Have you seen the Lipton Tea/Dixie Chicks tv ads? Wanna complain? Contact Lipton here.

self ^ | November 23, 2003 | blake6900

[blake6900]

Wanna tell Lipton what think about their decision to go ahead and air their Dixie Chicks commercials? You can register your complaint by calling them @ 1-888-LiptonT (1-888-547-8668), Monday - Friday, 8:30a.m. - 6:00p.m. EST. Or you can contact them by clicking here.

[blake6900]

Let 'em know what you think...

[linn37]

the store brand is just as good.

[Dialup Llama]

Once you've been to Teavana there's no going back.
www.teavana.com

[fatrat]

my email to them:

your marketing exec should be fired for even considering airing a lipton tea ad featuring the Dixie Chicks. These bitches are hated by most people in the south and i would suspect that southerners drink more tea per capita than people in the rest of the country, so go ahead and air these commercials and see how you fare with them, if you dare.

[CaptainK]

Did you notice how the whole commercial is filmed in dim light. Makes it easier to hide Maine's heft.

[rwr8084]

Thanks for the "heads-up". Just sent them my two cents worth! Love live W. and Toby K.!

[jimfree]

It's a great ad. If they just shut up and sing I'm fine with them doing that. They seem to be onb that tack now. I don't drink Lipton in general anyway but I would not boycott now. Let's worry more about the hateful actions of Barbra Streisand and George Mellon Soros.

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Hi. I am a Lipton Tea drinker. I can't stand the fancy flavored stuff. I am now boycotting their products and will try to buy store-brand or something similar from now on.

I wrote them a fairly long email saying that out of the thousands they could have hired to represent their company, they have chosen this controversial, insolent, and unpatriotic group. I said that this could only mean that Lipton deliberately wants to stick it's finger in the eye of the President and our troops overseas. Well, I said I am also sticking my finger in Lipton's eye and not give it one more penny from my pocket.

Thanks for letting us know about this. I only watch about an hour of TV a week, don't have cable, get most of my news online, and therefore I miss out on a lot of this kind of stuff.

Regards,
HB

[IncPen]

Here's a post I made when the story first came up. It's still relevant, and I hope will illustrate to readers of this thread why it's necessary to keep the pressure on.

Boycotts are negative publicity, and when properly executed to demean a brand, are extremely effective:

Why FReeping Lipton and Unilever about the Dixie Chicks Is a Good Idea, and Why It's Effective

[duckman]

I already contacted them on the last go-around with the Bush comments. Lipton does'nt seem to care. The DC are still making big bucks. And so it goes.

[SwinneySwitch]

The bucks the chicks are making now probably came out of some other liberals pocket. We need to keep the pressure on to make that liberal piece of pie smaller and smaller.

[The Energizer]

Didn't Lipton enrage people a few years ago with another controversial celebrity endorsement?

[orbitboy]

I think I'll just let them know what I think by not buying there product..ty

[MegaSilver]

your marketing exec should be fired for even considering airing a lipton tea ad featuring the Dixie Chicks. These bitches are hated by most people in the south and i would suspect that southerners drink more tea per capita than people in the rest of the country, so go ahead and air these commercials and see how you fare with them, if you dare.

That about sums it up.

[blake6900]

I already contacted them on the last go-around with the Bush comments. Lipton does'nt seem to care. The DC are still making big bucks. And so it goes.

Perhaps but Lipton did postpone the ads until after the dust had settled a bit.

BTW, originally CBS didn't seem to care either until they were shown the facts of life.

I liked the episode where Duckman kept repeating the word "prick". That one and the one where he ended up at the old folks home...

[AgThorn]

Well I sent them a freeping reply ... Hope it helps.

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I just wanted management at Lipton to know how "un-american" you are being perceived to pick the "Dixie Chicks" as spokespersons for your product. When a celebrity speaks out against our government on foreign soil, I would think that Corporations would reconsider the intelligence about using these same celebrities as representatives of their products. Personally, as long as there is any affiliation, consider me one more disgruntled "former" Lipton tea drinker.

William & Lily Silverthorn
parents of two 22 year old son's that are defending our country in Iraq

[IncPen]

Thank you for sending a reply to Lipton.

And thank you for sending your sons to Iraq, so that my 8 & 10 year old can sleep in peace.

Words can't express my gratitude to you and your sons.