Ebay, Google, and Forum Novelties Censor illegal alien costume
Date: Monday, October 19 @ 14:50:03 EDT
Topic: Americans for Legal Immigration PAC
Update 2:00pm Eastern
BREAKING NEWS! Ebay, Google, and Forum Novelties Censor illegal alien costume!
"So much for free markets, free speech, or free political expression in America!" William Gheen, President of ALIPAC.
Contact: Americans for Legal Immigration PAC ALIPAC
(866) 703-0864
Topics: illegal alien costume, free speech, freedom, censorship, expression, illegal immigration
Time line
Sat Oct 17: CNN Reports that a small pro-amnesty and pro-illegal alien
group has persuaded Target to remove the illegal alien Halloween
costume from its online store.
Illegal Immigrant activists call out 'Illegal Alien' costumes
http://www.alipac.us/article-4604-thread-1-0.html
Sunday Oct 18 (12 Noon EST): ALIPAC Calls for Americans that value
freedom of political expression to buy the costume and stand up to
censorship!
ALIPAC: Illegal Alien Costumes Are Cool for Halloween!
http://www.alipac.us/article-4605-thread-1-0.html
Sunday Oct 18 (10pm EST) All online sales locations run out of the
illegal alien Halloween costume and list item as Out of Stock or Sold
Out!
Monday Oct 19 (1am EST) William Gheen, President of ALIPAC lists
his ordered illegal alien Halloween costume for sale on Ebay to raise
awareness about illegal immigration and to display the free market
value of the costume to the American public. Close to 20 bids on the
costume quickly take the price up to $116 or three times the retail
value!
Monday Oct 19 (11am EST): ALIPAC Sends Out Updated Press Release to
over 100,000 American press contacts pointing out that the illegal
alien costume has quickly sold out in all venues and is trading for a
high price on Ebay
Media Update: Illegal alien costume sells out nationwide
http://www.alipac.us/article-4606-thread-1-0.html
Monday Oct 19 (1pm EST) Google pulls down William Gheen's Google ad
for "Pending Review" after a very high response rate to the ad was
documented 21 clicks after only 862 impressions creating a high Click
Through Rate (CTR) of 2.44%. Google effectively censors the ad from
public view.
Monday Oct 19 (1:30pm EST) William Gheen contacts Forum Novelties
Inc. - Melville, NY and is informed that the company will not
distribute any more of the costumes and that the mask only is
available, without the orange jump suit that reads "Illegal Alien"
Monday Oct 19 (2pm EST) William Gheen, President of Americans for
Legal Immigration PAC receives the following e-mail notice from Ebay.
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"eBay sent this message to William Gheen (alipacwilliam).
Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay. Learn more.
MC036 eBay Listing Removed: Hateful or Discriminatory (336282562)
Dear alipacwilliam (williamg@alipac.us),
You recently listed the following listing:
170396385534 - illegal alien Halloween costume controversial
Unfortunately, we had to remove your listing because the following information violates our policy:
eBay has made the decision to prohibit the listing of the illegal
alien costumes as they may be offensive to some members. Please do not
relist this item.
We don't allow listings that promote or endorse discrimination against any individuals or groups on eBay.
Learn more about this policy at:
You may need to take a tutorial. The next time you sell, you may be
asked to take the tutorial, if it's required. Once you've completed the
tutorial successfully, please review your account status for any other
possible concerns. If there are no other issues, you should be able to
sell again.
Please note: violation of this or other eBay policies may result in
forfeit of eBay fees on canceled listings, limits on account privileges
and account suspension.
You can review our list of prohibited and restricted items here:
Thanks for your understanding.
Sincerely,
eBay Trust and Safety team
Why eBay may remove your listing:
H5171"
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PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMPLAINTS TO THE FOLLOWING SOURCES
eBay Inc. Headquarters
Whitman Campus
2065 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, California 95125
(800) 322-9266
(408) 376-7400
Target
1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403 (Map)
Phone: 612-304-6073
Fax: 612-696-5400
Online Form for Merchandise
FORUM NOVELTIES INC
1770 Walt Whitman Rd
Melville, NY
(516) 536-4600
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: +1 650-253-0000
Fax: +1 650-253-0001
WE ARE SENDING OUT THIS E-MAIL BLAST TO ALL PRESS CONTACTS, SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTS, and ALIPAC Supporters to weigh your response.
Please post your comments, feedback, or suggestions at this link...
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-966806.html#966806
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