I've found it does make a difference when I stop at the gas station for a pop. With the point, its equal to 20 cents off the bottle so I've been picking the Pepsi over the Coke.
The only Pepsi product I can bear to drink is Sierra Mist Free. But they only put the points on actual Pepsi or Diet Pepsi
I "cashed in" some points on Saturday...the new live Bruce Springsteen tracks (Turn! Turn! Turn! with Roger McGuin was recorded here in Orlando at the show I was at).....after I wasted the points, I had to go re do it at itunes since the name of the file was too long from Pepsi and it was "lost" I was pissed.....by the way it's a great cut!
I noticed that Windows XP cuts off file names, are you sure it's not in your computer with the shorter name?
I turned all my CD's into MP3's and put em' on DVD. When I did that I noticed bands with long names, like Creedence Clearwater Revival would have only part of the song name on the file, the rest of it along with the album title were lost.
Not sure, but I have a feeling Vista allows longer file names now.