[Lnc-business] LP store

[Whitney Bilyeu]

Tim, it is my understanding that only literature items are sold at (or
near) cost.

On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 5:27 PM Tim Hagan via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> I agree. I thought the porcupine/hedgehog t-shirts should have had
> "Libertarian Party" or "Libertarian" on them, to promote the brand.
> Wasn't the idea of selling most items at cost is that we're getting
> advertising out in the public?
>
> ---
> Tim Hagan
> Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee
>
> On 2019-09-02 13:01, Susan Hogarth via Lnc-business wrote:
> > Is it just me, or is anyone else a bit concerned that so many items in
> > the LPStore don’t actually mention the Libertarian Party?
> >
> >
> >
> > Our donors can find plenty of organizations that spread ‘libertarian
> > ideas’ with clever, attractive buttons and tshirts. It seems to me
> > that our marketing should be centered on the *Libertarian Party*.
> >
> >
> >
> > For instance, I saw the ‘tarrifs are taxes that Americans pay’ shirt.
> > I’d love it IF it said Libertarian Party somewhere.    But if I just
> > wanted a pithy phrase I’d choose a better design. What I want is for
> > that idea to be associated with the Libertarian Party, and for my
> > affiliation with the LP and its ideas to be obvious.
> >
> >
> >
> > It’d be like a double-A baseball team having a shirt that said
> > ‘baseball is great!’ So what? That does exactly zero to get any
> > interest in the team itself, even if people agree that baseball is
> > great.
> >
> >
> >
> > This has been nagging at me for some time, so sorry if it comes across
> > as a rant.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   Susan Jane Hogarth
> >
> >   Region 5 Alternate
> >
> >   919-906-2106 (tel:919-906-2106)
>


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*Whitney Bilyeu*
Libertarian National Committee
Region 7 Representative/Interim Development Director
281.433.4966
LP.ORG