Opinion on need for Dew named bottles list

[Anthonicia]

Hey everyone. I don't know if anyone has visited mountaindewbottles.com recently, but Mr. Burgess and his list are not responding to anything. This makes it hard to add on to the list without a "central" website for everyone to have access to. I have been studying the world of Mountain Dew very intently everyday, well, for the last few years at least. I don't know if it would be out of line for me to make a website featuring a named bottle list that can be added on to, and also a price guide based on current ebay sales and collector prices.

I am dedicated and prepared to make an awesome website, although it will be on weebly since I can't afford to do the hosting thing right now. I really wish Wayne's site was working correctly, but I really don't like the program he makes you download for the Mountain Dew bottle names.

I am currently converting a list to excel that will make things easier to manage right now. I will definitely need help from some of you guys with names of bottles and such. Thanks for your help!


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[perrycola]

I say go for it....I'll help with adding name bottles when possible

 

[Anthonicia]

Thanks perrycola! My list is based off of Dick Bridgforth's book, so I know there will be many city names to add from the start. Should I list the different variations of every bottle, or just have the names and that's it? A price list, or maybe a rarity statement for each bottle? Maybe both? Thanks again!

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Anthonicia ~

Question (for clarification) ...

Are you referring to a seperate site, or posting it here on A-B.net?

You likely have already thought of this, but keeping the list "Alphabetical" will be one of your biggest challenges. As you know there are something like 800-900 variations. I have a copyright 2001 list of about 800 bottles and will be glad to help if I can. My list has the dates when a particular bottle was released, but it does not have values. (Determing true values/rarity will be another huge challenge).

But I say go for it ... especially if it's on a seperate website.

My hat's off to you. Good Luck!

SPBOB

 

[grime5]

i went to that site several times and could never see the list. i emailed a couple of times and never got a responce. i would love to be able to see a list of names on dew bottles. i say go forward with your quest. thanks greg

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Regarding that website list. The last time I accessed it, it required a massive download in order to get it. Which I did with no problems. But it did require considerable time to download the hundreds of pages it contained. In other words; It doesn't just appear. You have to request it to be sent to you.

SPBOB

P.S. ~ I just double checked my documents file where the list was downloaded, and it's still there as pretty as you please. All 600 pages I believe it is. Might I suggest trying the site again and double check on the downloading part.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

I did some double checking of my own and discovered I was mistaken about the number of pages. (Which I'm still not sure how many there are. But it's a lot). The 600 I referred to were the number of pages in the book itself, and not the download. The download is fairly extensive, but not 600 pages worth. The list I currently have on file contains a total of 933 individual bottles, but I am not sure if it is up to date or not. The only thing I didn't do was follow through on the e-mail updates option the site offered me. But I intend to do that soon.

SPBOB

 

[Anthonicia]

Sodabob- I had the list from the site also, but somehow it was deleted from my computer. I have tried to get it again and once I enter my info and press enter a "Page cannot be found" message appears. I don't know if the site allows one download per IP address or if the site is in a state of disrepair. I do know that I have tried to contact Mr. Burgess several times going back at least a year and a half ago to no avail.

I plan on making it independent of A-Bnet, but it will be accessible to everyone with no silly encrypted, members only bullshhh. I have a ton of respect for the collectors that made a list even possible in the first place. I also believe that such a list be made accessible to everyone and being amended to by anyone with proof of a named bottle. It's crazy that the only way to get a list is by purchasing Dick Bridgforth's book, or by some miracle getting permission from Wayne Burgess.

This list shouldn't be a secret is basically why I am wanting to make this site. I might hold off on the prices until the site and list is up though. Thanks for the support so far!

 

[Anthonicia]

Oh, and the count is 976 named bottles, including the different variations. That number is off by at least 15 since I know of quite a few city and other named bottles not yet added to that list. It is still a work in progress, please bear with me.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Sounds good. Just for the heck of it I will follow up on the getting e-mail updates part and see what happens. I'll let you know what develops.

SPBOB