This version has been canceled....Looking at other options A few people mentioned to me that a M/A Calendar for 2011 would be a great idea. I spoke to a fellow site owner that does one every year and he gave me the lowdown. So, without further adieu I present the 2011 Motoring Alliance Calender. Each page has the MINI of the Month winner from 2010 with a special surprise for December created by Tüls. The cost is 22.95 each but Zazzle is having a sale until the end of the day on 11/11 so you can save 6 bucks with the code VTRNSDAYSALE BTW, this is my first time working with Zazzle, if you do order one please let me know what you think of the quality.
This is classic.... I called the customer service to find out whats going on. Zazzle removed the calendar for this reason. Now I have to work with the content team, who only work via email, to get this cleared up. Stay tuned ....
It has to due with the fact that MINIs are pictured. I know MINI USA is very protective of their brand but this is going to far.
They are worried about putting pictures of MINI's on their calendar???? Wouldn't that thinking extend to just about anything manufactured? So they do mostly things like trees and flowers and birds???? I like turtles..... are turtles OK???? Crazy
MINI USA is very aggressive in protecting the MINI brand as they should be. Sometimes this goes a bit to far and companies such as Zazzle just make a wholesale decision to deny any content that is MINI related. I have appealed in this case citing the the site is independent, providing them with copies of the LLC docs, proof of domain ownership and a link to the site policy as it pertains to text and images. I also explained where all the images came from and provided links to all the images used in the calendar as they are found on the site. Funny how MINI in Europe is not so anal, hence in the US we have sites that do not have MINI in the name such as this one and the ex MINI Cooper Online (now NAM) and in Europe there is MINI2, MINItorque and totalMINI. Our lawyers need the work more I guess.
Nathan, I know you are trying to get this fixed but I suggest you get it fixed by Thursday so the coupon code is still good. I was ready to buy at $16.95 + shipping but I would not buy at $22.95. I am working on making a group buy for my club members. Mike
The December image is the M/A logo; how can we be sure that Zazzle will correctly print the "special image" and not just that logo? It also mentions three sizes but I don't see where to select ... Mind, I stil get request error so maybe the whole discussion is irrelevant.
I've still yet to hear back from Zazzle. Color me very disappointed in the manner in which this all going down.
A worthwhile read from the Ford Mustang world: Controversy Over Black Mustang Club Calendar - Ford Mustang News Most of this issue comes from the cheesy product companies like zazzle and cafepress....not actually MINIUSA or Ford.
I had seen the Mustang Club issue before and that was in the back of my mind when Zazzle kicked this calendar to the curb. I figure it is Zazzle being overly paranoid and not a direct missive from MINI but more of a blanket "Oh No, it has MINIs, better get rid of it" on Zazzle's part. While they were quick to kill it off they are slow in responding to the appeal.
With Apple I'd have to order a quantity and stock them myself. I think I'm going to have to seek out alternative publishers.
With Apple I'd have to order a quantity and stock them myself. I think I'm going to have to seek out alternative publishers.
Ugh, Zazzle is crap... I'm surprised they shot you down right away, it's good that they did it now before you got the calendar in motion because on two separate occasions I have gone to buy products listed on their website, ready for sale, have completed the sale, then got an email the next day telling me they can't sell it because it is copyright infringement. Last time I wrote back asking why the hell it's on their site in the first place if they can't sell it.