Posted on 09/11/2005 8:43:22 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Profiteering ghouls have been using debit cards distributed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina - intended to buy essentials for evacuated families - in luxury-goods stores as far away as Atlanta.
"We've seen three of the cards," said a senior employee of the Louis Vuitton store at the Lenox Square Mall in affluent Buckhead, who asked not to be named. "Two I'm certain have purchased; one actually asked if she could use it in the store. This has been since Saturday."
The distinctive white cards were distributed by the Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and carry a value of up to $2,000.
"It doesn't say anything on the card other than alcohol, tobacco and firearms cannot be purchased with it," the store employee told me. "There's nothing legally that prevents us from taking it, unfortunately. Other than morally, it's wrong."
The source told me that the two women who had made purchases with the card each bought a signature monogrammed Louis Vuitton handbag in the $800 range.
"They didn't look destitute by any stretch. You would never have said, 'They must be one of the evacuees.' … The one that I dealt with yesterday was 20. She'll be 21 next month." The source described the reaction of other store-keepers in the mall - which includes luxury brands Ferragamo, Burberry, Judith Leiber and Neiman Marcus - as "outrage."
"It doesn't say anywhere on there, but it would have to be a good amount to be shopping in here," the source said with a dark chuckle.
Gucci shoes and a Gucci handbag. Look stylish while you slog in three feet of toxic waste.
$2,000 is not enough, it should be bumped up to about $20K.
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Yup....that $2,000 debit card was sold for $1,000 so the refugee could buy drugs.
$2,000 dollars? How's a man with 8 kids going to buy a Rolex with a lousy $2,000 dollars! What an insult!
People like this should have been expected. This is why the food stamp program was put in place. Only the lowest would abuse this kind of help. Next week they'll be screaming for help cause they don't have any food.
Well Muffin, there's a lot of lowlife's taking advantage of society. They're constantly up for re-election.
(do I really need a dripping sarcasm tag?)
Thank God for the internet.
I can see why you need the warning to be civil. The temptation is to be anything BUT civil--really makes my blood boil. But then, we all know what happens when someone gives away money with no restrictions. Some will use it wisely, but many will buy luxuries or trade for drugs.
Everyone knows that this was bound to happen. There are people who A) will, as imposters, get their hands on those cards, or B) are too stupid to look past the end of their noses and spend wisely.
"Please be civil and don't say anything overly stupid in this thread"
Okay. I'll try.
Can you eat a Luis Vitton bag? Use it for clothing? How about shelter? Yep. Giving these folks $2,000...great idea.
They are moral bankrupts with no conscience...
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And they are all liberal voters...kinda goes with the ilk, doesn't it? Every society has its trashy side, and we have the left. Where the scum and villainy congregate -- VOTE HILLARY!!!
Troubled by NOLA looting ?
Were they "outraged" enough to refuse to accept the cards?
Don't forget while you watch the new 42" plasma TV!!
No friggin comment...
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Yes, I would check Nagin's pockets...you will probably find a bunch of the cards there!
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