There needs to be an unbiased post about how she scammed for one year for donations claiming to be non-profit but when investigated it was not true. People donated thousands of dollars.But not a mean biased post just info.So people can legitimately see what she did.She took thousands from people in claim it was non-profit for the site.In reality it was 100% in her pocket.When confronted she took down the donation buttons.Shop Crop SueySorry, you are the next company I will not support. And I shop only online and local. No big chains.But not with someone who associates with Frankie.
It's true for those of you who did not follow this blog when it was first started. Frankie had a message on the site homepage and it stated that she operated the site to not make a profit. It said something about relying on donations. There was a Paypal link with the option to donate a fixed dollar amount or a place to enter any other amount. She also has the site set up with a .org and those are typically used for NonProfit businesses, although anyone can get one.
Many people sent monetary donations ranging from $5 to $300. Frankie always begged for donations and it was more frequent when she had a trip planned. She claimed it cost her $165 in fees annually just to have the site up and running. Then she stated is cost her hundreds of dollars for repairs and updates to the message board and gallery.
Additionally many people, businesses and manufacturers sent donations of scrapbook supplies. Frankie would use these as "give-aways" without giving credit to the true donor. Often Frankie would have a contest for an amazing prize, only to cancel the contest because somebody would make her mad and not follow the rules.
After Frankie realized that those of us that donated money to her "not for profit" business were going to file it as a donation on our taxes this year, she removed the information from her homepage. If anyone has a copy of the original verbiage, please feel free to post it here. I would like the scrapbook community to know what Frankie was trying to do with her "scam".
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I wish I had kept the email that she sent me when I donated....she complained that it wasn't as much as the other members...I was completely taken aback and should have realized what type of person she was at that time. Instead I let her make me feel guilty. The truly sad thing was that I really didn't even have that money to give to her...we were strapped ourselves but she made everybody feel so guilty...man was I ever stupid!!
ReplyDeleteHey, what about the gifts that the DT sent her for her birthday. One was a Bind-It-All. She sold it!
ReplyDeleteI donated over 600.00 in one year time.
ReplyDeleteI am claiming it on my taxes now that I know it was a fraud.
I'm with poster #1 - she was totally ungrateful at what I could give and tried to make me feel guilty because others sent more. uuuggghhhhh
ReplyDeleteBTW, is anyone gonna warn Shop Crop Suey if the rumor of them sponsoring her is true?
ReplyDeleteThey have been warned.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad I never sent her any money. I did send a couple of small gifts, but no cash. I wonder what is going to happen to her when the IRS catches up with this.
ReplyDeleteAssociating with Frankie is like poison. People may think this is a joke or like scrapsmack but it's not.
ReplyDeleteInnocent women/men are being stolen from and harassed in the name of "non-profit" and scrapbooking. This needs to end, she needs to shut down her site.
I know she took off the non-profit claims and donation button but that does not mean it was not illegal. It just means she got caught.
I was emailed over 50 times in one day by her.
Calling me a whore, bitch, and every other name.
I had to block her emails and IM's and phone calls. It got so bad I pondered going to the police.
When I told her I would be contacting the police in my area she finally stopped calling me.
This was 7 months ago and she still comes to my blog daily, and leaves horrible messages about wanting me to die and my children to not have their horrible mother around.
That is not right.
No self respecting business should want to be associated with that kind of person.
I know there are emails she has sent. Someone should post them here and black out the names. Just to show how truly nasty she is.
What she is capable of.
Frankie told me her husband was in the mob and would murder me. That is just wrong.
Thank goodness I am an adult and understand she needs medication. But who says that?
Let me just say that I am pissed she is selling a Bind It All that her DT and others spent their hard earned money on to buy for her as a birthday gift. How incredibly rude and inconsiderate!
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