Woohooo - Say goodbye to Omaha Steaks, Mr. Beck.

[BlueStateSaint]

I always thought that Omaha Steaks were overpriced.  Way overpriced.  Now, their prices will go up to compensate for the lost revenue of their ads being removed from Beck's show.  Plus, if I want great beef, I go up the Northway to Oscar's off Exit 23 in Warrensburg.  It's about an hour or so north of me.  ('Course, a chain butcher just opened up less than a mile from me, so I just might have to go check them out.)

[NHSparky]

Omaha Steaks are overpriced, anyways. Perhaps we all should contact them and reference that since they pulled their advertising from Glenn Beck, that we will no longer buy their products?? I'm not a HUGE Beck fan, but seriously, this is a crock of shit.

Overpriced ain't the word for it.  I looked at their choices of ribeyes...boneless ones, 6-10 oz steaks for $132.00?  AYFKM?  Over $35/lb PLUS shipping?  And no, you're not the best steak I've ever eaten.  Not by a longshot.

Newsflash, Omaha Steaks--I can get 28-day dry aged, BONE-IN ribeyes (20-24 oz each) for less than $20/lb.  No shipping, taste as good as anything you've got.

[Godot showed up]

I'd tell Omaha Steaks that they canceled their advertising with people who actually EAT animals.  How many of those people celebrating this are "vegan" or "vegetarian" and not buying this product in the first place?

It's their loss.  I'd never order from Omaha Steaks anyway.  If I want a steak, I'll go to our local market and get one.

Same here. If I want a top-notch ribeye, there are two butchers near me who have marvelous, super-high-quality, aged beef.  Why would I want Omaha Steaks?

Now, after they've shown their lib-allegiance, I wouldn't eat one on a bet.

[Godot showed up]

Overpriced ain't the word for it.  I looked at their choices of ribeyes...boneless ones, 6-10 oz steaks for $132.00?  AYFKM?  Over $35/lb PLUS shipping?  And no, you're not the best steak I've ever eaten.  Not by a longshot.

Newsflash, Omaha Steaks--I can get 28-day dry aged, BONE-IN ribeyes (20-24 oz each) for less than $20/lb.  No shipping, taste as good as anything you've got.

Bone in is the way to go, Spark, you know it. Oh, ye gods, it's morning and all I can think of right now is a nice, grilled, 6-7-inch-thick, rare ribeye, with creamed spinach on the side, a salad with crisp cucumbers, radishes, maybe a few hearts of palm and artichoke hearts, fresh crusty bread, and a baked potato with sour cream and chives. And a bottle of chianti (I like a neutral, non-bitter wine).

[NHSparky]

Bone in is the way to go, Spark, you know it. Oh, ye gods, it's morning and all I can think of right now is a nice, grilled, 6-7-inch-thick, rare ribeye, with creamed spinach on the side, a salad with crisp cucumbers, radishes, maybe a few hearts of palm and artichoke hearts, fresh crusty bread, and a baked potato with sour cream and chives. And a bottle of chianti (I like a neutral, non-bitter wine).

Thanks for letting me know what I'm making for dinner tomorrow night.

Maybe not 6-7 inches thick, but certainly 1 1/2 or 2 inches.  And yes, BBQing on the grill in 20-degree weather while having to take your beer INSIDE the house periodically so it doesn't freeze...ah, nice.

[DLR Pyro]

As if any of the DUmmies can afford to buy ohama steaks anyhow.  Besides, aren't most of them vegans?

My one experience with ohama steaks was when I got a gift certificate from somebody and was redeeming it.  Steaks weren't bad considering they were free, but I wouldn't have paid that for them when I can get USDA Prime at Costco. 

For the next 2 years I was bombarded with e-mail advertising as well as direct mailing pieces.  Once they get your info, they don't let up on pimping their products.

[jukin]

I want to get this right. A steak/meat company is bowing to pressure from leftist concerns that have a much higher percentage of NON meat eaters?  My guess would be a three to one meat eater ratio for conservatives (because we are awesome). This would be like me calling Tofu Inc. and demanding they no longer advertise on The Munch's show (hat tip to GoBucks).

I have ordered from Omaha a couple of times on one of their specials. I have been getting e-mails from them for the past few months every few days. I shall call to complain and send in an unsubscribe to them. Truth is that their meat does not match their hype.

I do remember when The Drunk Rhodes on AA ran that skit shooting president Bush and learned that HP advertised on her show.  We were buying lots of high end testing equipment. I called our rep and told him I was going for quotes on our secondary vendors on their equipment. Less than twenty minutes later the regional VP for HP called me and assured that their advertising was being yanked.

IMHO, poor move by pissing off current customers to appease unlikely customers. The old one in the hand is worth two in the bush.

[The Hollywood NeoCon]

From Broadcasting & Cable.com:

FNC topped the competition in all dayparts: morning (1 million total viewers, 340,000 viewers in news' target demographic of 25-54-year-olds); total day (1.2 million viewers, 323,000 in the demo); primetime (2.2 million viewers, 551,000 in the demo). Those numbers mark year-to-year demo gains of 14% in the morning, 16% in total day and 10% in primetime (Mon-Sun), according to Nielsen.

FNC saw double-digit gains for all of its programs. Year-to-year, Glenn Beck is up 96% among total viewers (2.3 million) and 148% in the demo (612,000). Special Report with Bret Baier posted gains of 25% among total viewers (2 million) and 33% in the demo (454,000). The O'Reilly Factor is up 13% among total viewers (3.3 million) and 27% (801,000) in the demo, marking its tenth consecutive year as the No. 1 cable news program.

Yeah, I'm sure Fox is ****ing terrified over losing a shitty-meat-by-mail account. Just like Roger Sterling losing Lucky Strike on Mad Men, they're running away to hide in a hotel room and drink themselves into oblivion, right?!?!?

[GOBUCKS]

For the next 2 years I was bombarded with e-mail advertising as well as direct mailing pieces.  Once they get your info, they don't let up on pimping their products.

Man, is that ever on target!! When it comes to burying you in junk mail and obnoxious phone calls, the only outfit that comes close to Omaha Steaks is the NRA. Half their overhead must be junk mail postage.

[AllosaursRus]

Omaha Steaks are overpriced, anyways. Perhaps we all should contact them and reference that since they pulled their advertising from Glenn Beck, that we will no longer buy their products?? I'm not a HUGE Beck fan, but seriously, this is a crock of shit.

Done!!

I wouldn't buy a damn thing from them anyway as I grow my own, this is still absolute BS to listen to a bunch of anti free speech, leftist pukes!

Beck has recently gone a little to religious for me lately, but the facts he has brought out into the open over the Left's organizations influencing our government needed to be brought out into the open!

DUmmies can't stand the fact he shines a light on their socialist/communist agendas!

ETA:

Besides, from what I hear, Allen Bros has them beat hands down! Still, mine are better and they don't cost me $30/lb!

[txradioguy]

Note to the lurkers:

Did you ever stop to think that maybe the reason they stopped advertising on Beck is that they couldn't afford the new higher advertising rates.

With success comes the increased privilege of hawking your wares where the most people will see it.

[thundley4]

I checked on their site and their delivery time is 5 days or so.  That  means that stopping their advertising on the 19th still gets them their Christmas orders. Suck it DUmmies.