RETIRED: Coca-Cola.com/offers (formerly My Coke Rewards) / Discussion Thread 2018! - No OT

While I understand the frustration of folks grabbing the info here and posting it elsewhere, this is also one of the few places to find out about Coke related contests and Instant Win Games. The more the group 'hides' stuff, the less valuable this thread becomes which leads to less valuable posts which leads to even lower thread value and so on as we circle the drain. That said, I have been very appreciative when folks have shared very limited contests via PMs and have stayed quiet when such is done. Now if we could get back to codes equaling points or some other mechanism that would prevent the abuse Sip & Scan codes have led to I would be happier. Even though I don't have a ton of codes, it did feel a bit more fair when we all had to collect them through the year in order to get the goodies.

I think the main reason we are not winning as often as we have in the recent past is that Coke has lowered the number of prizes.

For instance, The $5 McD gc runs for 11+ weeks and they are only awarding 800 of them.

The current Amazon IWG runs for 10+ weeks, and only 1000 are being awarded.

This is a current trend that I believe will continue. JMO.

I guess the private PMs to those of y'all on the 'special' list are the reason why this thread's been relatively quiet lately.

"shared very limited contests via PMs" That's how the info should be passed around. When every offer with MCR required codes posting it here didn't hurt, because the contest riff raff couldn't run out and get 100 points, but it's a whole new ballgame now. Once it's posted here now with sip and scan and AMOE on just about everything the people here have almost no chance of winning. I know some people here are hardheaded and will continue to shoot themselves, but I'll never do it.

I haven't seen a private PM for a coke related promo literally in years, but understand why they can happen. I definitely relate to this frustration since things shared in this thread often get taken and re-posted elsewhere. I have personally had a number of posts taken and re-posted when my goal was to share with this thread to help each other out. I prefer the thread conversations and the community it creates by sharing info but it is definitely a double edged sword nowadays.

"I have personally had a number of posts taken and re-posted when my goal was to share with this thread to help each other out. "

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. At some point you would think doing that isn't a good idea. Talking with each other and making friends here I'm all for. If a person has a problem I'm glad to give what ever help I can. Just not going to do something that screws everyone here and myself in the long run.

Coke got good return on their commercials tonight (repeated way more than usual). World Series, bottom of the 18th, longest post game ever. LA just won!

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

No offense to everybody,. but when did this site (meaning the overall slickdeals site) become a "Let's not talk about anything to keep it for ourselves" site instead of what it was always intended to be...a place to share,with everyone, the offers of various companies? And almost everyone here found out about most of the goodies of MCR, and other brand loyalty programs by other slickdealers posting it for you to read, rather than saying "Shhhh..don't let others know."

Sometimes, I think people here thinks that slickdeals is a top 10 internet site or something. The number of people finding out about the IW games from this site is pretty low compared to the number of people that simply know about it because they are Coke members. There are not enough people finding out about the contests to affect your chances of winning that much.

And those complaining about codes versus sip and scan are just mad that things have even edout. You are just mad that your unlimited source of unpaid for codes no longer allow you to dominate all the prizes and contests. But that is a huge reason whyMyCokeRewards doesn't exist anymore. Stop complaining just because your free ride is over. Your free ride is why we lost the good points based site in the first place. And why the point values of prices more than doubled from the start. Every cap you picked up on the street or out of a garbage or because you have a friend at a recycling center was 3 points that Coke never expected to be redeemed. When too many of those unexpected caps started entering the currency stream, it caused inflation and eventually, Coke simply decided to change the program to one where the total cost to them could be more controlled. Coke wants to spread the wealth around. If they are spending $1 million on a promo, they don't want 5000 people to get $200 worth of stuff. They want $500,000 to get $2 worth. That is also why last year's Holiday IW was a one of each prize per person, even though they are still too stupid to do something to limit people with hundreds of accounts, like say deactivating accoutns after inactivity, which would atleast cause the multiple account people to login and do something once every 2 months or so, like they had to do every 90 days with points.




Yeah..but they pay extra for all those repeat viewings. It isn't as if TBS ran the last 3 hours of the game for free. Until some time in the 90s, the NHL used to go commercial free for overtimes, but it isn't as if they were airing commercials for free. They just awesomely stayed with the game during breaks, which also greatly shortened the overtime. Full 20 minute scoreless OTs in the playoffs would often take less than 30 minutes to play. I remember one Rangers game that had just one stoppage for the entire 20 minutes, meaning from the opening face off of OT to the end of it, took like 20 minutes and 40 seconds. (Granted, that doesn't really apply here since they wouldn't be able to air commercials anyway without any stoppage...but it was still amazing that there were no penalties, no offsides, no icing, no two line passes before those were eliminated, no pucks out of play, no pucks held by the goalie, etc.) But ain't no sporting event going to give away commercials for free these days. Would have been nice. The game could have ended at least a half hour sooner if they didn't have to give the extra 50 seconds per half inning for the extra post season commercials. (Meaning, it is at least 50 seconds longer than they feel the pitcher needs to warm up.)

They may get better deals, sure. But I bet the number of east coast fans who were watching Coke commercials in the 5th inning were not watching the 17th inning. Hell, outside of Boston, the number of East coast fans watching the 8th inning was probably much lower than those watching the 4th inning. It is absurd to start the games so late when Rob Manfred says he is all about "bringing the kids back" to the game. Yup...you are going to do that by guaranteeing that most of the country's kids can't watch the last 2-3 innings of every game.

And those complaining about codes versus sip and scan are just mad that things have even edout. You are just mad that your unlimited source of unpaid for codes no longer allow you to dominate all the prizes and contests. But that is a huge reason whyMyCokeRewards doesn't exist anymore. Stop complaining just because your free ride is over. Your free ride is why we lost the good points based site in the first place. And why the point values of prices more than doubled from the start. Every cap you picked up on the street or out of a garbage or because you have a friend at a recycling center was 3 points that Coke never expected to be redeemed. When too many of those unexpected caps started entering the currency stream, it caused inflation and eventually, Coke simply decided to change the program to one where the total cost to them could be more controlled.

Two things: I posted the IW contest here first, then in the other forum because if I didn't someone else would have. That simple. I didn't like that within 2 minutes of a post a new thread was started elsewhere on this site, but what can you do? BTW to call out member Brandon is nonsense. He posts TONS of sweeps that people benefit from. I may not win the $5 coke fishing pole crap, but last week I won a Nintendo Switch from one of Brandon's posts. He also posts Coke contests BEFORE they appear on this forum, but that's ignored. People are salty cuz as the poster above said their days of dominating Coke swag are over.
Definitely true more eyeballs=more competition, no debate here. Members who know about contests/deals and don't share them with the thread but are sure to enter all the accounts they "manage" into them are selfish freeloaders. They have the audacity to suggest only they and those deemed worthy should know and none of us should share. We've all gotten deals, are entering contests or offers we otherwise would not of known about because of the benefits of crowdsourcing. It is what it is that Coke changed their rewards to primarily sweepstakes.

IHATEEC, what instant win contest are you referring to that you posted ? Brandon is awesome. He amazes me how he is always on top of the latest contests.

I'll inbox you

J/K the Lunchables IWG

I'll always be grateful to an AOL chatroom that was dedicated to finding free stuff online. If it hadn't been for those members, I would have never found out about free stuff available way back when the internet was new. I was getting free stuff on Slickdeals prior to finally joining in 2006. It was a certain instant win contest where people were making money hand over fist that caused me to finally sign up and become a member so I could TALK BACK and forth to other people and ask questions about that contest. .

That's what I think/believe too. I joined MCR in the first year after seeing it on Powerade bottles. I figured I could get a free bottle for every 8 I bought. And back then I was going through several dozen a summer. But IO didn't check MCR regularly, so I knew nothing about the holiday stuff until I stumbled on this site. (I did totally stumble on the free 12 pack coupon but I read the 1 per account thing and didn't realize there were other times to get more...so I got a whopping 1.)

I'm pretty sure I learned through Microsoft's Club Live through a friend who learned it through here. We were all lurkers at some point. So I just don't get the animosity toward them.

And not to harp on the sip and scan versus unlimited codes, but I have a question for these who get mad at that. you say you want fairness...so, what if Coke brought back the points system, and got rid of Sip and Scan, but also got rid of codes and changed it to a system similar to Ibotta or Savings Catcher where you had to enter a code or take a picture of a receipt that showed that you actually purchased a Coke. Can't get any more fair than that. It would distribute points or game chances proportional to the amount of money you spend on Coke throughout the year. And then the program would be more like what Coke wanted in the first place - a loyalty program. Not a cap scavenger hunt.

How many of you with unlimited caps would be OK with that 100% fair method? My guess is none of you. Because while it is undoubtedly the most fair, it is not fair to YOU.

Yes...I love Sip and Scan. Because even though based on what I read here, I probably actually spend more money on Coke that 75% of people here, I get almost exclusively 12 packs because I buy it for the soda, not the codes. And even though I know I have to cut back for my health, I will not complain and say "Now there's no reason to buy Coke anymore." when the program officially ends. So I have a disproportionately low number of codes compared to most people here who actually give Coke much less money in business.

This is a moot point for the upcoming (hopefully) holiday game anyway. Even before Sip and Scan, they had been starting the AMOE (which is required by law) on the same day as the contest. So all the Sip and Scan did last year was make it less of a nuisance by allowing us to bypass the captcha.

The bottom line is that everyone here probably gets more than our fair share of goodies from Coke. With me and MCR, it was from point wins in previous holiday games rather than unpaid for codes. Now, it is from free codes being sent out and the long small, easy to win prizes in instant win games. But since I get more than my share, I sure as hell am not going to get mad that others may also get more.