Most Tasteless Exploitation Of Hurricane Sandy

"Dear valued Customer, The storm is over and it's time to send a gift to your loved one to show them you care. Enjoy direct access to this month's specials. It's all beautiful, it all comes from Israel, and many of the items have been discounted from our already low everyday prices, Shop now and get that gift you always wanted to buy !"

 

The Canadian-Israeli Judaica company Ahuva.com sent the following extremely tasteless email to its list yesterday evening, while millions of Americans are facing cold and wet weather without heat or power, and many without homes, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The emails subject header reads, "After the Storm, Show them you care..":

"Dear valued Customer, The storm is over and it's time to send a gift to your loved one to show them you care. Enjoy direct access to this month's specials. It's all beautiful, it all comes from Israel, and many of the items have been discounted from our already low everyday prices, Shop now and get that gift you always wanted to buy !" [emphasis added]

This idiocy is followed by pitches to buy Kiddush cups, candlesticks and jewelry:

Here is the entire email as a PDF file:

Download After the Storm, Show them you care.. Ahuva dot com tasteless post-Sandy email 10-30-2012 watermarked

Comments

[anon]

But if they don't make money, you don't care.

Simple.

[Sarek]

Hey, one man's tchotchke is another man's religious icon.

My friend's house is under water and all his possessions floated away. So obviously his first priority is to get himself a new Shema Yisroel ring. I'll get right on that. Screw the Red Cross -- thanks Shmarya for pointing us to this most important humanitarian cause.

/sarcasm off

[Steven W]

I am sure someone will come up with something even more tasteless.

[Yerachmiel Lopin]

I nominate Shmuel Borgers robocalling during the storm to sell books on tzniut.

http://frumfollies.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/its-a-storm-so-shmuel-borger-is-selling-things-he-just-loves-any-disaster-he-can-exploit/

[devorah]

I nominate all the chasids who are at Panera Bread in my neighborhood using free wifi and not having any food. Dozens of fathers with dozens of kids so that there are no tables for us paying customers. Please forgive any typos.

[SkepticalYid]

Lighten up guys, it could be worse. So far no one's selling T-Shirts saying: "I was blown by Sandy!"

[S M L]

".....T-Shirts saying: "I was blown by Sandy!"...."

Hmm.....now there's an idea.......

I bet someone's already done it.

[MM]

Well, there are still bus tours of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans which take tourists around to gawk at people living their everyday lives as if they were anumals in a zoo SEVEN years after Katrina. Tasteless exploitation ftw!

[MM]

sorry, "animals"

[A Yid]

What's so tasteless about it?
If you have friends or relatives who suffered from huracane you might want to send money and gifts to support and cheer them up.

[Eli, what me messiah?]

It's a disgusting add, like the commercials the Romney campaign is putting up. So disgusting, in fact, that shopping therapy may be needed.
Hey, American Apparel is offering a 20% discount to those in impacted areas who are "bored"! Just mention "sandysale".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/american-apparel-hurricane-sandy-sale_n_2045739.html

[Shoshi]

I got one from kosherbyte.com on the day of the hurricane, saying, "We're in Chicago, and we're OPEN".