The sign is misleading. They obviously show three bottles of delicious Pepsi, when the fine print reads that you only get one.

Tsk tsk Wal-Mart. I want my extra four liters.

It could be worse - they could offer Sam's Choice cola.

oh god. not sam's choice! anything but sam's choice! I'll even drink pepsi!

A whole 89 cent item. Go for it!

Making that sign must have cost more.

They do this at the K-Mart near me. Probably 99% of their customers are hispanic and don't really speak English very well. Their signs read "get a free gift" when applying, and the free gift is indeed a 2l bottle of Coke.

I disagree. This is very funny. The same kind of funny that shiny, new $50K monster trucks inspire when parked in the dirt driveways of trashy double-wides.

Same thing as when they give away free t-shirts at college campuses for applying for a Visa. Getting something -- anything -- for free appears to be a big incentive.

They did this at COMPUSA stores too..

The liquidators are now selling them for 99cents and the pop is expired but it's still on sale... I wonder how much this tactic works..

Well, you don't have to provide real information. I filled one out with bogus info and got a free duffel bag. Of course, that may not work if they actually ask for some ID to verify what you wrote down. ;-)

Oh God not pepsi please anything but pepsi

Walmart and Kmart both do this where I live. It always seems so pathetically sad. Hey, at least JcPenneys tried to bribe you with a set of steak knives back in the 80's.

Wow, I can get a free $1.29 product if I get a credit card? ME WANT!!!

Do I still have to pay a deposit?

How can people's time not be worth more than the time it takes to fill out a CC app and get the free "gift?"

Ok nevermind, I didn't notice that it was a 2 liter pepsi. yum yum mmm. Where is the credit card appy

The KMart near me offers a $1.00 off COUPON for candy for applying for a card.

Diet or regular?

Loblaws offers a free pack of cookies up here. It's quite sad.

1. Apply for card with fake name
2. Receive free Pepsi
3. Return Pepsi
4. Profit

Wow.....at least Target offers you 10% off your purchase when you sign up

I think I love this post's tag.

While it says you have to apply for a credit card, it doesn't say it has to be theirs. Go in with a Target application and see what happens.

LOL I have seen them do this at Best Buy actually! haha, actually I have seen it at other places to but I forget now. It's so damn cheezy when you realize how large a kick back the store gets off your application (35-40 dollars???).

I think the real problem here is the spelling of litre

They should offer Coke, you say? I beg to differ; Pepsi is so much more awesome.

@bdude: good catch!

@bdude: Except that in the US, the common spelling is liter?

I'm embarrassed to say I did this once or twice in my younger (and obviously more naive) days ... never used the credit cards though, just the Pepsi.

@Phildawg:
I work at Best Buy, and corporate has been pushing us to sell their new mastercard. Approved applications fetch the store 90 dollars in profit. An additional $30 or so is added on when you add the Account Shield protection.

WOW! That's just about the most pathetic rewards/incentive I ahve ever seen offered for applying for a cradit card!

I wonder if this promotion idea came down from corporate or just some manager's idea? I'd like to think the latter, but....

at the store where i work, we at least offer water bottles or wicking tshirts if you sign up for one of our cards and you get a discount on your purchase too. a soda is a pitiful gimmick

Remember when you got a toaster for openning a bank account....?

"Apply for a credit card, or we'll make you drink a 2-Liter of Pepsi or Diet Pepsi"

That would actually get some responses, methinks.

I've been tempted to get an Amazon visa card because of the $30 discount they give you (and points toward Amazon would be actually useful), but a 2-litre jug of pop, damn! I wonder what the statistics are on that card as far as number of late payments, bankruptcies, etc.

Looks like "Fakey Fakerson" at 123 Fake St. is getting a free 2-liter of Pepsi!

That's one offer I can't refuse.

Make it a 2-litre of Barq's and you've got yourself a sucke- I mean, deal.

I've seen them give out free cookies for applying. Personally, I would take some cookies over Pepsi.

@ XUGGLYBUG

Pepsi tastes like crap! Coke all the way. Sorry Walmart I will just have to pass up on your offer. Maybe next time when you serve coke...... ;-)

@manok: lol thats a great idea! sadly, i would bet that it worked a few times though...

@bohemian: I still have my steak knives from Sears :) from back in the 80s

We spell it Liter because that's how it's pronounced. We don't say "LEE-truh" so why spell it Litre?

They should also give you a little plastic cup so you can celebrate your (potential) credit card with a deep draught (there ya go BDUDE, enjoy) of mmmmm-mmmmm Pepsi.

What is wrong with it. At lest your gettings something. It seems like a good deal to me. Unless you are making well over $90 an hour, and the 1 minute is not worth it.

But if you were making more that $90 an hour, you probably would not be shopping at a walmart.

Darn, now I want some Pepsi. (Pepsi over Coke!)

You could save a whole dollar that way! How wonderful...

@sonichghog: I don't think a bottle of soda is worth the negative impact a new credit card could have on your FICO score

At least everyone is taking this post in the proper spirit. I'm not sure what is more pathetic... a premium in the form of a 2 liter bottle of pepsi or a walmart credit card.

The local K-Mart in my neighborhood (St. Paul, MN) does this too--offer a 2-liter for applying for the K-Mart credit card. (But I think they DO offer Coke. Does that make it better?)

I'll see if I can remember to take a photo of the sign next time I'm in the store...

@sonichghog:

Nothing in walmart ever takes just one minute.

Meijer offers this as well with an even better beverage.

Coke.

@sonichghog

After you've paid the interest on your first months statement, you won't think that long, gone, Pepsi was worth it. Also, as stated above, the ding on your FICO score, if you are still using credit for anything but a home.

On college campuses, beer would be the better incentive. The cheaper (Natural Ice, Milwaukee's Best, Mickey's) the better.

Jeez, at least when you sign up for this shit at a baseball game you get a jacket or a jersey or a blanket or something. A bottle of soda? Really?

This just makes me sad.

I heart Dave Ramsey.