# Axl's Threatening Dr Pepper

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axls-threatening-dr-pepper/474689>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 27, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axls-threatening-dr-pepper/474689 "2008-11-27T10:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axls-threatening-dr-pepper/474689/1 "2008-11-27T10:50:58Z")

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[He’s not happy about the promotion’s problems.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7751919.stm)

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> In a letter to Dr Pepper, Rose’s lawyer Alan Gutman wrote: “The redemption scheme your company clumsily implemented for this offer was an unmitigated disaster which defrauded consumers and, in the eyes of vocal fans, ruined the day of Chinese Democracy’s release.”
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> Mr Gutman has asked the company for “an appropriate payment to our clients for the unauthorised use and abuse of their publicity and intellectual property rights”.
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> And he has also demanded a full-page newspaper apology - to appear in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

Ya trying to drown out the angry cries from people who bought your latest album, Axl?

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**Author:** ![Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hap_Shaughnessy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axls-threatening-dr-pepper/474689/2 "2008-11-27T11:02:27Z")

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If Axl is really sooooo upset by the (earned) poor reception of this album, I invite him to visit my house, where I will allow him 1 (one) free kick to my nads, just to prove that he lacks the balls to show up.

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**Author:** ![Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hap_Shaughnessy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axls-threatening-dr-pepper/474689/3 "2008-11-27T11:05:52Z")

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And I am seriously considering taste-testing a “Dr. Pepper” to find out if it is a worthwhile softdrink…

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**Author:** ![Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hap_Shaughnessy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axls-threatening-dr-pepper/474689/4 "2008-11-27T11:22:41Z")

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Yuck. ehdchthktt

(and I have yet to taste a new Dr. Pepper)

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**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/axls-threatening-dr-pepper/474689/5 "2008-11-27T12:11:09Z")

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> [@](#):
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> In a letter to Dr Pepper, Rose’s lawyer Alan Gutman wrote: “The redemption scheme your company clumsily implemented for this offer was an unmitigated disaster which defrauded consumers and, in the eyes of vocal fans, ruined the day of Chinese Democracy’s release.”

No Axl, releasing Chinese democracy ruined the day of Chinese Democracy’s release.