[one1]

Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise - Yahoo! News

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.

[cricketlang]

you da man on this one. thanks a ton...i love dr pepper.

[one1]

You're welcome.

Oh wait this is MMI..... I'm supposed to beg like a crack addict for "thanks" and put big azz gifs in my sig that flash "THANKS".

.........nah, I'll skip it.

EDIT: I don't know who has these gifs, that was a general statement.... not headed in any direction.

[cricketlang]

oh crap i forgot...oh yeah i know what you mean. someone called me a posting whore because i complimented someone in a post and because i posted something at the same time they did. people are just dumb about some things. i hear from cpjr that you are the master on hardware mods...what do you think?

[one1]

Right now I'm modding some freebie Dr. Pepper into your fridges

[cricketlang]

for REAL!!!!! its time to whip out the mass printer at work!!!!!!

[one1]

Just heard the entire new album.... not as bad as I thought it would be, but you can tell Slash isn't involved, nor Duff or Izzy. MySpace.com - Guns N Roses - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Rock / Metal / Rock - www.myspace.com/gunsnroses

It's a good album so far.

[ALL DAY]

Originally Posted by one1

You're welcome.

Oh wait this is MMI..... I'm supposed to beg like a crack addict for "thanks" and put big azz gifs in my sig that flash "THANKS".

.........nah, I'll skip it.

EDIT: I don't know who has these gifs, that was a general statement.... not headed in any direction.

Quoted for truth.

As for the Dr. Pepper news, that's awesome! I'm going to hella stock up. Is there no limit to this? I mean I'm sure they'll make you put in an e-mail address or something, but still...

Pro-Tip: If you have a G-Mail account, you can put a period randomly in the username and it will count as a different e-mail address. (Ex: Day@gmail --> D.ay@gmail, and so on)

[one1]

All around the net and even at Best Buy where consumers are rating their purchases and not reviewers, Guns N' Roses frontmant Axl Rose's new release Chinese Democracy has pulled off the release of the decade. 14 years in the making, the new album was never thought to have a release date and some gave up hope long ago.

Was it worth the wait? Consumers and artists, as well as newspaper reviewers all seem to agree..... yes it was.

"This may be the revolutionary album that singlehandedly kicks this Emo movement back out of mainstream and brings some real rock and roll back".

Chinese Democracy can be reviewed on the GNR myspace site and purchased exclusively at your local Best Buy (or on the best buy site) where the record is slated for release effective immediately pending the clock striking 12 tonight.

MySpace.com - Guns N Roses - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Rock / Metal / Rock - www.myspace.com/gunsnroses

[Sullivan0930]

cool..Dr Pepper is the place to be.

[Chase817]

Is Dr. Pepper cheating? Their site doesn't load all the way for me!

[one1]

It ain't cheating, it's destroyed. You thought Apple was raped on iDay............. dr pepper website is not used to this kind of traffic. It's beyond destroyed.

EDIT: it is up at times, try again!

[ihawk0789]

i want dr. pepper i love it man

[sebgonz]

So who printed a pdf of this so I can have one?

[one1]

No WONDER Everybody left the band to get away from Axl. What a tard.....

Axl Rose Accuses Dr Pepper of Malpractice - Yahoo! News

Axl Rose Accuses Dr Pepper of Malpractice

E! Online – Axl Rose Accuses Dr Pepper of Malpractice(E! Online)

Los Angeles (E! Online) – All is fair in Chinese Democracy, except when the citizens are denied the opportunity to drink what the Dr ordered.

Axl Rose, wholely mum when Dr Pepper announced that it would bestow a free 20-ounce bottle on all comers when Guns N' Roses' years-in-the-making album finally dropped, is taking the company to task via his attorney after learning that not all customers were served.

The soft-drink behemoth had arranged to bestow online coupons to any thirsty freebie-seeker who visited its website on Nov. 23, but the site crashed due to...well, high traffic brought on by people's insatiable desire for free stuff.

The promotion was extended for another day, but the site was reportedly unreachable for most of it.

And despite what surely is Rose's sympathy for those who have trouble meeting customer demand, Guns N' Roses' lawyer is calling the attention-getting ploy an "unmitigated disaster which defrauded customers."

In a letter to Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc, Beverly Hills-based Alan Gutman demanded that the company extend the promotion and place full-page apologies in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.

Calling the campaign an "exploitation of my clients' legendary reputation and their eagerly awaited album, Gutman wrote that "mocking undertones" in the Dr Pepper promotion made for a "raw and damaging commercial exploitation of our clients' rights," which was then made even worse by the "shoddy execution of your disingenuous giveaway offer."

Oh, and the band would like some money now, too.

Threatening further legal action if no reparations are made, Gutman requests "appropriate payment...for the unauthorized use and abuse of their publicity and intellectual property rights."

Dr Pepper declined to comment on Guns N' Roses' version of events.
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