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Star Jones Stiffs New York Nursery for $7,189.20, Offers to Pay with Autographed Plaque
The Smoking Gun ^ | 12/15/04

Posted on 12/15/2004 11:01:53 AM PST by gopwinsin04

Star Jones has stiffed a NYC company that helped to beautify her penthouse garden in advance of an Architectural Digest photo shoot last year, according to a lawsuit filed against the freebie loving star of ABC's 'The View.'

Dimitri Nurseries claims that Jones signed an agreement guaranteeing that the firm would get a credit in the magazine (in lieu of payment) for its work.

When the citation did not appear, the firm demanded that Jones make good on a $7,892.00 bill.

Jones, 42 did not want to pay and offered to give the firm a plaque with her signature that could be hung in the firms East Harlem headquarters.

For her part, Jones claims that she is aggrieved party, saying that the construction was shoddy and has caused leaks that have damaged her condo.

She of course did not air those claims to anyone until after the gardening company filed its court complaint in late September.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesmokinggun.com ...


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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

You will pay dearly for planting that image in my head. My vengeance will be swift and certain. I am the Cheese Man. Fear me. :^)


21 posted on 12/15/2004 11:08:41 AM PST by TheBigB (Smartass remarks $5.00...with extra pithiness $2.00 more!)
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To: SaveTheChief

Now you know! Continue being no one. I shall return to my non-notoriety now as well.


22 posted on 12/15/2004 11:08:53 AM PST by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: Moose4
Now I figued why she is still on the freebie train.

She took over for Joan Rivers on E! hosting the awards shows.

Her comments can plug anything on air..

24 posted on 12/15/2004 11:09:21 AM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: bootyist-monk

She ate the other commentators. She wins by default.


25 posted on 12/15/2004 11:09:30 AM PST by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

I find this more interesting:
Celebrity death match--Star v. Moore


26 posted on 12/15/2004 11:09:35 AM PST by susiek
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To: gopwinsin04

This woman thinks she is much more famous than she is. The only thing she is famous for is being an egotistical harpy.


27 posted on 12/15/2004 11:10:25 AM PST by cwiz24 (Hey Democrats---Now who's ya daddy?)
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To: gopwinsin04

I just had to scroll down the thread...didnt I...serves me right.


28 posted on 12/15/2004 11:10:37 AM PST by wallcrawlr
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To: Xenalyte

Hmm, the itemized bill includes four hours of consulting with Dmitri for $500. I shoulda been a garden consultant I guess.


29 posted on 12/15/2004 11:11:12 AM PST by Randjuke
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To: wallcrawlr

And that was the most flattering one..


30 posted on 12/15/2004 11:11:36 AM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: Randjuke

I may not make $125 an hour, but at least I don't have to worry about being consumed while working.


31 posted on 12/15/2004 11:11:54 AM PST by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: susiek
Hmm...

That would be something to watch, wouldn't it?

32 posted on 12/15/2004 11:13:07 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham (Why did it take me so long to come up with a new tag-line, huh?! What's up with that?)
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To: gopwinsin04

33 posted on 12/15/2004 11:14:10 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: gopwinsin04

I own and run a 20ac nursery and garden center in the York, PA, area, and get "offers" like that all the time from politicians, developers, film companies, local celebs etc. A simple, "No thank you" works every time. In 15yrs, I've never been stiffed.


34 posted on 12/15/2004 11:14:23 AM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (• veni • vidi • vino • visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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To: 1Old Pro
"She should have married Al Sharpton. They would have made the perfect couple.

LMAO - Hard as it is to believe, I bet even Sharpton wouldn't touch this skank.

35 posted on 12/15/2004 11:14:27 AM PST by drt1
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To: gopwinsin04

I am looking at the picture. I am studying the picture (my eyes!). As a woman, as a nurse, I cannot quite figure out her torso. Bad plastic surgery? A huge, gangsta wannabe medallion? Her wallet and car keys? Yikes.


36 posted on 12/15/2004 11:15:05 AM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (FreeMartha)
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To: gopwinsin04

Stupid company. The subject of an article can't guarantee that the magazine will give a credit to the company. They should have gotten the guarantee from AD.

I used to write for home publications. There was lots of stuff that came my way, based on a mention in an article. It's how it works. But, any agreements were with the publication, not with me.


37 posted on 12/15/2004 11:15:05 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: gopwinsin04; dighton; aculeus; Prime Choice; Squantos; Lijahsbubbe; martin_fierro
Why do people geep giving her free things?


38 posted on 12/15/2004 11:18:17 AM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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To: biblewonk

Effin' N-word beeyotch ping.


39 posted on 12/15/2004 11:18:42 AM PST by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: gopwinsin04

I just went to her website and sent her a note telling her to pay her gardener, that's she's not the "Star" she thinks she is, and that the guys wants him money, not her stupid plaque. In case anyone wants to do the same.

www.starjones.com


40 posted on 12/15/2004 11:21:12 AM PST by Santana (Proud aunt of niece serving in Iraq)
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