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From: "Steve Stribling"
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Greetings,
My order was canceled but my personal NIKE iD does not violate any of the
criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC
USA
running shoes was the word "sweatshop."
Sweatshop is not:
1) another's party's trademark,
2) the name of an athlete,
3) blank, or
4) profanity.
I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the
children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me
immediately.
Thanks and Happy New Year,
Steve Stribling
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From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
To: "'Steve Stribling'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Dear NIKE iD Customer,
Your NIKE iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains,
as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".
If you
wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new personalization please
visit us
again at nike.com
Thank you,
NIKE iD
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From: "Steve Stribling"
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Dear NIKE iD,
Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC
USA
running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I
disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang.
After
consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact
part
of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in
which
workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under
unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD
does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.
Your web site advertises that the NIKE iD program is "about freedom to
choose and freedom to express who you are." I share Nike's love of
freedom
and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done
right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own
shoes, and
my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the
sweatshop
workers poised to help me realize my
vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and
reconsider your
decision to reject my order.
Thank you,
Steve Stribling
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From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
To: "'Steve Stribling'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Dear NIKE iD Customer,
Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the NIKE iD web
site that "Nike reserves the right to cancel any personal iD up to 24
hours
after it has been submitted". In addition, it further explains: "While we
honor
most personal iDs, we cannot honor every one. Some may be (or contain)
other's
trademarks, or the names of certain professional sports teams, athletes
or
celebrities that Nike does not have the right to use. Others may contain
material that we consider inappropriate or simply do not want to place on
our
products. Unfortunately, at times this obliges us to decline personal iDs
that
may otherwise seem unobjectionable. In any event, we will let you know if
we
decline your personal iD, and we will offer you the chance to submit
another."
With these rules in mind, we cannot accept your order as submitted. If
you wish
to reorder your NIKE iD product with a new personalization please visit
us again
at www.nike.com
Thank you,
NIKE iD
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From: "Steve Stribling"
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000
Dear NIKE iD,
Thank you for the time and energy you have spent on my request. I have
decided to order the shoes with a different iD, but I would like to make
one small request. Could you please send me a color snapshot of the
ten-year-old Indonesian girl who makes my shoes?
Thanks,
Steve Stribling
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As one forwarder writes:
... this will now go round the world much farther and faster than any of
the adverts they paid Michael Jordan more than the entire wage packet of
all
their sweatshop workers in the world to do... I normally avoid making a
plea to
pass on these things, but this time I say:
JUST DO IT !!
(See attached file: Part.001)