Coke unleashed Sensation XL Promotion from a little while ago - did anyone else get it?

I ordered mine way back when the promotion first came up on ozbargain cause i had 1000 point and figured I wasnt going to be doing much else with the points.

It arrived today (11 weeks instead of 6-8)… But im not sure if i should be amused or angry really..

The original promotion was supposed to be a sensation XL with a set of beats by dr dre headphones, as pictured here, http://newtechnotebook.com/gadgets-htc-sensation-xl-smartpho….

What arrived was a little different, the sensation XL yes (locked to vodafone, but apparently unlockable) but not the headphones, instead they sent these http://www.whathifi.com/review/ath-ws55i with a note saying how vodafone had run out of the dr dre headphones and so coke unleashed replaced them with these.

Now I cant imagine the dr dre headphones that comes with the htc sensation xl weren't like the top of the range "beats by dr dre" headphones which retail for upwards of 300. Also, the ath-ws55i actually reviews very well from what i can find (anyone with any experience?).

Ironically the ath-ws55i is actually made for ipad/iphone/etc (though im pretty sure my sgs2 and nexus s both happily use iphone headsets). So, im really not sure whether to be amused or annoyed. On the plus side i'd probably not have spent those points on anything else, and i've gotten a htc sensation Xl plus a decent set of headphones out of it. Did anyone else go in for this promo and did you get it or something else?

But how would the rest of you feel in the same situation?

Probably the most amusing part of it all is that 1000 points (100 bottles of coke) is really only about $300, while the phone by itself i can probably ebay for more and hence actually make a profit form my own coke addiction. Ultimately im finding it hard to be annoyed, but theres part of me that feels like i should be for some reason.

Comments

  • My Coke Zero addiction has only landed me a couple of movie tickets which also took forever to arrive. Have about 400 points stashed but there are no good rewards to bother with.

    Anyone with crazy points should go for the PS3's which are new. Don't know how you'd manage to get 5500 points, that's 55 weeks worth, redeeming the 10 per week limit.

    • wow, over a year! wonder if it'll still be around by then!

      • I'd say the scheme will be shut down at 54 weeks.

  • LOl finally someone talked about getting their coke unleashed prizes.

    My vouchers i only got them about a week ago so I guess they were all sent out late.

    I'm so annoyed i missed out on the phone as i spent my tokens on the vouchers using like 1500 points and then the phone came out :(

  • Yep, I'm in the same boat and am a bit annoyed as well, I contacted them and they offered to add 50 points to my account, but that is not nearly enough compensation for a $150 decrease in prize value. Mind you, I don't think the Beats are that much better but I was going to sell mine and they definitely would fetch more on ebay.

  • Interesting listings on Ebay.
    http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/floating.landscape/m.html?hash=it…

    BTW. Mine turned up today and yes it's locked to Voda and has the Audio-Technica headphones.

    • Gee, he's going to do alright out of 250 coke codes, isn't he?

  • i got two tickets to the hopman cup plus about $9 in coinage :)

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