LAR-15 Covid-19 mag... limited run in Canada 23.94USD

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To clarify,

We are all affected by the virus, if it hasn’t happened already it will change everyone’s life for the foreseeable future and what we have so graciously taken for granted has now become more precious than ever.

This pandemic has changed everything we have come to know.

This magazine was not designed or sold to be spiteful, glorify current events or offend anyone! It’s just one of the thousands of Covid-19 memes out there, and this particular one was meant to show the nasty looking virus on a mag as a reminder of how quickly everyone’s security blanket can be pulled out from underneath them.

That being said, 3 of our staff members in the U.S. and Canada, are also married to first responders, two front line nurses and a doctor and our hearts go out to them as we have seen and heard firsthand how they are coping, yet they understood the irony of the customer's design.


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You'd never make mags with the word "leukemia" and infant skulls on them, would you?
How is this better?

Whoever in your company spends their energy and ressources on idiotic stuff like this should be answering the phones, emails, and DMs instead.
Pathetic.

Youza.
 
Its a word and a picture, nobody is forcing you to purchase it. Stop being so fragile, youd think this is a barista forum sometimes.
 
MkivSupra said:
Its a word and a picture, nobody is forcing you to purchase it. Stop being so fragile, youd think this is a barista forum sometimes.
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No one is complaining about being forced to buy it.
We're simply pointing out this is incredibily distasteful considering the global bodycount.
We're allowed to tell a company that we don't like what they do and should be better than this, are we not?

Youza.
 
Sure, you're allowed to do whatever you like, but people are allowed to think you're being over sensitive for wanting a word banned. Don't buy the product and if other people feel the same way they wont buy the product. That should send the message.
 
Just an idea?!
Charge $25 US for them and donate $10 from each sale to some hospital for supplies or a charity?!!
You could then say something like “ Join the fight against Covid19 “
And not come across to some people as heartless, tasteless profiteers.
Just an idea!?
Ps. I am a customer and very grateful for your services!
 
cog50 said:
Guns have killed people, stop buying guns.
The message is all in how you twist the emotional response.

Dont like it = dont buy it. Move on.
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Of course we wont buy it if we dont like it. Thanks captain obvious.
In the mean time IRG has a paid forum to interact with customers, and customers speak their mind to businesses they deal with.
Nothing unfair or misguided about that.

Edit : there is a huge difference between demonizing guns by association to unrelated events, and designing something that specifically identifies a virus that is killing hundreds of thousands of people. As stated prior : would you be saying the same thing if it said "leukemia" with infant skulls on it? I dont think so. Its no different.

Youza.
 
Cold, heartless, ruthless. As a lover of dark humor though, I've ordered two.

As a realist, the virus is going to do what it's going to do. I think we should do everything we can to mitigate and help the healthcare system-- at the same time, I'll buy stuff that makes me smirk.
 
I think if it didnt look 'cartoony' and a portion of the sale was going to some donation then people would have no problem with this.
As it stands I think people think irunguns is mocking the whole virus situation.

We dont have to clutch our pearls too tightly here but poor taste is poor taste. An item displaying falling 9/11 towers would be considered poor taste, even 20 years later.

I hope irunguns understands why.
 
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