In her own words, Donna Lehtonen. We believe she is in her 50s, though it's hard to tell from this. Sounds like the kind of "sticks and stones" trash talk little kids use.
theduchessofH said...
Michael, there are some comments that need **** on this post.
The TPFE has a few of their so called facts wrong about me.
I'm NOT my husbands fourth wife; but I definitely am his LAST wife. lol. My son IS Canadian and was born IN Canada, as was I; as was my husband. Our son will be attending college IN Canada this fall.
I have never posted anyones real name or personal information on the internet. I have posted the names of some purse forum members, and changed their PF (in brackets) name. Names such as mrsspankles, mrsskankles, mrscankles, (mrssparkles), smelliemom (melliesmom10), Greenteeth (Greentea),PeanutButterCups (PeanutBabyCakes),Fladulence (Vlad, aka Flad, in the 'Starbucks Fail thread), Dregs (Megs),Crying Jag (Jag), and a few others that I fail to recall at the moment.
Hardly personally revealing info, in my opinion; but I could be wrong.
And I can't leave out Grand Fibs (Grands Fonds)
And because turnabout is fair play, for myself; some creative person came up with The duchess of Herpes (duchess). lol.
Shout out to Flossy Pigaro (Flossy Figaro)
Monday, May 30, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Elizabeth Smart
What does the harrowing ordeal of Elizabeth Smart have to do with Michael Tonello? Lots, as it turns out.
Poor Mr. Tonello simply cannot get over an Ebay transaction from 2002. In his blog, he asks a commenter if they would be able to get over someone breaking into their home and stealing their electronics.
Ms. Smart, as many of you may know, is the young American lady who was abducted by a deranged man at 14 and raped nearly daily for 9 months before she was rescued. When you see her in the media talking about her ordeal, she is the embodiment of grace, resilience and the human spirit. She is focusing on positive things in her life. Where no one would blame anyone if this had crippled them emotionally, she has been able to move on.
Mr. Tonello, on the other hand, simply cannot get over some Ebay transactions that did not go to his satisfaction in 2002. He cannot get over his experiences on a purse blog. These terrible things are clearly gnawing away at him, to the point where he has remained rather focused on the people who bought from him and were apparently unhappy with their purchases. Focused to the point of writing a blog whose comments and posts harass many of the people who spoke out at the time of these transactions years ago by printing personal information and threatening comments.
In the end, it's embarrassing to put Mr. Tonello and Ms. Smart in the same sentence. One of the worst things you can possibly imagine happened to one of them. One has the wisdom and maturity and grace to see a situation for what it is, not allow it to define her life, and to seek satisfaction and happiness (by helping others, as it turns out). That person is 24 years old.
Somehow, we think a break in or a bad Ebay deal wouldn't even be a blip in her day.
Poor Mr. Tonello simply cannot get over an Ebay transaction from 2002. In his blog, he asks a commenter if they would be able to get over someone breaking into their home and stealing their electronics.
Ms. Smart, as many of you may know, is the young American lady who was abducted by a deranged man at 14 and raped nearly daily for 9 months before she was rescued. When you see her in the media talking about her ordeal, she is the embodiment of grace, resilience and the human spirit. She is focusing on positive things in her life. Where no one would blame anyone if this had crippled them emotionally, she has been able to move on.
Mr. Tonello, on the other hand, simply cannot get over some Ebay transactions that did not go to his satisfaction in 2002. He cannot get over his experiences on a purse blog. These terrible things are clearly gnawing away at him, to the point where he has remained rather focused on the people who bought from him and were apparently unhappy with their purchases. Focused to the point of writing a blog whose comments and posts harass many of the people who spoke out at the time of these transactions years ago by printing personal information and threatening comments.
In the end, it's embarrassing to put Mr. Tonello and Ms. Smart in the same sentence. One of the worst things you can possibly imagine happened to one of them. One has the wisdom and maturity and grace to see a situation for what it is, not allow it to define her life, and to seek satisfaction and happiness (by helping others, as it turns out). That person is 24 years old.
Somehow, we think a break in or a bad Ebay deal wouldn't even be a blip in her day.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
A comment worth highlighting
Go to www.toolhaus.org and enter ebay user ID won4the$ which is Michael Tonello's ebay ID. These are some of the negative/neutral reviews he has received:
"Over two weeks later, and I still have not received what I paid for."
"Customer held item hostage, took a month to return, Unprofessioal $$ refunded"
"DEADBEAT BUYER - REFUSED PAYMENT FOLLOWING WINNING BID"
"never received" "Not so great condition, but super delivery. Next time I will inquire more info."
"No HS tag, stain, but I love the scarf so I guess it goes with the territory"
"Sold me a misrepresented item then called me a sucker.Im deeply hurt by this man"
"Doesn't understand that an echeck takes 3-7 days to clear! AVOID"
"Freaked out and overreacted. AVOID. Not a good ebayer."
NO WONDER they booted him from ebay!!!!! Complaining about flossyfigaro? Pot, Kettle anyone???
"Over two weeks later, and I still have not received what I paid for."
"Customer held item hostage, took a month to return, Unprofessioal $$ refunded"
"DEADBEAT BUYER - REFUSED PAYMENT FOLLOWING WINNING BID"
"never received" "Not so great condition, but super delivery. Next time I will inquire more info."
"No HS tag, stain, but I love the scarf so I guess it goes with the territory"
"Sold me a misrepresented item then called me a sucker.Im deeply hurt by this man"
"Doesn't understand that an echeck takes 3-7 days to clear! AVOID"
"Freaked out and overreacted. AVOID. Not a good ebayer."
NO WONDER they booted him from ebay!!!!! Complaining about flossyfigaro? Pot, Kettle anyone???
Monday, May 23, 2011
Good question
Several people commenting here have asked why a 52 year old man would be so obsessed with women and their handbags.
We think that's a fair question.
So we'd love to have Mr. Tonello answer it. Go for it, Michael. Tell everyone the real reason behind your little blog project. No one's buying what you're selling (or should we say reselling) about being oh so concerned about people's financial well being as they buy and sell on Ebay or wherever. Or their ability to post or not on a handbag blog.
After being pushed and denying it for a long time, you finally came clean about writing that piece of trash (blog, book, take your pick). So how about going all the way and telling people the real reason why?
Or you can just continue to let us speak for you.
We think that's a fair question.
So we'd love to have Mr. Tonello answer it. Go for it, Michael. Tell everyone the real reason behind your little blog project. No one's buying what you're selling (or should we say reselling) about being oh so concerned about people's financial well being as they buy and sell on Ebay or wherever. Or their ability to post or not on a handbag blog.
After being pushed and denying it for a long time, you finally came clean about writing that piece of trash (blog, book, take your pick). So how about going all the way and telling people the real reason why?
Or you can just continue to let us speak for you.
Friday, May 20, 2011
A little honesty, please
Michael Tonello still hasn't been honest with his readers about why he started his PFA blog. Or about why he continues it. And it's very interesting to us that we have had two comments in total (of hundreds) that we did not print because the language was foul and in keeping with PFAs style, not ours.
PFA is what it is because Michael Tonello allows (and we suspect, writes many of) those comments.
We love it that he finally admitted to being the owner of PFA, despite many denials. And we also were delighted to see that he admitted to writing reviews for his own book under different alters and that consequently, those alters were responsible for a lot of nastiness over several blogs and forums. Were sales that poor that you needed to puff them up by pretending to be a bunch of people who liked the book, Michael? As Robin Williams said as part of a comedy routine about Tennessee Williams, that's not writing. It's typing on a page. And wait. Didn't you jump all over other people for pretending to be someone they weren't or own things that they didn't? Guess it's ok when you do it, Michael.
But we digress. We're waiting for Mr. Tonello to come clean - all the way. Come out, come out, Mr. Tonello. We're all waiting...
PFA is what it is because Michael Tonello allows (and we suspect, writes many of) those comments.
We love it that he finally admitted to being the owner of PFA, despite many denials. And we also were delighted to see that he admitted to writing reviews for his own book under different alters and that consequently, those alters were responsible for a lot of nastiness over several blogs and forums. Were sales that poor that you needed to puff them up by pretending to be a bunch of people who liked the book, Michael? As Robin Williams said as part of a comedy routine about Tennessee Williams, that's not writing. It's typing on a page. And wait. Didn't you jump all over other people for pretending to be someone they weren't or own things that they didn't? Guess it's ok when you do it, Michael.
But we digress. We're waiting for Mr. Tonello to come clean - all the way. Come out, come out, Mr. Tonello. We're all waiting...
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Seems the folks over at PFA are slow learners …
Michael Tonello denied being the owner of The Purse Forum Advisory for a long time. Now he’s asking the owners of this blog to give him their names. Anyone providing their contact information to Michael Tonello would be very foolish indeed, given his past. Why would we want to subject ourselves to that? Indeed, why should anyone be subjected to unwelcome online harassment – contact at their work place, contact at their homes through email and telephone calls – because Michael Tonello has decided he doesn’t like something they wrote on a purse blog, of all things?
We suggest that anyone questioning why this blog started go back and read the comments and posts over at PFA. Have a towel ready because it’s likely to make you feel like you need a shower, all those curses and the nasty comments directed from “anonymous” to people they’ve never met. If you think it’s ok to trash talk strangers and smear their personal information all over the Internet, we shake our collective heads.
Maybe all of the PFA commenters doing that should have the courage of THEIR convictions. If you’re going to call someone names and print their personal information, post under your real names. After all, you’re the ones who trust Michael Tonello so very much.
We suggest that anyone questioning why this blog started go back and read the comments and posts over at PFA. Have a towel ready because it’s likely to make you feel like you need a shower, all those curses and the nasty comments directed from “anonymous” to people they’ve never met. If you think it’s ok to trash talk strangers and smear their personal information all over the Internet, we shake our collective heads.
Maybe all of the PFA commenters doing that should have the courage of THEIR convictions. If you’re going to call someone names and print their personal information, post under your real names. After all, you’re the ones who trust Michael Tonello so very much.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Not missing much
Thanks for the invitation, Mr. Tonello.
Are you saying that “the owner” of PFA didn’t say over and over that Michael Tonello had nothing to do with the blog?
Are you saying that, posting as Michael J. Tonello, you said you had nothing to do with the blog and were planning to unleash your lawyers on “the owner” (have fun suing yourself, it seems)?
Are you saying that bags can’t be authenticated from photos and yet you proclaimed several bags as undeniably fake on PFA? And called their owners scammers and fakesters for no good reason that we could see other than personal dislike?
Are you saying that there is some underground, covert business to actively sell fakes (based on the photos in which bags can’t actually be authenticated as fake, according to you), and yet you haven’t shown a shred of credible proof?
Are you saying you didn’t print people’s personal information repeatedly, despite posters asking for it to be taken down?
Are you saying that as reconfortante and advent and Lord knows who else, you didn’t post as other people and take a rather intense personal, and over the top interest in people on StyleForum, GQ and PF?
Are you saying you didn’t take a rather obsessive interest in some people to the point of repeatedly posting about them, printing personal information and pejorative comments and threats against them from commenters?
Whatever appeared on that site was either written by or permitted by you. So what exactly did we get wrong here, basically mirroring what you’ve said in various places, over and over, and reading what’s been written on PFA? Um, nothing.
And why is it you want to fight? We don’t. We just want people to see you for who and what you are. Thanks awfully for helping with that, and for continuing to drive traffic here.
Seems like drinks are on you, Mr. Tonello. But given your history, we think we’d prefer to be teetotal.
Are you saying that “the owner” of PFA didn’t say over and over that Michael Tonello had nothing to do with the blog?
Are you saying that, posting as Michael J. Tonello, you said you had nothing to do with the blog and were planning to unleash your lawyers on “the owner” (have fun suing yourself, it seems)?
Are you saying that bags can’t be authenticated from photos and yet you proclaimed several bags as undeniably fake on PFA? And called their owners scammers and fakesters for no good reason that we could see other than personal dislike?
Are you saying that there is some underground, covert business to actively sell fakes (based on the photos in which bags can’t actually be authenticated as fake, according to you), and yet you haven’t shown a shred of credible proof?
Are you saying you didn’t print people’s personal information repeatedly, despite posters asking for it to be taken down?
Are you saying that as reconfortante and advent and Lord knows who else, you didn’t post as other people and take a rather intense personal, and over the top interest in people on StyleForum, GQ and PF?
Are you saying you didn’t take a rather obsessive interest in some people to the point of repeatedly posting about them, printing personal information and pejorative comments and threats against them from commenters?
Whatever appeared on that site was either written by or permitted by you. So what exactly did we get wrong here, basically mirroring what you’ve said in various places, over and over, and reading what’s been written on PFA? Um, nothing.
And why is it you want to fight? We don’t. We just want people to see you for who and what you are. Thanks awfully for helping with that, and for continuing to drive traffic here.
Seems like drinks are on you, Mr. Tonello. But given your history, we think we’d prefer to be teetotal.
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