ProStockJunkie
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This retailer could have left it by saying they did not ship to APO's. That is their right. Their political comment was not necessary.
US retailer shuns sale to US troop in Iraq
In January 2007 Sgt. Jason Hess, 1st BCT 1st Cavalry Division, stationed in Iraq wrote an email to Discount Floor Mats | Commercial | Industrial | Yoga | Exercise | Door Mats in West Allis, Wisconsin. He wanted to get some mats for his troops to sleep on over here. In the email he asked them if they would ship to an APO. Here is the response he got:
“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 Supplier
Discount-Mats.com”
There are many rumors that take on life on the internet that are baseless or exaggerated. Apparently this is not one of them. I checked the veracity of this one at Urban Legends Reference Pages: Discount Mat Rude Response to U.S. Soldier
Please feel free to check it out yourself, but either way please pass this on. Discount-Mats has every right to not ship their merchandise to our troops, but we as citizens have every right to exercise our right to protest their decision (and the rude way they chose to express it) by not buying anything from them and encouraging others to do the same.
Jim
Baghdad, Iraq
US retailer shuns sale to US troop in Iraq
In January 2007 Sgt. Jason Hess, 1st BCT 1st Cavalry Division, stationed in Iraq wrote an email to Discount Floor Mats | Commercial | Industrial | Yoga | Exercise | Door Mats in West Allis, Wisconsin. He wanted to get some mats for his troops to sleep on over here. In the email he asked them if they would ship to an APO. Here is the response he got:
“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 Supplier
Discount-Mats.com”
There are many rumors that take on life on the internet that are baseless or exaggerated. Apparently this is not one of them. I checked the veracity of this one at Urban Legends Reference Pages: Discount Mat Rude Response to U.S. Soldier
Please feel free to check it out yourself, but either way please pass this on. Discount-Mats has every right to not ship their merchandise to our troops, but we as citizens have every right to exercise our right to protest their decision (and the rude way they chose to express it) by not buying anything from them and encouraging others to do the same.
Jim
Baghdad, Iraq
