Today was a great day because I won my first free tune from the latest Apple/iTunes/Pepsi promotion. As the program was announced, there were to be 300 million specially marked caps topping 20 oz. bottles of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi and Sierra Mist, one third of which reveal a code to redeem a free song from the iTunes Music Store. I thought to myself, dang, if only I liked Pepsi or Diet Pepsi. At least I sorta like Sierra Mist. Well, a light shone down from heaven today when I learned that in addition to the Pepsi bottle caps, you could get a chance to win a free song by sucking down a Big Gulp from your local 7-11 meaning I could abuse my kidneys 32 ounces at a time with my beverage of choice - Dr. Pepper. So on my way back from OfficeMax today, I ducked into the 7-11 on Antioch there it was - a tall stack of Big Gulp cups with big blue Apple logos. I swear I heard angels singing. I stepped up to the fountain, filled up with the good Dr., plopped down my 85 cents and was on my way. I had to drink down the soda first because you have to pretty much destroy the cup by cutting little slits in the top rim and un-roll the lip to reveal "Winner" or "Please try again." I got... "WINNER!" and a code to redeem a free song. I'll let you know what song I pick later. I'm sure it will be the first of many. The rules of the promotion limits you to 200 free songs before the end of April so we'll see how close I can get.
**UPDATE** I redeemed my first free song - Opus 40 by Mercury Rev.
Posted by todd at February 03, 2004 06:39 PM
Damn, Paisan, if I know you as well as I think I do, you’ll be upgrading from normal consumer quantities to epic Larry Shepherdlike volumes of Dr. Pepper in order to capitalize on this promotion. So, two things to remember:
1. Pace yourself in the beginning to build up your body’s capacity and natural tolerance for Dr. Pepper.
2. Contact Starbucks to notify them about the plunge in revenue they’ll be experiencing during this fiscal quarter.
Posted by: Shepcat on February 3, 2004 07:01 PMThat is really funny Todd. That is even funnier Shepcat. The sad thing is that it is also really true.
Posted by: Tim Keel on February 3, 2004 10:16 PMcool :-) Now if only we had that in the UK!
Jason
Posted by: Jason Clark on February 4, 2004 01:02 AMso, i bought three bottles of pepsi in an effort to secure at least one winner. it worked. i won exactly one song. I downloaded “lose yourself” by eminem, and then was snagged (for the first time ever, by the way, and what a discovery) by the itunes gig. “hey ya”- outkast; “harder to breathe”- maroon 5; and that new Black Eyed Peas song. I got a rare pop fix for myself. what a delight. then i put ‘em together on a compilation with songs like “You Shook Me” (AC/DC) and “Stayin’ Alive” (Bee Gees). Ah, fantastic music (in the literal sense).
Posted by: don on February 20, 2004 10:48 PM