why to NOT play the billion sweeps contest

Infin8Cyn · Post by **Infin8Cyn** » Thu May 29, 2003 10:03 pm

I can (sometimes) add and subtract. So... boo yah

mai · Post by **mai** » Fri May 30, 2003 3:30 am

okay, so it seems that some of you are missing my point to the whole thing, sure there is a chance you will, but there is also a chance you will be struck by lightning EVERY time a thunderstorm rolls through. and as far as the free pepsis go, i'm sure that those are on distinct tops, not ones with codes, and i currently am yet to find one, and i've gone through about 30 or so of the tops (hey the contest has only been here for a little over a week) so i just either have EXTREMELY bad luck, or there is a truck full of pepsi driving around somewhere with cases full of the winning tops. and with no way for one single person to prove all these odds they are claiming, i personally think its just a way for pepsi to push more product to the non-pepsi drinkers, cus hey, when you go to store to buy a drink, why not pick the one that will give you a chance to win a billion dollars or whatever, right? right. can i get a round of applause for pepsi's marketing department.

Arthur · Post by **Arthur** » Fri May 30, 2003 7:38 am

dude, we dont fucking care..........we enjoy pepsi, PERIOD.

TheScaryOne · Post by **TheScaryOne** » Fri May 30, 2003 10:30 am

What if you only bought one Pepsi, and entered it into the contest? What if that one was one of the 1000? Or what if this box, sitting next to my chair, was a winning code? What if I don't feel like turning it in?

Eihger · Post by **Eihger** » Fri May 30, 2003 12:36 pm

do or don't the desision has been made, it's how you get there that matters

mai · Post by **mai** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:32 pm

[quote="Arthur";p="86753"]dude, we dont fucking care..........we enjoy pepsi, PERIOD.[/quote]

did i say anywhere to NOT drink pepsi, the point of this had nothing to do with pepsi (the drink) but pepsi (the company). no need to be an asshole

document · Post by **document** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:48 pm

i personally think its just a way for pepsi to push more product to the non-pepsi drinkers

Agreed. All candy/soda sweepstakes are created just to boost sales. If sweepstakes didn't boost sales, then companies would not do them.

mai · Post by **mai** » Fri May 30, 2003 3:01 pm

[quote="document";p="86921"]

i personally think its just a way for pepsi to push more product to the non-pepsi drinkers

Agreed. All candy/soda sweepstakes are created just to boost sales. If sweepstakes didn't boost sales, then companies would not do them.[/quote]

thats why i dont understand the no purchase necessary clause, that they all have. what if everyone boycotted buying the specially marked packages and ALL sent in for the free game piece, then they are screwed

document · Post by **document** » Fri May 30, 2003 3:04 pm

Every sweepstakes I've ever seen has a "no purchase necessary" clause attached to it. M&M's, Recess, Milky Way, Coke, they all had it. I'm sure it runs it has its risks. I'm sure that these risks have been taken into consideration before Pepsi (and these other companies) spent the millions to get the sweepstakes up and running in the first place.

Post by **Mae Dean** » Fri May 30, 2003 3:35 pm

these odds are pointless in the first place, due to the nature of the way they draw entries. They pull out 75 or so names every week, from the pool of codes that have been entered in. Odds of winning are 100% dependent on the number of codes entered in. Odds will no doubt decrease as time goes on, but if everyone thought it was pointless and DIDN'T enter codes in, the odds of winning would be disproportionately high. So no bashing on the contest now.

mai · Post by **mai** » Fri May 30, 2003 3:58 pm

maybe that was my point, to discourage as many people as i can to not play, and increase my odds

Fixer · Post by **Fixer** » Fri May 30, 2003 3:58 pm

[quote="document";p="86942"]Every sweepstakes I've ever seen has a "no purchase necessary" clause attached to it. M&M's, Recess, Milky Way, Coke, they all had it. I'm sure it runs it has its risks. I'm sure that these risks have been taken into consideration before Pepsi (and these other companies) spent the millions to get the sweepstakes up and running in the first place.[/quote]
It is required by law to have that 'no purchase necessary' clause in any sweepstakes giveaway. I believe it is in the UCC. Only state that might get away with not having it in there is Louisiana, since they don't comply with the UCC.

Mr.Shroom · Post by **Mr.Shroom** » Fri May 30, 2003 8:26 pm

Besides, what the hell would Greg do if he actually DID win? And what does a billion work out to after federal\state taxes?

Fixer · Post by **Fixer** » Fri May 30, 2003 8:35 pm

[quote="Mr.Shroom";p="87118"]Besides, what the hell would Greg do if he actually DID win? And what does a billion work out to after federal\state taxes?[/quote]
*Fixer finishes his calculations

Approximately $59.95 / month, after taxes.

SevTiZ · Post by **SevTiZ** » Fri May 30, 2003 11:03 pm

How to Win a Contest
examples courtesy of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"

Buy hundreds of cases of Specially-Marked Product (SMP) and hire sweatshop-workers to unwrap/uncap each one until they find a winner.

Change your eating habits until you win, then go right back to your old habit.

Just buy as much of SMP product as you usually do because you're a glutton.

Find a buck on the street, buy SMP, and get really lucky because you're a nice, deserving-yet-underpriveleged person.

anyone wanna remind me how Mike Teevee pulled it off? I haven't seen Willy Wonka in the longest time... even though I was born on Gene Wilder's birthday

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