There is no Andy Landry. This reads like the Enquirer. - Tiki Central Ohana

CL Coco Loco Member Exotic Isle of Alameda Joined: Mar 21, 2004 Posts: 820	CL Coco Loco Posted posted on Mon, Sep 18, 2006 9:04 PM Let me preface this with, Tiki people RULE! What an awesome display of generosity and kindness. Kudos to Wendy for stepping up to the plate to help a sick kid in need. Yes, the intent of giving for a good cause in itself, legitimate or unknowingly not, is satisfying. And yes, we should give to a legitimate cause to erase this bad memory, if in fact this is a scam...which I'm increasingly believing. Okay, now I can say that I'm pissed about this alleged (Babs hasn't gotten back to us yet) scam. I just spent 1/2 hr on the computer googling any piece of info in this story that could support it. Lots of college aged Matt Landrys in TX. No Andy or Andrew Landry matches and several Barbara Landrys, without association to anything here. Landry is a VERY common name in Texas. I really don't want to believe that it's a scam because that would be an erogenous abuse of the wonderful Ohana spirit here, and that makes me mad. It's sad. I really want Barbara, if that's her real name, to advise exactly what her story is. A picture with a kid holding the stuff won't convince me. Who knows who the kid is. It's just too weird that she sent TWO public images -- one confirmed to have been taken in Scotland. If there really is an Andy, that's 9, that's her son, who has cancer, please provide some evidence. At this point, I need some proof of legitimacy to continue supporting this. If Barbara gets back to us and doesn't resolve this, or if she never gets back to us, we should start a new thread posting pictures of items sent. It'll be a point of reference if this stuff ever pops up on ebay. Then perhaps we might be able to identify exactly who this person is via the seller. If this "alleged scam" is a scam...which I'm believing more by the minute. Oh, and yeah Aquarama, how in the world did you locate that clip!?

Let me preface this with, Tiki people RULE! What an awesome display of generosity and kindness. Kudos to Wendy for stepping up to the plate to help a sick kid in need. Yes, the intent of giving for a good cause in itself, legitimate or unknowingly not, is satisfying. And yes, we should give to a legitimate cause to erase this bad memory, if in fact this is a scam...which I'm increasingly believing.

Okay, now I can say that I'm pissed about this alleged (Babs hasn't gotten back to us yet) scam. I just spent 1/2 hr on the computer googling any piece of info in this story that could support it. Lots of college aged Matt Landrys in TX. No Andy or Andrew Landry matches and several Barbara Landrys, without association to anything here. Landry is a VERY common name in Texas.

I really don't want to believe that it's a scam because that would be an erogenous abuse of the wonderful Ohana spirit here, and that makes me mad. It's sad.

I really want Barbara, if that's her real name, to advise exactly what her story is. A picture with a kid holding the stuff won't convince me. Who knows who the kid is. It's just too weird that she sent TWO public images -- one confirmed to have been taken in Scotland. If there really is an Andy, that's 9, that's her son, who has cancer, please provide some evidence. At this point, I need some proof of legitimacy to continue supporting this.

If Barbara gets back to us and doesn't resolve this, or if she never gets back to us, we should start a new thread posting pictures of items sent. It'll be a point of reference if this stuff ever pops up on ebay. Then perhaps we might be able to identify exactly who this person is via the seller. If this "alleged scam" is a scam...which I'm believing more by the minute.

Oh, and yeah Aquarama, how in the world did you locate that clip!?

Post #255336 by Coco Loco on Mon, Sep 18, 2006 9:04 PM