My email to an Amazon seller.... How did I do?
Have a big birthday party coming up, and so I went off to find party favors. I love Amazon, so began there. After discovering what I wanted, and placing multiple orders in my cart, I looked to see what else the seller had. This is the email I just sent:
I need 144 Iron Maiden pinbacks for a birthday party, and so I found your listing which appeared perfect - I added these items to my cart: http://www.amazon.com/IRON-MAIDEN-Pinback-Buttons-Badges/dp/B003MC4Q7G and then went to see what else you were selling. I was taken to a page listing political buttons you sell - and most all of them were either Republican or Romney/Ryan pins. No big, I thought to myself, I am certain this seller doesn't limit his merchandise to one political party... I was wrong. So, for what it's worth, you lost my business. Partisanship is destroying this country, and in the instant case - it cost you a HUGE sale.
Just thought you might care.
So, how did I do? Oh, and does anyone know where I can get 144 Iron Maiden pinbacks real quick?
TIA!~
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If the seller is A & T Designs you may find that you didn't look at enough of their 16,000 buttons.
The Romney stuff probably comes up first becase it was added most recently (?) I don't know how they are sorted, but the seller definately carries both pro and anti Obama buttons.
as in nada. Unfortunately, I didn't (don't) have the time to search any particular seller over multiple pages of listings - I tried though.
If they respond that I am wrong, I will do a mea culpa, and go from there. Thanks for pointing this out. 
Thanks for finding those. I may owe that apology after all. 
Since new arrivals are listed first there's like ten pages out Romney crap that is the most recent batch of stuff, but the very newest arrival is:
I agree that if you start clicking through their inventory right now it does lot like the Romney store. But it's amusing that so much of the Romney stuff didn't come in until September 2012.
And I know how to work the inter-tubes too, lol.
Up next, Mel issues an apology.
I appreciate your words.
The point I was trying to make to the seller was that partisanship in business can cost sales - in the instant case, mine. After searching through multiple pages of the sellers listings and doing a boolean search as well, I was unable to find political material for sale that covered ALL American political parties.
It's been pointed out to me that this seller does in fact sell other political parties materials. I now owe the seller an apology. This time I'll spend a bit longer composing my email. Thanks for your reply, I appreciate your input.
Iron Maiden is my son's all time fav band. His 40th birthday party is next Sunday (200 people!!), and the pinbacks are part and parcel of the celebration. My son was at both Irvine and SF at the Shoreline. He has traveled all over the US and World to see this group, and has made friends with like minded people from around the globe. He's spent most of his adult life tied into the music industry, so 99.9% of the shows he attends are comped... sweet! Oh, and he is, of course, a member of their fan club, has met all members of the group many, many times, and even shared a pint with Bruce Dickinson. He has tons of pics on his Facebook page taken with the group, as well as countless others (major Ronnie James Dio fan! too. He's had a great ride so far.
He was 13 years old when he put up his first Eddie poster, lmao, I thought he was posting Satanic crap and made him pull it down. He soon taught me otherwise.
Speaking of teaching, he credits IM with his decision to become a History teacher. The bands stories of the ages sparked his curiosity, and the rest, as they say, is history.
He is 40 today. My baby is a man. A wonderful, caring, heavy metal loving example of human goodness. And I am very proud of the man he is. Thanks for letting me share, today of all days! 
that makes me old!! lol, although I did have him when I was... 11? 
TC! 
-Melinda
Thanks for sharing that bit of history and contemporary IM music combined... it's exactly right!
I'm a classic rock gal myself... these are for my kids b-day. But I'll send him your kind wishes!!
I could become a pinback online merchant too, lol!! Thanks Lynne!!
Nice toy tho! 
they seem to be arranged by date. I just didn't take the time needed to browse through their thousands of listings. An apology to the seller is in process. Thanks for your reply.
-Melinda
so they are probably pushing it on their front pages...
I try, albeit I could try harder.
Just calling it like I see it. At some point we are all going to make a mistake and I just hope I show the class you did when I get corrected because being defensive just makes us all look childish. Lets leave that for the other guys.
