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Coca Cola Complaint - Very Bad Tasting Coca Cola - Diet Coke, 8 Oz Glass Bottle
Diet Coke, 8 Oz Glass Bottle - Complaint
PLAINWELL, MICHIGAN -- I have an old car (55 "T" Bird) and have it in a residential museum. I also have a Vendo 33 (1954) coke machine in the museum and stock it with 8 Oz glass bottles which it dispensed in 1954. I was elated to see that coke was using the 8 oz glass bottle again but also heard they were going to discontinue using them so I purchased 3 cases so I could use the old machine.
Now I find that all of the coke I bought has a terrible taste and has made my grandkids ill.
I have destroyed all the "bad" coke and hope I can purchase more but Iam, to say the least, a bit skeptical of doing so for fear that I will have the same results.
Signed,
Disappointed
Jim
Now I find that all of the coke I bought has a terrible taste and has made my grandkids ill.
I have destroyed all the "bad" coke and hope I can purchase more but Iam, to say the least, a bit skeptical of doing so for fear that I will have the same results.
Signed,
Disappointed
Jim
Comments:
Posted by justcuz3993 on 2008-08-28:
Did you contact Coke and let them know?
Posted by chris513 on 2008-08-28:
You did the right thing by destroying all the bad coke.
Posted by MSCANTBEWRONG on 2008-08-28:
Hmm, that's interesting. I've never seen Diet Coke in the 8 oz glass bottles, just Coke Classic. If you contact Coke, they may replace the bad Coke for you. I purchased Coke and when I opened it, it was flat. I contacted Coke, gave them the imprinted id #'s and they sent me a free case. Good luck to you.
Posted by GenuineNerd on 2008-08-28:
Diet sodas have a short shelf life; weeks after the expiration date on the packaging (I know the cans and plastic bottles have expiration dates stamped; maybe on the glass bottles there's a code on the cap. The typical shelf life of diet sodas is 3-4 months...usually within a month or two past the expiration date the aspartame in the diet sodas starts breaking down and the diet soda takes on a rancid taste. If you bought the bottles months ago, or if they sat on a store shelf for months, they're likely past their prime. Look for an expiration date next time you buy soda in glass bottles-most likely it's part of the code on the bottle cap.
Posted by MrBeanRocks25 on 2008-08-28:
Good to know, GenuineNerd.
Posted by JohnInSoCal on 2008-08-29:
Good info from MSCANTBEWRONG and GenuineNerd. If you contact Coke they will make it right. I've never seen diet coke in the small glass bottles either, but I know they sell different sodas and different sizes/packaging in different geographic areas. Maybe they just don't sell it here because there is not a high enough demand for it.
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