UBB.threads Forums Uniform & Accessories The Honor Ring Forum Did anyone see this?

B.,,,hey, get some shots of your HR up on the other topic!



Here is the Sears article;
Sears is under fire for selling a ring emblazoned with a swastika.

A jewelry company called CET Domain was selling the ring on Sears' "marketplace" website, which hosts a community of third-party sellers.

The description for the ring reads: "This gothic jewelry item in particular features a Swastika ring that’s made of .925 Thai silver. Not for Neo Nazi or any Nazi implication. These jewelry items are going to make you look beautiful at your next dinner date."

The ring caused an outrage on social media Monday. Sears later apologized and removed it from the website.

"The ring was not posted by Sears, but by independent third-party sellers on Sears Marketplace," the company said in a statement posted to its Facebook page. "All Marketplace Sellers must accept our seller agreement terms in order to sell their items on sears.com and part of that agreement includes an understanding that certain offensive items may not be listed. If a problem occurs, we take appropriate action. The ring has not been purchasable since this morning and we are in the process of completely removing the items from our site."

Dozens of customers said they won't shop at Sears anymore as a result of the incident.

"I am going to slice up my Sears Card," Facebook user Ann Katz Zeller wrote on the company's page. "So should everyone. Shame on you Sears."

Ralph Alterbaum wrote, "Finished with Sears. Don't fall for their propaganda. They should have monitored what was sold on their e-commerce web site. Poor management and very little oversight. Shame on Sears' senior team. Heads should roll for this. Watch how they will not even reprimand those responsible."

This isn't the first time that questionable items have appeared on Sears' marketplace website. The retailer has had a recurring problem with lingerie sellers posting images of overly exposed women on the website. Sex toys have also surfaced on the site.

It's also the second time in three months that a major retailer has come under fire for selling anti-Semitic merchandise.

In late August, Zara was forced to stop selling a kid's T-shirt that resembled the uniform prisoners wore in Nazi concentration camps during World War II.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sears-under-fire-for-swastika-ring-2014-10#ixzz3GT5QbJi4
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"Heads should roll for this" lol, I take it they mean it literally.

They can tear up their Sears cards if they please - As for me, as long as they maintain a decent selection of tools and jeans I'll still force myself to shop there.
No large outfit that resells 3rd party stuff is immune, all they can do it put up TOS and when someone is caught not abiding by those, can them. Walmarts joined Sears and Amazon taking some heat for this a few months back, never ends - Guess these people should never place an Amazon order or go through Walmart doors again either. Pretty soon they'll be limited to shopping at 7-11's.

Sears, Walmart Pull Poster of Nazis' Dachau Camp

Walmart and other retailers pulled a home decoration poster of Nazi Germany's notorious Dachau concentration camp sign.

A phrase on the gate in German states "Arbeit macht frei," which roughly translates to "work makes you free."

Walmart, Sears and Amazon pulled the item from its website over the weekend, as first reported by Digiday.com

Walmart apologized for the photo of a gate at Dachau, which held Jewish prisoners during World War II. The item was sold by one of the company's online marketplace sellers and not directly by Walmart.

“We were horrified to see that this item was on our site. We sincerely apologize, and worked quickly to remove it," a statement from Walmart read. "The item was sold through a third-party seller on our marketplace. We have shared our disappointment with them and have learned they are removing the publisher of this item entirely from inventory.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/walmart-a...ory?id=24456958

thanks Doug.,,,Some weird ******** going on with the on line retail stores!!

They show this photo,, but I don't think it is the actual poster [?]
Do you have any idea what it looked like?

This page
http://heebmagazine.com/charming-poster-concentration-camp-sale-walmart/51078
has a screen shot of the pulled ad.
Small view, does not appear to be the same gate at all as in the other article, they probably just googled "Arbeit macht frei" and used the first pic they found.

Offended or not, tough to see why anyone would pay $50 for it.

yeah got it!!

$52.25?!?

whole thing probably a get back at Walmart type thing..