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VintageGamerN00b
05-14-2013, 11:44 AM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coca-Cola-Recipe-Formula-Letter-January-15-1943-Historical-Document-/121107218379?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c328d7fcb

http://gawker.com/treasure-hunter-finds-recipe-for-coca-cola-in-random-bo-505511086

baseball tourist
05-14-2013, 06:05 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Coca-Cola-Recipe-Formula-Letter-January-15-1943-Historical-Document-/121107218379?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c328d7fcb

http://gawker.com/treasure-hunter-finds-recipe-for-coca-cola-in-random-bo-505511086


Love this comment:

Wait, so all I need to do is bid more than $5 million, strike deals with vendors, set up a network of bottlers worldwide, hire sales and marketing, and create a distribution chain, spend a few years building brand equity, I'm on equal footing with Coca Cola? Sign me the f*** up.

perezfan
05-14-2013, 07:52 PM
Too funny.... but almost too dumb to even comment on. Just more ebay extreme greed that will never result in a sale.

pariah1107
05-14-2013, 09:38 PM
Graham, Washington??!!!... Well, if anywhere the residents of Graham-Kapowsin-Orting-Lower South Hill Puyallup have the secret formula. With this recipe you are more likely to star in Breaking Bad than make a decent soda :eek:.

ruth-gehrig
05-15-2013, 12:11 PM
Too funny.... but almost too dumb to even comment on. Just more ebay extreme greed that will never result in a sale.

Actually it did result in a sale to the tune of $15,000,000 (if it's genuine) :rolleyes: The auction ended without the initial $5,000,000 bid. It was then relisted and someone "bought it now" for the $15,000,000. Now whether it results in a financial transaction probably is a different story

perezfan
05-15-2013, 02:53 PM
OK... If you count a $4,985,000.00 price reduction as a legit sale, then I stand corrected :o

Now what will the "winner" do with it? Kinda tough to go up against Coke and Pepsi in that well-developed segment. Hope he has some dynamite sales people and awfully good production facility!

Leon
05-16-2013, 07:45 AM
Now what will the "winner" do with it? Kinda tough to go up against Coke and Pepsi in that well-developed segment.

Exactly.
There is already Coca Cola. Does the recipe in someone else's hands really matter? So they maybe can make it. Then what?

yanks12025
05-16-2013, 11:29 AM
Can't you just look on the back and it says what ingridents are in it. Don't need the recipe, just mess around and eventually you'll get it right.

thecatspajamas
05-16-2013, 01:17 PM
Actually it did result in a sale to the tune of $15,000,000 (if it's genuine) :rolleyes: The auction ended without the initial $5,000,000 bid. It was then relisted and someone "bought it now" for the $15,000,000. Now whether it results in a financial transaction probably is a different story

What are the odds that the "buyer" is even old enough to drive :rolleyes: My guess is this one will be "re-listed due to non-paying buyer."