Comments on: BuyYourFriendADrink update: It works!

Yes, you really can buy your friends drinks online that they can redeem with text messages.

[gids1234]

This has been going on for years in UK Cinemas

We've had promotions for a while in the UK, where you get texted a code that can be redeemed for free cinema tickets. Increasingly high-ticket items like concert tickets are delivered in the same way.
See http://orangewednesdays.orange.co.uk/ for the details

[caroline.mccarthy]

you're always way ahead of us Yanks

I remember being in the vicinity of the UK about a decade ago and hearing kids talk about something I'd never heard of called "texting." We move at a snail's pace here in the States!

[gids1234]

This has been going on for years in UK Cinemas

We've had promotions for a while in the UK, where you get texted a code that can be redeemed for free cinema tickets. Increasingly high-ticket items like concert tickets are delivered in the same way.
See http://orangewednesdays.orange.co.uk/ for the details

[caroline.mccarthy]

you're always way ahead of us Yanks

I remember being in the vicinity of the UK about a decade ago and hearing kids talk about something I'd never heard of called "texting." We move at a snail's pace here in the States!