Get Free Dr. Pepper Courtesy of Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy
Dr Pepper Chinese Democracy Offer – Free Dr. Pepper For Everyone!
In March of 2008, Dr. Pepper bet everyone in America a free soda that Guns N’ Roses couldn’t release its long awaited album, “Chinese Democracy,” by the end of 2008. But Chinese Democracy has finally been released to the world…
Now Axl Rose, Guns N’ Roses and the American people have won the bet. At the moment, the www.drpepper.com servers are down, due to a flood of traffic – people trying to get their dibs on a free Dr. Pepper coupon.
The Dr. Pepper coupons are only available today on the drpepper.com website and will be valid for a free 20-ounce soda through February of 2009.
Written by Cowboy on November 23rd, 2008 | Tagged as: Axl Rose,Chinese Democracy,Guns N' Roses
On November 23rd 2008, W Myers wrote:
Dr. Pepper should have made arrangements for the bandwidth and traffic needs this offer would result in.
They need to extend the offer to make up for this debacle. Some are asking if the website downtime was planned to limit the losses that this offer would produce.
Dr. Pepper is taking this promotional opportunity and just getting people upset that it is not available.
On November 23rd 2008, heratik wrote:
Grrrrrr! drpepper.com is down. Oh well…"everyone in America" hitting the site all day is bound to cause some internet congestion.
On November 23rd 2008, bjohndon wrote:
I think that since Dr. Pepper didn't state "while supplies last" that they should allow
for the delay due to their servers being down!
On November 23rd 2008, Cindy Hutcheson wrote:
I agree with the above comments. Dr Pepper should have anticipated the congestion and made other arrangements. Or extend their offer!
On November 23rd 2008, Brittney Blake wrote:
I agree with all of the above..i have tried a bunch of times to get on and haven't been able to. I think that the offer should be extended or planned out better.
On November 23rd 2008, Ericka Blake wrote:
i am very pissed at dr.pepper…they should extend their offer. Their jipping us off.
On November 23rd 2008, Rhonda W wrote:
I have always drank Dr.Pepper, then Diet Dr. Pepper, so I regardless of free or not, I get it.
Those who only go after the free stuff, thanks for mudding up our web site.
On November 23rd 2008, Debby Alberty wrote:
This is my favorite soda, and really wanted to take advantage of getting a free Dr.Pepper. I may have to change my soda after this dissapointment.
On November 23rd 2008, kenneth danny pierce wrote:
Dont advertise what you cant do.
On November 23rd 2008, STACEY wrote:
HOW DISSAPOINTING!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SHOULD HONOR EVERY ONES REQUEST FOR THE FREE SODA.
On November 23rd 2008, Bob Miller wrote:
I think that Dr. Pepper should put a notice in the newspaper that the offer for a free 20 oz. bottle of their soda will be extended until everyone that tried to obtain one was satisfied.
On November 23rd 2008, joanne crnic wrote:
diet Dr
pepper is my favorite
On November 23rd 2008, randle bennett wrote:
i started trying 5 minutes after the offer was available and have tried several times since this is the way big corporations treat the people that make them big the consumers are always the ones that get the shaft , when you make a bet and lose you are supposed to pay up not change the rules
On November 23rd 2008, Lori H. wrote:
I agree with all the dissapointed people who looked forward to getting a free Dr.Pepper coupon today. It was just a little something to lift their spirits in these trying times and I think the company should extend the deadline under the circumstances. It's not nice to get peoples hopes up only to let them down.
On November 23rd 2008, k. thompson wrote:
Should at the very least allow you to send in proof of purchase for a second chance at the damn coupon
On November 23rd 2008, k. thompson wrote:
Don't waist your time with the phone number. If you do get thru, as soon as you make a selection your disconected
On November 23rd 2008, jenniferhoward wrote:
hay were my free soda ? were is the coupon at and how do you get it why do people have to comment on it ? this is not fun to do .
On November 23rd 2008, wanda dunson wrote:
thanks very much.
On November 23rd 2008, stan kantor wrote:
this was planned ,they knew this would happen
On November 23rd 2008, Jeanette wrote:
I think it's pretty crappy that the offer is just for today. With their site being down there is no way to obtain the coupon. Surely they will extend the offer. If not I believe they'd be committing promotional suicide.
On November 23rd 2008, Pat Tallant wrote:
Hopefully, Dr. Pepper will send us all our free coupons as promised.
On November 23rd 2008, jake wrote:
after today i will no longer buy or drink dr.pepper due to there planned site problems and only one day coupon. Sham on dr. pepper
On November 23rd 2008, jimmywalsh wrote:
great cd
On November 23rd 2008, gail Parmentier wrote:
I think it is pretty crummy to conveniently have your website down so you can't get a free Dr. Pepper coupon. After all, times are bad, and FREE is the new favorite four letter word. Barack Obama asked everyone to help in the coming years to take responsibility and accountability–once again a BIG company screwed the little guy. The Dr. Pepper Company should reopen the possibility and give everyone a free soda or we should boycott- Dr. Pepper. Today I bought Mountain Dew. I'm going to make sure you don't own that company- I'm pretty sure it's a Pepsi-Cola product. You Fat Cats should do what you say you're going to do or don't make promises in magazines and papers trying to get free publicity without spending any money. I'm going to write my paper who announced it and tell what your company did. We were duped, by your ad machine. Bye, Bye, Dr. Pepper. It's too bad you profit off of Guns n' Roses. Yuck! I can't believe Axyl would be part of a such a hypocritical conglomeration like Dr. Pepper. What has happened to Rock? I bet nobody had a piece of Jimmy Hendrix. No wonder Prince has his own label. Capitalism can suck when companies are so greedy. You CEO's, how much money is enough? How many cars do you need? How many houses do you need? What the hell happened to the US and Capitalism? I may sound like a nut– but the free Dr. Pepper and nobody being able to get one boils down to money. It's ALL about money.
On November 23rd 2008, j.l. bettler wrote:
i like dr. pepper
On November 23rd 2008, j.l. bettler wrote:
WE LIKE DR PEPPER
On November 23rd 2008, jenniferhoward wrote:
i live in galveston texas i should get a free Dr.pepper when hurricane ike hit everybody lost eveything os i wood like to get a free dr.pepper that galveston contry
On November 23rd 2008, Carrol S. wrote:
I am really disappointed in Dr. Pepper for only allowing 24 hours to get a redemption coupon. They should have anticipated this happening. Just another way the public gets the shaft!!
On November 23rd 2008, mckesson wrote:
i think the page is down, and i hope they give people like a month to claim it.
at there convenience. however it does seem a bit to coincidental that the page has been down ALL DAY
not just like half the day but like all day…
we will see what they will do.
hopefully they will keep good on there word…
otherwise thats just really crappy and a REAL sign of the times that they dont realize who has the real power at hand. if people dont buy your product you go bankrupt. i dont care how many people you employ, as if another soda company (prob better one) won't emerge soon after your collapse.. i just hope they dont ask for a bailout.
that goes for all companies and banks.
i like how people are so stupid to think the world will end if a few big companies go bust.
As if responsible people and businesses wont take there place!
thats how capitalism works. when you get to greedy and risky, you fail and go bye bye…
never the less, if i dont get my free dr. pepper
i can go the rest of my life without one.
hell the 79 cent 2 liter brand X cherry coke is just as good…
On November 23rd 2008, James wrote:
OFFER JUST EXTENDED FOR 14 HOURS DUE TO SITE TRAFFIC.
The website is easier to log on to as well, as of 2:19am CST.
On November 23rd 2008, Alexcia Gavin wrote:
I personally love Dr. Pepper.
On November 24th 2008, star wrote:
Negative publicity travels faster that positive, it's just human nature. So I hope the Dr.Pepper execs extend the timeline for the public to receive their coupons for a free 20 oz. drink. Personally, I think 24 hours is absolutely, ridiculously, too short of a timespan for "everyone in the U.S.A." to accomplish redeeming their alloted coupon by the internet or phone number option. I like Dr.Pepper and other sodas too. I will wait & see how this promised bet turns out today and decide later if I will boycott the company.. or not. hmmm?
On November 24th 2008, D Carr wrote:
I think Dr Pepper should put a free coupon in the Sunday paper and be done with it. If your site can't produce, then try plan " B "…..the paper.
On November 24th 2008, Dale wrote:
Tried for 2 days, nothing, waited on your 1-800 #, nothing. What a joke you are.
Damn good advertisement though, hope it backfires on you.
On November 24th 2008, Beeps wrote:
If the servers are down what good is that to us. I think this was a stunt anyway. Everytime I have tried they have been down.
On November 24th 2008, sue wrote:
they suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On November 24th 2008, H. R. Wittrock wrote:
Does the 20 oz Dr. Pepper come in GLASS 0r Al. can ? Thanks for the free one ! HRW.
On November 24th 2008, Karen Dwyer wrote:
I really would like the coupon and hope you could extend the promotion some way
On November 24th 2008, DR FOOLEDME wrote:
Please provide a coupon.
On November 24th 2008, Stormtrooper wrote:
I hope they bring this back up, or at least allow a way that will make everyone happy to get the dr. pepper they deserve… I live somewhere overseas, so all I get is the costly $1.35 for a 20 oz. I was really hoping for this one coupon to help brighten my day. I was going to skip in, grab a Dr. Pepper, and walk around and advertise there product as I drank it, but I guess I will have to go in with shoulders down, looking like a sad puppy because i am out of money for a Dr. Pepper. I think the company server for Dr. Pepper may have gone down because of an override on the system. When you have over who knows how many people simultaneously logging into one server, the server will override and crash. Then it takes a while to recuperate, becauase you have those same people every few minutes trying for that one free item. So, i propose something… STOP TRYING TO GET THE COUPON EVERY FEW MINUTES, GIVE THEM TIME TO FIX THERE SERVER, YOU GREEDY PEOPLE!
On November 24th 2008, B Dehn wrote:
Of course the servers are down. Anytime there is a promation, that is the excuse. If they really wanted everyone to get a free Dr. Pepper, they would have put a coupon in the local papers or at least had it longer on the computer than 24 hours. This sucks big time!!!
On November 24th 2008, DR FOOLEDME wrote:
Where is the Dr Pepper???? I really thought I wanted one.
On November 25th 2008, 3 Olives wrote:
I was able to get a free Dr. Pepper today (11/25/08) by calling the 1.888 number and telling them about the issues I experienced yesterday.
I have put more information on my blog on how to contact Dr. Pepper and still take advantage of the free promotion. I even got 2 free Dr. Peppers, the way I figure it, that is like 46 flavors!
http://www.ihatedroz.com/dr-pepper-promotion-free…
On January 8th 2009, Aaron wrote:
Well, its not all bad. We got ours. It took us about two hours! We got kicked out many times, but were very persistent! And it paid off!! Ahhhh…. it was sooooo good.
Don't give up on them. They meant well.
Happy New Year . . . . Iceman and Frosty. :-)
On March 26th 2009, pam stancliff wrote:
i love dr pepper it is so smothing.
On April 20th 2009, Luis wrote:
I hate free-ballers…I love dr.pepper, I drink at least 5-10 a day. I'm not even exhagerating… You know why I don't care if I have to pay for it? because I want to keep it in business…now-a-days, the economy can destroy any company, so I pay to keep the soda I love in production. I've made calculations, and I've been drinking Dr. Pepper everyday for 5 years…and roughly 5-6 and even 5-10 a day, the calculation came to 9000, I couldve payed my car off already, but I continue to buy it because I love the taste of it
On July 11th 2009, DorisDevrow wrote:
i donot under stand why my code go in