Re: Why they made *new* Coke.
[email protected]
In a message dated 2/16/02 9:22:01 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Okay, I was just a kid when all this happened, but this is what
I heard from my Mom who is pretty good at researching stuff.
haven't been alive for 99 years?
cheaper to make a new product while waiting to renew the patent.
(again, according to my Mom's research)
They couldn't advertise they were in the process of renewing
their patent. It had to be hush hush so some other company
wouldn't apply for the same patent at the same time (there was
a short period when the patent was expired and the new patent
hadn't been granted yet),,,,who knows who's paperwork would
have gone through first if that happened?
Again, this is all according to what my Mom found out about
it. She could be totally wrong for all I know.
BTW,,,I took the Pepsi challenge several times and *always*
chose Coke. Pepsi tasted way too sweet for me.
Andrea Kim :-)
Mommy to two sweeties!
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
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[email protected] writes:
Okay, I was just a kid when all this happened, but this is what
I heard from my Mom who is pretty good at researching stuff.
> If that were the case, why wouldn't we have heard of other companies havingIt was a 99 year patent,,,that's all I know. Maybe most of us
> to change and then come back?
>
haven't been alive for 99 years?
> If it's true, it would have been cheaper for them to just shut down a littleShutting down would have meant HUGE losses in sales. It was
>
> while than to make new packaging and all that. And if that were the case,
> they could have advertised it and let people stock up, but it was a total
> overnight surprise mess.
>
cheaper to make a new product while waiting to renew the patent.
(again, according to my Mom's research)
They couldn't advertise they were in the process of renewing
their patent. It had to be hush hush so some other company
wouldn't apply for the same patent at the same time (there was
a short period when the patent was expired and the new patent
hadn't been granted yet),,,,who knows who's paperwork would
have gone through first if that happened?
Again, this is all according to what my Mom found out about
it. She could be totally wrong for all I know.
BTW,,,I took the Pepsi challenge several times and *always*
chose Coke. Pepsi tasted way too sweet for me.
Andrea Kim :-)
Mommy to two sweeties!
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
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[email protected]
In a message dated 2/16/02 9:22:01 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
talking about. LOL!!
Andrea Kim :-)
Mommy to two sweeties!
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
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[email protected] writes:
> Thanks to Goooogle, the REAL coke story is available at your fingertips.okay, okay,,,,I now see my Mom didn't know what she was
> This website doesn't mention a thing about a patent expiration but goes
> into the finer details of why new coke was made.
>
>
> http://www.snopes2.com/cokelore/newcoke.htm
>
talking about. LOL!!
Andrea Kim :-)
Mommy to two sweeties!
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
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