Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site gypsy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!siemens!gypsy!rosen From: rosen@gypsy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: "Classic" propaganda Message-ID: <42400005@gypsy.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 11:07:00 EDT Article-I.D.: gypsy.42400005 Posted: Wed Jul 17 11:07:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 08:35:59 EDT References: <542@hou2g.UUCP> Lines: 33 Nf-ID: #R:hou2g:-54200:gypsy:42400005:000:1781 Nf-From: gypsy!rosen Jul 17 11:07:00 1985 Propaganda you bet! Coca-Cola is pulling off one of the most clever marketing schemes in history. I am sure this is all part of one big plan and I have good reason to believe this. I don't know if the new Coke will cost any more, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me! It seems were simply preparing to exploit the supply vs. demand law. The reason that I am led to believe this is all part of a major marketing strategy is simple. First, reading the net for the past few months, I have heard NOBODY favor the new Coke over the old Coke. There were a few people who said they liked it in the beginning, but they sure disappeared fast. By far, opinions have shown that the new Coke just doesn't cut it. Keeping this fact in mind, consider the following. When a company as big as Coca-Cola decides to put a new product on the market, regardless of what it is, they have to spend millions of dollars to correctly test and market it. Don't you think that Coke tested this product to see if people would like it? Surely if they did test it and people would say they didn't like it just like the majority of people are saying now. Why would they go ahead and put a product on the market that was not going to be approved by the general public? The only possibility is that they were in such a hurry they did not take the time to test market it which would imply a big mistake (and the new Coke obviously was a big mistake). Anyway, now Coke has you just where they want you - dying for their product and when they bring it back you will buy it by the barrel! Look at all the free publicity they got. They changed their product for a few months and few don't stop talking about for the next few years! Steve Rosen rosen@siemens {ihnp4|princeton|adrvax}!siemens!rosen