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Post by Pete on Apr 17, 2024 10:14:58 GMT
Some awful ideas get made into products that cost big bucks to promote and then become embarrassing belly flops.
Here’s a look at some fantastic flops that sent their inventors back to the drawing board.
How many of these spectacular failures do you recall?
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Post by Sandy on Apr 17, 2024 15:07:06 GMT
I remember, most vividly, the "new coca cola" flop.
Let’s just crown New Coke the king of all product whoopsies.
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Post by Sandy on Apr 17, 2024 15:24:38 GMT
This topic - and primarily, the new Coke flop - reminds me of the wisdom "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
btw: I wonder why Coca Cola didn't leave their wildly successful product unchanged and just introduce a new, or additional, product.
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Post by Hank on Apr 17, 2024 16:30:39 GMT
I expect the swapped ingredient was cheaper.
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Post by Pete on Apr 17, 2024 17:51:11 GMT
Sandy, you'd said, "btw: I wonder why Coca Cola didn't leave their wildly successful product unchanged and just introduce a new, or additional, product."
Good point. Why fool around with a good selling product & instead introduce a new one? Give folks a choice.
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Post by Pete on Apr 17, 2024 17:54:27 GMT
Henry, I think that's what was done to what once was my favorite soda, Sierra Mist.
A couple of years ago sugar was taken out of it & an artificial sweetener replaced it. Changed the whole taste of it to one I didn't like. So I quit buying it.
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Post by Sandy on Apr 17, 2024 19:21:11 GMT
I've never liked the taste of foods or drinks with artificial sweeteners. My parents used one for sweetening their coffee. It was awful.
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