where I live, the price of coke and pepsi have both gone up quite a bit since this program started.

when it started, i seldom paid over $2.50 for 12 pack, now I can seldom find it for less than $3.00 per 12 pack and usually its higher than that

Are you suggesting that Coke is some sort of Svengali? :p

I never really drink Pepsi, and I never really have, and since my consumption of Coke hasn't gone up since the program started, I see the points and the resultant "rewards" merely as a bonus.

<zombie voice> "Must get Coke..." :D

I don't buy more Coke than I normally would. Or do I?

When I see an empty bottle now, I immediately register whether it's a Coke bottle, and then whether there's a cap. I never would have done that before. Would you? So MCR has succeeded in some way to create brand awareness. I don't know whether that results in more Coke purchases.

Maybe I can trade my points for a visit with a psychologist.

Wegman's Sweepstakes--Strange Marketing by MCR
 

After entering the code to get an entry into the sweepstakes, there is an MCR graphic (bunch of colored circles) that contains the phrase "You could win up to 2,500 Pts. Wegman's".

I've been entering, and just took a look at the Rules:

So yes, you COULD win 2,500 points...but you can actually win UP TO 10,000 points. Why the heck would Coke not use the Grand Prize in the advertising for this sweepstakes?

TRojan Horse sessions
 

[PHP][/hmmm 2nd day in a row that I tried the old enter before noon/after noon EDT and got shut out. I always get the first session in but not the 2nd session
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I just got in 2 sessions today . One At 11.20AM ans one at 12:15 PM.

You need to get a NEW copy of Internet Explorer. Either close out the first INternet Exp first then start another one or minimize the first copy and start a second copy.

Delta is still participating with mycokerewards and will have a contest appearing soon :cool:



New Delta Daily Instant Win Promotion
March 2008
From April 8 to May 14, My Coke Rewards members will have the chance to win one prize of 2 round-trip domestic tickets from Delta Airlines. One person will win instantly every day. Entry will require 6 points, but there is a higher chance of winning!

The bigger question is, if I win this ticket, can I get miles for flying it?;)

Since the promo began, many things have increased in price.
Gas prices have increased transportation costs. The weaker US dollar has increased other costs.

Well, that's good news. I keep entering codes hoping that Delta awards will come back. I'm not too interested in the contest but I would like more MILES!

Deb

Any new promo codes guys?

Does anybody get excited about spending points to enter contests? What a snoozer! :rolleyes:

I didn't post it because I was interested in the contest,*nobody cares about the contests* I posted it for the people who thought coke and delta were done, because the lack of the delta logo on main page.



I only drink diet coke, so I won't give up on it yet, because it only costs me time to enter the codes.

Using points for contest is waste of points. Better to get free coke coupons instead.

On the contrary, I've never paid under $2.50 for a 12 pack and rarely less than $3.00

I don't really consider it whining. Like the other posts stated, it is a value analysis and I am one of the most value-oriented people around. Example for the IC points...IC is running a promo through the end of April where every second stay earns 4000 PC points. To switch hotels instead of a two night stay at the same property to earn the extra 4000 PC points is far less effort to me than amassing the CR points needed for the same number of IC points. My last 10 stays are all single-nighters, including many nights going back and forth between two IC properties in the same town. So far I've earned 36,000 PC points this promo, which IC hotels has run almost every quarter the past two years. For contest entries, I won a 7.1mp Canon digital camera last month and a HP laptop last year through the contest section of FT. Add to this the United rt tix and W hotel stay and NW rt ticket I won also through FT and you can see how contests don't seem like a total waste of time IMHO.

I also use the points for worthwhile hotel stays. Mrs. Outoftown and I were some of the last FT'rs to take advantage of the MR to Rome for $85+tax and just got back two weeks ago. I burned 280,000 IC points for the IC de la Ville Roma where the upgraded deluxe room we were given goes for about 385 Euros or with VAT/taxes, over $600 per night. $4200 for the week would have been a wee bit over my vacation spend budget of $300/wk :) so I do appreciate any IC points I can get, even via CR, but when Walmart had 12 packs of Pepsi products for $2 last week, the incentive of CR points isn't enough to keep me from stocking up. I'm going to be all jacked up on Diet Mountain Dew for a while.

YMMV
outoftown