circle K's...Thanks Pepsi and Apple...

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who cares!

Big flipping deal! Amazes me people are going all over to look for pepsi to get a free song, when they're spending (a) $1+ on the pepsi, (b) $$$ on gas to drive all over, and (c) $$$$$ on time you spend driving around looking for a pepsi.

Here's an idea. Drink water from a faucet, take a dollar, buy a tune, and still come out ahead.

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RE: RIPE

"This news just RIPE to delay downloads of a 10-15 minute live jam."

HA! That made me laugh out loud. Identify yourself!

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Re: who cares...

Umm.. ok. Well lets see, when I am at school and decide to buy something to drink I usually buy a sierra mist. Now I have the added bonus of potenitally winning a song. Its not as if people are purposely going out of their way to drive to locations long and far, and spending tons of money to get these "special" bottles. I bought soda before this promotion and I will buy it after. The bonus that I can win a song is just that, a bonus.

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No bottles, but...

We have the Slurpee� cups here that do the same thing - I've won two so far...
I was wondering what in the h*** was going on - me and some friends have been scouring LA for yellow caps.
b******* - they better extend the offer beyond March 31st.

SB

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10 for 13 here..

100% once i found out how to cherry pick them. i'm supposed to be caffeine free - and around here it's all pepsi and no sierra mist... so ppardon mmye typingskilz

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Re: who cares

Its not as if people are purposely going out of their way to drive to locations long and far, and spending tons of money to get these "special" bottles. I bought soda before this promotion and I will buy it after. The bonus that I can win a song is just that, a bonus.

Problem is, they were. There were many reports here and elsewhere with people saying things like "Went to six different convenience stores, no caps!".

Of course, since you're drinking that mule-piss called Sierra Mist, you should get something out of it.

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funny

thats funny cause here we are already out of all our dt pepsi bottles....have newer different caps now :) sucks for live in the places that dont have them yet.

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Pepsi: bottles with iTunes promo delayed

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They're in Oregon

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Tilt

They're in Richmond

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No bottles, but...

10 for 13 here..

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