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Bad Guy Jeff and Christina Wise (Wise Reptiles) Stole Money from Benefit Auctions for Maggie

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Robert Walker said:
But...

Still sitting on the business one:
https://www.facebook.com/ImaMakeupMom
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Guess she took my comment on her business page personally enough to actually reply to me; before blocking me, that is.

Apparently, her and Maggie talked. I guess talk somehow makes up for stealing money. She must have one hell of a consultation fee. :shrug01: Anyway, it's none of your business. Move along, people; nothing to see here. You have no idea what she's had to deal with! :rolleyes:
 

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Ahhhhh, I feel bad now for her constant torment......


OH WAIT Nevermind.....

:notallthe:bandhead0


Her stupid has been multiplying apparently...
 
OneGuy said:
Sorry, but this has been bothering me since I read some of this thread. I just hate people that take advantage of those in need so I called a station myself. I talked to ABC12. They cover Flint, Michigan (I hope this is where the Wises live). A producer wants a link to that youtube video posted by Dennis Hultman as well as a description of what transpired of the stolen money. When I have more time I'll look up some newspapers in that area and either send someone here that information. I'm afraid of contacting them myself because I would just end being a third party to this because I do not know the whole story. So here is where the information the producer from abc12 news wanted:

Link to the video (I assume it was a youtube video)
Parties involved
A description what happened
A contact person's name, phone number and email

Just remember this is only one news station. There are a lot more avenues through media we can go through such as other news channels and news papers. Even contacting some local pet stores and maybe emailing fliers with the Wise's picture and a brief description of what they did (kind of like a wanted poster).

I'm hoping at the least I helped a little bit because I really want to see the families get their money.
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Here is a great summary

http://stormscellar.blogspot.com/2010/05/un-wise.html
 
Fangthane said:
Guess she took my comment on her business page personally enough to actually reply to me; before blocking me, that is.

Apparently, her and Maggie talked. I guess talk somehow makes up for stealing money. She must have one hell of a consultation fee. :shrug01: Anyway, it's none of your business. Move along, people; nothing to see here. You have no idea what she's had to deal with! :rolleyes:
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It's still all about her and her poor situation she was in. She still doesn't get it.

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Christina, even if Maggie forgives you or was just plain tired of dealing with this in her time of grief, you still took something from many here.

The people here that donated, purchased, participated in the auctions also were scammed by you and your EX.

The people who participated and gave didn't do it to fund your trips to Wally World or to buy your husband drugs.

While everyone did this for Chuck and Maggie you took from them too.

You took something from every member of this site that participated and came together for someone in their time of need.

So No! Were not moving along and you aren't either.
 

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Guess she took my comment on her business page personally enough to actually reply to me; before blocking me, that is.

Apparently, her and Maggie talked. I guess talk somehow makes up for stealing money. She must have one hell of a consultation fee. :shrug01: Anyway, it's none of your business. Move along, people; nothing to see here. You have no idea what she's had to deal with! :rolleyes:
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I would hate to open an old would for Maggie with people bombarding her with links to the thread or asking what was talked about. That doesn't keep me from being curious, but I am 99% sure it's another Christina "Poor Me" Lie.

If I know anything about Maggie from her posts here, "talking" was in no way taken as "payment". That, I feel pretty confident about.
 
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I would hate to open an old would for Maggie with people bombarding her with links to the thread or asking what was talked about. That doesn't keep me from being curious, but I am 99% sure it's another Christina "Poor Me" Lie.

If I know anything about Maggie from her posts here, "talking" was in no way taken as "payment". That, I feel pretty confident about.
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The conversation she claimed was posted somewhere here years ago. In this thread or another. If I remember correctly she stated Maggie was good with the little she got from the total donated and it was all good. Somehow she thinks that makes it OK she stole from everyone else.
 
Sigh, poor Christina..... Must have been pure hell getting those papercuts handling the paperwork for all that money that was supposed to go to Maggie but instead went into her and Jeff's pockets. Really brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?

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Dennis, do you want me to pursue the route of contacting abc12? I can, I'm just not sure I can answer all their questions if a producer calls me. Are we pursing both Christina and Jeff? Do we know what city they live in? I don't mind this but I'm wondering if Maggie is ok with this because they would probably want to talk to her to. Let me know and I'll get on it if I get the green light from you guys.
 
Copy and pasted from my email. Guess I should have waited just a minute and would have had the response to share also.


SEP 06, 2014 | 07:50PM MDT
Sheryl Osterud replied:
Hello Sheldon,

Thank you for contacting Younique Support.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I will forward this Case to our Compliance team who can further assist you with this issue.

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