It was the week before St. Pete Pride and we were at out store,  MC Film at the Suncoast Resort. The phone rings and it’s an AID’s Organization that we had never heard of before. They were asking for a donation for a basket that they were going to raffle off at Pride Vender Show. We said, ” sure stop by the store and pick up a gift certificate.”

     They asked could we just mail it to them because they were too busy to pick it up. We said that we liked to meet the people that we’re giving too.

    Hesitantly she said, “OK.” The little lady walked in & said “My car is running out side where is the gift certificate?”

    We laughed and gave it to her.  The next year our phone rings and it’s her again. This time she asks if we could replace the gift certificate from last year. The one we gave her last year had expired. We asked why it was not used. She told us that they never got around to giving out the basket and were going to raffle it off again this year.

    We asked her, ” so the people who bought raffle tickets last year were lied too?” The basket was not given out. She than told us, ” they didn’t tell them what year the basket was going to be given out.” We said “NO!.”

    Then we were called every name in the ‘Not So Nice’ book by these 2 crafty old con artists. Their little thieving game was over because we told all the other shop owners at Suncoast Resort and in our newsletter back then! Sorry we don’t have their pictures.

    So many con artists even in the GLBT community!  Be Aware!!!