Not honoring winning bottle caps
 

So I've hoarded up four of those winning Coke caps where you win a free one-liter Coke product and I finally decided to redeem them before I forgot or they expired or whatever.

I go down to the little convenience store near my work where I buy a Coke frequently. I grab four 1 liter Cokes, which are bigger than I expected btw, and a bunch of candy and gum and [censored] (since I'm getting like $8 free of Coke product, I figure I can splurge on the other stuff.)

I bring my stash up to the front counter and this exchange followed. I should note that she was an Asian lady and didn't speak English well if that matters:

Me: Hi, I have these winning bottle caps from bottles I've bought here that I'd like to redeem for these 1 liters I have.

Her: I don't take those back.

Me: Huh?

Her: No. I don't care. (???)

Me: Wait, so you sell the bottles with the contest on them, but you won't accept the winning caps back?

Her: Yeah.

Me: Okay. Well I'm not going to get all these Cokes then, I'll put them back.

So as I put my Cokes back, I started thinking. And the more I thought about it, the more irritated I got until finally I just put all of the [censored] back and walked out of the store.

Did I overreact or am I right in thinking that's pretty lame that she sells the contest bottles but won't redeem the winning caps?

Do most places redeem them or what? I feel timid, scared, and confused now that I got shot down by the evil asian lady.

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Yeah dude I've had that happen several times before. It pisses me off too. I think you did the right thing, they lazy bastards just don't want to have to deal with the coke man when he comes to give him the caps and get the money from him, which I think is what they are supposed to do. I heard you can email coke or something with the address and they are supposed to do something, but I doubt that happens.

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i think you acted superbly

it's not like it's tough for her to "redeem" her stupid caps - the coke guy takes them and uses the balance as a "refund" on her next order

the only problem is that different stores charge different prices, and i'd guess that the price coke gives her for the caps is lower than the price you'd be paying her for the coke

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I would have made her reshelve the rest of the stuff herself.

Ni han.

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You shoulda urinated on the counter

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Is she the owner or something? If not, you could let the management know that you won't buy stuff from them if they do this to you. They make a nice profit on each item they sell, its a convenience store after all, not a grocery store.

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Is she the owner or something? If not, you could let the management know that you won't buy stuff from them if they do this to you. They make a nice profit on each item they sell, its a convenience store after all, not a grocery store.

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Unfortunately, yeah I think she is the owner. It's a terrible store, everything is more overpriced even than your average convenience store. But it's really close to my office, blah blah.

I gotta go get gas at lunch so maybe the gas station store will redeem them.

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Next time you are at a table with a Vietnamese guy, ask him for some insults in Vietnamese for a future situation like that...

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I would be pissed and not shop there anymore. Honestly, I get quite bitter when I get back customer service such as this. Tell her you are going to stop coming there because of this.

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in my book there's no such thing as a losing bottle cap. that candy is delicious.