Quote :

" LOS ANGELES— Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” is a reality. The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008. “Chinese Democracy,” infa­mously delayed since recording began in 1994, goes on sale Sun­day.“ We never thought this day would come,” Tony Jacobs, Dr Pepper’s vice president of mar­keting, said in a statement. “But now that it’s here, all we can say is: The Dr Pepper’s on us.” Beginning Sunday at 12:01 a.m., coupons for a free 20­ ounce soda will be available for 24 hours on Dr Pepper’s Web site. They’ll be honored until Feb. 28. Dr Pepper is owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. "

You can thank me in advance.

11/21/2008 7:06:25 AM

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11/21/2008 7:33:00 AM

yea i just read about this like 20min ago and came here to see if anyone had posted it but nobody had, and I thought about posting it myself but i'm not an attention whore

11/21/2008 7:46:02 AM

*starts beatboxing*


[Edited on November 21, 2008 at 8:29 AM. Reason : *]

11/21/2008 8:28:17 AM

consider added to my topics.

11/21/2008 8:02:20 PM

I had no idea Dr. Pepper and Snapple were the same company.

11/22/2008 8:08:09 AM

So whats to stop me from copying this thing 50 times and using it everyday from now until the end of Feb?

11/22/2008 8:44:01 AM

the honor system

11/22/2008 8:48:31 AM

NICE! Thanks for sharing.

11/22/2008 8:59:43 AM

i am so fucking making like 80 copies of this shit

[Edited on November 22, 2008 at 10:56 AM. Reason : can we get diet?? i watch my figure! ]

11/22/2008 10:56:39 AM

no you can't get diet you fat fuck

11/22/2008 12:07:04 PM

I am thinking that the promo hyperlink will be easier to find on their text site (http://www.drpepper.com/text/index.aspx) vice this Flashplayer BS on their mainpage.

Less than six hours remain.

11/22/2008 5:55:10 PM

woot

11/22/2008 5:58:06 PM

website is swamped

11/23/2008 12:18:17 AM

Quote :

"no you can't get diet you fat fuck"

lol come on cuz...u saw me in person

11/23/2008 12:19:25 AM

the dr pepper logo doesn't look exactly like the snapple logo or anything

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

11/23/2008 12:22:17 AM

http://www.drpepper.com/freeDrPepper/

you have to register with an email address
takes four to six weeks for said coupon to arrive in the mail

11/23/2008 12:28:05 AM

that is a fucking cop out if i've ever heard one.

11/23/2008 1:06:40 AM

i dont blame them

11/23/2008 1:11:42 AM

Dr. Pepper just completely shat on their promise of free drinks for everyone.

http://www.walletpop.com/article/_a/bbdp/dr-pepper-free-soda-coupon-offer-a-bust/257938

Quote :

"(Nov. 23) - If you offer a free soda coupon to everyone in America but your Web site can't handle the traffic, did you keep your promise? In March, Dr Pepper said it would provide that coupon if the Guns N' Roses long-awaited 'Chinese Democracy' album actually dropped in 2008. The album, in production since 1994, is on sale Sunday. The coupon was to be available for 24 hours at Dr Pepper's Web site starting at 12:01 a.m. But repeated attempts by WalletPop.com staff to reach drpepper.com have resulted mainly in a longtime "loading" message on the main page. When we have managed to get in, the coupon location isn't immediately clear. It's apparently behind "Promotions" and then "Free Dr Pepper" -- but then that page wasn't loading for us, either. "We never thought this day would come," Tony Jacobs, Dr Pepper's vice president of marketing, said in an earlier statement on the album's release. "But now that it's here, all we can say is: The Dr Pepper's on us." Or is it? A call to Dr Pepper's media relations team was not immediately returned."

I hereby boycott Dr. Pepper in the future. (not hard to do since it's always lined up right next to its competitors)

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 12:21 PM. Reason : ]

11/23/2008 12:18:37 PM

c'mon, if taco bell said free tacos for a day what do you think you'll see when you pull up to taco bell

a line stretching for miles, and most wouldnt be able to wait
this is no different

11/23/2008 12:36:05 PM

RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE

I'M BOYCOTTING BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET A $1 SODA FOR FREE

RABBLE RABBLE

Honestly unless I was gonna get one of those coupons and copy it a thousand times it's totally not worth my address or time just for one free Dr Pepper. Soda's bad for you anyway...

11/23/2008 12:52:17 PM

GIMMIE A DR PEPPER BITCH

11/23/2008 12:59:56 PM

Hey here's an idea:

don't make promises you can't live up to.

11/23/2008 1:01:59 PM

this reminds me of the donut lines in the library during exams

people will jump over massive hoops for what amounts to $1 of free shit

human psychology is fucked up

11/23/2008 1:17:11 PM

hey sodas aren't just a $1 anymore

more like $1.25, at least

11/23/2008 1:18:30 PM

ROUNDING, SON

ROUNDING

11/23/2008 1:19:04 PM

in an Aluminum can?

Don't know what vending machine you use, but the one where I'm at charges $ 0.85

11/23/2008 1:22:01 PM

it's a 20 oz bottle, b

11/23/2008 3:08:23 PM

finally got through, but man what a hassle!!

11/23/2008 3:08:46 PM

my apartment complex still has an old coke machine where cans cost 65 cents

might as well be an antique

...in fact, the diet cokes taste like they're ten years old

11/23/2008 3:24:48 PM

there should be expiration dates on the bottoms of the cans--if you're curious

11/23/2008 3:28:11 PM

heh, no they're not really that old (mine expires in december). they just taste kind of flat.

11/23/2008 3:30:44 PM

it could've been how it was stored; diet ones go downhill pretty quick if they're left in the heat (like a garage) b/c the aspartame degrades

11/23/2008 3:49:56 PM

isn't the temperature supposed to be controlled?

11/23/2008 6:47:52 PM

i'm sure it's supposed to be, but that doesn't really mean much

11/23/2008 6:56:49 PM

Quote :

"Service Unavailable"

http://www.drpepper.com/freeDrPepper/

11/23/2008 7:03:15 PM

goddamnit i fill out the form, then click submit and

Quote :

"Service Unavailable"

11/23/2008 10:33:12 PM

yeah it did that shit to me a few times..i finally got it to work though.

11/23/2008 10:39:29 PM

or you could just buy a dr pepper.

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

11/23/2008 10:46:43 PM

I think I'm registered, somehow. It finally came back and told me that my email address had already been used. Now I guess I'll log in later and fill out the rest of the info for mailing.

11/23/2008 11:17:13 PM

dr pepper is going to sell your information to third-parties, therefore they arent losing money as the third parties will pay more per person for info than they will lose on a single soda per person.

11/23/2008 11:32:39 PM

plus, not everyone will get a soda and the majority of people who send in a coupon or whatever will completely forget about it or won't feel its worth bitching over a $1 soda

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

11/24/2008 12:13:31 AM

never could get through to the coupon part

11/24/2008 12:46:05 AM

worked for me, but only after bitching a couple of times about the email address being already registered, which, of course, was a crock

11/24/2008 8:27:17 AM

Quote :

"dr pepper is going to sell your information to third-parties, therefore they arent losing money as the third parties will pay more per person for info than they will lose on a single soda per person."

Yes, this is why it wouldn't make sense that they are not competent enough to do a simple goddam promotion.

11/24/2008 9:51:28 PM

Strangely, this issue has actually made me less likely to want to buy Dr. Pepper (even though I know the same company makes other sodas too).

[Edited on November 24, 2008 at 10:02 PM. Reason : ]

11/24/2008 10:01:41 PM

i definitely am not doing this

11/24/2008 10:06:04 PM

i got through. wasted a bunch of time at work doing it though. yay productivity!

Quote :

"if taco bell said free tacos for a day"

they didnt promise free dr pepper for one day, they promised a free dr. pepper for everyone in america

11/24/2008 10:59:28 PM

Just got my coupon in the mail today!

12/15/2008 3:54:04 PM