Business Opportunities Weblog

• 

  Kare Anderson on November 13th, 2005 1:58 pm

  The people who own and run these stores really love what they are doing, and enjoy seeing their “cookie gifts” make a special day even memorable. I was impressed with their dedication to learning new ways to both make cookies and delight customers, weeing them, first-hand when I spoke at their conference.
• 

  Donald R Lake on October 9th, 2006 10:33 pm

  Bad tasting “Cookie”

  I take no joy in publishing this bad, sad, and disappointing information….

  DECLARATION

  I, DONALD RAYMOND LAKE, am using this document
  to review recent events leading to my unilateral unfair
  treatment by Robin Moore, Lorna Boyle, Cheryl Mangan,
  Christia Smith, Dana Castro, Cookie Lee Jewelry (an
  Incorporated enterprise at Irvine, California, USA), and
  others in early 2006.
  I am/ (or) was a guest of my sweet heart Mary (Tish)
  Firmiss to and at the Bi Annual Convention at or near
  Anaheim, California, USA, during August 2005. Based
  upon what I saw at said confab and at the request of
  Independent Contractor Mary (Tish) Firmiss, I became a
  Consultant on the ‘Personal Shopper’ level.
  Even prior to my involvement with Cookie Lee Jewelry, I
  was extremely supportive of the organization and my girl
  friend. Many times I was the only visiting male guest at
  the home of Cheryl Mangan and or Lorna Boyle. At all
  times I was the model of civility.

  On or before Sunday January 15th, 2006, the present
  senior staff of Cookie Lee, Incorporated, made it
  abundantly clear that “FUN� was to be one of the core
  values of our association. Also, in the pantheon of
  corporate ideology of Cookie Lee Jewelry, was repeatedly
  espoused the idea of universal “INTEGRITY�.
  To promote Fun and Integrity, the trainers and senior staff
  have made it abundantly clear to most ranking consultants,
  and it should have been abundantly clear to pretty much
  any one, that Directors, and Managers, and other Senior
  Consultants are to play a pivotal role in propagandizing,
  educating, and enforcing said ‘fun’ and ‘integrity’.

  Executive Regional Directors (or words to that effect) and
  other independent consultants (Form 1099 types) and
  corporate employees (W-2 types) should have previously
  received ample training on the ideas, procedures, and
  goals of the company, its management, employee ranks,
  and independent sale representation. All of these actors,
  including John Lin (an MBA from Northwestern
  University), Debra Lin (an MBA from Northwestern, and
  aka ‘Cookie Lee’), Patty/Patti, Heady Kilfeather, Ruben
  XXXXX, Cheryl Mangan, Lorna Boyle, Robyn Moore,
  Christina Smith, Dana Castro, and others knew or should
  have known not to criminally attack victim Lake or
  engage in negligent criminal actions (‘adding insult to
  injury’) toward him after words.
  The January 2006 Convention itself, and as reviewed by
  the February 2006 issue of Cookie Lee Connection,
  should have been an ample sample of the Golden Rule and
  other procedures in dealing with each other, much less
  new consultants. Mister Lake, a male, less abled military
  veteran, over forty years old was not treated in the
  proscribed manner, especially by female, non veterans,
  and rather younger persons associated with Cookie Lee.

  Instead of doing her senior consultant managerial duties I
  observed a senior independent consultant known to myself
  as Robyn Moore turn to the dark side. On Sunday January
  15th, 2006, in or about Long Beach, California, I was
  confronted and ambushed without provocation.
  There was an incident of which she was not privy to, was
  not present for, and of which she and her cohorts knew
  next to nothing about. Instead of being reasonable and
  level headed, she, as a perpetrator, literally hunted down
  me down as her victim.
  My consultant number is 50768. I am a disabled military
  veteran in ill health and surviving on Social Security
  payments. I am a male in a predominately female
  organization. I am older than most of the cohort in said
  organization.
  Like a bunch of grade school bullies, the Mini Skirted
  Mafia (my phrase) found and surrounded my self in a
  deserted corner of the Long Beach Convention Center. I
  and my sweetheart had literally just come out of the
  facility’s facilities. As I was physically accosted with out
  the benefit of Citizens Arrest, I was also unfairly,
  unethically, immorally, illegally and unlawfully assaulted.
  They continued to gang up on me, inspite of the fact that a
  person appearing to be my Upline, one Mary (Tish)
  Firmiss (#42082) had appeared at my side.

  My assailants continued to ignore Ms. Firmiss (as my
  superior consultant, #42082), and kept on picking on their
  hapless victim. I did not, nor do not understand much of
  their attack upon myself. (Maybe that was largely due to
  the idea that my perpetrators did not under stand much of
  what had gone on or what was going on.) They eased off
  of me only after it began to sink into their tiny ‘Room
  Temperature IQs’ that I was truly guilty of little or nothing
  and, in addition, also willing to stand up to their mindless
  school yard thuggery.
  I was not apologized to nor given any reasonable verbal
  justification by them for their criminal behavior. Ms.
  Moore has not contacted me or connected with me in any
  way, shape or form since her January hit-and-run assault.

  By this time these unreasonable criminals had undone in
  mere minutes and with extreme public embarrassment,
  the emotions, good will, enthusiasm, and morale that my
  upline (Firmiss) and Lake had spent an extensive and
  expensive weekend ‘out of town’ to construct.

  I feel that Ms. Moore and her criminal cohorts largely
  ruined Ms. Firmiss’ and Mister Lake’s January 2006
  Convention. I feel that this has been engineered with out
  provocation and rationale. I feel that these people, with
  out any rational cause to do so, have set up the
  environment and the situation(s) (along with the lying and
  false hoods and ill will of the corporate structure carried
  out by Irvine personnel) where my and Ms. Firmiss’
  previously maintained positive and or genteel relationship
  with one Cheryl Mangan, the Boyles (Lorna, Husband
  Keith, and Daughter Vicky), Dana Castro (Ms. Firmiss’
  direct Upline) and, Christina Smith (Ms. Castro’s direct
  Upline) and others.

  For the remainder of our stay in Long Beach we
  complained about our criminal mistreatment by Ms.
  Moore and others to any one whom would listen. We
  made phone calls to the Doyles and others. We did admit
  and do admit no guilt, and we apologized for nothing.
  The only thing that Ms. Firmiss and Mister Lake are guilty
  of is being associated, and that as only innocent victims of
  a criminal or near criminal event.
  Ms. Firmiss seems to feel that the form mailed to Lake
  calls for only the raw, primary event of January 15th.
  Mister Lake then provides primarily intelligence on the
  ‘Vector Zero’ or ‘Actor Zero’ (Robyn Moore) face to face
  event.
  However, Personal Shopper Lake feels and has felt, that
  such criminal and or near criminal event is just the tip of
  the ice berg of deceict and or hypocrisy by both corporate
  actors and or independent consultant(s). Lake reserves the
  right to file additional comments about anything involving
  and related to misadventures by the staff or team of
  Cookie Lee jewelry with in the artificial thirty day
  restrictions. Lake is still bearing the brunt of unjustified,
  negative, punitive actions by dishonest and or disaffecting
  corporate actors and ‘independent’ consultants.

  We also filled out and faxed routine Post Convention
  survey(s) on the eve of the confab. The attack by Ms.
  Moore was key in that/ those reports.

  During the week days after the convention, a person
  identifying her self as ‘Patty’ or ‘Patti’ called
  619.420.0209 concerning the Convention response(s) of
  Lake and or Firmiss. She asked questions of them and
  promised to call back in a ‘couple of days’. She has not
  been heard of or from since.
  During the week days after the convention, having
  absolutely no response from any one connected with
  Cookie Lee, I decided to investigate Ms. Robyn Moore, as
  no one in Irvine or San Diego would provide me with
  information on my attacker.
  Her singular web site mentioned that she would lead
  ‘leadership’ training in her region later on in 2006. I sent
  an unsolicited, but sincere, email asking the question of
  why she, especially with her criminal behavior at Long
  Beach, is qualified to teach ‘leadership’ within the Cookie
  Lee structure—except by negative example.
  I also constructed a snide and sarcastic DECLARATION
  and sent it email to Ms. Moore and others. This document
  was a way for Ms. Moore and her cohort perpetrators
  could begin to understand the unlawfulness of their
  action(s). It ended up with an opportunity for the corrupt
  and errant Ms. Moore to cut off all ties with the Cookie
  Lee structure. I felt that only a searing account of the facts
  would get Robyn’s attention. Politeness and subtleties do
  not seem to be her forte nor her path to enlightenment.
  I did and do believe that Ms. Moore completely severing
  all ties to the Cookie Lee is appropriate, and at this
  signing I strongly recommend that Cookie Lee release
  Robyn from her contract in perpetuity. I believe that if I,
  as an older, male, veteran, less able, less senior consultant
  had acted just like Ms. Moore to Robyn, that she would
  have been supported and sheltered and that I, as the
  perpetrator, acting just like the Mini Skirt Mafia, would be
  unilaterally expelled from the Cookie Lee structure.
  I make no apologies nor have any regrets for my unilateral
  communications with the unchastized Ms. Moore. I still
  view her as a female, more abled, non veteran, younger,
  more organizationally senior, visiting criminal conduct
  upon my self as a male, disable veteran, over 40 years of
  age, and a ‘newbie’ to the Cookie Lee structure. I have
  little or no doubt that had I criminally behaved toward Ms.
  Moore in the exact same manner as she did me on January
  15th, 2006, in Long Beach, California, that I would have
  been escorted to the door with in minutes.
  The illegal ‘differentiation of treatment’ continued
  unilaterally toward me during the following week. During
  one of the few communications with folks associated with
  Cookie Lee, I had a discussion with Mrs. Lorna Boyle.
  Mere minutes before I was to leave with Ms. Firmiss for a
  Post Convention Rally in the home of Cheryl Mangan I
  was notified that my ‘negative energy’ from the
  Convention assault had precluded me (the victim) from
  (unilaterally) attending said rally.
  I have no information that any of these actors had
  contacted, much less rebuked, Ms. Moore. I have no
  information that any of these persons have any back
  ground in psychology, human development, or criminality.
  I have no information that any of these persons are experts
  (or even slightly educated) in anger management.
  I believe Ms. Moore has GROSSLY INTERFERED in the
  previously genteel relations of Fimiss/Lake and the Boyles
  (Lorna, Husband Keith, and Daughter Vicky). As much as
  Ms. Mangan and Ms. Moore and Ms. (Charlina) Smith
  and Ms. Dana Castro have acted at least inappriatedly, if
  not criminally, the stage for my on going illegal treatment
  was specifically set by Ms. Moore and various lying and
  deceitful (W-2 type) Cookie Lee employees—repeatedly.
  The biggest ‘problem’ Patty/Patti, Heady Kilfinger, and
  various members in the independent consultant structure is
  that I am not willing to vacate my victimhood. In an
  environment where I am assaulted, abandoned, contacted
  and then lied to, these other actors have no logical reason
  to ask me, much less expect and demand and order me to
  ‘Be the Bigger Person’ and ‘Be the Better Person’.
  This is especially true that Ms. Moore is (apparently???)
  not even on Ms. Lorna Boyle’s lineage.
  So Lorna agrees with me that I am 100% the victim, and
  that Ms. Moore is 100% the perpetrator. I am then told by
  her, seconds later, that I and Ms. Moore are both 50/50
  responsible for the situation. It is Mrs. Boyle’s duty to
  stand up for her 100% abused down line consultant, no
  matter how long she has known the unallocated
  perpetrator or their previous connected.
  It is not merely unfair, it is criminal for Lorna to behave
  that week FOR the fellow criminal Moore and to add
  insult to injury AGAINST victim Lake.
  Also, Mrs. Boyle, not an expert on anger management,
  having distance her self from observing Mister Lake, then
  arrives at Ms. Mangan’s with both her husband and son as
  body guards. This is as protection against a middle aged,
  morbidly obese veteran whom has displayed nothing but
  polite and civil behavior in her home previously.
  Again, the Boyle’s have no back ground in delinquent
  human behavior. Again, besides their previous friendly
  behavior toward Robyn and her inconsequential status as a
  female, younger than Lake, non Veteran, non disabled,
  and more senior in the organization than Lake, the Boyle’s
  are illegally adding insult to injury to victim Lake.

  I am very sorry for the victim’s embarrassing spot lighting
  of my preceding events now that I finally get the idea that
  a recovering Don Lake is going to make it his business to
  make me and by extention, my upline and my downline
  EXTREMELY MISERABLE, and thus, by further
  extention, the Cookie Lee Jewelry organization. He is
  seriously considering a BBB (Better Business Bureau)
  complaint. A DSA (Direct Sales Association) complaint is
  in the works. Talk of a civil suit against many persons has
  surfaced.

  Soon the upper level managers and supervisors, both
  corporate and independent contractors, will over come the
  shock of this truly horrible example of my ‘leader ship’
  and revoke my contract. I had better beat them to the
  punch while they, like the Mafia, ‘Cool the Mark’ (victim
  Lake, and via extention, Firmiss and possibly the Boyles).
  Considering thus, I hearby unilaterally terminate and
  revoke my sales agreement and formal association with
  Cookie Lee Incorporated in perpetuity starting on this
  ______ day of __________, 2006,
  at_____________________________, within
  _________________ County, in the State of
  ___________________. I do so with no mental or moral
  reservation or with the intent to deceive or conceal. This is
  supplied to parties involved to the best of my belief and
  knowledge. This documentation applies to my heirs,
  cohorts, agents, officers, employees and cosigns.

  X_____________________________________________
  Robin Moore, Bully, Thug, and Declarant

  (as prepared by victim Donald R. Lake, 619.420.0209, 619.852.1481, 760.253.2371)
• 

  Don Lake on October 27th, 2006 6:51 am

  More sad, sad news about the pious Bible thumpers from Cookie Lee Jewelry:

  Cookie Lee jewelry: This line is sold by independent reps like Avon
  products. One of my co-workers sells this stuff. I have had several issues
  with the items I have purchased:
  1. I ordered a necklace and earrings and when I received them, the
  necklace didn’t look like the photo, which had been “backlit” to show the
  detail of the stones. In actuality, the stones were just plain black so it wasn’t
  as attractive as I thought. When I told the rep that I would “think about it”
  she informed me that if I didn’t purchase the items she’d have to “eat it,”
  meaning that Cookie Lee would not take back the items and she’d get stuck
  with them, so I ended up keeping them. Although I like the set, it did not
  meet my expectations and it has broken twice since I’ve had it. I’ve told her
  and she’s made no comment.
  2. The first item I bought was a silver toggle necklace with floating
  “diamonds.” One day when I was wearing it I noticed that the glass on one
  side had fallen out and I’d lost all of the faux diamonds! I told my rep, she
  checked with Cookie Lee and they said they couldn’t replace it because it
  was discontinued. No offer to give me another necklace. My rep offered to
  give me another item at 50% off, which I did, but that is the absolute last
  purchase I will ever make from Cookie Lee.
  I complained about item #1 and even though they replied, I basically got
  nowhere. At first they thought I was a distributor and they were rather rude to
  me. When they realized I was a customer, they were much nicer. I
  complained about #2 and I never even received the courtesy of a reply. I find
  it amazing that absolutely nowhere in their brochures or on their sales
  receipts does it say “all sales final.” Even when you purchase jewelry in a
  department store, where you get to see the actual product, you can return it.
  To not be able to return something that you’ve only seen in a picture is
  ludicrous. I hope this company eventually goes out of business.
  Kathy in Redondo B /Kathy W
  Click this link to e-mail the consumer that posted the above message:
• 

  Beverly on August 7th, 2007 4:43 am

  Get a life.
• 

  Emmanuel on September 7th, 2007 3:51 pm

  I second that!

Leave a Reply