• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
white house black shutters
  • About This Site
  • Project Gallery
  • Decluttering Guides
  • About 40 BAGS IN 40 DAYS™
  • House Tour
  • Most Recent Projects & Posts
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • About This Site
  • Project Gallery
  • Decluttering Guides
  • About 40 BAGS IN 40 DAYS™
  • House Tour
  • Most Recent Projects & Posts
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
  • ×

    Dear Internet, I Do Not Sell Shutters

    December 2, 2011 |

    I get an email similar to the one below about once a week:

    Dear Sir/Madam
    I would like to purchase Shutters from your shop.What types of them you have in the size and what would be the prices?What types of payments do you accept? looking forward to hear from you soon.
    Regards,
    Craig Mike

    and another

    Dear Sir/Madam
    Am Garry and i would like to order SHUTTERS   from you and would like to know the types and sizes you have in stock as well as the prices and the types of credit cards that you take for payment.Thank you and waiting to hear from you as soon as possible.
    Regards, Garry

    image

    I also get a ton of comments on this post inquiring about shutters, which are firmly secured to our home, enough so that I’d like to respond.

     

    Dear Craig, Garry, “Am Garry and I,” and other Internet friends looking to purchase shutters,

    Thanks so much for your interest! I currently do not have a shutter shop. However, I have seen so much interest in this product that I would consider opening a shop if it can possibly feed my children, pay my bills, and buy me Starbucks.

    Why do you see the term “shutters” so much on my site? Well, my blog is called “white house, black shutters” because we originally had a white house (now tan – big shocker! My dad joked that I’m living a lie…) and we have black shutters on our home. Blame it on google search terms. The types and sizes that I currently have are the following:

      • type: vinyl, some cracked near the top where you’d never see it
      • brand: Craigslist, freecycle, and Habitat for Humanity ReStore
      • color: hunter green, teal, brown, black, and burgundy vinyl, spray painted black.

    image

      • price: if I’m tearing them off my house, leaving holes in the siding, and giving them to you, it will be $30 a pair (Home Depot’s going rate), plus an additional $30 to replace mine. Labor not included.
      • types of payment accepted: cash, check, any credit card, but I prefer paypal. You can send that payment to amheasley (at) gmail (dot) com.

    Thanks so much for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you soon!

    Regards, Ann Marie

     

    I’m sure this is some type of spam, but I just wanted to make it clear that at the current time I will not be offering any shutters for sale. I’ll let you know as SOON as I decide to open up shop. 😉

    In the mean time, want to see how we paid $3 a shutter (with the cost of spray paint), saved almost $300 dollars, and some awesome before and afters? Check out this post.

    Get any fun spam you feel like sharing? I’ve had some of these gems in my saved in my Outlook under “blog post fodder.” My only meanish anonymous comment is in there as well and I can’t wait to respond to that one.. 😉

    More blogging

    • A Lot More Doing
    • Real Life Still Life
    • Why You Should Attend a Blogging Conference

    Subscribe

    for updates, tips, and free decluttering guides

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Christine at First Home Love Life

      March 04, 2013 at 8:08 pm

      Too funny! I get weird SPAM too ALL THE TIME for "first time homebuyers." If anyone had told me to be careful when picking a blog name I might have chosen differently ;o)

    2. AubreyLaine

      December 02, 2011 at 10:05 pm

      LOL!Love this post.

    3. The Polka Dot Closet

      December 03, 2011 at 2:58 am

      You get shutter inquiries, I get closet inquiries, closet doors, closet shelving units.....LOLCarol

    4. Megan

      December 03, 2011 at 2:43 am

      Someone left you a mean comment! How dare they. You rock, mean comment undone 🙂

    5. ellie g

      December 03, 2011 at 12:18 am

      This post was hysterical. Kinda how people assume my blog is about baking. And I LOVE that you're living a lie with the tan shutters. Pretty much the awesomest thing I've heard all day.

    Primary Sidebar

    Hi, I'm Ann Marie. I want to help you find peace in your home through simplifying your life, taking on small projects, and learning to find your style. Learn more about this site and why I started it...

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest

    CATEGORIES:

    Hi, I'm Ann Marie. I want to help you find peace in your home through simplifying your life, taking on small projects, and learning to find your style. Learn more about this site and why I started it...

    Footer

    return to the top

    About

    • About
    • House Tours
    • Projects
    • About 40 Bags in 40 Days

    Newsletter

    • Sign Up! for emails and updates

    Social

    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • 40 Bags in 40 Days
      Facebook Group
    • WHBS Facebook Page

    Copyright © 2023 White House Black Shutters