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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy email to an Amazon seller.... How did I do?
Have a big birthday party coming up, and so I went off to find party favors. I love Amazon, so began there. After discovering what I wanted, and placing multiple orders in my cart, I looked to see what else the seller had. This is the email I just sent:
I need 144 Iron Maiden pinbacks for a birthday party, and so I found your listing which appeared perfect - I added these items to my cart: http://www.amazon.com/IRON-MAIDEN-Pinback-Buttons-Badges/dp/B003MC4Q7G and then went to see what else you were selling. I was taken to a page listing political buttons you sell - and most all of them were either Republican or Romney/Ryan pins. No big, I thought to myself, I am certain this seller doesn't limit his merchandise to one political party... I was wrong. So, for what it's worth, you lost my business. Partisanship is destroying this country, and in the instant case - it cost you a HUGE sale.
Just thought you might care.
So, how did I do? Oh, and does anyone know where I can get 144 Iron Maiden pinbacks real quick?
TIA!~
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)If the seller is A & T Designs you may find that you didn't look at enough of their 16,000 buttons.
The Romney stuff probably comes up first becase it was added most recently (?) I don't know how they are sorted, but the seller definately carries both pro and anti Obama buttons.
Melinda
(5,465 posts)as in nada. Unfortunately, I didn't (don't) have the time to search any particular seller over multiple pages of listings - I tried though.
If they respond that I am wrong, I will do a mea culpa, and go from there. Thanks for pointing this out.
Saturday
(3,744 posts)I also saw an anti FOX News button.
Thanks for finding those. I may owe that apology after all.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)Since new arrivals are listed first there's like ten pages out Romney crap that is the most recent batch of stuff, but the very newest arrival is:
I agree that if you start clicking through their inventory right now it does lot like the Romney store. But it's amusing that so much of the Romney stuff didn't come in until September 2012.
Melinda
(5,465 posts)And I know how to work the inter-tubes too, lol.
Up next, Mel issues an apology.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)but we were selling that button in our campaign booth in '04. Big seller BTW.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)You did good.
Melinda
(5,465 posts)I appreciate your words.
ksoze
(2,068 posts)If I limited my business or commerce to only those who share my political views, I would be limited myself. In the end, you want a product and you found the product. The profit will fund a business - and one who you actually know little about from their merchandise list on one web site.
Melinda
(5,465 posts)The point I was trying to make to the seller was that partisanship in business can cost sales - in the instant case, mine. After searching through multiple pages of the sellers listings and doing a boolean search as well, I was unable to find political material for sale that covered ALL American political parties.
It's been pointed out to me that this seller does in fact sell other political parties materials. I now owe the seller an apology. This time I'll spend a bit longer composing my email. Thanks for your reply, I appreciate your input.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)have listed Dem posters and buttons or Rep posters and buttons. Click on the link. Amazon made it hard on themselves listing it the way they did.
NICO9000
(970 posts)Maybe they'd work for you? I am really impressed that somebody wants to buy 144 Iron Maiden buttons in the first place. One of my all-time fave bands. I wish I could have seen them last month when they played in Irvine.
Melinda
(5,465 posts)Iron Maiden is my son's all time fav band. His 40th birthday party is next Sunday (200 people!!), and the pinbacks are part and parcel of the celebration. My son was at both Irvine and SF at the Shoreline. He has traveled all over the US and World to see this group, and has made friends with like minded people from around the globe. He's spent most of his adult life tied into the music industry, so 99.9% of the shows he attends are comped... sweet! Oh, and he is, of course, a member of their fan club, has met all members of the group many, many times, and even shared a pint with Bruce Dickinson. He has tons of pics on his Facebook page taken with the group, as well as countless others (major Ronnie James Dio fan! too. He's had a great ride so far.
He was 13 years old when he put up his first Eddie poster, lmao, I thought he was posting Satanic crap and made him pull it down. He soon taught me otherwise.
Speaking of teaching, he credits IM with his decision to become a History teacher. The bands stories of the ages sparked his curiosity, and the rest, as they say, is history.
He is 40 today. My baby is a man. A wonderful, caring, heavy metal loving example of human goodness. And I am very proud of the man he is. Thanks for letting me share, today of all days!
NICO9000
(970 posts)40 is a big one!
Melinda
(5,465 posts)that makes me old!! lol, although I did have him when I was... 11?
TC!
-Melinda
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)Melinda
(5,465 posts)Thanks for sharing that bit of history and contemporary IM music combined... it's exactly right!
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Melinda
(5,465 posts)I'm a classic rock gal myself... these are for my kids b-day. But I'll send him your kind wishes!!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Melinda
(5,465 posts)I could become a pinback online merchant too, lol!! Thanks Lynne!!
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)IF you want to make decent pins you need to buy something like this
http://www.amazon.com/Button-Badge-Making-Machine-inch/dp/B0042ST1MY/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1348508339&sr=8-7&keywords=pin+maker
Melinda
(5,465 posts)Nice toy tho!
Flatpicker
(894 posts)But sometimes people see what they want to see.
It's possible this store gets their shipments in lots and you happen to hit a romney lot?
Melinda
(5,465 posts)they seem to be arranged by date. I just didn't take the time needed to browse through their thousands of listings. An apology to the seller is in process. Thanks for your reply.
-Melinda
docgee
(870 posts)so they are probably pushing it on their front pages...
Smickey
(3,324 posts)should act. What a great example of civil discourse wherein one party has made a mistake or were ignorant to some key bit of information. This mistake was gently pointed out and when the real facts where known the problem was courteously resolved. Kudos.
Now if only....well I will leave it there, if only.
Melinda
(5,465 posts)I try, albeit I could try harder.
Smickey
(3,324 posts)Just calling it like I see it. At some point we are all going to make a mistake and I just hope I show the class you did when I get corrected because being defensive just makes us all look childish. Lets leave that for the other guys.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)harmonicon
(12,008 posts)based on partisanship? Yeah, that makes sense.
Melinda
(5,465 posts)I could have been clearer, I should have made myself clearer. The first page of buttons this seller has listed weren't just partisan (partisanship in and of itself is normal political behavior), they were extreme to the point of ugly viciousness and untruths. I should have pointed this out in my letter and here on DU. That is what I was objecting to, and I failed to make that point, period. As such, it appears as if I made a shallow decision not to buy from this seller, and that was not what I intended to do.
Common sense is often lacking in Melinda land. I'll send another email to the seller clarifying and apologizing yet again. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
-Melinda
wilsonbooks
(972 posts)which means they have at least 30,000 orders for the year. A fairly large seller.