Brad Re-Tries Crystal Pepsi
You've seen me try out the Diet Crystal Pepsi. Now lets see how a yellow tinted original Crystal Pepsi holds up.
Also, I make a special request to fans!
Oh my god^^ I'm waiting for the day when we will read "Brad tries Liquid Ecstasy"^^
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hey, Beaver Soda isn't weird... persay.
ok, so its a "all natural" soda, but it doesnt taste too bad.
it's just a Canadian thing
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The beaver is our national animal up here. It's not our fault it is also a slang term for female reproductive parts. Also, Email to Pepsi will be worked on tonight.
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AWESOME montage at the end. Very heartwarming.
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If you want to do it, do it good, begin a facebook group with in the explanation of the group all your reasons, make a standard mail that people can copy/paste with an adress, that would get a lot more people.
I would do it, but I have a feeling you already have all the arguments, and my English sucks when I have to write a long text, and a text full of faults isn't very professional
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Wow, you guys actually mixed it with rum. Great ending sequence =)
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holy shit pepsi twist isn't available in the us? i drink that sob almost everyday
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Lucky! I miss it so much. Nowadays, I just buy a lemon, slice it up, and put it in my Pepsi, I miss it so much.
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Hey Brad…..Thought you might like this. It’s an unintentionally?, bizarre, homo-erotic 1970 commercial for a cologne called (Mandom) staring Charles Bronson. There are actually a series of 8 that are on You-Tube with 5, 6, and 8 being about the most homo-erotic.
http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/1347-SCENT-OF-A-MAN-THE-CHARLES-BRONSON-TV-AD-YOU-WERENT-SUPPOSED-TO-SEE!.html
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Thanks so much for this link. I thoroughly enjoyed this lil' tongue-in-rugged-cheek ad. Mr. Bronson looked as if he was enjoying himself. Douse yourself, Charlie! Whoo! I just hope that Jill Ireland wasn't allergic to it.
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hi from england even though we havent had this is england and i have never tried the drink but i want to say i am proud to say
I EMAILED THEM FOR YOU BRAD!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm also from the UK and I emailed as well. I never got to try Crystal Pepsi, but I do remember trying TAB Clear in the early 90s.
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Another amusing video Brad, I'm with you on the Crystal Pepsi issue. Pepsi really could make a profit on a limited re-release of Crystal Pepsi, I've talked to many people I know and they either want to try it or have it back again. Pepsi is about to have a major inflow of (polite) messages!
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A "Brad Tries" with a message! The last act of this, especially the montage, makes this the most important video you've ever done!
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How did you get a hold of pepsi? did you send an email to pepsi.com or is it a diffrent address or method all to gether. please let me know so i can help get crystal pepsi back!
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I went to their website, pepsi.com
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Is it weird that the montage in this video kinda made me tear up?
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I guess the artificial sweetners don't last very well over time. Great Brad Tries as always Brad.
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Of course nobody carries those 1.5l bottles around. They're more for keeping in the fridge and pouring into glasses; he 0.5l bottles are for carrying around.
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You obviously underestimate the American ability to drink 700 calories worth of soda in a sitting.
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How about bringing back some good discontinued sodas. Not knocking the Crystal Pepsi, and I'm happy to support it's return. But c'mon.
Where's the love for Black Cherry Vanilla Coke? Or Mountain Dew Pitch Black? Or the not quite as good Mountain Dew Pitch Black II? Or what about Pepsi Holiday Spice and/or Christmas Pepsi?
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Awesome Brad, I took your advice and I E-mailed them to, and I encourage everyone to do this too, I was born in '92, so I never got a chance to drink Crystal Pepsi. I really want to.
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Yeah, over here in Portugal (and I think in Japan and Spain and probably Greece), they still sell Pepsi Twist.
And they sell those big bottles to keep around in a fridge as a table soda, to drink at meals rather than it being a carry around sorta like this like you folk do on the United States.
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You should try some diet coke with lemon. i used to love that drink. LIME IS NOT THE SAME
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Excuse me, Mister Cinema Snob, but could you please provide an email address for the guy you corresponded with?
Thank you.
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his email is listed on his facebook under info
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well, if britain can bring back the wispa maybe you can get back crystal pepsi. god speed on your quest sir.
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E-mail sent! For anyone wondering, just Google "contact pepsi" and it should be the first link.
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Those f***-off bottles are designed that way to fit into the inside door shelves of a small refrigerator. The sizes are pretty standardized in Europe, since room is at more a premium there. Also European consumers generally don't drink as much and so the 1.5 liter bottle is meant to replace a 2-liter, not a travel-size 1 liter. Finally, soda is way more expensive in Europe and helps to explain the smaller standardized quantities.
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Brad, I saw your signature on the online petition to bring back Crystal Pepsi.
Why would Pepsi deny themselves millions in sales? At least bring it back the deliciousness for a limited time!
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emailed em for u brad my man
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Brad Jones, Pepsi Messiah.
Herald of the second coming of Crystal Pepsi. Surely these are indeed blessed days.
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I don't think Crystal Pepsi has ever been sold in my country, but it would still be nice to get to taste some.
By the way, 1.5 liter bottle is the usual "big bottle" here in the nordic countries. There has been some 2 liter bottle trials, but I think they realized they can't charge more for 2 liters than 1.5 liters and stopped producing 2 liter bottles.
For carrying around we have the 0.5 liter "small bottle", which is much more convenient, but costs 2/3 of the big bottle.
In my country some local brands use also 1 liter and 0.95 liter bottles. The latter is because the cut off from 20 cent to 40 cent collateral is at 1 liter. So 0.95 liter bottle is 20 cents cheaper, but actually the content costs the same because you get the collateral back when you return the bottle (which ensures a whopping 95% return rate).
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I feel like a dick Brad, I e-mailed them and said how much I love Crystal Pepsi and how much my family loves it and my friends, but I have never tried it or heard of it. Nor I assume has my family.
You have turned me into a liar Brad! A liar! How can I sleep at night if they bring back Crystal Pepsi because of my lies? What if Pepsi shuts down and it's my fault? I will never be well again!
But yeah I e-mailed em, good luck with the soda pop.
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I have never tried Crystal Pepsi... I think it was never sold on my country... But now I really miss Sprite Ice! I want to drink it again ;_;
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1.5 liter bottles actually are the default size in many countries (including my own country Belgium). Once you get used to them, it's actually quite easy to carry them around.
If you consider a 1.5 liter huge, you should check around Eastern European stores. They sell soda bottles of no less than 3 liters.
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Great video as always. I was kind of amused when you thought that somebody actually carries around 1.5l bottles. Of course there are 0.5l bottles too.
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If you think a 1,5l bottle is huge you should see the 3,3l ones they sell around here in Brazil, those are really awesome.
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Watching these reviews gives me an interesting idea for a business venture. Collecting and tasting old sodas needs to be like the way wine works.
Someone needs to make an old soda cellar.
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I emailed 'em for you. How much you wanna bet, that if we went to the Crystal Pepsi niche communities of the internet and flooded Pepsi's inbox, they would bring it back? I want to try it.
Hey guys,
spread the word.
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You should appeal to your fans who work in retail to speak with their local Pepsi vendors about this. I'm gonna bring this up with mine when he comes in this week. I mean, his job is to stock my store with what I want. What if I want crystal Pepsi? They may blow off emails but surely they'll listen to their own employees.
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1.5 litter bottles are for pussies !
The standard bottle size here in Brazil is 2 litter, and we also have a 3 litter coke (they sell 4 litter coke here during christmas) and 3.3 liter Pepsi !
We also have 2 litter Pepsi Twist here, but It's made with lime instead of lemons.
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Hey brad i left a giant email to pepsico and i think they will have a run for their money.
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The girl that has the Crystal Pepsi in the ending sequence (she took out of a box) is a former co-worker of mine.Do u know her Brad? Her name is Crystal *ironic*
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Never had Crystal Pepsi, but I wish they'd bring back Josta. It was by far my favorite pop ever.
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Sent a message, also put in there, how they could make a "Throwback" and use the sugar, instead of that awful corn syrup stuff. i hope they listen, it's all we can do
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I really liked Pepsi Twist and it did really well here in Southern California, our huge Mexican population loved it as well did I.
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Brad I already started writing letters we will get crystal Pepsi back If the last thing I do
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You should hunt down and try Pepsi Max, it was a pepsi energy drink, don't know if you had it in the USA.
Also, I am currently trying to figure out a way to send you a 2,5 ou 3l bottle of some pepsi variation, since you're impressed with the 1,5l one; as well as some bonanza cola (from brasil).
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Pepsi Max is actually the name of Diet Pepsi here in sweden.
Man, I would love to taste some Crystal Pepsi. I mean I really love the "obscure" drinks like Vanilla Coke, and Coke Lemon.
For the longest time, we didn't have Vanilla Coke in my town (Just disappeared from the shelfs) but finally it has made a comeback, and pretty much everyone I see has a goddamn bottle. Why can't Crystal Pepsi be like that?
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Great video Brad, I noticed your comment about the glass bottle choice. It's a good one. Glass is actually superior over plastic for carbonated beverages because plastic is porous, and carbonation will find its way out much easier than glass or aluminum (which is why I buy sodas by the can case). This is why a lot of smaller soft drink companies (like bawls) use glass bottles only.
C'mon man, try Bawls next time. You'll be bouncing off the walls in about 5 minutes.
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Hey, they brought back Family Guy TWICE, I'm sure something that doesn't taste nasty can get a second chance.
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to contact pepsi go to this link...
http://cr.pepsi.com/usen/pepsiusen.cfm?date=20100830
and also there is a facebook page already made
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bring-Back-Crystal-Pepsi/267514821553
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Great Brad tries...I wrote Pepsi and told them why I thought they should bring back Crystal Pepsi. I went for the whole Caffeine free standpoint, as a non-caffeine drinker I would like to have more of a choice when I get in the mood for Pepsi.
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Did anyone else notice in the end there where Brad and his friends mix rum into the Crystal Pepsi, Brad isn't wearing his black suit? That was very surreal.
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I remember trying Crystal Pepsi when I was a kid, cannot remember if I liked it or not. Thus, we must bring it back so I can remember if I liked it.
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Brad,
As some people already pointed out; Europeans don't have a 2 liter of any drink, it's all 1.5, maybe because they tend to have smaller fridges... or just their thing. (I've been to Germany, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Belgium, all much smaller than ours.) Actually I wish they did have more drinks in a glass bottles, because they keep their drink fridges not as cold as ours, and glass holds cold alot better, so I tended to Afri or Coke, because I could get it in a bottle.
I remember liking Crystal Pepsi, too bad it didn't have caffeine in it. I'll have to write them too, and for them to bring back Cherry Vanilla Pepsi too
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Here in Belgium we do have 2l bottles, CocaCola, Fanta and some other drinks can be bought in that size here.
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Here in Sweden we have both 1,5L and 2L bottles of almost every soda in adition to the common 0,5L bottle. Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, 7UP and Fanta are the ones that imediately come to mind and there are more. The most uncommon soda bottle size is 1L for some reason.
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Here in Lithuania we have lots of drinks in 2l and even 2.5l bottles.
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Nice gameboy to the side there. I wish I still had my brick
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as someone who was born in 92 i can say i really want to try this and i have already sent my email to pepsi and singed the bring back crystal pepsi petition so lets do thisssssssssssss
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Hey there dude. Although I'm Mexican and the chances of me ever tasting Crystal Pepsi are... well, "slim", to put it in simple terms, I'm still gonna' send em' an email... mainly because you are AWESOME.
Oh, and Pierre Kirby too, of course.
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I sent an email too. I hope this works. Crystal Pepsi must have great preservatives if it lasted that long. You should try other old sodas to see which ones last the best.
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I'll send over an email now. You should ask the other members of Channel Awesome to spread the message. I wasn't old enough to get Crystal Pepsi when it was around, but I would love to try it.
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Hey Brad, several months ago I also wrote to Pepsi asking them to bring back Crystal Pepsi; and they sent me, word for word, the exact same response (except for the bit "as you're clearly aware..."
Unfortunately it is a canned response, but hopefully that means they receive enough inquires about the stuff to eventually lead to its return. Only time will tell...
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I found an online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/clear/petition.html
There are about 11K sigs already. Maybe signing would help?
Just presenting another alternative.
Cheers!
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Will send an email as well. Every query counts. We may get automated responses, but there IS someone watching.
I think.
Great video.
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Hey Brad, did you know that in 2005, Pepsi released in Mexico "Pepsi Clear"?
It was sold for only a limited time though. Probably is the closest thing to having Crystal Pepsi being brought back.
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I e-mailed. Going to check out the facebook board and petition now. I have no will of my own. But, seriously, I was 8 when this happened so I missed it somehow. Now I'm curious.
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Man, you got a lot of mileage out of that piss.
Hey, Pepsi Twist is lemon-flavored, right? Do you have Pepsi Orange over there? It's called "Schwipp-Schwapp" over here in Germany. I could probably spare a big bottle of that. And maybe some more of the local beverage landscape. (Would have to split shipping cost, though)
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It's kinda strange. I emailed the people at the Pepsi Corporation about possibly bringing back Crystal Pepsi. Even though it wasn't as convincing as the email you sent, I still got the same automated email back, word for word minus the name. I didn't send a response due to my disappointment.
I really hope they bring this back. I'd be at the front of the line (if any) to get a bottle of it if they did.
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I JUST WANT CRYSTAL PEPSI BACK IF YOU ARE THE ONE WHO WILL PLAY IT'S COMMERCIALS, YOU CAN DIG OUT SOME ROLE IN THEIR ADVERTASING CAN'T YOU BRAD
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Have you ever hears of Pepsi Clear ? It's a version of crystal Pepsi released in Mexico in 2005 for a short while.
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You're love for Crystal Pepsi sure makes you do some bold stuff. You are drinking the stuff like it went out of style..... Oh wait... it did. But it would be nice if they did bring it back. And bring back the 80's while we are at it!
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I was a toddler when Crystal Pepsi came out, but hell, if I saw it in stores I'd buy a six pack for sure, just to try it.
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I was as way ahead of you, Brad! I had a tab open and was e-mailing Pepsi-Cola before you even got to that part of the video, even though I'm too young to actually remember Crystal Pepsi. Well, maybe 25 isn't really too young, but my family are all confirmed Coke-drinkers, so Crystal Pepsi never crossed our threshold. (I remember Slice, though. I liked that better than Sprite or Sierra Mist.) But I would be thrilled to try this thing if it came back. I totally support the Bring Back Crystal Pepsi Campaign!
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I have nothing but fond memories of Crystal Pepsi. Shot off an email right now, fingers crossed.
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Even though I've never had it, you make it sound great and you make a strong case. I sent my letter, here's hoping for the best.
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Alright, I was too young to remember Crystal Pepsi, but I'm a nostalgia addict. Anything that happened in my lifetime, I wouldn't mind trying or having a part of. I enjoy the videos man, I sent them an email, keep up the good work.
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We have those 1.5 liter bottles here in Sweden too, but we(I) usually keep them in the house and pour a glass.
Smaller sizes are also sold if you want something easier to carry and I assume
it's the same with Norway.
I generally get the large ones though and carry them in a bag if I must because when you're buying smaller sizes you get less money/drink.
I should write to pepsi. I've never had crystal pepsi because I was born in '89.
Also my drink of choice: Pepsi Max.
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Wait you guys don't have 1,5 liter bottles in the US? seriously? :S Thought everybody had those. But as others have stated, they're the normal thing to drink if you want soda for a table dinner. Actually there are alot of 2 liter bottles aswell. I haven't had soda in ages so I don't know if they're in 1,5 or 2 liter bottles at the moment.
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2 liter, really surprising that american the ''soda country'' doesn't have the common bottle sold in any other country.
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with 20th anniversary of crystal pepsi not too far off, could do a 20th anniversary thing.
Will definitely email the pepsi company. And maybe even sign this petition I have come across online.
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It's 3:54 am where I live, but Damn it, I'll write this letter right now because of this video! Unfortunately, I was born in 1994, so I never got to try Crystal Pepsi, but I really want to try it after your videos saying how good it was. I'm very retro, and I love all things 80's and early 90's, I'm sure that it would sell great, I mean look at the Expendables, people saw it because it had big name stars BUT also because it was a throwback movie to 80's style action films. But I've typed too long on here, time to write that essay, I hope all the other fans write as well!
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"I'll be sure to forward this suggestion to the proper authorities..."
...no you won't.
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Great video as always. Sadly, I won't be able to participate in this e-mail campaign since I'm getting ready to start working for Pepsi's sworn enemy. But I'll probably give it a try if it comes back out.
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Well Brad, I hope you think this is good, I used some of the points you made, and got an idea from a letter from a Fan of the Nintendo Power Magazine from the Angry Video Game Nerd's Nintendo Power Episode. (Please note that I have to may have to post this in two parts, and some points may be screwed up because my copy button didn't work from my original letter >:[ ) For the sake of me, Brad Jones at thecinemasnob.com, and Pepsi fans, please bring back Crystal Pepsi! Now that that tid-pit is done, I'll introduce myself. My name is Nathan, and I'm writing this letter to show why Crystal Pepsi would be a successful product if it came back. I was born in '94, but I would LOVE to taste a Crystal Pepsi, as would MANY people from my generation would. This would ADD ON to the already huge fan-base that Crystal Pepsi has had for years from the time it was discontinued. Also, because of the day and age/culture we live in now, people love to have throwbacks to times of past glory. For Example, to pop icons are Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. These two are VERY POPULAR with kids my age and younger, and they have made music videos/song that are throwbacks to the 80's. Lady Gaga also wears wild costumes that seem very similar to how bands used to dress wildly in the 80's, and people seem to have an interest in her. Also, take the new movie "The Expendables". This movie was a HUGE success because of its cast, BUT also because it was a throwback to 80's action movies! These two points show why I think that Crystal Pepsi would do so well, because it can take advantage of the throwback fad going on now. It would be the PERFECT time to sell Crystal Pepsi, because older people love to relive older experiences,and generations like myself, want to have a NEW experience with something form the past they never could before! One more point before I end this letter, there are many T-shirts and products in shopping malls and other stores that have logos of famous bands from the 70s and upward, and I see people of my age in my high school wearing these t-shirts ALL THE TIME, and then younger kids see us wearing these shirts, and then they buy them because they figure they'll look grown-up and as cool just like the older kids. The same can go for Crystal Pepsi, if kids saw teens like me and other teens drinking Crystal Pepsi, younger kids would buy it TOO so they could feel as cool as the older kids. Thus it would ADD ON to the already large existing Crystal Pepsi fan-base and the generation that includes myself that WANT to try Crystal Pepsi, and would make a BIGGER TARGET audience and would generate amazing sales There IS a market for Crystal Pepsi, you just have to take advantage of the throwback/comeback fad going on now, and even if it's released for a limited time, it WILL generate sales. As I stated before, for the sake of me, Brad Jones at thecinemasnob.com, and Pepsi fans, please bring back Crystal Pepsi! Even if this doesn't come to pass, I will still continue to
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Part Two- I will still continue to buy Pepsi products, I can promise you that. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
A Pepsi Fan, Sincerely,
-Nathan Galindo
Oh about the Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber thing, I just put that there for the reasons, I don't actually like their music,lmao. I hope this helps in some way Brad, I've been a fan for a long time, and would always like to help out. One more thing, I listened to "Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way" and "We are the Champions" to get in the retro mood
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hello, thats not a BIG bottle of pepsi twist, down here in czech republic we have like 2l bottles of that shit.
anyways, since i want christal pepsi to be produced here too, i asked all my friends to write e-mails so we'll hope for the best!
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Great episode, Brad. I wrote them a letter. I couldn't post it on the American website, so I used the Belgian website instead.
I should point out that no one actually carries around 1.5 litre bottles, at least not around here. We carry around cans or 0.5 litre bottles and use the 1.5 litre bottles at home. I'm surprised you didn't think of that; isn't that what they do in America? I can't imagine you don't have similar sized bottles around there?
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Jesus, that's the exact same responce I got from Pepsi when I emailed them 2 months ago, word for word.
PEPSI CLEAR: MEXICO.
PEPSI ICE CUCUMBER: JAPAN.
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So I emailed them for the 3ed time this year, my guess is that the reply will be identicle.
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do they still do coke vanilla in the states that used be realy good but no one I know liked and do they sell IRN BRU in the states aswell
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Don´t they have 2 liter bottles in the states?
Pretty standard here in Europe
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Brad, if you think 1.5 is inconvenient, here in Romania we have up to 2.5 l of Coke and Pepsi
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Loved Crystal Pepsi when I was a kid. My mom would send me to the store at times and always leave me enough to buy myself a soda. I always chose Crystal Pepsi.
I can't remember the taste at all though, which is what disappoints me the most.
I'll go about sending them an email. Guess it's worth a shot, despite how small.
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Here we have "Pepsi Max Cool Lemon".
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Hmm... Im trying to decide if to send some pretty weird finnish drinks to you, like Batman energy cola and some radio stations own energy cola.
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I loved Crystal Pepsi so much I was addicted to it as a child, I remember we had a coupon for a free case of crystal Pepsi, and it was doing so poorly the super market barley stocked it, so the people at the super market felt so bad for me they kept refreshing the coupon so it would not expire. Eventually the super market got a case in and the the manager personally held it for me. God remember this soda almost brings me to tears. It reminds me of when I was in first grade and my family that passed away back then. I loved this soda more than anything. I wrote Pepsi after viewing this, because I feel like maybe if everyone did the same that it would change something. I want that Diet Crystal Pepsi that you drank Brad. even if it is 18 years old.... Being diabetic though Diet is all I can drink, but I just want crystal Pepsi back so bad I would do whatever necessary to bring it back, even if for just the people that never had it.
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Hey, spambot, care to send a few Crystal Pepsi e-mails?
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I hate you spam-zombies!
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You can probably find diet because people hate diet anything since all the taste is usually sucked out. Diet pepsi may have been the exception but most people associate diet with bland tasting beverages so that's likely why you found it in abundance.
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May I get the E-mail of that consumer department so I will be able to send them a letter ?
I never even heard of crystal pepsi before but for the man who brought Pierre Kirby to my attention I will gladly help ^__^
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Well, I'd like to see him try Salmiakkikola, the famed Finnish salty Liquorish flavoured cola. Because nothing says "refreshing" like liquorish slated with ammonium chloride. Or If he'd prefer a hot salty drink, my own favourite of Bovril. That'd be fun: I don't think it’s possible for someone from outside the UK or Rep.lic of Ireland to enjoy Bovril.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovril
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I've written on Pepsi's FB board, I've "liked" Crystal Pepsi on FB, and I've linked this very article on FB.
If Betty White can get on SNL, a little thing like getting a soda brought back into production should be child's play...
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It took me a while to find the email address for Pepsico's Media relations. So to save people some time, here's the address.
pepsicomediarelations@pepsi.com
I'm thinking of making a YouTube video as well, telling people to rally behind this noble cause.
Remember to emphasis how many customers would enjoy Crystal Pepsi coming back. It'll tug at their capitalist heartstrings.
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Damn that would be the most awesome thing ever if they brought back Crystal Pepsi! I remember as a kid, my mom was crazy about crystal Pepsi, and kept our fridge fully stocked with it! I drank hundreds of gallons of it! It was so good.
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Just send my email.
I hope it helps
Keep up the awesome work!
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They sell pepsi Twist in Hungary too
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Wait, you called Scott Pilgrim pretentious and then you spend half a video on and epic speech about the need for us all to band together to bring back Crystal Pepsi? Wow dude.
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I think you misunderstand the meaning of the word pretentious. But in any regard, Crystal Pepsi is cool and Scott Pilgrim isn't.
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I wrote Pepsi Canada, hopefully that will help in some small way.
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Being born in 1991 I never drank it. I'm a long time Coke fan, but would still buy that shit if it came back. Hell I'm still looking for more Trow back Dew! Brad if I found Coke C2 or a hard to find cola would you want it?
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Brad- This was very good. I only got to watch a part of it this morning but will watch the whole thing tonight. BTW- I saw a Trailer for some 70's movie you might like to try and Snob. It's called "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things." It looked like you would have a field day with it. Oh, btw, I would love it if you went on another road trip - say looking for the Legend of Potland or something.
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I actually enjoyed "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things". It's a regular laugh riot, what with the early '70s-style Scooby Doo fashions being sported. And it's good for some mild creeps on a boring night, when there's nothing else on T.V. Nuke some popcorn, cuddle up and enjoy the corny, groovy goodness.
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Dear Brad.
I just saw your video (and loved it) and couldn't help but laugh at your reaction to the pepsi twist bottle. I come from Denmark where its very commen to have 1.5 liter cola, it's like having 5L of water in your house, you wont walk around with it, but you will pour from the bottle when ever you feel like a drink =)
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In the middle of the screen on the right hand side the memory of 80's Dan lives on on top of a brick Gameboy.
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Oh wait. It's a wii-mote. I thought it was the 3d glasses you wore. Oh well...
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I e-mailed the company saying to bring it back and giving them a list of reasons why. So we'll wait and see, in the mean time everyone else e-mail them. I'll spread the word around facebook too and get some friends to try.
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I sent Pepsico an email. Here's an abridged version (all of it doesn't fit):
"I feel that Pepsico would be doing both itself and its consumers a huge favor by bringing back Crystal Pepsi for a limited time.
Before I say anything else, I would like to preface this by stating that, yes, I am aware that, by policy, Pepsico cannot take suggestions from consumers. I am aware that, regardless of how diplomatic the rest of this message is, all the points that I bring up will most likely not be read by anyone of decisive authority in Pepsico, and they will not be able to influence any of the company's future business decisions. But I am sending this message anyway in the hopes that this display of support for Crystal Pepsi - along with the support displayed by others - may somehow in the end lead to the return of the product. I hope you can see that I feel strongly enough about this that I put the time and effort into writing a message, and I would support any effort to bring Crystal Pepsi back. Thank you.
At nineteen years old, I am somebody who was still drinking milk and apple juice by the time Crystal Pepsi stopped being sold in the states. I - and probably everyone else under the age of at least 23 - never had this drink, or at least don't remember it. But most of us have no doubt heard of it, and we most definitely want to try it.
Those who were old enough when the drink was around around to try it would also be eager to try it again for nostalgia's sake. Crystal Pepsi has more than just novelty value. Crystal Pepsi is not just clear Pepsi. It is not just caffeine-free Pepsi. Crystal Pepsi had a flavor unique from any other popular soft drink, and because of that, a consumer needs to purchase and drink Crystal Pepsi for the full nostalgia value. There is no substitute.
Finally, you must realize that Crystal Pepsi has recently experienced a significant growth in popularity. This is in part due to internet celebrity Brad Jones, a.k.a. the Cinema Snob. Fans of The Cinema Snob have heard him talk quite a bit about Crystal Pepsi. On his show "Brad Tries...", he has on two separate occasions tried [very aged] bottles of Crystal Pepsi and Diet Crystal Pepsi. The more he talks about it, the more his fans want to experience it, and the more attention spreads by word-of-mouth. He has recently even started a campaign to bring back Crystal Pepsi. His clear devotion to this drink in turn makes his fans want it even more. Long story short, the demand for Crystal Pepsi is higher than before right now. This is something you can capitalize on. And better sooner than later.
In the end, I can only see the company benefiting from the return of the drink.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message."
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I finally got a response from them for the message I posted. It's just another cookie-cutter response, so I feel like I can post it without violating confidentiality.
On the bright side, however, unlike a lot of the other replies people are posting here, this one acknowledges that I am aware that Crystal Pepsi was discontinued:
"Dear Michael,
Thank you for taking the time to contact us at Pepsi-Cola. It's always great to hear from our loyal consumers.
As you know, we've stopped producing Crystal Pepsi. In the past, Pepsi had distributed this flavor in several markets, but it didn’t sell as well as we had hoped and so it was discontinued.
There are no current plans to reintroduce this product, but I'll be sure to forward all your comments to the appropriate individuals here. Thanks for sharing your feedback with us!
Again, many thanks for taking the time to contact us. We appreciate your friendship and support."
Still a cookie-cutter response, but I do at least feel like the representative who responded read enough of my message to understand the point.
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Nice to see you have a crusade going to bring back Crystal Pepsi. I say you have a big public meeting & have your mob march on Pepsi Headquarters, demanding they begin production of Crystal Pepsi again immediately. Or the fans could just sign the petition someone else posted as I did. Keep us posted if you hear of anything coming from this!
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a mob march would be good but what would be even beter is if Brad did a "We Are the World" Type of Song about Crystal Pepsi's and got a whole bunch of popular internet people to appear in it.
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That would be great, not to mention hilarious. Tie it to an on-line petition and we are go!
(And no, us Dutchies never got Crystal Pepsi. Never heard of it before Brad tasted it.)
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Isn't there equipment for re-carbonating soda? I remember something my parents had in the 90s, there was a regular looking bottle cap with a valve on top that you screwed on to a bottle of water or lemonade or flat soda, and then you stuck the bottle uppside down onto a nozzle connected to a carbon dioxide tank with a pressure meter and it would carbonize the drink.
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Sorry, thats carboNATE not carboNIZE. Two totally different things. I think carbonizing is what happened to Han Solo in Cloud city. Carbonating is just dissolving carbon dioxide into a fluid giving it an extra fizz and take the edge of the sweetness in sodas.
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That ScreenShot at the begining looks like Scott Pilgrim!
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I joined the crusade and sent an Email. I remember the commercials and seeing it at stores as a youngster but I don't remember if I ever tried it. It would be nice to see it around again.
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your idea could work, in the UK a petition was started around 5 years ago to bring mountain dew back to the uk as it was discontinued in the late 90s and earlier this year pepsico saw the petition and with help from people emailing them we finally got mountain dew brought back to the uk! so it is more than possible to bring crystal pepsi back
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Sent my e-mail to Pepsi, but had to do it on the Pepsi Canada website. Well, maybe it'll come out in Canada and I'll send you some! Good luck, Brad!
- Ben (Enemy Violent)
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I just sent Pepsi an email, I would love to have Crystal Pepsi back as well. They probably won't listen to us, but we can always hope.
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I'll be sure to E-Mail Pepsico. I'm too young to have even been around when Crystal Pepsi was around, let alone actually drink some, but if it's as good as you say it is I'll certainly try to help.
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Here is a petition to bring back Crystal Pepsi. I sent the Pepsi company an email.
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I think it was never sold on my country... But now I really miss Sprite Ice! I want to drink it again
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I will actually send an email to Pepsi, it was made before my time as I am 15 but I would do anything to see that shit come back so I could have a taste.
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time to put live into an old facebook page?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crystal-Pepsi/8669123151?ref=search&v=wall
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I got a reply from Pepsi Canada.
RE: Pepsi REF.#
055621020A
Hi Peter:
Thank you for your recent inquiry regarding a relaunch of Crystal Pepsi.
Unfortunately, this product was not as popular as others and it was discontinued. While you enjoyed this product, we hope that this won't keep you from trying some of our other products and enjoying them as much as you have this one.
We hope you will contact us with your questions or concerns in the future.
Your request has been forwarded to Marketing for future consideration. Thanks for the suggestion.
Sincerely,
Joe
Consumer Relations Representative
www.pepsi.ca
===================================================
Original Email:
Hi, I am writing to you in regards to a product that has been discontinued for some 18 years now, Crystal Pepsi. I believe that now would be an excellent time for Pepsi to look into re-introducing the brand, for a limited time or longer, as their is considerable intrest in the brand amoung people who tried it in the past, and those younger people who never got the chance to have it. Retro seems to be the ''in thing'', look at the restyled Ford Mustang, Chevy Camero, and Dodge Charger. Even people who disliked the product back in 1993 would probably be willing to give it another shot, even if just to see if its as bad as before. Thank you for your time, you guys make the best cola in the world.
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I got the exact same email from Joe from Consumer Relations.
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Hell yea, I never drank this but I'd be interested to give this a try.
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Just got the following response from Josh at Pepsi Canada:
Thank you so much for taking the time to contact us here at PepsiCo Canada.
It's always a pleasure to hear from our loyal consumers. We work hard to insure that our products reach the highest possible standards of quality, taste and enjoyment. Receiving recognition from friends like you truly makes it all worthwhile.
Unfortunately, we have stopped producing Crystal Pepsi. In the past, we had distributed this flavour in several markets; however it did not sell as well as we had hoped. At this point, there are no immediate plans to reintroduce this product; however, you can be assured that I will forward your comments to the appropriate individuals at PepsiCo Canada.
Sincerely,
Josh PepsiCo Consumer Relations www.pepsi.ca
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lol i got the exact same message from josh..... i wonder if josh i a computer?
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I wish they'd bring it back just so I could try it. Perhaps you should start a petition or a facebook group, they might be more apt to listen if they see a bulk of support.
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Hey! Great video once again! I'm British, god save the queen and all that you know, and born in '90 so I have absolutely no recollection of Crystal pepsi although my dad does. But despite that I shall support this campaign because I really want to try it now. hehe. Also you have no 1.5l? I get a 1.5l coke with every 3am order of pizza...Anywho I don't know if you have relentless over in America but it's a juice flavoured energy drink that you should try. It's pretty much the only thing my friends drink.
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1.5 liter bottles aren't used to walk around with! They're kept in your home to fill glasses from. Like the US 2 liter bottles - except convenient to hold with one hand!
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As said by many the 1.5L bottle are the most common here in Europe. Funny thing is I live in Holland and you can't buy the glass bottles anymore in the markets (only café's, bars etc. have those). But to get back to the point; 1.5L are meant for transportation, we use the 0.5L for that. The 2L and 2.5L are available, but aren't very common.
I can't recollect if Crystal Pepsi was released here. But I am curious to try it out, maybe the Dutch Pepsi-Cola might give it a shot if it sells in the US.
I mean retro is in these days, so why try to produce and market it again? Hell, keep the original 90's commercial and it would probably sell itself. "Unfortunately, this product was not as popular as others and it was discontinued." Yeah, it wasn't popular 18 years ago, but everybody is about 18 years further.
I will support the "Bring Crystal Pepsi back!", because I really want to see this product.
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Hey, i wasn't born when Crystal pepsi was originally produced but my dad had about 10 cases of it cause he loved it, but right now they are piss yellow and im not to sure if it will taste the same even with your vid, i contacted pepsi and i got the same email from them, so im sure they have a template for that one question. Also i had an idea why don't they bring it back for the birthday of the CEO or of pepsi co itself would be great for everyone!
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In Sweden we have A LOT of 2 liter bottles in store. What is so strange with that?
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I thought it was rather obvious that I knew Crystal Pepsi was discontinued when I asked that they make it again. I guess it wasn't.
Dear Dan,
Thank you for taking the time to contact us at Pepsi-Cola. It's always great to hear from our loyal consumers.
As you may or may not know, we've stopped producing Crystal Pepsi. In the past, Pepsi had distributed this flavor in several markets, but it didn’t sell as well as we had hoped and so it was discontinued.
There are no current plans to reintroduce this product, but I'll be sure to forward your comments to the appropriate individuals here.
Again, many thanks for taking the time to contact us. We appreciate your friendship and support.
Max Jabbonsky
Consumer Relations Representative
By the way, he's on Twitter!
http://twitter.com/maxjabbonsky
Unless there's ANOTHER Max Jabbonsky who follows Pepsi™.
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I think the Pepsi bubbles went to their brains, Dan.
*poot*
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As much as I loved Crystal Pepsi, I would rather see Pepsi bring back my favorite pop of all time, Dr. Slice.
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You can also get Pepsi Twist in germany (again?). I had some the other day.
Which really surprised me, since the last time I had seen it was 10 years ago in a vending machine in an Ikea.
Now a week ago, thre it was in the little turkish shop right around the corner from the university.
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Man, I would love for them to bring back Crystal Pepsi!
I liked Pepsi Twist, too. Wish they still sold that Stateside.
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Well, I just got the same letter as everyone else did from Pepsi. I hope Pepsi get's annoyed from all these letters and brings it back just to stop getting them,hahaha.
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Brad, you should try putting your flat drinks in soda maker, blast that for a few seconds
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I'm pretty sure they have cookie-cutter responses. This is what I got:
Dear Alexander,
Thank you for taking the time to contact us at Pepsi-Cola. It's always great to hear from our loyal consumers.
As you may or may not know, we've stopped producing Crystal Pepsi. In the past, Pepsi had distributed this flavor in several markets, but it didn’t sell as well as we had hoped and so it was discontinued.
There are no current plans to reintroduce this product, but I'll be sure to forward all your comments to the appropriate individuals here. Thanks for sharing your comments with us!
Again, many thanks for taking the time to contact us. We appreciate your friendship and support.
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CHANGE into a truck full of crystal pepsicola.
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I sent Pepsi a similar email after seeing this video and got virtually the same word for word response you got Brad. I say we start like a donation thing to buy like a truckfull of it
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Crystal Pepsi was actually the first cola drink I had. My parents didn't allow us anything caffienated as a child, and since it was caffiene free, we could have it. I loved it, and want it back. I'm now a type 1 diabetic, and if they brought back diet crystal pepsi, which I remembered liking as well, great! Finding sugar free drinks other than pepsi or coke is hard at times, and even a different option like diet vanilla coke, diet lime pepsi, etc. is at least an alternative.
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Hi! Its very possible for a grassroots movement to bring back discontinued products, we were successful in england in bringing back not only a chocolate bar, but all of the varieties of chocolate bar that werent being sold anymore. So if you do want crystal pepsi, collect people on facebook or any large website as all you really need is people to see it.
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Wow, I didn't know you guys don't have 1.5 litre bottles of soda! We only have 1.5 litre, not 1 litre. The 1 litre bottle is so much more convenient and it also makes so much more sence lol.
Love, from Sweden.
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can i have the bottle
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You know what Crystal Pepsi reminds me of? POGs. Anyone else remember that shit? I remember when POGs were huge, everyone had POGs and if you didn't you were a loser. Then one day they were gone, kinda like Crystal Pepsi.
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Who loves Crystal Pepsi? Brad loves Crystal Pepsi. Is it true? He do he do he do he do-oo!
That's not a Pepsi! It's a Pepsi Twist! And that's not Britney Spears! It's a man, baby!
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Was it my imagination or was TCS not drinking from the glass? Either he was taking really tiny sips or he wasn't drinking it at all. Let's see you gulp that sucker! On carbonating flat sodas: Buy dry-ice and dissolve a small amount of it in the drink until the drink is sufficiently carbonated again. Not sure what the ration would be but I would suspect a chunk of dry-ice the size of a regular ice-cube would sufficiently carbonize a bottle of the size in the video.
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I would like to see that 3 paragraph letter to see what you wrote lol
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Very very late, but...
The first one you received was completely a form letter. I used to work in consumer relations for such a company. The wording is eerily similar to our form letters, as is the redundancy of telling you what you already know. A few mad lib-style replacements and a custom sentence typed in, and it worked fine. Though that guy wasn't half so "lahk a BAWSS" as I remember being, as I removed the redundancies and replaced them with "I hear ya, bro" style platitudes in cases like this.
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A 1.5L bottle isn't weird at all. I'm in Australia and we have those, as well as 1.25 and 2L.
The purpose of the bottles is for occasions when more than person will be drinking it, like families and parties. They're also handy to have open for a few days for when you're in the mood for a glass.
The US doesn't do this?
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You probably should have asked for the recipe. If they won't be making you any, then the least they could do is to release the a recipe since they aren't making any money off it any more.
Granted, they would probably want to hide the "Pepsi" part.
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