by EarthyFire 7 Replies latest jw friends
How about this for ya! JW litrature now on ebay!!! Ebay.ca has a few listings today of all kinds of JW litrature from a user named ministry_ideaz. Now yeah Im an ex JW, been out for awhile and lit used to be donations, but dosn't it seem wrong...like is this person personaly profiting here or what??
Curious? Check it out here..
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16710&item=2985500783
~EarthyFire
What a cwazy cwazy world
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Thats the message I got from your link....Dang, there aint no salvation left for me!
Opps sorry...well here's better, they have a site http://www.ministryideaz.com/?source=eBay
And this is from their ebay about me page
"Ministry Ideaz is a family run business out of Quito, Ecuador.
Greg and Jade Holland (proprietors) are Canadians who have served in the ministry in Ecuador since 1993. We were both raised as Jehovah's Witnesses. Greg is originally from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada). Jade is originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada). We are NOT "missionaries" (i.e. Gilead graduates) but "Need Greaters." This means we have come here with our own resources to help out. We wish to point this out as a few have been confused wondering why we're working if we serve in a foreign field.
Ministry Ideaz feeds the local Ecuadorian economy, while helping the Holland family stay in their most important career, the Christian ministry. Our website provides us with a bit of "diversion" and some supplemental income, although our main business is Web and graphics design, translation and web hosting: "http://ideaz.net" "
from what I saw on e-bay (try a search for the member name) he is selling covers
From their FAQ page:
Why are shipping costs so high?
Our top-quality products are produced in Ecuador, South America. As we have a direct relationship with the manufacturer, and since manufacturing costs and leather costs are significantly lower in South America compared to the United States, Canada and Europe, we are able to provide high quality products at a significantly reduced price in comparison to similar products offered by North American and European companies. The unfortunate drawback is the higher shipping costs. However, when taking into consideration the total price of our products including shipping, the final bill is almost always considerably less than other local companies in the United States, Canada and Europe.
Sounds as if we have sweatshop labor and environmentally-damaging leather tanning operations in Ecuador making book covers for JWs in the US. Now that's entertainment. Sounds like these guys got the global economy deal.
I've seen JW literature on Ebay lots of times. I am just pissed that I threw all mine away. I'd sell it in a heartbeat. I dont see anything even remotely wrong with that.
Ebay has begun opening sites specific to various countries like the one EarthyFire linked to for Canada.
The main Ebay site, based in the US, usually has several hundred listings for JW stuff. Right now, it's about 500+.
As the International Apostate Community continues its fine work (advertise, Advertise, ADVERTISE!) more material will become available in each country.
Rust never sleeps.
That kind of custom stuff was a hit here for a while. There were print catalogs circulating a month back in a "brothers only" order type system. I know a couple of CO's and DO's were sporting the stuff and some elder's wives. People were getting their bibles rebound with the reasoning book in the back for easy service and tract holders with the kingdom hall name embossed on it and stuff.
