Land Rovers and the Boston Tea Party
@PrincessKitten (790)
United States
December 11, 2008 5:43pm CST
I just received a promo from Land Rover saying that if I buy one for my small business by the end of the month, it's tax free....and the promo came with a bag of tea! 
It's Boston Harbour Tea which claims to be the firm which supplied tea for teh historic boston tea parties.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we dump that stuff in the ocean in protest?
I'll boil some water and let you know how the tea is. 
It's Boston Harbour Tea which claims to be the firm which supplied tea for teh historic boston tea parties.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we dump that stuff in the ocean in protest?
I'll boil some water and let you know how the tea is. 3 people like this
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@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
12 Dec 08
Hum, there certainly is a subtle message here. Boston Harbour Tea...??
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@PrincessKitten (790)
• United States
14 Dec 08
jillmalitz,
I think the whole point of the promotion was to say that they were having a tax-free sale. 
I wonder if Land Rover is trying to say they are suddenly anti-IRS? Hmmmmm....
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I wonder if Land Rover is trying to say they are suddenly anti-IRS? Hmmmmm....
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
12 Dec 08
lol =D The car sounds to be a good deal but not the tea fro sure.. lol =D Or maybe u can ask for not wanting the tea, but more discount on the land rover.. lol =D DO an one for one exchange.. hehe
I guess they dun wanna waste the 'extra resources' they have, and thus they make it into an 'asset' by giving it away as a promo when u buy a Land rover.. lol =D
@PrincessKitten (790)
• United States
14 Dec 08
kun2349,
Free tin of tea with every Land Rover purchase! WOW!!!
I'll take two!
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@deebomb (15304)
• United States
16 Jan 09
The tea that was dumped into the Boston harbor was not the loose tea that the company is selling. Tea in those days was compressed into blocks. I have had some and it is very good. It is also very strong if you brew very much. It tastes better than coffee but the CAFFEINE is much stronger. A block of that tea lasted a long time. Yes we did dump that tea into the harbor because of the taxes on it. It was the last straw.
@PrincessKitten (790)
• United States
21 Jan 09
"It was the last straw." LOL!!!
England was just looking for a tax, ANY tax that the colonists would be willing to pay, since they were still demanding the benefits of being English without giving anything back to England.
These days, we call it "tax evasion". Looks like the tradition of tax evasion is our oldest one in America, only we imprison people for it, which is un-American, don't you think?
The tea they sent me was actually quite good, but I'm not going to order any more.
Interesting information about the blocks of tea though. Thank you!
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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11 Dec 08
Hi PrincessKitten,
What next? yeah, let us know what is taste like, I love tea.
Tamara
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@PrincessKitten (790)
• United States
14 Dec 08
Thanks tamarafireheart,
The tea was actually quite good! It's not available to me locally so I can't see myself buying it anytime soon, but it was really good.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
12 Dec 08
Yeah, and then we blamed the prank on innocent people, which was rather scurvy of us when you think about it. I tell you what, I will NOT drink the tea in protest. Hah, that is easy for me because I'm not a tea drinker -- except for the red stuff which is herbal (Roibus! Mmmmm!)
@PrincessKitten (790)
• United States
14 Dec 08
dnnhh,
I seem to recall that the colonists dressed-up as Indians, but didn't intend to blame it on them...sort-of like people dressing-up like vampires to rob a bank. Granted, vampires aren't real, but I think it's sort-of the same thing.
Just seems like that's what I read.
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