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Presumably it's because Samsung is their Official Mobile Phone Sponsor. Right - but what does that have to do with banning personal hotspots? The guidelines cl
by mootothemax 14y ago
Presumably it's because Samsung is their Official Mobile Phone Sponsor.
Right - but what does that have to do with banning personal hotspots? The guidelines clearly say you can bring your phone along.
The liquids thing is because Coke is their Official Carbonated Beverage Sponsor.
There's nothing in there saying you can't bring 100ml of Pepsi ;-)
- sp332 14y agoBut once you're done drinking your tiny amount of Pepsi, if you get thirsty you'll have to buy Coke.
- mootothemax 14y agoBut once you're done drinking your tiny amount of Pepsi, if you get thirsty you'll have to buy Coke. Not true, here's the sample menu from London 2012 that illustrates what will typically be available at venues inside the olympic park: Bottled water – £1.60 Fairtrade tea – from £2.00 Fairtrade coffee – from £2.60 500ml bottle of Coca-Cola – £2.30 330ml bottle of Heineken – £4.20 London 2012 red wine 18.7cl – £4.80 http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/General/01/25/68/39/SampleLondon2012menu_Neutral.pdf http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/General/01/2... Definitely overpriced, but Coke isn't the only option.
- sp332 14y agoThis definitely reinforces the point. You're not allowed to bring your own drinks in, if you want to drink anything you must buy an overpriced drink from one of 3 or 4 sponsors.
- mootothemax 14y agoThis definitely reinforces the point. You're not allowed to bring your own drinks in, if you want to drink anything you must buy an overpriced drink from one of 3 or 4 sponsors. Well, that's a different argument from the one that coke is your only option ;) Can't say that I like these sponsorship deals enforcing things like this though. Going to a festival? Flat Carlsberg it is!
- pyre 14y ago> that coke is your only option For instance, The Coca-Cola Company owns several bottled water brands. No one said that "Coke the drink" was the only thing available.
- ixacto 14y ago$3.56 coke must be mighty special.
- hnriot 14y agoI don't get why any sports enthusiast would ever drink a drink that's just corn syrup, even if it were free.
- excuse-me 14y agoMcDonalds is the official fast food sponsor of Londinium MMXII !
- dalore 14y agoI read they will have the worlds largest McDonalds there.
- goatforce5 14y agoUK Coke (and large parts of the non-US world) is cane sugar based rather than corn syrup. It's not good for you, but it tastes a whole lot better.
- radicalbyte 14y agoThat's typical London pricing. Paris is much worse. The same 500ml bottle will cost you $5.33 at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
- AlexMuir 14y ago£2.30 a bottle??? What the fuck are Coke thinking? Paying all that money to sponsor the games and then absolutely shafting anyone who actually buys your drink. Everyone will be walking away saying "Fuck me, that coke was expensive." - I can't believe that's the message they're wanting to leave behind. I have a flat in London, but I'm staying away for the whole of the Olympics. I'm ashamed of the whole thing. "At this unprecedented time of War, Crisis and Recession. Your Dear Government offer you to enjoy the International Games. But you must Be Cautious at all times. Our Security Services and Army will try to ensure that you are not killed while watching the shot-put."
- socksy 14y agoI don't see why this is surprising? All big events have outrageous prices. Compared to some gigs I've been to they even seem somewhat reasonable. There are much worse things brought about by the Olympics being here than the prices charged to those in the event itself.
- stevewillows 14y agoWill you be renting your flat for the duration of the games? In Vancouver they tried to regulate that too.
- nekojima 14y agoFairtrade tea – from £2.00 Fairtrade coffee – from £2.60 Rather expensive for a cup of hot water. Does that price include a teaspoon of fairtrade sugar and a dash of fairtrade milk or cream? Then again, its not very fairtrade for coffee farmers/producers to get 60p more for their product than tea farmers/producers. Wonder how much of that excess markup the farmers actually end up seeing.
- bbrian 14y agoThe Heineken's cheaper than in a pub in Dublin!