Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1872 times:
Earlier today I bought a pack of smokes at a kiosk and since I felt a bit tired I decided to get a can of Red Bull as well. The kiosk dude asked me if I want Red Bull with or without sugar, and he added that I have to pay 0,25 EUR deposit for regualar Red Bull cans while Red Bull sugarfree cans are sold without deposit. I asked him why I have to pay deposit for Red Bull with sugar but no deposit for Red Bull sugarfree but he didn't know.
Can anyone explain this completely stupid rule? It doesn't make sense at all.
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 1, posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1864 times:
I got almost the same reply from the kiosk dude (a Turk) when I asked him about the rule, he said: "Because Germany is full of bureaucrats who have nothing better to do than introducing such moronic rules". I agreed with him, took my Red Bull sugarfree can and walked away.
NoUFO From Germany, joined Apr 2001, 7802 posts, RR: 13 Reply 6, posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1832 times:
Quoting Sabena332 (Thread starter): I asked him why I have to pay deposit for Red Bull with sugar but no deposit for Red Bull sugarfree but he didn't know.
Dba4U From Germany, joined Mar 2005, 625 posts, RR: 15 Reply 7, posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1823 times:
Oh well, at least we've got Red Bull in Germany... I almost had to live 3 days without a single can during the CPH meet because it's illegal in Denmark! Luckily we made the trip to Malmo...
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KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 10, posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1794 times:
Quoting NoUFO (Reply 8): How anyone, especially adults, can actually like the taste of melted gummy bears, is beyond me.
I've never been a big fan of Red Bull, can just isn't big enough. I prefer Diet Rockstar. Cheaper than Red Bull and twice (or 3x) the size.
TuRbUleNc3 From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 519 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1769 times:
Quoting Nighthawk (Reply 5): Maybe its a tax on sugary drinks to encourage people to buy sugar free...? Sounds like the kind of thing the english government would do...
I sure hope our government dont see this, knowing them they would probably take it up to match other countries, god help us if they do, we'll be even more out of pocket than we are now!
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 14, posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1753 times:
What I liked about having parties in Norway, is that the day after I would return all the cans and bottles, and that way I was drinking for free the day before I think my record after one party was around 350 NOK ($58/45EUR)
NoUFO From Germany, joined Apr 2001, 7802 posts, RR: 13 Reply 19, posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 1709 times:
Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 13):
No, he was right. As I wrote above, there is a "Pfandfrei" writing on the sugarfree can and a "Pfandlogo" on the Red Bull regular can.
Then this will change soon, unless the company somehow managed to convince the government or Deutsche Pfanggesellschaft Red Bull Sugar Free was a healthy juice:
"Ausgenommen vom Pfand sind nach wie vor Wein, Sekt, Spirituosen, Milch und Saefte. Ein Pfand muss auch nicht auf oekologisch vorteilhafte Verpackungen, zum Beispiel Getraenkekartons, Schlauch- und Standbodenbeutel gezahlt werden."
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1700 times:
Quoting NoUFO (Reply 19): Then this will change soon, unless the company somehow managed to convince the government or Deutsche Pfanggesellschaft Red Bull Sugar Free was a healthy juice:
I consulted good ole Google which found the following on the Wikipedia website:
Die zuckerfreie Variante Red Bull Sugarfree ist hingegen zum Teil pfandfrei erhältlich, da es sich um ein diabetikertaugliches Getränk handelt. Es existiert jedoch auch eine Pfand-Variante.
JohnKrist From Sweden, joined Jan 2005, 1340 posts, RR: 5 Reply 22, posted (7 years 2 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1690 times:
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Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 21): No deposit because it is adapted for diabetics.
Lol, how stupid, does that mean diabetics doesn't have to recycle? I thought the deposit on cans was to encourage people to turn them back in order to recycle the metal. I'm allergig to sorbitol and aspartam, should I be free from paying deposit on the regular Red Bull then, as it has been adapted to my needs?
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Quoting Aloges (Reply 23): I nominate that for the "most stupid regulation of the year award".
And another evidence that some people have way too much time in their hands. Which normal thinking person comes up with such a retarded idea?
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25 Pelican: I will try it although it sounds nastily. pelican
26 Skyman: Well it is on the list but I bet if search through German law you will find even much better. Kind of like a horror show. Give J�germeister a ch
27 LO231: Don't you even try to ondermine or insult Wodka!!! ( this is the right spelling!) Regards, LO231
28 Skyman: spelling??? I'm not sure but isn't the Russian spelling with a V??
29 LO231: Russians don't have V or W, it's "B" in cyrillic, which translates to Polish "W". And wodka existed in Poland before Russia "invented" it... Regards,
30 Sabena332: I have never drunk good Russian Wodka, just the mass products like Gorbatchow, Smirnoff, etc. but once I had a really good Polish Wodka, a colleague
31 LO231: It was "Zubrowka", with a piece of grass off the fields where the Polish version of a bizon grasses in the Eastern part of Poland, the only refuge fo
32 Sabena332: That was it, there was even a bison on the lable! Patrick
33 LO231: Yup, zubr = bison zubrowka = wodka from the bison's grass. And we all know how you feel about grass.... Regards, LO231
34 Sabena332: By the way, I was pretty amazed when I saw a group of Russians drinking Wodka in a bar in Moscow, when I had drunk the same amount, then I had either
35 LO231: Which is JUST tipsy in that part of the world.... Regards, LO231
36 Sabena332: Apparently, the guy talked normally and he walked normally, no sign that he drunk approx. 1.5 bottles of Wodka. Amazing! Patrick
37 LO231: It's like looking in the mirror... Regards, LO231
38 Skyman: Aaahh yes the finest stuff. Yes they can drink Wodka like we drink water. But the amazing thing is if you start drinking Hefeweizen with them they wi
39 SATX: You know, of all the things to get upset about, why this?
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