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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"

[-] Mantis_Toboggan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I tried watching that Pepsi-Harrier-Jet Netflix documentary, since the whole idea seemed strange and quirky. But holly fuck do they trail off onto random tangents and tried padding the runtime. I couldn’t go on after around episode 3.

[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 year ago

Putin: target the Coke factory. General: is Pepsi ok? We don't have the range too get the coke factory.

[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

The Russians are still mad that Pepsi tried to buy that fleet of 17 decommissioned Soviet warships with a bunch of Pepsi syrup in 1990.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Coke just took their opportunity to take down the competition and blame it on Russia.

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