Upon finishing my special FIRST water bottle at the nationals, I saw that there were a few websites on the label. I was hoping to order a few cases for my team, but upon searching the sites, I had no luck finding out ordering procedures. I did find regular Mt. Shasta water but it didn’t say whether or not it had the FIRST label on it…can anyone offer some assistance?
I don’t know if you can do anything but get them by luck of the draw… Central Tech purchased a bunch of cases and wound up with some of the cases being the FIRST bottles.
'Twas quite cool, but seemingly random.
Sweet!!!
Just get one of these: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=21463
I think it you may be able to get some FIRST water for it.
I was wondering whatever happend with the FIRST water bottle. It seems to me I remember being very happy they were giving them away for free at Epcot some years back (due to the weather, it was badly needed). Then Dean or someone made a statement that we can expect to see the water bottles at grocery stores and such fairly soon. Never happened! Am I going crazy?
I NEED ONE … I’m going to buy one right now. 
I’m not addicted…I can stop any time I want too…
Of course you are.
If I am right, Dean asked some high ranking guy in the Coca-cola company if he would bring these water bottels out on the market and he said “we’ll see”. So I am assuming that Coca-Cola never came through on it (economically makes sence if you think about it).
I know of at least* 900 groups *of people that would buy them…
I know of at least 900 groups of people that would buy them…
Maybe if it was a first version of Mountain dew… lol but water… :-\
Or even better… Dr. Pepper… or maybe something like Surge… 
FIRST Red Bull or any sort of energy drink… wow that could be a seller, so many stores would sell out during competition season.
Yes over 900 would because of FIRST, however if you look on a global scale, it’s a big risk to take. While it would be sweet to get the word of FIRST out there and this would be an awesome way. It would take a lot to convince a coorporation to take such a risk.
Haha dude, I’d definitely buy stock in that!
Just imagine.
Then I’d use the profits to sponsor my team!
Now there’s a geeky plan…
(1) Invent new FIRST energy drink
(2) Convince Coke-a-cola to market it for you
(3) ???
(4) Profit!
(Oops … wrong website.)
Yes over 900 would because of FIRST, however if you look on a global scale, it’s a big risk to take. While it would be sweet to get the word of FIRST out there and this would be an awesome way. It would take a lot to convince a coorporation to take such a risk.
Are you trying to tell me that 900 or so groups of students doesn’t equal the buying power of this so-callled “global” market? Bah! Seriously, though … what else is there on a water bottle? Who really cares what the label looks like? BUT, if you have something different, something with a message … hey, FIRST, what is this? that looks neat, how 'bout I see what it’s about. At very least, it doesn’t seem likely someone would be led to another water product because of the label. But that’s why I’m an engineer and not a marketing type, I guess.
In case you guys missed it. http://www.usfirst.org/about/mediacenter/cmp_natbev_announce.pdf (not that it says anything about the water being availible for general distribution).
What I am saying is that there is no reason to the general person to choose a FIRST water bottle over another. I am not tryign to be-rate FIRST at all but yes I am saying that 900 groups of students does not equal the global market. While 30,000 people might seem like a lot, on global (or even national) standard it really isn’t.
It would be really cool to see a FIRST water bottle out on the market, however from a marketing director stand point, what will make the general person want to buy this over any other water? Like I said it could do well, and I would like to see it do well, but your looking at a company inventing millions of dollars into producing these bottles…
Yes, I know. Maybe the sarcasm of my statement wasn’t conveyed like I thought (funny how you can I usually know what I mean … but others always have the trouble with it.)
It would be really cool to see a FIRST water bottle out on the market, however from a marketing director stand point, what will make the general person want to buy this over any other water? Like I said it could do well, and I would like to see it do well, but your looking at a company inventing millions of dollars into producing these bottles…
Oh, nothing really except maybe novelty. My point was that there was nothing that would make the general person not want to buy this water over any other water. Now, I don’t imagine this being done on a huge scale or anything … just a small experiment perhaps. They’ve already produced the water/label combo, so they obviously have the setup, which would be the bulk of any extra dollars this would cost. The rest of it they’d make back, hopefully, by people buying the darn thing. I don’t imagine it would be a particularly profit-motivated decision, of course (like I said, I’m no marketing type) – but big companies are always trying to look down-to-earth and like to sponsor things like this as good will. But I definately don’t plan to walk into some store in China and buy a FIRST water bottle (primarly because I don’t plan on going to China any time soon, though). 
Just geeky enough to work!