Since moving to New Mexico in the late 1950s, Susyn Blair-Hunt, of Albuquerque, says she’s gotten used to mail-order companies refusing to ship “out of the country” to New Mexico. But still she was surprised when, recently, she encountered this problem with beverage giant Coca-Cola Co. “When I went online to claim my Coke Rewards and started to register, I saw that in the state dropdown menu, New Mexico was nowhere to be found,” Blair-Hunt says. “They had Puerto Rico, they had Guam, but no New Mexico.”
When Blair-Hunt hurriedly contacted Coca-Cola for some clarity, she was referred to a link on the website that handles requests from foreign countries. “Maybe that’s why so many call centers are ending up in New Mexico—we fall into the same category as India or Malaysia,” she says.
“One of Our 50 is Missing ” is a regular feature of New Mexico Magazine.
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