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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.”…

(Excerpt) Read more at coachisright.com ...


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

Cut them into little 5”X6” squares. Diligently tape them together end-wise on a spool of cardboard. Subsequently mount the roll in the handy dispenser located in your bathroom. Problem Solved!


21 posted on 07/23/2012 2:20:41 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: jmaroneps37

The main problem for Obama t-shirt sales: you can’t use food stamps to buy a t-shirt.


22 posted on 07/23/2012 2:21:50 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: jmaroneps37

I’ll take them.
I’ll paint a “G” in front of Obama and sell them to Crimson Tide fans.

Roll Tide!


23 posted on 07/23/2012 2:22:26 PM PDT by BO Stinkss
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To: ScottinVA
"Add the “N” before “Obama” and run a red slash through the symbol and they’ll sell like crazy."

Another idea...rather than spend extra money altering them, drop the price and include a red Sharpie. We can draw our own "N" and !

24 posted on 07/23/2012 2:22:44 PM PDT by Mich Patriot (Today if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. RReagan)
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To: ScottinVA

Exactly. If the shirts are cheap enough, you buy a few and correct them manually. Or buy a bunch and have the local sporting goods store overscreen them.


25 posted on 07/23/2012 2:26:57 PM PDT by Mach9
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To: AZLiberty
"The main problem for Obama t-shirt sales: you can’t use food stamps to buy a t-shirt."


26 posted on 07/23/2012 2:27:40 PM PDT by Mich Patriot (Today if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. RReagan)
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To: jmaroneps37

"...eight inch squares"

27 posted on 07/23/2012 2:27:40 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: jmaroneps37

28 posted on 07/23/2012 2:28:59 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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To: jmaroneps37

cut off sleeves, stitch up and reuse as free diapers for the poor.


29 posted on 07/23/2012 2:29:32 PM PDT by fish hawk (Religion: Man's attempt to gain salvation or the approbation of God by his own works)
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To: Haiku Guy
internet memes - PATRIOTS T-SHIRTS

30 posted on 07/23/2012 2:31:15 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: TurboZamboni

Thanks, now I need a new monitor.


31 posted on 07/23/2012 2:35:11 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: TurboZamboni
LOL! Car tread sandals, loin cloths, and Super Bowl Champion Patriots shirts - what every stylish African wears.

The Obama 2012 shirts will turn the African fashion world on it's big ear.

32 posted on 07/23/2012 2:40:35 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Fresh Wind

The best use of all for an old tee shirt is gun cleaning. Once I’ve oiled the outside of one of my guns, I wipe it off with an old tee shirt. I keep the shirt, never wash it, and use it over and over again. The mellowing combination of gun oil and Hoppe’s No. 9 works wonders on the guns.


33 posted on 07/23/2012 2:43:45 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: jmaroneps37
cut into 1.5 inch square pre soak in hoppes #9 should be about perfect if doubled for cleaning that new home security rifle
34 posted on 07/23/2012 2:49:14 PM PDT by mouser (Run the rats out its the only chance we have)
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To: jmaroneps37

If they sell them cheap enough ,I will take a case.

They make good garage rags.


35 posted on 07/23/2012 3:18:33 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: jmaroneps37

I could use a few for cleaning up my golf clubs.


36 posted on 07/23/2012 4:03:41 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth again.)
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To: libstripper
The best use of all for an old tee shirt is gun cleaning.

Also good for shoe polishing. Same deal, let the polish saturate the rag; eventually you'll only have to open the polish can about every third shine. I have one I've been using about nine years now; well seasoned!

37 posted on 07/23/2012 4:10:35 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: jmaroneps37

crap on ‘em and set ‘em on fire?


38 posted on 07/23/2012 4:18:34 PM PDT by isom35
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To: AZLiberty
The main problem for Obama t-shirt sales: you can’t use food stamps to buy a t-shirt.

I'd be willing to bet that you actually can.

Besides, food stamps used to typically trade for 50 cents on the dollar for cash. (Since I haven't lived in Oakland for many years, I don't know the current exchange rate.) Sell the stamps; buy the t-shirt with the cash.

39 posted on 07/23/2012 4:32:41 PM PDT by Bob
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To: TurboZamboni

I still have my X-Rated “Good Bush” “Bad Bush” tee shirt I picked up in a Montreal souviner shop for laughs.


40 posted on 07/23/2012 4:33:12 PM PDT by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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