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Good day SURGE fans and welcome to the 64th edition
of SaveSURGE News! It's all green and it's all good.
Sightings Report
There have been 4 new SURGE
Sightings reported since the last edition of SaveSURGE News.
They are in: CA, GA, NY & OH.
Sadly, there were 7 deletions in: AZ, GA (2),
IN, KY, MI & TX.
Currently, there are 156 SURGE Sightings listed.
Thanks to everyone who's seen SURGE!
National SaveSURGE Month
Rolls On
As we approach mid-September we see that the impact of National
SaveSURGE Month has been substantial. Thanks to your efforts Coca-Cola,
its bottlers and businesses that serve Coke products are now more
aware than ever of the demand to bring SURGE back! It truly looks
as though Coca-Cola is starting to realize just how many people
miss our beloved green soda.
Need proof? I was fortunate enough to witness
proof of National SaveSURGE Month's impact when I received an e-mail
from Coca-Cola's customer service department this week in response
to a letter I wrote them last Friday:
"Thank you for contacting The Coca-Cola
Company. We are pleased to hear how much you enjoy SURGE.
Your Web site certainly displays your loyalty!
I will be sure to pass your message on to the appropriate management.
Thanks for your loyalty!
Cris
Consumer Affairs
The Coca-Cola Company"
Even though the response from Cris was short,
it was also very significant in that it doesn't appear to be in
any way a part of a form letter response. For over one year, seemingly
every letter SURGE fans sent to Coca-Cola were met with the exact
same response, obviously from a form letter. This is the first time
yours truly has seen a personalized response (and one that mentions
the website at that!). This is a big step in the right direction
and we need to keep that momentum going strong. We ask that you
continue your great efforts to make National SaveSURGE Month a success!
Here's what we're asking each of you to do:
Every Friday: We're
asking EVERY SURGE FAN to contact Coca-Cola, its Bottlers and local
businesses in your area that serve Coke products in their fountain.
Request that SURGE be brought back IMMEDIATELY. Tell them how much
SURGE means to you! It would also be great if everyone would call
Coca-Cola's toll free number, 1-800-GET-COKE at least once each
Friday as well.
Every Day of the Month:
Spread the word about SURGE and SaveSURGE.org any way you can. Wear
your SURGE gear, tell your friends, pass out our flyer, sign our
petition, start your own local petition and let everyone know that
WE WANT OUR SURGE BACK!
Thank you SURGE fans for all of your great efforts
this month and every month! We are making a difference!!!!
SaveSURGE.org on the Radio
Avery & I had the pleasure of being guests on Madison Wisconsin's
own 100X this past Tuesday, September 9. We got to speak with The
Bench Jockeys live on the air for approximately 10 minutes about
SURGE & SaveSURGE.org. Not only was this our first radio interview,
it was actually the first time Avery & I heard each other's
voice!
The interview went very well (after some initial
technical difficulties) and we'd like to thank 100X and all the
great folks out in Wisconsin who have since visited the site. We
are supposed to receive a copy of the segment within the next few
weeks and we will post it so that everyone can listen in. Stay tuned!
Watch Three Original SURGE Commercials!
 Our
friend MRA John was kind enough to donate three SURGE
commercials for your viewing pleasure! Two are from the original
SURGE ad campaign and the other is from its "re-launch"
back in 1999. They are a great way to relive the memories of those
great days now past. Personally, I have to say that viewing these
commercials has inspired me to work even harder to bring SURGE back.
You can view the commercials in SURGE
Multimedia - located under the For the Love of SURGE menu on
the top of every page.
Thanks John!
More to Love
Lots of great additions have been made to our For
the Love of SURGE section. Included in this week's updates are:
Salvadore's latest SURGE Poem and fountain stickers, Ryan's SURGE
memories and Will shows off his latest eBay purchase. All of this
and more in the Stories and Photos section of For the Love of SURGE!
Pepsi Vanilla Debuts
 As
this never-ending cycle of "me too!" beverages hits the
shelves, Pepsi recently introduced its vanilla-flavored version.
It's obviously meant to change the minds of those Vanilla Coke drinkers,
but how does it stack up? The SaveSURGE.org Bulletin Board has plenty
of opinions:
"Well I tried it. The diet isn't too bad
more or less on par with Diet VC. But the regular is jus syrupy
not in a good way. Its pretty gross. Its always amazing when a company
has a year to copy something and still does a bad job....oh well
typical Pepsi sub-par junk."
-Avery
" just got a chance to taste it. I has a
different aftertaste but well, I hate it. I never did like Pepsi
of any form. It's gross. The only Pepsi product I would ever touch
was Mountain Dew."
-MRA John
"Good Stuff"
-ChadyzGroove
"I tried Pepsi Vanilla, and I love it! The
Diet PV is also good too!"
-Kid Caliente
"Very good i must say...Vanilla Coke was
OK, but i found Vanilla Pepsi to have a much better taste--Vanilla
Coke was just not enugh flavor, and the flavor that is there isnt
very good and it tastes more like cream soda...pepsi vanilla is
how a vanilla soda should taste..."
-tsik
"vanilla coke is a lot better than pepsi
vanilla... in my opinion, pepsi is good by itself, but when they
try and flavor it, it doesnt come out right, where as coca cola
taste great by itself too, but is also a great drink to mix different
flavors into, for example cherry coke, vanilla coke..."
-redbridgeroad
Personally, I think Pepsi Vanilla is slightly
better than what I anticipated, but doesn't come close to Vanilla
Coke in overall quality.
What do you think about Vanilla Pepsi? Post your
opinions on The SaveSURGE.org Bulletin Board and you could see them
published in the next newsletter! Visit the topic at:
http://www.karks.com/surge/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=149
Poll Results - Give it a year
The latest SURGE Poll asked you to predict: "SURGE will come
back within:"
31.6% - 1 year
24.1% - Never
18.3% - 3 months
15% 6 - months
10.8% - 9 months
Total Votes: 120
While the vast majority of SURGE fans believe
SURGE will come back, many seem to think that we won't see it on
shelves again until at least 6 more months. Remember, good things
come to those who wait…
That's all the time we have for this week. Thanks for your love
of SURGE!
Sincerely,
Eric Karkovack
Co-Webmaster
www.savesurge.org
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