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For anyone who doesn't remember Pepsi ads from the mid-90's: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1996-man-sues-pepsi-for-not-giv...

>The campaign was simple, reported CBS News correspondent John Blackstone. Buy Pepsi products, collect points from Pepsi labels and claim prizes like t-shirts, sunglasses, or - for 7 million points - a Harrier Jet.

>In the end, Leonard's lawsuit fizzled out. A court granted a summary judgment in favor of Pepsi and ruled that, "no objective person could reasonably have concluded that the commercial actually offered consumers a Harrier Jet."

parent wlesieutre 8 years ago

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