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[-] RedditRefugee69@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For the uninitiated, Pepsi once promised a harrier jet if you collected an absurd amount of rewards points. Someone did, Pepsi couldn’t fulfill the promise and was sued

Edit: actually details below. Never watched the documentary

[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

They never sold enough reward points to redeem the harrier. But they did allow you to pay 10¢ per point to redeem rewards, so customers could get rewards even if they couldn't quite collect enough points.

He sent Pepsi a $700,000 check to pay for enough points to redeem and a $37,000,000 jet as a reward. Then he sued Pepsi when they refused.

He didn't win the case.

[-] MisterD@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I feel like OP has photographic proof that Pepsi had that jet all along

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I mean, they technically had the 6th largest navy. But I don't know if they really counted as a "legitimate military power" if almost none of the boats are seaworthy.

[-] flying_monkies@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

none of the boats are seaworthy

You just described the modern Russian Navy and it's considered "legitimate naval power"

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