A week or two ago I ordered something from Walmart.com because it was the only place I could find it. It arrived this week and when I opened the package along with the item I ordered was a booklet entitled "The Gospel According to John" which I most certainly did not order.

The package had been sent directly to me by another company that sells through Walmart.com. I emailed that company and told them that I did not order the booklet, did not appreciate receiving the booklet and that it was inappropriate for them to include unsolicited religious propaganda in a commercial transaction. I told them that if they wouldn't agree not to do it anymore I would take my complaint to Walmart. They responded that the practice was okay because it was frequently done by various companies. I responded that it was the first time that it had ever happened to me and that I would be returning their product unless I could get Walmart to take action on the issue.

Yesterday I spoke to a Customer Representative at Walmart.com who received my complaint and assured me that I would be contacted by management to discuss the issue. Ideally, I would like a Walmart.com policy that companies that sell through them can't include material unrelated to the purchase in their packaging. I realize I probably won't be successful but Walmart.com will have to make some kind of concession or I'm sending the item back. I bet if everyone this happened to complained to Walmart.com about it something would change.

Anyway, I'll see what I can do on my own because I don't give a shit about someone pushing their agenda as "John". If I send the item back, I will include the booklet but I'm pretty sure I'm going to deface it in some way.