Ben and Jerry's iTunes Giveaway [Archive]

MacRumors

Apr 21, 2004, 12:43 PM

MacCentral reports (http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/04/21/benjerry/index.php?redirect=1082543566000) on a 50,000 iTunes song giveaway from Ben and Jerry's this Tuesday, April 27.

During Ben & Jerry's annual Free Cone Day, the first 50,000 customers to sign up for a sweepstakes for an iPod, iMac, and trip to Ben & Jerry's headquarters will receive a free code for an iTunes Song.

Free Cone Day (http://www.benjerry.com/) happens on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 from 12pm-8pm at participating Ben & Jerry's stores. The iTunes giveaway is limited to U.S. customers.

Mudbug

Apr 21, 2004, 12:47 PM

lemme get this straight - Free music AND ice cream? Woohoo!

anyway - seems like a good matchup - and easy to win - that's key.

Macmaniac

Apr 21, 2004, 12:53 PM

DOH!!! There are no Ben and Jerry's in a 20 mile radius of our town!! Argh, any way this is a good idea, and the more exposure the better.

drizahy4

Apr 21, 2004, 12:58 PM

Sweet ice cream, free music, and a chance to win an ipod. :) I love this idea. Everyone loves ice cream. mmmm ice cream.

sethypoo

Apr 21, 2004, 12:59 PM

I'm in the same boat, there are no scoop shops anywhere near me.

I wish they had put the codes on their Ben & Jerry's pints! I buy at least one a week.

Gotta love Chocolate Chocolate Cookie! :p :)

baby duck monge

Apr 21, 2004, 01:00 PM

DOH!!! There are no Ben and Jerry's in a 20 mile radius of our town!! Argh, any way this is a good idea, and the more exposure the better.

but if they're taking the first 50,000 people... unless it's 50,000 in the whole country. in which case keeping track of how many have been given away could prove to be a chore.

keysersoze

Apr 21, 2004, 01:15 PM

The Ben & Jerry's plant in Stowe, VT is sooo close by.... I might have to wander over...
:)

ingenious

Apr 21, 2004, 01:16 PM

isn't this RIGHT before iTunes' Birthday?

nyassa3898

Apr 21, 2004, 01:18 PM

there also isn't a b&j for a 40 mile radius either, I might just have to make the drive

MattG

Apr 21, 2004, 01:20 PM

Oooooh...there's a B&J's in Fort Myers. I might have to make an excuse to go up there next week :)

Java

Apr 21, 2004, 01:25 PM

I'll be the first one in line at my store. Bring on the free songs AND the free ice cream!

-Java

slipper

Apr 21, 2004, 01:35 PM

DOH!!! There are no Ben and Jerry's in a 20 mile radius of our town!! Argh, any way this is a good idea, and the more exposure the better.
hey your complaining, theres no store in Hawaii period!

ofey

Apr 21, 2004, 01:37 PM

Wouldn't it be great if Apple could do an event every year like that where you are like the first 500 to turn up with your iPod at an Apple store and they'd give you a free song?

Trowaman

Apr 21, 2004, 01:42 PM

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NOT A BEN AND JERRY'S IN TEXAS!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!

I mean c'mon they're getting rich from me eating "One Sweet Whirld" (Thank you DMB) I think I deserve a song for that.

jbembe

Apr 21, 2004, 01:45 PM

DOH!!! There are no Ben and Jerry's in a 20 mile radius of our town!! Argh, any way this is a good idea, and the more exposure the better.

Try being in Texas, where there appears to be no such store!!!

I think being in Hawaii surrounded by the pacific trumps that (but only slightly!)
:D

Anyways, I was just thinking the other day about why other companies have not gotten in on this act and had giveaways to iTMS as incentives for thier products. I hope this is a first in a long trend, it would be nice to continue gettting free tunes from iTMS by purchasing pepsi, or mcDs, etc.

ryan

Apr 21, 2004, 01:50 PM

Hopefully those 50,000 songs are distributed among the various US time zones; otherwise by the time 12pm rolls around in the western part of the country there might not be that many songs left to give out.

macridah

Apr 21, 2004, 01:53 PM

sorry all you folks w/o a near buy ben and jerry's; there are ben and jerry's all over nor-cal.

April 27th will be a sweet day ... no pun intended :D

Photorun

Apr 21, 2004, 01:57 PM

And people voted this story negative... whhhyyyy?!? :confused:

TyleRomeo

Apr 21, 2004, 02:06 PM

isn't this RIGHT before iTunes' Birthday?

yeah its the next day. looks like apple is trying everything it can to get to 100 million songs by the 28th. so a free 50 grand should hurt. once again free ice cream and music, im in. go apple

tyler

baby duck monge

Apr 21, 2004, 02:12 PM

And people voted this story negative... whhhyyyy?!? :confused:

because if they can't have any, they don't want anyone else to have them, either. :rolleyes:

iChan

Apr 21, 2004, 02:26 PM

Wouldn't it be great if Apple could do an event every year like that where you are like the first 500 to turn up with your iPod at an Apple store and they'd give you a free song?

ONE measly free song?

jelloshotsrule

Apr 21, 2004, 02:34 PM

according to macnn's news listing about it... you don't even have to go to the store in person...

"Users can visit the company's website on that day to take the "Oath to Vote" and receive a free song from the iTunes Music Store (on Monday, April 26th) as well as register for a chance to win a sweepstakes with the Grand Prize of an iPod, iMac and a trip to Vermont to spend a day as an honorary Ben & Jerry's Flavor Guru to create a batch of their own personal flavor. "

at least that's how i read it

but, on b/j's site, it still doesn't say anything exactly about itunes...

onemoof

Apr 21, 2004, 02:37 PM

The free cone is if you visit a store.

The free song is if you visit the website and promise to vote in November as part of "Rock the vote". You don't have to live near a store to get a song.

craigdawg

Apr 21, 2004, 02:41 PM

These free iTunes promos are going to cause me to have long term health problems with all this Pepsi and ice cream I'm ingesting. Mmm...coffee Heath bar crunch. Someone's going to develop type 2 diabetes and sue Apple. ;)

Can't they have a "Run a mile, get a free song" promotion?

MacFan25

Apr 21, 2004, 03:37 PM

Great deal, though unfortunatley theres not a Ben & Jerry's close to me. Maybe I can sign up on the website.

Hopefully we will keep seeing these promos like this. It's great exposure to iTunes and the iPod, and it's great for consumers.

latergator116

Apr 21, 2004, 03:40 PM

So first I will go to the Ben and Jerry's on Thayer st., then I will head towards the one in the mall. :)

jamka

Apr 21, 2004, 04:00 PM

Win a trip to vermont? That sucks because I live in vermont :p. It would be cool to pick the flavors though.

There's a store like a block or 2 from my school, so I'll be hoping over there when I can :)

Eniregnat

Apr 21, 2004, 04:42 PM

This is a great promo, I wonder when the iTunes Store competitors will start doing the same.

wdlove

Apr 21, 2004, 05:58 PM

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NOT A BEN AND JERRY'S IN TEXAS!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!

I mean c'mon they're getting rich from me eating "One Sweet Whirld" (Thank you DMB) I think I deserve a song for that.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that there will be a online signup. That you will take an oath to vote. You should be eligible for a free iTunes Code. I hope that there will be more complete available about this soon.

jbembe

Apr 21, 2004, 07:32 PM

jeffy.dee-lux

Apr 22, 2004, 08:11 AM

well, i work at ben and jerry's.... but it just happens to be one of the only three b and j's in canada, so no itunes for me, stupid country, i mean, GO HABS!

but hey, all you people complaining about the health risks of ben and jerry's ice cream... give chocolate fudge brownie frozen yogurt a shot. Everybody hears "frozen yogurt" and thinks, oh, well that's just gonna suck. But every customer i've ever suggested this flavour to has been amazed at how good it is. There's really no compromise at all, you can tell the difference between it and the ice cream version, not very easily though, and the difference isn't a bad difference anyways, its like, more refreshing. And the beautiful part... only 2 grams of fat per scoop, as opposed to about 15 or so for most of the regular ice creams.

So maybe iTunes canada will open up on the same day and free cone day will just kick it off.... except that the only ben and jerry's in canada are all in montreal.... meh, who needs toronto
GO HABS!

denm316

Apr 22, 2004, 08:27 AM

I guess anything to get iTunes in a promotion is a good thing

tick

Apr 22, 2004, 09:57 AM

So first I will go to the Ben and Jerry's on Thayer st., then I will head towards the one in the mall. :)

As an ex-scoop shop employee, all I have to say is save the trip to the mall. Unlike Baskin Robbins, B and J doesn't care if you go through the line multiple times. Just make sure that if you do so, finish your first scoop before you get to the front of the line for your 2nd(3rd, 4th, etc)

I think it's cool that there are going to be stations that allow you to register to vote.

latergator116

Apr 22, 2004, 02:57 PM

As an ex-scoop shop employee, all I have to say is save the trip to the mall. Unlike Baskin Robbins, B and J doesn't care if you go through the line multiple times. Just make sure that if you do so, finish your first scoop before you get to the front of the line for your 2nd(3rd, 4th, etc)

I think it's cool that there are going to be stations that allow you to register to vote.

Thanks, I will take note of that. :) I don't really like going to the mall anyway because the B and J is on the 4th floor

wdlove

Apr 22, 2004, 08:07 PM

Thanks, I will take note of that. :) I don't really like going to the mall anyway because the B and J is on the 4th floor

What mall do you visit? Why don't you like going to the fouth floor? Free ice cream makes it worth the effort.

IthinkIgaveuHIV

Apr 23, 2004, 01:52 PM

I'll take a free cone...
...if only there was a Ben and Jerry's in fuggin Texas! :confused:

latergator116

Apr 23, 2004, 02:26 PM

What mall do you visit? Why don't you like going to the fouth floor? Free ice cream makes it worth the effort.

It is the Providence Place mall. Im not much of a mall guy, so the only reason I go there is to see an occasional movie and go to movies. Also, the food court (where Ben and Jerry's) is always packed, ecspecially on the weekends. I agree that free ice cream is worth the extra effort. Now only if I had another excuse to go there...

meredyth

Apr 27, 2004, 01:37 PM

I logged into Ben and Jerry's at noon today and saw NOTHING on how to get a free song-- what gives?

onemoof

Apr 27, 2004, 01:52 PM

It's there right now along the left side of the screen. I'm not sure if they've run out of songs though, they don't tell you.

meredyth

Apr 27, 2004, 02:16 PM

It's there right now along the left side of the screen. I'm not sure if they've run out of songs though, they don't tell you.

Found it! Here's the direct link for other ppl:

http://vote.benjerry.com/

wdlove

Apr 27, 2004, 08:15 PM

It's there right now along the left side of the screen. I'm not sure if they've run out of songs though, they don't tell you.

I took the oath this morning. After I filled in all the information, it took me to a second page. It said that I was entered in a chance to win a free iTunes song, that I would be notified via E.Mail in 24 - 48 hours. Also a chance to win an iPod.

Mudbug

Apr 27, 2004, 10:37 PM

Here's the contents of the tune-winning email I received:
(edited to protect the innocent, of course ;))

Congratulations on being one of the first 50,000 to enter the Ben &
Jerry's ETOV Turn It Around Sweepstakes!

To claim your music download, follow these instructions:

If you don?t yet have iTunes ® 4.2 or later on your computer, visit
http://www.itunes.com now to download and install iTunes on your computer.

Once you have downloaded iTunes, or if you already have iTunes 4.2 or
later, click on the link below, or simply copy it into your browser
window:

https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/freeSongWizard

Once you arrive at the iTunes Music Store, enter the Download Code shown
below, and follow the onscreen directions to receive your music download!
Your code is valid until June 25, 2004.

iTunes Download Code: XXXXXXXXXXXX

If you have any problems downloading, contact iTunes support at:

http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/

Thanks from all of us at Ben & Jerry's!

Ben & Jerry's
30 Community Drive
South Burlington, VT 05403-6828

keysersoze

Apr 28, 2004, 07:46 AM

Here's the contents of the tune-winning email I received:
(edited to protect the innocent, of course ;))

So....

I went to the Waterbury, VT Ben and Jerry's plant yesterday.

Lots of great, free ice cream.
NOTHING having to do with Apple or iTunes. :(
Major disappointment...offset by total indulgence in wonderful ice cream.

:)

wdlove

Apr 28, 2004, 10:57 AM

Here's the contents of the tune-winning email I received:
(edited to protect the innocent, of course ;))

Congratulations Mudbug on winning a free song. What song did you download? I hope that more of us here on the forum will be winners also.

I don't think that I have much of a chance to win since it was after 11am yesterday to take the oath.

Mudbug

Apr 28, 2004, 11:02 AM

Congratulations Mudbug on winning a free song. What song did you download? I hope that more of us here on the forum will be winners also.

I don't think that I have much of a chance to win since it was after 11am yesterday to take the oath.

thanks - as for which song, I haven't decided yet. I buy music from the store pretty regularly now, especially since I got quite a few iTMS gift certificates for Xmas this past year. As I post new songs to www.dailytunes.com, I come across some that I've never heard, give them a listen, and if I like it, I'll buy it. :)
On a related note, when I clicked through to add the song to my account, it shows that I have 1 song & $9.58 in my account balance, instead of just adding the $$ value to my current balance. Since we've never seen even 1 Pepsi cap here, I wonder if those did this as well, since I have no personal experience. :(
As for your winning a song or not - you would have seen a screen like the one I've attached if you were eligible to win the song.

keysersoze

Apr 29, 2004, 06:13 PM

Well, it's 7:15pm EST on Thursday and I just now got my free song email. Better late than never! (good ol' apple)

:)

wdlove

Apr 29, 2004, 06:53 PM

Here's the contents of the tune-winning email I received:
(edited to protect the innocent, of course ;))

I'm surprised actually Mudbug, I also got the same E.Mail last evening. Very happy about being a winner. It's great to be in such good company. ;)

JoeCanadian

Apr 29, 2004, 10:11 PM

I bet if you give a fake US address when you fill out the form, as long as the e-mail is valid, you will get a code e-mailed to you.

Then, you should be able to setup an iTMS account using the code without a US based credit card. The kicker is once you have an account, you should also get access to the Tuesday free song give away promo.

Has anyone not in the US tried this?