Stranger Things Fans Upset They Can't Buy New Coke After Website Crashes
In the world of disastrous marketing campaigns, few companies have seen such massive failure as [...]
Grief
prevnextThe stages of grief:
— David (@davidnelson34) May 23, 2019
1. 504 errors
2. 502 errors
3. 503 errors
4. Actually drinking #newcoke
Not a Good Look
prevnextI keep hoping enough people give up and lay off the bandwidth so I can sneak in for #newcoke @CocaCola You need to make a statement, something. Silence in this day and age, even an hour in, is not a good look. #cokeisit
— Unusual Retail (@Unusual_Retail) May 23, 2019
Meta Launch
prevnext#NewCoke launch having issues.... sounds a little too familiar... Accident? or the most meta launch plan ever? pic.twitter.com/pPWg6cKy3G
— Aaron (@imthewinterwind) May 23, 2019
See Ya
prevnextThe New Coke website when it hit 5pm pic.twitter.com/rEDAXiK21w
— 🍰 (@QuinnsterX) May 23, 2019
You Win
prevnextOk @CocaCola...
It's been an hour of refreshing my cart to try and fill in delivery & payment details... You win. Keep ya #NewCoke. pic.twitter.com/OzTkhamA8O
— CoolNotCool (@YeahCoolNotCool) May 23, 2019
A Fool
prevnextpuh-lease give us an update!!! i’m looking like boo-boo the fool over here i’ve been refreshing the page since 4:50 #NewCoke pic.twitter.com/fsF5RuzEd4
— sam \\ 🦇 (@_Samgarciaa) May 23, 2019
Website Fail
prevnextThe New @CocaCola website looks awesome! 😐
So much for trying to do the
NEW Coke Stranger Things Promotional purchaseWebsite #Fail pic.twitter.com/qLBy0WZbzr
— ElevatedFilmFanatic (@RRR5280) May 23, 2019
Time to Go
prevnextThe Coca-Cola social team when their website servers crashed due to too many people trying to log on at the same time to buy #NewCoke: pic.twitter.com/FU4SC18V5f
— Sam Franco (@samjfranco) May 23, 2019
eBay Crooks
prevnextTrying to buy some New Coke, and their website crashed the moment it went live. But never for the crooks who then sell it on EBay for Thousands of dollars #newcoke #sellitinstores @CocaCola
— Christopher Waits (@cressidarules) May 23, 2019
Need Our Fix
prevWow. @CocaCola just deleted their tweet announcing the return of #NewCoke because their site has been down since launch. I hope they return with a working store and a LOT more stock! We need our 1985 fix! #StrangerThings3
— Houston (@radiohouston) May 23, 2019