[Announce-DAN] Fwd: Nike and "SWEAT-HEART" SHOES :-)

["Liz ..." <realitywhitewash@hotmail.com>]

>>
 >>
 >> >Nike now lets you personalize your shoes by
 >> submitting a word or phrase
 >> >which they will stitch onto your shoes, under the
 >> swoosh.
 >> >
 >> >So Jonah filled out the form and sent them $50 to
 >> stitch "sweatshop" onto
 >> >his shoes. Here are the responses he got.
 >>
 >>------------------------------------------------------
 >> >From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
 >> <nikeid_personalize@nike.com To: "'Jonah H.
 >> >Peretti'" <peretti@media.mit.edu Subject: RE: Your
 >> NIKE iD order o16468000
 >> >
 >> >Your NIKE iD order was cancelled for one or more of
 >> the following reasons.
 >> >
 >> >1) Your Personal iD contains another party's
 >> trademark or other
 >> >intellectual property.
 >> >2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete
 >> or team we do not have
 >> >the legal right to use.
 >> >3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not
 >> want any personalization?
 >> >4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or
 >> inappropriate slang, and besides,
 >> >your mother would slap us.
 >> >
 >> >If you wish to reorder your NIKE iD product with a
 >> new personalization
 >> >please visit us again at www.nike.com
 >> <http://www.nike.com> Thank you,
 >> >NIKE iD
 >>
 >>------------------------------------------------------
 >> >From: "Jonah H. Peretti" <peretti@media.mit.edu To:
 >> "Personalize, NIKE
 >> >iD" <nikeid_personalize@nike.com 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, Jonah Peretti
 >>
 >>------------------------------------------------------
 >> >From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
 >> <nikeid_personalize@nike.com To: "'Jonah H.
 >> >Peretti'" <peretti@media.mit.edu 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 www.nike.com
 >> <http://www.nike.com> Thank you,
 >> >NIKE iD
 >>
 >>------------------------------------------------------
 >> >From: "Jonah H. Peretti" <peretti@media.mit.edu To:
 >> "Personalize, NIKE
 >> >iD" <nikeid_personalize@nike.com 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 statement. 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 statement
 >> and reconsider your
 >> >decision to reject my order.
 >> >
 >> >Thank you, Jonah Peretti
 >>
 >>------------------------------------------------------
 >> >From: "Personalize, NIKE iD"
 >> <nikeid_personalize@nike.com To: "'Jonah H.
 >> >Peretti'" <peretti@media.mit.edu 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) others 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
 >> <http://www.nike.com> Thank you,
 >> >NIKE iD
 >>
 >>------------------------------------------------------
 >> >From: "Jonah H. Peretti" <peretti@media.mit.edu To:
 >> "Personalize, NIKE
 >> >iD" <nikeid_personalize@nike.com 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 Vietnamese
 >> >girl who makes my shoes?
 >> >
 >> >Thanks, Jonah Peretti
 >>
 >>------------------------------------------------------
 >> ><no response>
 >>
 >------------------------------------------------------
 >>
 >> --- end forwarded text
 >>
 >>
 >> *****************************
 >> Marcie Ley
 >> CUSLAR (Committee on US-Latin American Relations)
 >> 316 Anabel Taylor Hall
 >> Cornell University
 >> Ithaca, NY 14853
 >> (607)-255-7293
 >>
 >>
 >
 >
 >__________________________________________________
 >Do You Yahoo!?
 >Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices.
 >http://auctions.yahoo.com/
 >
 >
 >USAS webpage: http://www.usasnet.org
 >
 >Unsubscribe from USAS list:
 >email blank message to usas-unsubscribe@egroups.com
 >



_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com


------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~>
eGroups is now Yahoo! Groups
Click here for more details
http://click.egroups.com/1/11231/0/_/794163/_/981525814/
---------------------------------------------------------------------_->

This is a non-secured list and it should be always assumed that all posts can be monitored and read by others. Exercise appropriate discretion.
All posts represent the opinion, and are the copyright, of the originator and not that of DAN or the list administrators. No material may be reprinted without prior permission of the copyright holder.

To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: announce-dan-unsubscribe@eGroups.com