Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.5 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!seefromline From: kaufman@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: "Classic" propaganda Message-ID: <36200226@uiucdcs> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 12:12:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.36200226 Posted: Fri Jul 12 12:12:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:13:26 EDT References: <542@hou2g.UUCP> Lines: 35 Nf-ID: #R:hou2g.UUCP:-54200:uiucdcs:36200226:000:1813 Nf-From: uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA!kaufman Jul 12 11:12:00 1985 /* Written 7:58 am Jul 11, 1985 by scott@hou2g.UUCP in uiucdcs:net.flame */ And for those of you who think "consumer pressure" did the trick, wait until you find out how they'll PRICE the stuff before you congratulate each other. Someone earlier theorized that the only reason Coke did this was so they could "miraculously" bring back the "good ol' stuff" due to "popular demand" and charge an arm and a leg for it. Maybe I'm cynical (Hell! I KNOW I'm cynical), but that's what this looks like it to me. The new coke will be around forever, as well (just watch) because it's cheaper. If they got rid of it and charged, say, 20% more for the "classic" stuff, they might STILL lose customers to Pepsi.. /* End of text from uiucdcs:net.flame */ It won't be so easy. Over the past year or so, I've seen 2 liter Cokes regularly going for anywhere from $.99 to $1.99, so a markup of a few cents will depend on which price they're marking over. I was also wondering when I heard the announcement whether a "classic" price would be hooked on, but as an old Cokie, I'll be happy to see the stuff on the shelves, and to be able to make the choice between Coke at the price they offer, and any other soft drink. BTW, since this is net.flame, a related flame: We've recently beaten the subject to death how if you order a Coke and some other brand is served, they have to inform you of the fact. Now, how come is it that whenever I go into a Pizza The Hut and see Pepsi on the menu, and when I order "a cola" with my meal (I don't like saying the "P" word), they still ask if Pepsi will be ok? In making my order, I'm implicitly agreeing to whatever brand is being carried. Does Pepsi not consider itself a cola? Has Coke also copyrighted that word???? Ken Kaufman (uiucdcs!kaufman) "Dial 1-800, toll-free!"