Crossposted from my blog, xtra-rant.com (shameless plug, shameless plug)
I got the following email yesterday from a CafePress "Shopkeeper Guidance Counselor."
(unfortuantely, gotta stick it in the extended entry.)
(Updated with a link to ocontact CafePress yourself)
Hi Jason,
I noticed that your CafePress shop sales have fallen off since the
election. Not to worry! The election is history, but politics are
the present rage. Let your voice be heard and revitalize your sales.
The hottest political topics this month:
Supreme Court Showdown - What's the verdict?
Karl Rove in hot water - Love him? Hate him? Fire him? Hire
him?
Guantanamo Bay - Git mo' eyeballs with Gitmo gear.
Iraq - Take a tactical position.
Come on back, make yourself heard and start selling again.
To reignite your political fire, I'm offering you a Free
Premium Shop for 3 months. To get the 3-month comp,
please reply to this email or email me at ___.
I'd be happy to brainstorm with you about other ways to boost your
sales, so feel free to shoot me a note.
Cheers...
Jeff Ridgeway
Shopkeeper Guidance Counselor
CafePress.com
(emphasis mine)
I'm leaving out Mr. Ridgeway's email address. I emailed him about my... displeasure with their "tactic" to boot sales and urged him to have CafePress publicly apologize for this insanely offensive commercialization of torture. We'll see what happens.
Update 1: If you want to contact CafePress yourself, you can .
When I wrote them via this I chose to write about "Company Information" and directed it to the "Marketing Team" as they don't seem to have a generic "write us" option.