# Woohoo! Free Dr Pepper for Everyone! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947 "2008-11-22T02:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/1 "2008-11-22T02:44:47Z")
[This Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!](http://www.nme.com/news/guns-n-roses/41220) > [@](#): > > Drinks company Dr. Pepper has confirmed that everyone in America will get a free soda, after the much-anticipated release of ‘Chinese Democracy’ was announced. > > Guns N Roses have been working on the album since 1994, and it’s finally been scheduled to be released this Sunday > [@](#): > > A voucher for the free drink will be made available on [drpepper.com](http://drpepper.com) for 24 hours this Sunday at 12.01am. Those who print the coupon will have until February 28, 2009 to redeem it. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/2 "2008-11-22T02:48:35Z")
As a notorious drinker of Diet Dr Pepper, I must say this makes me very happy. I guess I get the freebie even if I don’t understand the significance of the event that triggered it? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/3 "2008-11-22T02:56:31Z")
Wow. I haven’t thought of NME in _years_. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/4 "2008-11-22T03:06:32Z")
Free Dr Pepper! Yay!! I gotta remember to print the coupon… ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/5 "2008-11-22T03:18:34Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I guess I get the freebie even if I don’t understand the significance of the event that triggered it? The short version is that the new Guns n’ Roses album has been coming out any day now for the last fourteen years. Earlier this year, for no reason I’m aware of, Dr Pepper ran a promotion where they’d give everybody in America except the ex-GNR guitarists a free can if the album was released this year. It is, and so we get free soda (and shitty music). ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/6 "2008-11-22T06:15:17Z")
lucky bastards… I literally went on a mission this past wednesday to 3 different import stores in Toyama, Japan looking for Dr. Pepper. ALL 3 were sold out (I did pick up some chili, pretzels, and not-shit beer though, so totally worth it). Japan is weird. I can get Coke every block and a half out of a vending machine, I can find Sprite Zero but not regular Sprite at most super markets (though they have cans in some machines), and Dr. Pepper is a rarity beyond measure (among many other things, including real ale) ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/7 "2008-11-22T06:34:09Z")
> [@PopeJewish](#): > > **Dr. Pepper** is a rarity beyond measure (among many other things, including **real ale** ) :eek: Fuck Japan! :mad: (bolding mine) ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/8 "2008-11-22T10:12:50Z")
I’m a pepper, you’re a pepper… ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/9 "2008-11-22T11:48:26Z")
Are there any retailers that accept home printed coupons any longer? No retailer in my town or the places I shop in Madison will accept them any longer because of the fraud. I’m thinking this will be a cheap promotion as nobody will redeem the coupons. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/10 "2008-11-22T12:15:20Z")
What fraud? Everyone and their mother knows about the free Dr. Pepper. It’s right on Dr. Pepper’s website. It’s not like they can’t just type “[drpepper.com](http://drpepper.com)” into the nearest computer and check it out if they don’t believe you. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/11 "2008-11-23T03:01:18Z")
Thank God I read this… :smack::smack: I had it backwards, I thought the coupon would be available until February, but that you had to use it w/in 24 hours of printing out the coupon. Man. Thanks Straightdope! ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/12 "2008-11-23T03:23:06Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > Dr Pepper ran a promotion where they’d give everybody in America except the ex-GNR guitarists a free can if the album was released this year. Yeah, but Axl said he’d share his can with Buckethead. So it’s just Slash that gets left out. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/13 "2008-11-23T04:55:55Z")
That website will be so overloaded. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/14 "2008-11-23T05:16:37Z")
I just signed up. They said I’d get my coupon in 2-4 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/15 "2008-11-23T05:36:34Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Are there any retailers that accept home printed coupons any longer? No retailer in my town or the places I shop in Madison will accept them any longer because of the fraud. I’m thinking this will be a cheap promotion as nobody will redeem the coupons. They aren’t home printed, they are mailing them to you. Their website is running very slow right now. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/16 "2008-11-23T06:00:55Z")
I still haven’t gotten it to load. =( ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/17 "2008-11-23T06:30:13Z")
Funny I didn’t hear of it when I stopped in [here](http://www.dublindrpepper.com/) on Friday. But that’s okay, since I picked up 2 cases of the only Dr. Pepper in the world made with pure cane sugar instead of HFCS\*. 🙂 \*It’s a gift. I only drink the diet swill myself. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/18 "2008-11-23T06:35:24Z")
I signed up! Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/19 "2008-11-23T06:58:28Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > They aren’t home printed, they are mailing them to you. > Their website is running very slow right now. I was going by the op’s second quote box that said that. I’m glad it’s not so. > [@](#): > > Those who print the coupon will have until February 28, 2009 to redeem it. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947/20 "2008-11-23T08:25:56Z")
Just a _can_ of Dr. Pepper, though, right - **not** a 12 pack? Q [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-free-dr-pepper-for-everyone/473947.md?page=2)