It Didn't Work
Dean
Remember we told you all that Atlas Shipping had held Operation Give's check, and seemed to be confused about where our money was? And how they finally promised to make good after holding our money for a month and not returning our phone calls?
Yeah. Well. Empty promise. They didn't. And they aren't taking our calls again.
We'll be putting up a copy of the cancelled checks soon. This company ran off with $30,000 of Operation Give's money and despite repeated contacts with attorneys and endless attempts to get them to just refund our money, they just won't do it.
You can get the blow-by-blow right here on the Chief's site.
This has been a depressing experience to say the least. They ran off with $30K earmarked for Iraqi kids and American soldiers. Damn it. Talk about learning an expensive lesson.
* Update * If you want to see when the checks were issued and cleared click here. We obscured the account numbers but you can see everything else, including when these checks cleared. These people have had our money for well over a month, and they won't make good.
But if you are going to do that, it might be advisable to cease badmouthing them online to the world. You might only damage your case or even make you subject to a lawsuit that, at least in theory, they could win against you.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
(Once I had to call the FBI regarding a bogus $82,000 certified check. They were very nice.) You have a chance because the office is open. Don't delay.
Hope I wasn't too rough. I have great respect for your work and 200 lbs of shoes for Hook in container number three. I just don't want you to lose persepective. With great admiration, jane
Meanwhile you should pick up the phone and call the FBI. How hard could that be?
Write it off as a lost cause, corporate mismanagement. After all the only thing they are dealing with is freely donated money from others which the donors presumed would be efficiently used to send toys to Iraqi children as gifts. I do not see their actions unlike any other vast corporate charities which in fact skim off the top to pay corporate fees to administrators and sometimes a small portion of dollars contributed actually end up as designated. And sometimes more efficiently. On the other hand, you are dealing with people at every level and in this instance going through different countries. Atlas did ship the containers right ?
Let the buyer beware. Charity begins at home.
Somehow, Iraqi chilldren aren't going to miss the toys. They have other problems.
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.