Funny email Nike

[Bake]

I got this today and thougjt I share it if you havent seen it

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 Peretti filled out the form and sent them $50 to stitch the word
>> > > "SWEATSHOP" onto his shoes.
>> >
>> > > Here's the response he got...
>> > >
>> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>> > >
>> > > From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > 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" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > 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) a profanity.
>> > >
>> > > I chose 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" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > 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
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > 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" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > 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
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > From: "Jonah H. Peretti" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > To: "Personalize, NIKE iD" [email protected]
>> > >
>> > > 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
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 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
>>

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[Poizon]

Now ain't that some bullshit!

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[KrazieSweets]

aint that a bitch

[AzteK]

nice info. good reading. and FUCK their corporate bullshit.

[misterwalrus]

I like it

[DarkJedi]

how do u pronounce "Nike" ?

[Neff]

hehe

Just about NIKE

"Corporate trademarks actually do enjoy a certain notorious home in the tattoo world. Many employees of sports-gear manufacturer Nike supposedly embrace the company to the point of calling themselves "Ekins" (Nike spelled backwards) and getting the trademark ?swoop? design tattoo on themselves. Opponents of the company refer to that same design as a ?swoosh-stika? which certainly should give some people pause before getting it added to their bodies for life. "
And a pic
http://images.google.com/images?q=EK...-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Looks like Gibson's corporates