Toys for Iraq: Shipping Rip-off Update

By Joe Katzman on August 6, 2004 2:08 PM | 2 Comments

The latest updates concerning the Atlanta shipping company that ripped off the Toys for Iraq charity for $30,000 are up over at Chief Wiggles' blog. Atlanta Good Samaritan Reid "Photodude" Stott has the full rundown on what happened. Here is what the team at Operation Give are doing about it, and here is the status as of Thursday.

UPDATE: Via new team member Simon's Friday linkfest, we learn that Operation Shoefly is also being affected by Atlas Lines' greed. Operation Shoefly brings shoes to children in Afghanistan.

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#1 from Reid | August 6, 2004 2:41 PM | Reply

IANAL: This is becoming some kind of odd meme, as this is the third site to say this about me. Let's Squash It: I Am Not A Lawyer, have never attended law school, nor did I stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night. I just tried to help...

#2 from Joe Katzman | August 6, 2004 2:51 PM | Reply

Oops, sorry Reid. I had picked that up from the other sites. Will correct immediately.

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