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I'm in New Zealand myself, and I really hate this. I drink Coke as a guilty pleasure, but when they bought this in I got really turned off. I'm not going to dr

by veb 14y ago

I'm in New Zealand myself, and I really hate this. I drink Coke as a guilty pleasure, but when they bought this in I got really turned off. I'm not going to drink Coke that's for "Callum", "Katherine" or <random name that's not mine nor my wifes>. Major turn off. I would really like to see if this promotion actually works.

mahmud 14y ago
Get yourself a stubby holder, BOOM!
batiudrami 14y ago
I can't imagine allowing something like this to bother me - it's just a name on a disposable bottle. Are you sure you're not railing against it because you don't like seeing the marketing being so successful on social networks?
- veb 14y ago
  ... how is it being successful on social networks anyway? I haven't seen anything about this on Facebook. It just feels like the bottle belongs to someone else. I'm allowed to feel weird, if I want.
  - batiudrami 14y ago
    I don't know if it's successful in NZ or not, but when it ran in Australia a year or so back you barely went a day without someone posting a picture of them with their name on the bottle.
  - nchlswu 14y ago
    Perhaps you just have a network that wouldn't react to this promotion. That's fine, and you're allowed to feel fine. I think this is a promotion stands out* because it appears to me that the promotion is primarily driven by a "real world" (read: physical) product that is being shared online as opposed to a social media campaign reliant on traditional "sharing." People are actually compelled to take a picture and share the product online; not just click a "share" or "like" button *I say stands out, because successful obviously depends on the chosen metrics.
89a 14y ago
Can't you just take the label off? Whats wrong with people…
joezydeco 14y ago
Having proud ownership of a less common name, to me this is as about as exciting as going to one of those souvenir shops and seeing the rack of mugs with names on them. Mine is never there, so I never bother to look anymore.
- ChrisArchitect 14y ago
  obligatory Simpsons quote, 'We need more "Bort" coke bottles in the shop. I repeat, we are sold out of "Bort" coke bottles.'
tatsuke95 14y ago
It's a bottle of soda, not a condom.

by veb 14y ago

mahmud 14y ago

Get yourself a stubby holder, BOOM!

batiudrami 14y ago

I can't imagine allowing something like this to bother me - it's just a name on a disposable bottle. Are you sure you're not railing against it because you don't like seeing the marketing being so successful on social networks?

veb 14y ago
... how is it being successful on social networks anyway? I haven't seen anything about this on Facebook. It just feels like the bottle belongs to someone else. I'm allowed to feel weird, if I want.
- batiudrami 14y ago
  I don't know if it's successful in NZ or not, but when it ran in Australia a year or so back you barely went a day without someone posting a picture of them with their name on the bottle.
- nchlswu 14y ago
  Perhaps you just have a network that wouldn't react to this promotion. That's fine, and you're allowed to feel fine. I think this is a promotion stands out* because it appears to me that the promotion is primarily driven by a "real world" (read: physical) product that is being shared online as opposed to a social media campaign reliant on traditional "sharing." People are actually compelled to take a picture and share the product online; not just click a "share" or "like" button *I say stands out, because successful obviously depends on the chosen metrics.

89a 14y ago

Can't you just take the label off? Whats wrong with people…

joezydeco 14y ago

Having proud ownership of a less common name, to me this is as about as exciting as going to one of those souvenir shops and seeing the rack of mugs with names on them. Mine is never there, so I never bother to look anymore.

ChrisArchitect 14y ago
obligatory Simpsons quote, 'We need more "Bort" coke bottles in the shop. I repeat, we are sold out of "Bort" coke bottles.'

tatsuke95 14y ago

It's a bottle of soda, not a condom.