From: boygeorgewGETRID@OFTHISyahoo.com   
      
   Wal-Mart and Coca Cola are running a promo, offering 2 free music   
   downloads with the purchase of certain Coke products.  What they DON'T   
   tell you in the promo or the fine print is that you must be using   
   Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or better.  Using Mozilla Firefox (or any   
   other non-MS browser) won't work. (This is also true for anybody paying   
   for music downloads.)   
      
   I complained to Wal-Mart, and got what I expected: no response.  So I   
   filed a complaint with the Consumer Proection division of my state's   
   Attorney General's office, saying "Promo offers 2 free music downloads @   
   walmart.com/musicdownloads/coke. Printed material says "Requires Windows   
   98SE or higher". However, AFTER promo code redeemed, website refuses any   
   browser other than MS Internet Explorer. This is not a "software   
   failure" as identified in Sec. 3 of the Terms and Conditions, but a   
   refusal to complete the transaction."   
      
   That got me a response from Wal-Mart.  Since I had 6 music download promo   
   codes, they offered me a custom CD at no expense.  I took it, since it   
   cost them money (the CD, shipping and handling, etc).  They tried to tell   
   me I needed to "upgrade" to MSIE.  I told them they needed to acknowledge   
   that there are other browsers out there, and failure to do so could   
   result in a lot of pissed-off internetters.  I hope that a lot of non-   
   MSIE netters will let Wal-Mart know that they are not only out there, but   
   that they are consumers too, and will not be discriminated against.   
      
   Geo   
      
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