WI Company NOT supporting our troops! This is disgusting!

MrsMik · 01-20-2007, 06:03 PM

This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read! I'm absolutely ashamed that this company is located in Wisconsin and wish I still lived in SE Wisconsin so I could visit them and tell them exactly what I think of their actions! I wish I had known about this sooner, as maybe my nephew, who has just returned from a year in Iraq would have liked to visit this store while here in Wisconsin on leave!

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Below is an email exchange between a friend of mine's husband and a company that sells different types of mats. He is stationed in Iraq and was inquiring as to whether or not the company ships overseas. He wanted to get the troops better gear to sleep on. This is the companies response. I am floored. I am floored as a military wife and as an American. Please repost this so that this company will hear us loud and clear that we do not stand for this. Whatever your view is on this war - these troops are just following orders. Most are passionate about what they are doing. You can disagree with the war without disrespecting our troops.

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From: SGT Jason Hess
Sent: Tue Jan 16 3:25

Do you ship to APO addresses? I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for who ships to APO first.

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From: contact@discount-mats.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: Feedback: from discount-mats.com

SGT Hess,
We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.

Bargain Suppliers
Discount-Mats.com

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/apo.asp

If you live near West Allis, feel free to drop in and tell them how DISGUSTING their treatment of our soliders is! If you're not near West Allis, feel free to e-mail them (contact @ discount-mats.com) and tell them! This is one company that does NOT deserve our business!

No matter how anyone feels about the war, NOT supporting the troops is simply NOT an option!

Julie

**MrKhay** · 01-28-2007, 10:57 PM

From what I was able to garner from the news report, the only Wisconsin connection to the company mentioned, is a post office box in West Allis. The warehouse is located in some town is Ohio.

**keith** · 01-29-2007, 11:37 PM

This business is local, and the owner's father appeared on a local TV interview to say his son, the owner, immediately fired the employee responsible for the email.

Regardless of one's political beliefs or position on the war, I would only hope everyone would support the men and women who give so much - sometimes everything - to stand in our defense.

Regards,
Keith