Michael Tonello and Donna Lehtonen's fascination with the buying habits of total strangers is flat out strange. They pore over PF, look at old threads, make judgments (usually erroneous) about what people have chosen to spend their money on ... and then proceed to do exactly the same thing. Post pictures of their own clothes, bags, homes, cars and junk ...
God forbid someone says a single negative word about anything they choose to spend their time doing, or their money buying. It won't be tolerated. And yet, they feel they have the right to spread lies about other people, post as others on forums, harass them at their places of work and homes. And encourage others to do likewise.
Why is this ok? Well, quite simply, it isn't.
But hey, it's just another example of TonelloLogic, where what they do is ok (authenticate from photos, post pictures of their possessions, etc., ad nauseum) but what others do is the predictable twaddle of nefarious, scam, blah, blah, blah. PFA has become a predictable blur of internet white noise - the same names over and over (all of whom Michael Tonello and Donna Lehtonen went after on PF and other forums and continue to pursue) so even though he's taken his name off the blog, it's clear with every post and comment that he's still behind it.
Not surprising, really. Just rather pathetic.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Why is it Michael Tonello's business...
Where anyone posts online?
Where they work? (Nice of him to have been calling people's offices and businesses ... someone has way too much time on their hands.)
What anyone buys, anywhere?
We'd just like to remind everyone what Michael Tonello's true goal is. It isn't to catch all those "nefarious scammers" he seems so fond of. It isn't to "shed light" on a single thing. It's just to get back at people who post on and run an online forum because they - gasp! - rightfully called him out and rejected him for being a jerk.
He says his site is a parody. We say he's the joke.
Where they work? (Nice of him to have been calling people's offices and businesses ... someone has way too much time on their hands.)
What anyone buys, anywhere?
We'd just like to remind everyone what Michael Tonello's true goal is. It isn't to catch all those "nefarious scammers" he seems so fond of. It isn't to "shed light" on a single thing. It's just to get back at people who post on and run an online forum because they - gasp! - rightfully called him out and rejected him for being a jerk.
He says his site is a parody. We say he's the joke.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
They're stalking again - or should that be still?
Notice the comments emphasis at PFA on long-gone posters? Wonder why?
It's the return of Stalkerella! Donna Lehtonen and her wacky, Madras clad sidekick Michael Tonello. (Madras? Really, Michael??)
No satisfying these two. If people post pictures, the items are fake. If they don't post pictures, why not? Must mean something terribly nefarious! If they don't post at all, where have they gone? THAT must mean something sinister. And how dare they deprive Donna and Michael of their sport of making fun of people?
Michael Tonello may have taken his name off his lousy blog but he hasn't gone anywhere, folks. Michael Tonello and Donna Lehtonen still = bully.
Keep watching for the names of long gone posters to be dredged up on PFA. Any time you see comments over there about grand fonds, melliesmom, floppykelly, gigi123 and a host of others, you're looking at the not so anonymous Donna and Michael. We've received a bunch of comments anout these people, all from Michael and Donna, all very nasty and no, we won't print them.
But know who's behind these when you read them over at PfA - Donna and Michael. Because quite simply, no one else cares.
It's the return of Stalkerella! Donna Lehtonen and her wacky, Madras clad sidekick Michael Tonello. (Madras? Really, Michael??)
No satisfying these two. If people post pictures, the items are fake. If they don't post pictures, why not? Must mean something terribly nefarious! If they don't post at all, where have they gone? THAT must mean something sinister. And how dare they deprive Donna and Michael of their sport of making fun of people?
Michael Tonello may have taken his name off his lousy blog but he hasn't gone anywhere, folks. Michael Tonello and Donna Lehtonen still = bully.
Keep watching for the names of long gone posters to be dredged up on PFA. Any time you see comments over there about grand fonds, melliesmom, floppykelly, gigi123 and a host of others, you're looking at the not so anonymous Donna and Michael. We've received a bunch of comments anout these people, all from Michael and Donna, all very nasty and no, we won't print them.
But know who's behind these when you read them over at PfA - Donna and Michael. Because quite simply, no one else cares.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Maybe Bravo needs to know
Exactly who Michael Tonello is. Perhaps they would be interested in Michael Tonello's activities harassing people about Ebay sales and purses over a ten year period.
We find it difficult to believe this is the kind of person that NBC wants to give any profile to at all.
http://www.bravotv.com/contact
We find it difficult to believe this is the kind of person that NBC wants to give any profile to at all.
http://www.bravotv.com/contact
Saturday, August 20, 2011
It's "yes, no, but yes" time again
As one of our commenters astutely pointed out, Michael Tonello and Donna Lehtonen have long ragged on PFers for daring to authenticate bags from photos. Cannot be done, they opined. Nada, nyet, non. And yet, since he started his hate blogs, Michael Tonello has been picking and choosing, by photo, which bags are authentic and which are not. And Donna Lehtonen has taken up residence at another blog happily pontificating about which bags are authentic. From photos. In fact, that was her specialty on PF. Well, not much of one, actually, since everything she looked at was fake, fake, fake.
Amazingly, there are professional authentication services for all kinds of things - not just handbags - that do just that: authenticate from photographcs. It is not new, nor is it radical.
But of course, it fits into Michael Tonello's plan for harassing people at PF. Though near as we can tell, Donna is just brainless and clueless. (Maybe that should be the name of their little detective agency.)
We also love the insistence by their followers (hello again, Donna!)that posters reveal in full glory whatever their collections may be. Otherwise, according to their rather dubious logic, they are lying about owning these things. We guess it's a twist on the old "if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did it happen" theory, only it goes like this: if someone I don't know buys a bag I can't see because they won't post it for the world to judge, then it did not happen! The illogic is stunning.
And of course, this leads to another question: why is it their business? The answer: it isn't. So while they accuse posters on PF of being jealous and liars, once again, they're just projecting their own qualities on others.
Amazingly, there are professional authentication services for all kinds of things - not just handbags - that do just that: authenticate from photographcs. It is not new, nor is it radical.
But of course, it fits into Michael Tonello's plan for harassing people at PF. Though near as we can tell, Donna is just brainless and clueless. (Maybe that should be the name of their little detective agency.)
We also love the insistence by their followers (hello again, Donna!)that posters reveal in full glory whatever their collections may be. Otherwise, according to their rather dubious logic, they are lying about owning these things. We guess it's a twist on the old "if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did it happen" theory, only it goes like this: if someone I don't know buys a bag I can't see because they won't post it for the world to judge, then it did not happen! The illogic is stunning.
And of course, this leads to another question: why is it their business? The answer: it isn't. So while they accuse posters on PF of being jealous and liars, once again, they're just projecting their own qualities on others.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Crystal clear
It couldn’t be clearer that Michael Tonello is still behind The Purse Forum Advisory. Why? Simple. No one else shares his particular vendetta against specific people associated with PF and parts of the forum.
Like gigi123. Like grands fonds. Like promoting Createurs de Luxe (and why they want to get into bed with him is beyond us. Several people have commented both privately to us and for publication here that knowing this, they would never now do business with this company) and his friend Peter Nitz at Luxury Zurich. Like the whole Hermes obsession. Quite frankly, no one but Michael Tonello and his sidekick Donna Lehtonen care a whit about those things.
He also has several, shall we say, unique turns of phrase that he has used consistently over all his hate blogs. And that always gives him away. We loved that the blog is now noted, at the bottom, as being a “parody”. Since Mr. Tonello doesn’t seem to know what the word parody means, allow us to enlighten him: a humourous imitation of a serious piece of writing. Exactly what Michael Tonello seems to feel he’s parodying is a mystery to us. In our dictionary, what he’s doing is spelled “harassment”.
So don’t believe for a second that because Michael Tonello took his name off his blog and put our blog title on his (and thanks again, mate – it’s driven a ton of traffic our way and we really appreciate it!) that he has nothing to do with PFA. As is his persistent habit, he’s just lying to PFA readers. Again. It’s just who he is.
Like gigi123. Like grands fonds. Like promoting Createurs de Luxe (and why they want to get into bed with him is beyond us. Several people have commented both privately to us and for publication here that knowing this, they would never now do business with this company) and his friend Peter Nitz at Luxury Zurich. Like the whole Hermes obsession. Quite frankly, no one but Michael Tonello and his sidekick Donna Lehtonen care a whit about those things.
He also has several, shall we say, unique turns of phrase that he has used consistently over all his hate blogs. And that always gives him away. We loved that the blog is now noted, at the bottom, as being a “parody”. Since Mr. Tonello doesn’t seem to know what the word parody means, allow us to enlighten him: a humourous imitation of a serious piece of writing. Exactly what Michael Tonello seems to feel he’s parodying is a mystery to us. In our dictionary, what he’s doing is spelled “harassment”.
So don’t believe for a second that because Michael Tonello took his name off his blog and put our blog title on his (and thanks again, mate – it’s driven a ton of traffic our way and we really appreciate it!) that he has nothing to do with PFA. As is his persistent habit, he’s just lying to PFA readers. Again. It’s just who he is.
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