I got sent this today from another list that I'm on, it's a bit long
but I thought you would all get a kick out of it!!!
Rayna
Subject: Nike - the truth hurts like a badly made shoe
Nike now lets you personalise your shoes by submitting a word or phrase
which they will stitch onto your shoes, under the swoosh. So Jonah Peretti
filled out the form and sent them $50 to stitch "sweatshop" onto his shoes.
Here's the responses he got.. fun and games with nike ...
From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" <[log in to unmask]>
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
Thank you, NIKE iD
From: "Jonah H. Peretti" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <[log in to unmask]> 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" > <[log in to unmask]
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" <[log in to unmask] 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
Thank you, NIKE iD
From: "Jonah H. Peretti" <[log in to unmask]
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <[log in to unmask] 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, Jonah Peretti
From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" <[log in to unmask]> 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
Thank you, NIKE iD
From: "Jonah H. Peretti" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" <[log in to unmask]> 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>
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Sorry if you've already seen this, but it's worth forwarding on.
As one forwarder writes: ... this will now go round the world much farther
and faster than any of the adverts they payed 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.
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