Overstock.com Has 22,000 Items Made in USA

[otohara]

http://www.overstock.com/search?keywords=&refineother=Made+In+USA

[siligut]

1. We kind of started boycotting mormon companies after prop H-eight.

And while the big O may have products made in the USA, the sentiment behind that isn't the same.

[Ian David]

2. Overstock is Mormon? n/t

[hlthe2b]

3. That is my question, too... I hope the poster will come back & say

[siligut]

8. It was out last year, I can't find much more on it as I wanted to get back to you guys.

http://www.investorvillage.com/mbthread.asp?mb=3532&tid=6073181&showall=1:

Utah faces boycott after Mormon work for Prop 8, I won't be buying from Overstock

Sorry Dr. Byrne, I'm an SU grad too (undergrad, ''74) and I've supported your impressive efforts to clean up Wall Street from the very first "Miscreants' Ball" and am still an OSTK shareholder (until Monday). But, I'm fed up with the Mormon intrusion into politics and resent the tax money that Overstock pays to the LDS theocracy in Utah.

So, count me in for the Utah boycott, including alas Overstock. The company chose to locate in a state that apparently values religious dogma over the basic rights of citizens and from behind a tax exempt facade is willing to flex its financial muscle to force others to hew to the Joseph Smith view of the world.

Although it is not listed in the Mormon Stock Index:
http://www.mormonstockindex.com/

[Ian David]

6. Overstock.com donated AGAINST Prop 8

Craig Van Laningham Overstock.Com Salt Lake City, UT 84103 Oppose $100 Permalink
http://projects.latimes.com/prop8/donation/17264/

Ivan Van Laningham Overstock.Com Salt Lake City, UT 84103 Oppose $100 Permalink
http://projects.latimes.com/prop8/donation/37385/

[Ian David]

5. Overstock.com Introduces Gay and Transgender-Inclusive Policy

Overstock.com Introduces Gay and Transgender-Inclusive Policy

May 25, 2009 | Comments 0

In mid-May, Cottonwood Heights-based online retailer Overstock.com updated its antidiscrimination policy to include gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers. The company now offers employees of all sexual orientations and gender identities more protections than state law allows.


Since news radio station KCPW broke the story on May 14, Overstock.com CEO and Chairman Patrick Byrne said he is surprised at how much attention the policy has received.

“I’ve always thought of ourselves as LGBT friendly,” said Byrne. “I’ve always thought we had an obligation to be blind to anyone’s gender identity and such. I made it clear in the executive ranks years ago that we were never going to discriminate based on LGBT issues.”

However, Byrne said the company discovered recently that its practice of not discriminating against gay and transgender employees was not officially reflected in its policy. The inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the employee handbook, he said, simply codifies the policy the company has followed for years.

Overstock.com’s employee handbook now reads: “It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. This policy includes our commitment to ensure that all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status (including Vietnam era veterans), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other non-job-related characteristic protected by law. Employment activities that will be administered consistently with this policy include recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, transfers, terminations, leaves, discipline, promotions, training, and social and recreational programs. This policy also prohibits unwelcome actions, words, jokes or comments based on an individual’s sex, race, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.” Byrne added that Overstock.com had also created unisex bathrooms a few years ago to accommodate transgender employees in the midst of transitioning their sex.

More:
http://qsaltlake.com/2009/05/25/overstockcom-introduces-gay-and-transgender-inclusive-policy/

[siligut]

9. Say one thing and do another.

This also reminds me of Stephen Colbert's black friend shtick.

[iamjoy]

4. Maybe I'll Skip Amazon & Shop There

my husband and I tried to get two of their lightning deals today, were there right as they went on sale, no luck. Tried putting them in the cart a few minutes early, but the sale price wouldn't apply at the right time.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Their CEO is a right winger who is promoting charter schools

No thanks.

[Fleshdancer]

10. That contridicts the links posted up thread n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Not this one

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9633735&mesg_id=9633809

[Fleshdancer]

13. but it says he donated to oppose Prop H8

Voting against the prop is a good thing.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Oops

Thanks for the catch.

I still oppose him for his promotion of charter schools and vouchers.

http://www.sbnonline.com/Local/Article/19952/65/0/Passionate_one.aspx

[Fleshdancer]

18. No worries, I believe the language is confusing for a reason.

I'm not a fan of charter schools and vouchers either.

[MineralMan]

11. That's impossible. I keep reading that we don't make anything

here anymore. I read it on DU.

[valerief]

17. There are trolls on every site, even DU. nt

[astral]

14. Isn't this a bald-faced advertisement?

I don't remember why I ever looked at Overstock or got on their (** sigh **) email list, but I did not see their prices being very good.

If this post really is about BUY USA, and be willing to pay more, then go ahead and talk about it. I'll be open-minded.

[me b zola]

16. But how many of them are made in the Mariana Islands with slave labor?

:shrug:

[gmoney]

19. They were big on bashing Michael Moore

Heavily promoted a lot of the anti-F911 books and videos on the site... maybe because nobody else was buying them, so they WERE legitimate overstock, but they did seem to have it in for Mike.

[LiberalArkie]

20. Which may be a good thing, if it is truely over stock..

Maybe Palin's and Bush's book will start showing up there. We can only hope.

[OlympicBrian]

21. Nice feature, but there is a loophole.

There is perhaps a big hole in it. Based on standard production models, finished goods may be put together in the US, but assembled from, let's say, parts made in China (known as "intermediate goods")!

Also, how is "Made in the USA" verified? They need to put little cheap identifying chips in everything.