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Welcome to the official SD Coca-Cola.com/offers / Formerly My Coke Rewards Discussion Thread, proud to talk rewards since 2006! (We often discuss Coke promotions, (texting games, sweepstakes, etc.), which use Coke/MCR/codes or membership info to signup.)
Site: https://us.coca-cola.com/offers
A toast to My Coke Rewards, the Greatest Rewards Program in History!
Coca-Cola.com Offers FAQ, (Formerly My Coke Rewards [MCR]):
- How may I contact them?
There is no specific end date for the program.
- Inactivity
Each particular Coke promotion may have its own activity clause.
- Participating Products:
Barq's, Coke, Coke Zero, Dasani, Diet Coke, Fanta, Fresca, Mellow Yellow, Minute Maid, Powerade & Powerade Zero, Fuze, Pibb, Sprite, Seagram's, Tab.
- Values:
Point values per code are no more, All codes are equal value, but check promotion. Check packaging for a MyCokeRewards Label! Not all Coke packages have the MCR logo, (i.e. 6-pack w/glass bottles).
However, in Coke's Give Program to schools, codes still have different values to school donations, see wiki below!
- List of Accepted MCR Letter & Number Code Characters & Character Substition
There are 25 total characters, (letters or numbers only), that are accepted in 14-character MCR codes, (out of 36 available, A-Z, and 1-0). Five of the characters may also be input as substitutions for other similar-looking characters. Either upper- or lower-case letters are accepted. The available characters are:
Letters: B F H J K L M N P R T V W X (No C D E G* I O* Q S* U* Y Z)
Numbers: 4 5 6 7 9 0 (No 1 2 3 8*)
* The five accepted substitute characters for similar-looking characters:
- Where do you find all the codes?
Here are a few ways...
- drink soda
- participate/lurk on this board
- ask friends/family/neighbors/co-workers to save
- dumpster diving
- jumping out of cars upon seeing flaps on the side of the road
- referring a friend on the site
- ask Maids to save for those who travel
- ask recycling centers to save
- purchase on eBay
- sporting events, zoos, parks, etc
- make trades
- become buddies with vending machine stockers
- become the vending machine stocker
- Previous MCR threads:
The very first, one, true, original, readable, God-thread of Coke threads (Feb. 26, 2006 - Feb. 15, 2007)
August 3, 2010, 3:13 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 10, 2010 - July 29, 2010)
January 30, 2011, 3:13 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (July 29, 2010 - Jan, 25, 2011)
May 8, 2011, 3:13 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 25, 2011 - May 6, 2011)
August 14, 2011, 3:13 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (May 6, 2011 - Aug. 11, 2011
December 31, 2012, 8:09 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Aug. 12, 2011 - Dec. 31, 2012)
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December 31, 2014, 11:59 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 1, 2014 - Dec. 31, 2014)
December 31, 2015, 11:59 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 1, 2015 - Dec. 31, 2015)
December 31, 2016, 11:59 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 1, 2016 - Dec. 31, 2016)
December 31, 2017, 11:59 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 1, 2017 - Dec. 31, 2017)
Site: https://us.coca-cola.com/offers
A toast to My Coke Rewards, the Greatest Rewards Program in History!
Coca-Cola.com Offers FAQ, (Formerly My Coke Rewards [MCR]):
- How may I contact them?
- Phone: 800-520-2653 to reach an agent directly
- email address: [email protected]
- Ask Chip, your virtual agent, (formerly Allysa and Hank) on the site footer under the CONTACT US link.
There is no specific end date for the program.
- Inactivity
Each particular Coke promotion may have its own activity clause.
- Participating Products:
Barq's, Coke, Coke Zero, Dasani, Diet Coke, Fanta, Fresca, Mellow Yellow, Minute Maid, Powerade & Powerade Zero, Fuze, Pibb, Sprite, Seagram's, Tab.
- Values:
Point values per code are no more, All codes are equal value, but check promotion. Check packaging for a MyCokeRewards Label! Not all Coke packages have the MCR logo, (i.e. 6-pack w/glass bottles).
However, in Coke's Give Program to schools, codes still have different values to school donations, see wiki below!
- List of Accepted MCR Letter & Number Code Characters & Character Substition
There are 25 total characters, (letters or numbers only), that are accepted in 14-character MCR codes, (out of 36 available, A-Z, and 1-0). Five of the characters may also be input as substitutions for other similar-looking characters. Either upper- or lower-case letters are accepted. The available characters are:
Letters: B F H J K L M N P R T V W X (No C D E G* I O* Q S* U* Y Z)
Numbers: 4 5 6 7 9 0 (No 1 2 3 8*)
* The five accepted substitute characters for similar-looking characters:
- B = 8
- V = U
- 5 = S
- 6 = G
- 0 = O (Zero, '0', is the officially accepted character according to MCR error messages; letter 'O' is the substitute.)
- Where do you find all the codes?
Here are a few ways...
- drink soda
- participate/lurk on this board
- ask friends/family/neighbors/co-workers to save
- dumpster diving
- jumping out of cars upon seeing flaps on the side of the road
- referring a friend on the site
- ask Maids to save for those who travel
- ask recycling centers to save
- purchase on eBay
- sporting events, zoos, parks, etc
- make trades
- become buddies with vending machine stockers
- become the vending machine stocker
- Previous MCR threads:
The very first, one, true, original, readable, God-thread of Coke threads (Feb. 26, 2006 - Feb. 15, 2007)
August 3, 2010, 3:13 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 10, 2010 - July 29, 2010)
January 30, 2011, 3:13 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (July 29, 2010 - Jan, 25, 2011)
May 8, 2011, 3:13 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 25, 2011 - May 6, 2011)
August 14, 2011, 3:13 am: System Notice: This thread has been automatically renewed after reaching a post limit. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (May 6, 2011 - Aug. 11, 2011
December 31, 2012, 8:09 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Aug. 12, 2011 - Dec. 31, 2012)
December 31, 2013, 11:59 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 1, 2013 - Dec. 31, 2013)
December 31, 2014, 11:59 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 1, 2014 - Dec. 31, 2014)
December 31, 2015, 11:59 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 1, 2015 - Dec. 31, 2015)
December 31, 2016, 11:59 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 1, 2016 - Dec. 31, 2016)
December 31, 2017, 11:59 pm: Notice: This thread has been renewed. Most of its content has been moved to this thread for reference purposes. (Jan. 1, 2017 - Dec. 31, 2017)
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You can deduct promotion costs if they relate to your company, and you expect to gain business from them in the future.
Promotions, on the other hand, can be a little different than advertisements. Promotions include events, activities, sales, or anything that creates awareness for your business.
Unlike an advertisement that shows off your business's offerings, a promotion tries to get customers in the door by providing something.
Let's say you put coupons to your business in your local newspaper. These coupons promote your business by giving customers something of value.
But unlike advertising, coupons aren't a "cost" until/unless they are redeemed. A major manufacturer will issue millions of coupons around the country in every Sunday newspaper flyer. They are not writing off millions of dollars a week in promotional costs for them unless they are actually used. They could write off the small cost of getting these coupons in these flyers, but not the coupon value. So Coke could write off the cost of paying a flunkie to write the code to send out these coupons, but not $1 per coupon sent out.
Maybe there is a loophole that allows them to write it all off initially to take the tax break early based on the potential redemption cost. I really doubt this is the case, but even if so, they would later have to show that they were all used or make up the difference later. Otherwise, there would be noting stopping companies from issuing so many coupons that they know won't get used (like $1 off something that is so overpriced that probably less than 1 in 10,000 would get used...like $1 off SAC) to offset their entire revenue. Or to put it another way, from Coke alone, Shutterfly would never pay taxes!
Maybe there is a loophole that allows them to write it all off initially to take the tax break early based on the potential redemption cost. I really doubt this is the case, but even if so, they would later have to show that they were all used or make up the difference later. Otherwise, there would be noting stopping companies from issuing so many coupons that they know won't get used (like $1 off something that is so overpriced that probably less than 1 in 10,000 would get used...like $1 off SAC) to offset their entire revenue. Or to put it another way, from Coke alone, Shutterfly would never pay taxes!
I did win a koozie in the Olympic IWG and have not received it. I'm really hoping they replace it with a $5 Amazon gift card.
As for the "cooler", I donated that to a church rummage sale. I tried to zip up the cooler & the white liner kept getting caught. I threw in a stuffed Coke polar bear. Such a lucky recipient.
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March was one of the better Coke months ever, IMO. These B-day visas, Cedar, Amazon$, Pollo, Wendys, Target and whatever else I'm forgetting...
BUT, we have to wait 8-10 weeks to get it!
The email says:
"Congratulations! You have been selected to receive a prize by registering in the $100 VISA Birthday Sweepstakes administered by HelloWorld for The Coca-Cola Company.
You have won a $100 Visa Prepaid Rewards card.
You can expect to receive your prize within 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the promotion. Your card will be fulfilled digitally and delivered to this email address. "
Just for the halibut, if anyone wants to send me a message with the number of entries & wins they had, I'd be happy to set up a pie chart, or maybe a bar graph, or a bell-shaped curve!
I don't know if you kept track of that info, but why not?! I'll post over the weekend, since we're supposed to be snow-bound again!
Your info will be kept private, i.e. no sharing of info.
You could message me like this:
Susie, 20 entries, 0 win
Jim Bob, 10 entries, 1 win
Account A, 50 entries, 1 win
Whatever way you'd like.
Somehow, I'll chart it.
nothing on cedar fair and I entered on all family accounts ,putting 25 caps in each,hoping they are not done drawing them all.
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