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Wisconsin Company Nasty To Soldier Serving in Iraq
Military.com and confirmation from snopes.com ^ | 19 January 2007 | booksbenji

Posted on 01/20/2007 10:58:33 PM PST by icwhatudo

A soldier based in Iraq got this response when inquiring as to whether or not the company ships overseas. He wanted to get the troops better gear to sleep on.

To Whom it may concern:

Do you ship to APO addresses?

I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for who ships to APO first.

SGT Hess

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From: contact@discount-mats.com

[mailto:contact@discount-mats.com]

Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:44 PM

Subject: Re: Feedback: from discount-mats.com

SGT Hess,

We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq.

If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.

Bargain Suppliers

Discount-Mats.com

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As always, you always to need to confirm stories like this and snopes.com has confirmed it is real Link to snopes confirming


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1stcavalrydivision; apo; army; discountmats; discountscooters; email; gwot; iraq; iraqifreedom; mat; terrorism; trop; usarmy; waronterror; wisconsin; wot
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To: icwhatudo
It would appear that someone has decided to take matters into their own hands regarding this site.

Discount-Mats.com is Experiencing Technical Difficulties...

If you are inquiring about your order, please contact us via phone or email.

Thank you for your understanding & patience.

141 posted on 01/22/2007 7:26:16 PM PST by Centurion2000 (If you're not being shot at, it's not a high stress job.)
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To: steve8714; All
"Any Freepers in WI to call the local FOX TV station"

No need to call them, they just updated the story on the 9PM news.

The company is not Wisconsin Owned just its website developer - designer lives at the address given. All of their operations are run out of Ohio Warehouses.

The individual that sent the e=mail has now been fired or so they claimed.

The Website is now down, so I would assume their website designer whatever was the individual who was dismissed, but not sure on that.

They also explained that the reason they do not ship to Iraq is because of package size restrictions. Honestly I am not buying that though because I know darn well some of those items are small enough to ship via APO

Will up date more as it becomes available.
142 posted on 01/22/2007 7:34:17 PM PST by Shots (Loose Lip sink ships.........)
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To: steve8714

Fox6 in Milwaukee led off the 9pm news with this story. It was a wimpy story that simply said that "an employee was fired."

Given that this is apparently run by some islamic loser out of his parent's basement, I figure that is a lie.


143 posted on 01/22/2007 7:44:53 PM PST by MediaMole (9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
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To: icwhatudo

Discount-mats, discount-scooters, infomercial-bargains.com, and weight-lifting-workout-routines.com all seem to be part of a company called Bargain Suppliers, which is owned by Capital Renovations LLC. Contact information for all of these is below.

The only names I've seen associated with any of these are Faisal Khetani and Ahman Bushra.


Discount-mats.com
Bargain Suppliers
3259 S.106th Street
West Allis, WI 53227
contact@discount-mats.com
414-736-8394

Capital Renovations LLC
9035 S 49th ST,
Franklin, Wisconsin 53132
sportsfitness@gmail.com
414-807-6455
414-423-6209 (fax)

Quality-discount-scooters.com
Bargain Suppliers
3259 S. 106th Street
West Allis, WI 53227
contact@quality-discount-scooters.com
1-800-351-3494

Informercial-bargains.com
Bargain Suppliers
PO Box 270693
Miilwaukee, WI 53227


144 posted on 01/22/2007 8:11:55 PM PST by Amberlei
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To: Amberlei

Checking Google Earth, I see that his business address is in a residential neighborhood. Also looks like several storage buildings. Does the city allow businessess to operate out of resdidences?

I know most don't.


145 posted on 01/22/2007 10:44:30 PM PST by sparky2263
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To: icwhatudo; All
John Gibson of the 'Big Story' covered this on Fox News earlier today. At the Fox News website they have posted the story with video link here -

Web Site Kicks Sand in Faces of GIs in Iraq Asking for Mats to Ease Hardship of Sleeping on Ground http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245718,00.html

146 posted on 01/22/2007 10:58:29 PM PST by ajolympian2004
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ...
ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

147 posted on 01/22/2007 11:03:20 PM PST by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: IslandJeff

bttt


148 posted on 01/22/2007 11:14:07 PM PST by battleax
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To: IslandJeff

Just found this forum and I wanted to let everyone know that yesterday I sent out a Myspace post on Discount-Mats.com to the 5,000+ people in my friends list. Neil Cavuto - Fox News did a story on DMC today and I'm happy to announce that the owner of DMC is ducking for some serious cover. He claims his phone rings every 30 seconds around the clock -- from individuals wanting to show him how to properly use a rolled up Yoga mat! He also stated that he fired the guy who wrote that email, yadda, yadda, yadda - right!

My little brother is currently serving in Iraq with the 1st. Calvary Division. So I kinda took this one a little personal :)

JP


149 posted on 01/23/2007 12:41:30 AM PST by jp23cent (It's in the hole!)
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To: jp23cent

My brother is in Iraq with the first calvary too, so this took on a personal aspect for me too.

I don't think the guy fired anybody 'cause I don't think he has any employees. As more and more info comes in, it's beginning to look like this is just some small-scale enterprise the guy was running out of his parents' house.


150 posted on 01/23/2007 5:25:51 AM PST by Amberlei
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To: kalee

"My elderly mother went into an oriental rug store in Raleigh NC to inqure about having a rug cleaned. Out of nowhere the owner laid into her about the war. She hadn't said anything other than ask if he could clean her rug or recommend someone who could and this guy starts in. She left in tears. I did some research and discovered him to be Iranian. I thought about calling him and letting him have it back, but instead I am just telling people about the incident and hoping he loses business."




Give us some info and we'll be on him like flies on $hit...


151 posted on 01/23/2007 5:47:13 AM PST by MrJapan
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To: CaliGirl-R

"Just saw the story Mr. Gibson did. Employee has been fired. Owner is an American-Muslim of Pakistani descent and disagrees with the war but doesn't condone his employee's response to Sgt. Hess. Company has been receiving threatening phone calls every 30 seconds."




Of course not... would be bad for business....


152 posted on 01/23/2007 5:53:12 AM PST by MrJapan
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To: icwhatudo

Do they have a GSA contract, have a gov't BPA or are they on DoD's small/minority business (SABU) list?

Inquiring minds want to know


153 posted on 01/23/2007 7:07:28 AM PST by PurpleMan
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To: Where is todays Reagan

What makes this domain interesting? The only commonalities I see are the word "discount" and the fact that both are registered through Teknon Domains. That's like saying that two companies that registered their domains through Network Solutions are in cahoots... although I'll grant that "Teknon" doesn't sound common or local...

A more useful site to go after would be Faisal Khetani's fitness website. Note his email address from the WHOIS posting above? Here's a link to an article he wrote:

http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Faisal-Khetani-622/workout-routines-2932.php

And his fitness website:

http://www.weight-lifting-workout-routines.com

Still researching - more to come soon.


154 posted on 01/23/2007 9:17:49 AM PST by kevinwm
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To: Where is todays Reagan

Sorry - First time posting here, I thought it'd quote or
link to the previous. Here's the posting I was replying
to. I haven't seen any information on what links Ahmed
Bushra to this situation.


------- Begin Included -------
Another interesing domain.
Registrant:
Ahmed Bushra

Registered through: Teknon Domains
Domain Name: QUALITY-DISCOUNT-SCOOTERS.COM

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.TEKNONSERVER-A.COM
NS2.TEKNONSERVER-A.COM


155 posted on 01/23/2007 9:42:39 AM PST by kevinwm
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To: kevinwm

Here's another thought: Do you think Faisal Khetani is an Equal Opportunity Employer? Can the DOJ go after him for only hiring Muslims, if that happens to be the case?


156 posted on 01/23/2007 9:42:39 AM PST by kevinwm
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To: kevinwm
Why don't you guys just read all of Euphoric Reality's research? They've already got all these dots connected - two days ago. NO need to re-invent the wheel.

And they're on the right track, too, because their site got hacked today. Plus, they've been slammed by proxies out of Milwaukee and Chicago. They also got an anonymous warning about an Aziz Khetani - a Muslim computer guru. You should dig around and find out more about him.

157 posted on 01/23/2007 4:02:50 PM PST by American Cabalist (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Those Who Threaten It)
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To: American Cabalist

Great link, thanks for posting.


158 posted on 01/23/2007 4:40:05 PM PST by angelsonmyside
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To: icwhatudo
The parents also have a home in San Deigo CA according to Zaba search.
159 posted on 01/23/2007 5:09:34 PM PST by angelsonmyside
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To: sparky2263
"Checking Google Earth, I see that his business address is in a residential neighborhood. Also looks like several storage buildings. Does the city allow businessess to operate out of resdidences?
"

The area you think are storage buildings are in the commercial area along hwy 100 and Oklahoma Ave the actual house is in a residential area. And yes you can run a business out of a residence if it does not affect traffic which in this case it does not all shipping is done from Ohio and Franklin Wis as I understand it.
160 posted on 01/23/2007 5:25:45 PM PST by Shots (Loose Lip sink ships.........)
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