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Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« on: January 21, 2007, 04:21:55 PM »
This Wisconsin company needs to hear from all of us who support our Troops whether they believe in the War or not. No company who enjoys the benefits our Nation should respond in this rude manner.


I Snopesed this personally, the links provided are valid and seem to reflect at least half of the story, Sgt. Hess' side. The company has refused to respond to any emails. Regardless of whether or not one supports the Global War on Terror, any person here in the US should at LEAST be willing to support our troops serving abroad.


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To Whom it may concern:

Do you ship to APO addresses? I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for who ships to APO first.

SGT Hess


On Tue Jan 16 3:25 , contact@discount-mats.com sent:

From: contact@discount-mats.com [mailto: contact@discount-mats.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:44 PM

Subject: Re: Feedback: from discount-mats.com

SGT Hess,

We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.

Bargain Suppliers
Discount-Mats.com



verify here >
http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/276506

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/apo.asp

email the company here >
contact@discount-mats.com

other means to contact >


To reach them by phone, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. central time:

414-736-8394

mailing address:

Bargain Suppliers
3259 S.106th Street
West Allis, WI 53227


I went to their site and this is what I got:
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Discount-Mats.com is Experiencing Technical Difficulties...

If you are inquiring about your order, please contact us via phone or email.

Thank you for your understanding & patience.
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2007, 04:29:43 PM »
Firstly, welcome to APS!

Secondly, meander over here: http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=5702.0  Wink
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2007, 04:37:44 PM »
Sorry, I only looked for the obvious. Mods/admins, you may lock this or delete this if you like
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2007, 04:39:24 PM »
No big deal.

I hope you enjoy it here.  smiley
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2007, 05:38:55 PM »
This is America, it's their right.

It's not complicated...
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2007, 07:05:08 PM »
They do indeed have the right to their opinions and the right to say anything they wish about the military.

That doesn't mean we don't have the right to be incensed and offer response.

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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2007, 03:07:57 AM »
The "appropriate" response is to just not order from them, right?

Or is harrassing them with a deluge of ad hoc paper okay?

It's not as if they are dropping propoganda letters all over Iraq...
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2007, 04:24:28 AM »
Whoever does so is open to do whatever they damn well please, within the law.
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2007, 04:35:39 AM »
Quote from: Ezekiel on January 22, 2007, 02:07:57 AM
The "appropriate" response is to just not order from them, right?

Or is harrassing them with a deluge of ad hoc paper okay?

It's more than OK.  It's good citizenship.  Or were the Blacks sitting at lunch counters just harassing the management? 
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2007, 05:55:04 AM »
That's just inflammatory and not even CLOSE to the same situation.

Quote from: fistful on January 22, 2007, 03:35:39 AM
Quote from: Ezekiel on January 22, 2007, 02:07:57 AM
The "appropriate" response is to just not order from them, right?

Or is harrassing them with a deluge of ad hoc paper okay?

It's more than OK.  It's good citizenship.  Or were the Blacks sitting at lunch counters just harassing the management? 

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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2007, 06:03:35 AM »
Inflamatory?  Because of your suggestion that voicing your displeasure with someone is harassment?  Then I agree.

Not even close?  No, it's not.  The owners/management of the lunch counters had every right to limit their clientele as they saw fit.   The demonstrators, though I agree with their goal of racial integration, were trespassing where they had no right to be and were in fact violating the rights of the bigoted store owners. 

People writing nasty letters to this mat company at least aren't violating anyone's rights. 
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2007, 06:36:08 AM »
Excellent point.  I hadn't thought of things in quite that manner.

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The demonstrators, though I agree with their goal of racial integration, were trespassing where they had no right to be and were in fact violating the rights of the bigoted store owners.
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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2007, 09:13:50 AM »
It's their right to be a bunch of asshats, and It's my right to try to convince poeple to quit giving them their patronage.

It's likely one jerky employee who wrote this, not any kind of company policy. (althought many companies do not ship to APO/FPO addresses)

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Re: Wisconsin Company Disses Our Soldiers
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2007, 09:50:31 AM »
Quote from: Ezekiel on January 22, 2007, 05:36:08 AM
Excellent point.  I hadn't thought of things in quite that manner.

Most people don't.  The law currently frowns on discrimination in hiring, for example. 
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