Mickey does his bit.
Posted on 08/27/2004 12:15:47 PM PDT by NYer
MIAMI (AP) _ Small toys showing an airplane flying into the World Trade Center were packed inside more than 14,000 bags of candy and sent to small groceries around the country before being recalled.
Lisy Corp., the wholesaler that distributed the candy, said Friday that the toys were purchased in bulk from a Miami-based import company. The toys came in an assortment purchased sight unseen from L&M Import in Miami and included the toys depicting the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the twin towers, whistles and other small toys, said Luis Pedron, Lisy's national sales manager. The invoice said the toy was a plastic swing set. ``I hate to blame the importer. He probably did not know what he was getting. He brings them in 40-foot containers. But whoever made it knew exactly what they were making,'' Pedron said.
Pedron said Lisy did not notice the small plastic figurines until two people complained, but there is no mistaking what the toys represent: At the bottom of each is the product number 9011. ``When we found out what happened, we recalled them immediately,'' said Pedron, who said the toys do not reflect the company's view. ``I was offended by them.''
The company's 100 distributors sent out the candy bags. Most are sold to small Hispanic and Mexican groceries, Pedron said. He estimated about 90 percent of the bags have been collected.
Anna Rodriguez, who bought a bag of the candy for her grandson, said she was stunned when she saw the toy. ``It makes me angry,'' she told television station WFTV. ``I was offended because I couldn't believe that someone would give something like that to a kid.''
Pedron said he is saving the toys to return to the distributor. A woman who answered the telephone at L&M and refused to give her name said Friday she did not know anything about the toy.
Yahoo yellow pages doesn't show an L & M Import Export, but does have a L M Import Export (no ampersand). Here's there google:
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=L+M+Import+Export&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&safe=images
And the website of L M Import Export:
http://www.lmimportexport.it/
Appears to be an Italian company.
Oops, google just shows an Italian marble company.
dead end.
Ping!
How about the Chinese?
LM Import & Export, Inc., imports toys:
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:5zUfajmWg28J:data1.ccn.mofcom.gov.cn/pls/wdat/b_query_en.b_detail_company_en%3Fp_corpid%3D682232++%22L+M+Import%22&hl=en&start=16
With a Miami office is this "American Wholesalers" listing:
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:MF0WnLVYRGoJ:www.makemoneywithonlineauctions.com/wholesale/amwht.htm++%22L+M+Import%22&hl=en&start=36
google search for "L M Import":
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&q=+%22L+M+Import%22&btnG=Search
Yahoo yellow pages listing in Miami for LM Import Export Inc.:
http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&tuid=B:MI1036446&ck=2083822333&tab=B2C&tcat=26002941&city=Miami&state=FL&uzip=33131&country=us&msa=5000&cs=4&ed=bpBkA61o2Tz8VCMQQ3u2Vr2eCjKTiVHbaZ6bwRIax1PC&stat=:pos:7:regular:regT:17:fbT:0
From a yahoo yellow pages search of Miami for "L M":
http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?stx=lm&stp=a&tab=B2C&city=Miami&state=FL&uzip=33131&country=us&msa=5000&slt=25.774111&sln=-80.193565&cs=4&Submit=Search
Seems like a rather obvious "avenue of approach", wonder what it will take before we close it off?
Lisy says they bought the toys, sight unseen, from L and M Import/Export of Miami. We talked to L and M and they say they have no problem at all with the toy and don't consider it offensive at all.
Sight unseen? They're clearly visible in the bag so someone had to have seen them before they were sent to stores.
sick bastards.
"Q: Take the toy, place it on the floor, and crush it immediately. You, my friend, are the epitome of sleeze. How can you attempt to profit from such a tragedy? If you see nothing wrong with what you are doing, then you are in need of some serious soul searching. Incredible! Answered on Aug-27-04
A: I am not going to profit from this tragedy. I had to pay a hefty price for this, and even though the bidding is intense i doubt ill make my money back. you should be sending this letter the the president and his cronies at haliburton, exxon, shell, and military weapons contractors that build bombs to murder children. they are the ones who profit from 9-11. I do not hold any military weapons contracts that bilk billions of our great nations tax dollars."
Methinks EBay seller "bethlehemwood" needs a Freepin'.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1196&item=5917727712&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
I couldn't read through it. Someone please tell me this seller is planning to donate this money to one of the CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS DIED ON 9/11 or to those CHILDREN WHOSE PARENT HAS BEEN KILLED IN OUR MILITARY SINCE 9/11.
read #32. Its a leftist
Well it was, anyway. Consider it duly Freeped :)
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I see it differently.
I laugh at it, actually.
We see your toy, and we actually sell it on eBay to buy our imperial consumer goods, porn, and alcohol.
Up yours.
It's clearly psychological terrorism directed to our children, and our response should be ridicule.
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I intend to continue to monitor EBay and will report any more of these toys that show up in auctions. I have no power to prevent sickos from bidding on this despicable item, but I have two very personal reasons why I will do everything in my power to prevent jackals like "bethlehemwood" from profiting from this.
Imported from(and manufactured)WHERE???
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