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What to do with Obama Tee shirts nobody wants?
coachisright.com ^ | July 23, 2012 | Kevin "Coach" Collins

Posted on 07/23/2012 1:37:07 PM PDT by jmaroneps37

One of the leading online election related merchants is Café Press.

They sell Tee shirts and anything else with candidates’ names on it.. Café Press has no political bent; they are just merchants selling what people want.

If people like what they are selling they will make more of that product. If people show little interest in a particular product they make fewer of that item and move on to offer what they see will sell. “….Café Press’ (CP) latest sales figures for pro Barack Obama items are significant.

When CP compared its Obama items sales figures this past week it revealed some telling information.

They found that compared to this time in 2008, their Obama items sales figures were down sharply. Where the ratio of anti to pro Obama items was 14% to 86%, that figure today is 56% anti Obama to 44% pro Obama.

The anti- figure has taken a huge jump up and the pro number has sagged by almost C P reports that since January not only have sales of pro Romney items been greater than Obama’s 2008 figures, but the ratio of pro to anti Romney items has substantially exceeded Obama’s positive side sales.

Just 5% of all Romney related merchandise has been anti with a whopping 95% being pro.

Using what is calls an “Election Meter” to track these sales C P has developed its own theory about what the results might mean in November’s election.

Its director of marketing explained the meaning of these sales this way, “We believe that how people spend money on political merchandise is a leading indicator of how they will ultimately vote.

At Café Press we track the spending on candidate related gear ……often in line with polls and voting results.”…

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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: 2012polls; buyersremorse; cafepress; obamalosing; tshirt
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To: jmaroneps37

Cut them into 1 inch squares and use them to clean my Glock 27. I would save them only for the very dirtiest cleanings. That would make him special.


41 posted on 07/23/2012 4:49:56 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: JimRed

My favorite gun cleaning tee shirt is about 35 years old. Never been worn during all that time!! It’s achieved its highest and best use.


42 posted on 07/23/2012 7:14:20 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Bob

It’s not easy getting cash to an e-commerce site.


43 posted on 07/23/2012 7:20:12 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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