Discount-Mats.com is Experiencing Technical Difficulties...
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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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Discount-Mats.com is Experiencing Technical Difficulties...
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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.
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
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.
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
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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
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.
"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."
"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."
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
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.
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.
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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
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?
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.
Great link, thanks for posting.
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