Post by: Thor on January 21, 2007, 04:21:55 PM
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
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.
Post by: cosine on January 21, 2007, 04:29:43 PM
Secondly, meander over here: http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=5702.0
Post by: Thor on January 21, 2007, 04:37:44 PM
Post by: cosine on January 21, 2007, 04:39:24 PM
I hope you enjoy it here.
Post by: Ezekiel on January 21, 2007, 05:38:55 PM
It's not complicated...
Post by: mfree on January 21, 2007, 07:05:08 PM
That doesn't mean we don't have the right to be incensed and offer response.
Post by: Ezekiel on January 22, 2007, 03:07:57 AM
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...
Post by: mfree on January 22, 2007, 04:24:28 AM
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 22, 2007, 04:35:39 AM
The "appropriate" response is to just not order from them, right?
Or is harrassing them with a deluge of ad hoc paper okay?
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?
Post by: Ezekiel on January 22, 2007, 05:55:04 AM
The "appropriate" response is to just not order from them, right?
Or is harrassing them with a deluge of ad hoc paper okay?
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?
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 22, 2007, 06:03:35 AM
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.
Post by: Ezekiel on January 22, 2007, 06:36:08 AM
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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.
Post by: wingnutx on January 22, 2007, 09:13:50 AM
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)
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 22, 2007, 09:50:31 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.