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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Coke, change, swill
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Date: Mon, 27-May-85 10:27:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 27 10:27:00 1985
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>/* jrl@harpo.UUCP (jrl) /  1:50 pm  May 23, 1985 */

>       Having been served the 'new' Coke in a resturant, I must say that I
>am rather upset at their greed and the fact that they bowed to market 
>pressure.

Yes, I expected Coke to be more altruistic too, after all, it's not like
they're in the business to make money.

Yes, shame on them for bowing to market pressure  --  they should bow to
you and your inciteful criticisms instead!

> The swill tastes like Pepsi. If I want something that tastes
>like Pepsi, I will buy Pepsi. And I hope that all the Coke drinkers do the
>same. Perhaps they were not making the maximum profit that their Yuppie
>marketing types thought that they could fleece out of the sheepish 
>consumers but I perdict that their plans will backfire and more people
>will choose Pepsi. I have. When a large conglomerate starts to get too
>greedy it is time for the people to boycott and/or change to another
>product as a protest against the greedy captialist swine.

Yes, let's patronize those do-gooders at Pepsi instead!