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SOLIDAge · Feb 7, 2004, 01:50 AM

in my area (connecticut)
there isn't a bottle to be found
my father's pepsi guy who delivers says its not even out yet.....
this the deal with anyone else?

Nebrie · Feb 7, 2004, 01:54 AM

Los Angeles area, also missing.

dillerX · Feb 7, 2004, 01:59 AM

everyone is here. all yellow.

won 3 already.

Jansar · Feb 7, 2004, 02:00 AM

I wish that they would have them in our school store's beverage stock.

But then again, I don't drink Pepsi.

wataru · 08:16 PM

They have them in 'sconie.

Edit: For some reason, 90% of the iTunes Pepsis here are the 1 liter bottles. Why can't they put out some normal sized ones!?

Dex13 · Feb 7, 2004, 02:42 AM

Originally posted by Jansar:
I wish that they would have them in our school store's beverage stock.

Same here. But it puzzles me as to how we aren't getting the new pepsis when our school empties out the vending machines every 3 days or so.

Jansar · Feb 7, 2004, 03:04 AM

Originally posted by Dex13:
Same here. But it puzzles me as to how we aren't getting the new pepsis when our school empties out the vending machines every 3 days or so.

I'm wondering the same too...especially since (if your location is correct) you live in the same area as I do now.

daimoni · Feb 7, 2004, 03:05 AM

Wait a sec... how much $ do I have to pay (Pepsi-wise) in order to get the chance to maybe get a so-called free digital download?

No thanks, I don't drink Pepsi. Or at least, I won't pay money for it. Wouldn't it be more efficient to just buy the song you want up front?

PuzzleOfLife · Feb 7, 2004, 03:17 AM

Only in diet at the University of Arizona. So far, 3 for 8!

Ozmodiar · Feb 7, 2004, 03:43 AM

I haven't found one in Milwaukee.

The only Pepsi product I drink is cherry pepsi. Do I even get to play?

sworthy · Feb 7, 2004, 04:04 AM

None in my area (Tacoma, WA), but the 7-11 has a special big gulp cup that has the promo. The great thing being that I can get coke (my soft drink of choice) or anything else I want to get, even a slurpee!

Interestingly enough, not even 7-11 has the promo 20 oz bottles

Kenneth · Feb 7, 2004, 06:51 AM

Ellensburg, WA
Checked the local Safeway and Fred Meyer.. still no yellow-cap Pepsi bottles.

I believe that it is the worst promotion I have even seen so far.

I don't care about the free song... heck I still have $15 left on my iTMS account... but they couldn't delivery.

I will keep buying my Coca-Cola.

Should I send feedbacks to Apple or Pepsi? It should be a problem on how Pepsi distribute their products, right?

iCol · Feb 7, 2004, 08:07 AM

Yeah, its really nothing to do with Apple

gumby5647 · Feb 7, 2004, 08:17 AM

Nowhere to be found here in Bloomington/Normal IL

nredman · Feb 7, 2004, 09:25 AM

they are out, your local distributor probably has a bunch of older caps left over that they have to get rid of before they release the new caps. some of my accounts have them and some don't because of that very reason...rotation.

wdlove · Feb 7, 2004, 02:01 PM

Here in the Boston area, I've only found them in one place. It was a Deli, they only has 3 withe the yellow cap, Sierra Mist.

mdc · Feb 7, 2004, 03:20 PM

clearwater, florida. i can't find them anywhere. i went to a 7-11 who has big apple/pepsi posters all over the store, even some by the big gulp cups, but no yellow caps, nor special big gulp cups.

the person working there had absolutely no idea about the promotion.

TheMosco · Feb 7, 2004, 03:38 PM

My high school got them on wednesday I believe. Too bad i don't drink soda... I haven't checked out any stores for them though. I go to school at sjp in Danvers, MA.

Nebagakid · Feb 7, 2004, 03:53 PM

my local 7-11 has the 32 Cups that you cut off the rim and roll it out to see if you win (I ****ing lost)

The subway near me had a few DIET PEPSI bottles, I have yet to see a REAL Pepsi bottle

NOTE: are we seriously discussing distribution practices of Pepsi Co.? GO APPLE!

Cadaver · Feb 7, 2004, 04:28 PM

So far none in Ann Arbor, Michigan, either.
Waiting patiently, though.
OK, maybe not "patiently...."

selowitch · Feb 7, 2004, 08:07 PM

I've seen them on regular Pepsi bottles in local eateries and at Wal-Mart, but I wish they would get some Diet Pepsi (or better yet Diet Vanilla Pepsi) bottle with iTunes caps. I'm on a low-carb diet and can't handle so much sugar!

vmpaul · Feb 7, 2004, 09:26 PM

Hey, I'm within a few miles of the main Apple campus and I haven't found one yet. I've been looking since Super Bowl sunday too.

I gave up soda for a few months but decided I'd drink a Pepsi if I had a chance to win a couple tunes. Kinda disappointed.

mac-at-kearsarge · Feb 7, 2004, 10:45 PM

Here in NH, They're ONLY avalible with Diet Pepsi (Good think I like Diet Pepsi) So far I've won 3 songs, and I have two more bottles downstairs I have yet to check.

d4nth3m4n · Feb 7, 2004, 10:56 PM

nothing here in ithaca. not on campus, not anywhere.

oh well.

Zimmerman · Feb 7, 2004, 11:10 PM

None to be seen in either Moscow, Idaho nor Pullman, Wa in any of the conveniance or grocery stores. Its kind of pissing me off!

bnern2 · Feb 8, 2004, 12:31 AM

I live in Northern VA and I've been looking for bottles for a week or so and have not found them in 7-11, Safeway, Giant, or Harris Teeter. I even looked in Annapolis, Maryland last weekend when I was there and found none there either.
A co-worker and I even called the local Pepsi distributor near us and you would have thought we called asking about Flying Pepsi Pigs or aliens. They had no clue what we were talking about.
The most poorly run promotion in I've ever seen.

shrink · Feb 8, 2004, 12:46 AM

Originally posted by SOLIDAge:
in my area (connecticut)
there isn't a bottle to be found
my father's pepsi guy who delivers says its not even out yet.....
this the deal with anyone else?

I'm in central MA...not too far from you. They do not have a very wide distribution in this area. A local gas station had a few, as did a local convenience store (3 winners/6 so far), but I actually went drove around the other day to two grocery stores, a gas station, and a CVS, unsucessfully looking for one.

Only regular Pepsi, too, so far...I drink Diet.

Truepop · Feb 8, 2004, 01:09 AM

If you can't get the caps or don't want to drink pepsi to get them, just spend 74 cents to get a free game piece and try.

Q: How do I get a game piece without making a purchase?

A: To receive one free game piece without purchase, and a copy of the official rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope postmarked on or before March 31st, 2004, to: Pepsi iTunes Game Piece, P.O. Box 9205, Young America, MN 55558-9205.

Limit one free game piece per stamped outer envelope. Residents of Vermont can omit return postage.

if you do it enough and are lucky, you can save quite a bit of money.

Jaey · Feb 8, 2004, 01:24 AM

They've got 'em in my school. That's like all they have. But I don't drink soda...

I was gonna get one just for the free song, but then I realized that $1.00 is more than $0.99 (and I only have a 1/3 chance of winning). But my friends have won a couple songs.

dampeoples · Feb 8, 2004, 01:36 AM

None here in Mtn. City, too bad, my wife drinks Pepsi

Cincojoe · Feb 8, 2004, 09:50 AM

none here in Houston, Tx

The Godfather · Feb 8, 2004, 02:47 PM

Nothing here in Tampa, FL.

Do you think that Apple will sue Pepsi if they find out that the 100 million yellow caps are hidden under Sculley's matress?

Dex13 · Feb 8, 2004, 03:06 PM

Originally posted by Jansar:
I'm wondering the same too...especially since (if your location is correct) you live in the same area as I do now.

Wait, do you go to SCU?

Cincojoe · Feb 8, 2004, 03:24 PM

1 in 3 chance of winning, IF you can find a bottle with a freaking yellow cap.

They should post the odds of finding a itunes Pepsi bottle. I bet that's more like 1 in 1,000,000

Cincojoe · Feb 8, 2004, 05:10 PM

Found one , Found one !!!!!

I was at Baby's R Us today and they had them in the coolers in the check out....lol

But go to the major grocery store chains and they don't. Go figure...lol

Umbrella · Feb 8, 2004, 05:17 PM

they will come to you

emil · Feb 10, 2004, 08:03 PM

you'd think new york city would have the kind of turnover that'd make them start showing up here, but.. no. nothing.

sucks they didn't make the deal with coke, i hate pepsi. but i might be willing to give it another shot. i guess that's the point, though.

selowitch · Feb 10, 2004, 08:22 PM

sucks they didn't make the deal with coke, i hate pepsi.

I agree. Has anyone else compared Diet Vanilla Coke to Vanilla Diet Pepsi? The former is delicious and well-balanced, the latter is so artificial and flavorless.

Yeech!

nredman · Feb 10, 2004, 09:46 PM

Originally posted by Cincojoe:
Found one , Found one !!!!!

I was at Baby's R Us today and they had them in the coolers in the check out....lol

But go to the major grocery store chains and they don't. Go figure...lol

major grocery store chains probably have a backstock of older caps, but a small store like babys r us probably only gets a delivery maybe once every two weeks...so they have the new caps when they deliver there...if that makes any sense. all the stores i work at has them...two grocery stores, walmart & target...its your pepsi distributors that dont know how to order for their stores and their own warehouses.

Eriamjh · Feb 10, 2004, 11:10 PM

100,000,000 free songs my a$$.

I have found only a few in the expensive isle racks here in Detroit. I saw an article that the midwest is a little barren when it comes to yellow caps.

typoon · Feb 11, 2004, 03:55 PM

Don't know a bout you guys here in NJ I've won quite a few songs already.

gumby5647 · Feb 11, 2004, 03:58 PM

they've started showing up around here. Only in Diet Pepsi though. Thank god it's possible to look through the bottle and see if it's a winner. I don't think i could handle having to drink a diet pepsi and not win. *blak*

John C. Smith · Feb 11, 2004, 04:01 PM

Originally posted by dillerX:
everyone is here. all yellow.

won 3 already.

mdc · Feb 11, 2004, 04:39 PM

i went to the pharmacy on monday and got all excited when i saw all these yellow cap pepsi bottles... only to be shot down when they were some nfl promotion.

i *will* win at least one of these 100,000,000 songs!

xylon · Feb 11, 2004, 04:50 PM

I've found two places on my campus (in Pittsburgh, PA) that have iTunes Diet Pepsi's. Coke drinker normally, and I hate diet drinks, but I toughened up and bought two. Won once. Still trying to figure out how to see through the caps. Maybe my eyesight is deteriorating.

nemanirc · Feb 11, 2004, 07:01 PM

Nothing in St. Louis. I have checked several grociery stores, Wal-Marts, gas stations to no avail. Did Apple pick the wrong partner?

mdc · Feb 14, 2004, 05:14 PM

just incase anyone is in the clearwater, fl region. the new super target down here has loads of them in all of their fridges at check out.

i won 4

Cincojoe · Feb 14, 2004, 05:38 PM

They are starting to show up in Houston now. I'm actually 3 for 3 on free songs. ..

wataru · Feb 14, 2004, 07:41 PM

Originally posted by xylon:
Still trying to figure out how to see through the caps. Maybe my eyesight is deteriorating.

You don't look through the caps, you tilt the bottle and look at the underside through the dome-shaped part. I'm like 20 for 20 now.

selowitch · Feb 14, 2004, 08:22 PM

Originally posted by xylon:
Still trying to figure out how to see through the caps. Maybe my eyesight is deteriorating.

What, your x-ray vision isn't good enough?! Kinda like the bearded villian in Superman 2? Maybe you should try command-clicking on those bottlecaps. At least that's what you'd do on a Mac.