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Wed Mar 27, 2013, 04:47 PM Mar 2013

Packages Sealed with "Atheist" Tape Go Missing 10X More Often [View all]

From http://io9.com/packages-sealed-with-atheist-tape-go-missing-10x-more-460984925 :

ATHEIST SHOES is a German based-company that, as its name suggests, makes comfy kicks "for people who don't believe in god(s)." The company regularly ships shoes, like the ones pictured above, to America. When it does, it seals its boxes with tape featuring the company logo, which is stylized as "ATHEIST · ATHEIST · ATHEIST" (see below). But these shipments often run into problems.

The company explains on its website that shoes shipped the U.S. often take longer than they should to arrive, or go missing altogether. "When some of our customers asked us not to use ATHEIST-branded packing tape on their shipments, we started to wonder if the delays were caused by the US Postal Service taking offence at our overt godlessness."

"So," the company writes, "we launched an experiment."

More at the link.
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I've thought the same thing about mail FLyellowdog Mar 2013 #1
I've often wondered about that in this RW stronghold here. Also, something weird happened RKP5637 Mar 2013 #77
Dupe, and almost certainly an attention whoring publicity stunt... Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #2
yeah just dismiss it because it's only atheists Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #15
bro, you don't fucking know me Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #68
<---- look at poor me nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #79
BT did say "almost". We need a logic forum around here; unless a poster explicitly says "ALL x is y" patrice Mar 2013 #81
I'm not an atheist, but the hatred I see for atheists The Second Stone Mar 2013 #103
Yes, some of them do. HappyMe Mar 2013 #105
Thank you for noticing. Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #119
I know for a fact that certain mail handlers deliberately interfere with Jewish publications. n/t Ian David Mar 2013 #3
And How Do You Know This for Certain Ian? Indykatie Mar 2013 #6
I've had to deal with it as part of my job. And it's happened more than once. Ian David Mar 2013 #7
Contact the Postal Insector nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #10
This is way in the past. And we did work with the postal inspector. But nobody went to jail. Ian David Mar 2013 #62
Damn, they must have lacked enough evidence to nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #66
See the other thread..... djean111 Mar 2013 #4
same lame debunked arguments as the other thread too. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #16
I am an atheist. djean111 Mar 2013 #19
so you say but i can baldly assert the opposite and we are at an impasse. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #21
I sorta think there are no "facts" here - just knee-jerk reactions. djean111 Mar 2013 #26
arguments get torpedoed in my book never people. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #28
No, they ship DHL because DHL took over Deutche Post a few years ago nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #29
now you're bordering on conspiracy theory. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #32
Care to read this domain name? It s for Deutche Post nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #33
This happens to me every time I try to mail an atheist to my friend in California Orrex Mar 2013 #63
Glad to see you're standing by the humping koala bears "study." hay rick Mar 2013 #35
i only came back after certain voices continued to dismiss it. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #41
I think you are confusing empirical research with a marketing campaign... hay rick Mar 2013 #45
DHL is the German Post Office; once in the USA, it's the USPS handling it muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #61
Thanks for this maddezmom Mar 2013 #70
No. DHL transports packages with tracking to its own facilities near the final destinations, then struggle4progress Mar 2013 #73
Not exactly. DHL is a private company, that happens to provide German postal services. Worldwide, struggle4progress Mar 2013 #72
That's for packages put into the DHL system inside the USA muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #80
Nope. I provided graphics from the DHL shipping pages and links to the pages. If you read the struggle4progress Mar 2013 #85
International shipping *from* the USA muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #90
Feel free to provide any actual evidence. I've provided any number of links by now. struggle4progress Mar 2013 #106
Again: they tested with other countries as well muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #112
LOL struggle4progress Mar 2013 #114
The delay-makers just want to save soles JHB Mar 2013 #5
Lol pintobean Mar 2013 #8
To the OP, DHL is primary shipper nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #9
in other words Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #17
They are shipping through DHL nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #20
yeh no wonder since the USPS keeps losing their products. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #22
What part of primary shipper is DHL are you having a problem comprehending here nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #25
Dhl uses USPS deaniac21 Mar 2013 #111
Already accounted for in last mile delivery nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #113
See my #72 struggle4progress Mar 2013 #74
DHL may well be the primary shipper now.... zappaman Mar 2013 #31
You're acting like USPS doesn't handle DHL deliveries in the US mathematic Mar 2013 #55
First, I would like you to read the preparing packaged for shipping nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #67
Here's an example of an acceptable not-plain box for USPS shipping mathematic Mar 2013 #87
Sold by the USPS at the USPS station nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #94
"I hate liars" zappaman Mar 2013 #98
You have quite an imagination. mathematic Mar 2013 #99
And you have quite a bias nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #101
The discussion is still up at the company website maddezmom Mar 2013 #100
Shhhh!!! zappaman Mar 2013 #108
I prefer shoes ... dawg Mar 2013 #11
They are already living in the afterlife nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #12
Can we instead discuss how ugly and overpriced these shoes are? RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #13
i like them. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #18
If you had a case in this case nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #23
they don't lie. and i don't believe you. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #24
So I made this website up nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #27
i thought you had me on ignore. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #30
Why? You hate to be shown wrong? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #34
'shown wrong'? Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #40
Really...so you will keep ignoring nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #42
more words do not an effective argument make. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #47
Congratulations nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #50
'those words are otherwise known as facts' Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #51
So you deny the company ships through DHL? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #53
again, for the sake of clarity..is Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #54
For the sake of clarity nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #65
Or maybe they changed to DHL after all this went down? zappaman Mar 2013 #58
Probably not: Deutsch Post DHL handles German mail, so the shoe company struggle4progress Mar 2013 #75
Um, what? RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #36
In this case it is a publicity stunt nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #39
the toe shoes are creepy. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #43
In this case, the company is fucking with you, sorry Godhumor Mar 2013 #44
again, for the sake of clarity, an assertion is not a fact. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #48
You want to get statistical? Their study is bullshit Godhumor Mar 2013 #56
assertions. you've got nothing and they have something. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #57
There are no relevant numbers because it is flawed, period Godhumor Mar 2013 #64
It's a pretty stupid business concept Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #123
And if the study was for real, re the USPS nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #71
Can't argue with that, but.. RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #46
again, for the sake of clarity, this OP is in regards to 'lost' packages Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #49
I also lost my religion somewhere nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #52
Yeah $160 is pretty spendy for shoes. Although I can kind of see it if they're actually made in Ger. Erose999 Mar 2013 #92
So THAT's why the USPS is in trouble. Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #14
So the USPS is to blame? Zax2me Mar 2013 #37
Actually DHL nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #38
Prove it. zappaman Mar 2013 #59
See my #72 struggle4progress Mar 2013 #76
Ahhhhh zappaman Mar 2013 #86
DHL handles the package until it is very close to the final destination, struggle4progress Mar 2013 #88
So, if you lived in an area that was full of religious fundamentalism... zappaman Mar 2013 #89
If you have evidence of mail tampering, or failure of a postal employee to perform struggle4progress Mar 2013 #91
I don't. zappaman Mar 2013 #93
Accusations IMO ought to be supported by evidence; speculation, not closely struggle4progress Mar 2013 #104
The discussion on their site is ongoing... zappaman Mar 2013 #107
USPS provides delivery services for UPS, FedEx, and DHL. hay rick Mar 2013 #122
Correction: A package that does not arrive at its destination, after being transferred to the USPS, struggle4progress Mar 2013 #124
By far the most likely explanation is that the text on the tape is causing sorting problems. BlueCheese Mar 2013 #60
USPS doesn't like atheists, godless shoe company concludes (MSNBC) struggle4progress Mar 2013 #110
Great success...Never heard of this company before; now the whole country knows about them Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #121
I think the shoe company just wanted publicity. HappyMe Mar 2013 #69
+1, n/t RKP5637 Mar 2013 #82
Need to look at US Customs too siligut Mar 2013 #78
It was a lousy marketing campaign nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #84
+ struggle4progress Mar 2013 #109
Well a package suspected to contain an Atheist may recieve more scrutiny from US Customs. Erose999 Mar 2013 #95
Fun fact, Magic the Gathering cards nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #96
Customs is under Homeland Security siligut Mar 2013 #97
I'd be just as concerned if I saw a package that said "Catholic" or "Jew". One might think the pkg Erose999 Mar 2013 #102
I used to deliver remains to the local airport. hay rick Mar 2013 #118
Hmmm, that's the style I have been interested in lately, not that particular rendition of it though. patrice Mar 2013 #83
So how did other companies that package their product Rex Mar 2013 #115
Needs to be re-done with GPS tracking mainer Mar 2013 #116
And controls. nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #117
So maybe they don't know where to send atheists after they arrive in the afterlife? undeterred Mar 2013 #120
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