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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 03:17 AM Jul 2014

My email to Hobby Lobby

Following this week's Supreme Court decision in which Hobby Lobby was a participant, I wanted you to know that I completely respect the opinions held by your firm. As I disagree with those opinions & the effects I believe it will have on women's health & the slippery slope it creates not only in the ACA, but in US law. I hope that you likewise respect my choice to shop at another source for my craft needs.

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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
3. The 'ol ''Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove'' approach, eh?
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 05:04 AM
Jul 2014
- Don't you just love the classics!?

K&R

Bye......

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
4. And I would add, "please understand that your decision, taken to the extreme that you have,
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 05:44 AM
Jul 2014

has caused me to warn all of my relatives, friends, and co-workers not to shop in your stores."

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
5. Talked to one of my sisters about boycotting Hobby Lobby today.
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 05:48 AM
Jul 2014

She said that to be effective, you need to attach to a letter like yours a receipt for products you bought at a Hobby Lobby competitor. Great idea in my view.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
6. Indeed
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 06:14 AM
Jul 2014

it is. Frankly I don't really spend much on craft items at this point in my life, but that which I do will be spent elsewhere. It comes down to they made a business decision based upon what they felt to be in their best interests, I simply did the same thing.

left is right

(1,665 posts)
7. Now I am forced to go out and buy something Artsy or Crafty
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 06:36 AM
Jul 2014

so I can attached a receipt to a letter to HL to express my disapproval, Nice email OP nice alternative list

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
8. i like an idea i saw on fb
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 06:37 AM
Jul 2014

go fill up a cart, check out, refuse to pay, and leave.
if a few million people did that it could actually crimp their business.
i've never been in a hobby lobby and of course now i will not. anyway. i hope they go down.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
10. Barb, it seems like that just punishes the already-beleagured minimum wage workers. Better ...
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 07:41 AM
Jul 2014

... to just boycott, or protest outside.

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
13. i'll boycott.
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 06:13 PM
Jul 2014

which isn't going to help the minimum wage workers either. i still like the idea, especially if it was coordinated and massive.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
11. On the surface it sounds great, but
Wed Jul 2, 2014, 08:35 AM
Jul 2014

I don't think the abandoned cart idea is really all that of a good one. It just makes the day tougher for the workers as they have to re-stock everything in that cart and we need to remember that it is not the workers who made the decision to reject portions of the ACA, but rather management. I think a simple email and not avoiding their store works best for me. What others do is their choice based upon how they feel.

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