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

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.

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.

New thing. Mellow Yellow Outdoor Reward Sweeps. It shows up in my Active Rewards. But when I go to claim it, it brings me to the entry screen. I am sure I entered this every day. It doesn't saw I won. It's just there. Anyone else have this issue?

Anyone hear anymore about the Fuze awards. I contacted Coke but never got a response. The award is still in my account but instead of getting an error when claiming it now says page not found.

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 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.

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.

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.

If somebody wants two small popcorns from Cinemark PM me.

They expire 10/31/18.

I won one of the recent fall college football contests. Filled out the digital "paperwork" and Hello World confirmed receiving it. They wrote this.....We have received your information and your eligibility has been approved. No additional action is required from you at this time. You will either be contacted or receive your prize within the guidelines outlined within the official rules........

Included in the prize package are 4 tickets to Ohio State football on this upcoming Saturday. I recall horror stories on this board from Summer game winners about not getting tickets before the date of their baseball game or the tickets were all in different rows or sections. I'm hesitant to plan and invite another couple to this game without actually having tickets in hand and know they are together. If any previous contest winners can let me know how soon before their events they received their tickets and if they contacted Hello World to "speed up" the process I'd appreciate it.

Email them ASAP by replying to the confirmation email and remind them that the event is this weekend, and you wondering when and how the tickets would be sent and if there is a tracking number. They run a bunch of promotions so stuff like this could slip through the cracks as the people who approve eligibility may not be the same as the people who sent out the prizes. I think once someone sees that they will probably get them out ASAP by expidited delivery.

What email address did it come from? If it came from fulfillment or customer service HelloWorld email address, you should be fine with a reply. If the email came from an email that does not accept replies, you may need to add HelloWorld's customer service fulfillment email address as well. Hope that helps.

I won one of the recent fall college football contests. Filled out the digital "paperwork" and Hello World confirmed receiving it. They wrote this.....We have received your information and your eligibility has been approved. No additional action is required from you at this time. You will either be contacted or receive your prize within the guidelines outlined within the official rules........

Included in the prize package are 4 tickets to Ohio State football on this upcoming Saturday. I recall horror stories on this board from Summer game winners about not getting tickets before the date of their baseball game or the tickets were all in different rows or sections. I'm hesitant to plan and invite another couple to this game without actually having tickets in hand and know they are together. If any previous contest winners can let me know how soon before their events they received their tickets and if they contacted Hello World to "speed up" the process I'd appreciate it.

Hope you have better luck than I did. Tickets were supposed to arrive before 10AM (the date of the game). They actually arrived @ 304PM. Needless to say, we didn't make the game.