Show HN: Send Coal to Congress

FWIW packages sent to member offices get scanned by a mail processing center off site, I'm not sure if they'd actually deliver the coal on to the office or not =P.

Re: Show HN: Send Coal to Congress

#5

Post by madaxe » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 3:16 PM UTC

But... by buying coal, you're supporting their interests. Much of congress has an incentive to blow up Appalachia.

Re: Show HN: Send Coal to Congress

#6

Post by coal2congress » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 3:24 PM UTC

jrobertfox wrote: post #2

this is pretty awesome, do you make a profit off of this? how many orders so far?

I'll make a small margin if I get I bunch of orders, but haven't had many orders yet. Any improvement suggestions?

Re: Show HN: Send Coal to Congress

#7

Post by coal2congress » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 3:25 PM UTC

madaxe wrote: post #5

But... by buying coal, you're supporting their interests. Much of congress has an incentive to blow up Appalachia.

But maybe they'll get so much coal they never wanna see another piece again?! ;)

Re: Show HN: Send Coal to Congress

#8

Post by coal2congress » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 3:27 PM UTC

showerst wrote: post #4

FWIW packages sent to member offices get scanned by a mail processing center off site, I'm not sure if they'd actually deliver the coal on to the office or not =P.

I looked into that some and it didn't sound like coal was an item that'd get flagged

Re: Show HN: Send Coal to Congress

#9

Post by _stuart » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 3:40 PM UTC

What does sending coal to a congress member do? Why not donate the money to the candidate you think you should be in congress?

Re: Show HN: Send Coal to Congress

#10

Post by ScottWhigham » Wed, Oct 16, 2013, 3:44 PM UTC

Heck, at least half the people on HN won't get why coal was chosen. Perhaps an answer as to "Why coal?" would be appropriate on the home page.

Also, there is no call to action (or it's not clear enough). I clicked through to the cart and it gives me a three-step explanation but no links or buttons that say "Click me to get started". I was on the cart page and, at the bottom, it just says "It appears that your cart is currently empty!" This could be massively improved if you just sit your mom (or someone non technical) down at a computer and watch what they click while trying to accomplish a given tasks (or just exploring).