Longwood Industries - The Big Lot Ripoff FRAUD Improperly using a tax sheltered charity to abuse customers and circumvent the intent of the law Bedford Virginia

Today I called Longwood Industries to try and get some answers. I had Ms. Fisher paged to the phone -- I could only get my name out when she said the following:

"I am only going to tell you this once. If you call this facility again I am going to file harrasment charges" CLICK.

Longwood does a great job hanging up on people!

Ok Ms. Fisher. Apparently it is against the law to ask questions.

You still have not addressed my questions posted above:

Talk to me about the autodialer.... How does your "arrangment" with Adventis Inc work?

www.thebiglot.com has 189 cars listed in my area code (518). There are AT LEAST 400 active area codes in the US.

189 x 400 x $89 x 4 bill cycles = $27,000,000

That is a conservative estimate for your yearly revenue.

Where does it all go?

Renee,

First, sorry for referring to you as a male in my original complaint.

Your response does not address the fact that Longwood Industries operates an auto-dialer in open violation of US Code 47 part 227.

law.cornell.edu/uscode/html /uscode47/usc_sec_47_00000227----000-.html

You also take active steps to mask your telecommunications activities.

I would like to know explicitly what your relationship is with Adventis Inc and thebiglot.com so I can try to understand why Longwood employees are calling on their behalf. Your refusal to abide by the National Do Not Call registry is puzzling. Your calls are made by a tax sheltered entity on behalf of a for-profit one? This is an interesting arrangement that can in no way be legal.

I would like to discuss it further. Please call me at 718-5xx-xxxx.

Thanks,
Sam

Longwood Industries is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Virginia on July 17, 1972. Longwood has served disabled and disadvantaged citizens of Bedford City and County for over 30 years.

Longwood was founded for the purpose of providing employment opportunities for disabled and disadvantaged citizens of Bedford. Our mission statement clearly addresses the purpose of our company, which is to develop wage potential in an appropriate work environment and to achieve financial success while encouraging an environment of trust and integrity.

Longwood realizes that coming together as a diverse enterprise will help to meet the challenges of the future. In early 2000 we established an initiative to provide employment for our clients that helps them to achieve up-to-date working skills. This is part of our ongoing effort to rehabilitate our workers by giving them access to technology that translates to a real-world marketable skill set.

One of our many projects is purchasing wholesale internet advertisements from a variety of websites. The Big Lot is one such website. The process of reselling these value-added publications provides our clients with the type of career training needed for real-world job opportunities.

The Big Lot is not owned by Longwood Industries, and the characterization of the relationship between Longwood and The Big Lot in this report is erroneous.

Longwood Industries has a standard practice of performing an annual audit by IRS licensed CPAs. It is of paramount importance to Longwood that all of our relationships are deemed legitimate by the IRS and are governed by acceptable standard accounting practices.

For more information about Longwood Industries, please visitlongwoodinc.com.


Sincerely,

Renee Fisher
Director
Longwood Industries, Inc.