I APPRECIATE THAT!

I APPRECIATE THAT!

I’m having trouble (more so than usual…) writing coherent sentences today after being tits deep in Tollie all day yesterday. But since the post, more folks have come forward with their TOLLIE TALES. These are their stories.

Some people have asked to remain anonymous. I’m gonna need a coding system to identify all the people Tollie fucked.

Reader A checks in via email. He went on Tollie’s Super Bowl trip last year and, well, it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. The trip was described, in advance, thusly:

The VIP trip includes two tickets for seats near the 20 yard line, round trip airfare to New Orleans, hotel accommodations for five days, invitations to three parties or social events and a game day brunch with “special football guests.”

It was made possible through a donation by Don “Tolly” Tollefson founder of “Winning Ways,” an after-school program that focuses on career preparedness, anti-hatred and anti-violence for children between 8 and 15 years of age.

In addition to Conroy and Schmidt, eight kids from “Winning Ways” and three wounded warriors from the military will also be going on the trip.

With nearly a week to prepare for his trip, Conroy is getting excited about the three social events he selected which include golfing, river boating, and having lunch with retired players. He also hopes he will be able to meet retired New Orleans Saint Archie Manning or John Elway from the Denver Broncos.

And this A’s experience:

Kyle,

Follow up with Keith Conroy and ask him about his Super Bowl trip.  I was on that trip and it was a complete joke.  I’ve lost ALL respect for Tolly.  I took a friend on this trip, and almost lost our friendship as a result.  Was supposed to be an all inclusive trip for 2 for game tickets, RT airfare, hotel, VIP meet and greets and tours, ground transportation, etc. There was only 1 wounded warrior. A handful of Winning Way kids (all but 2 went home PRIOR to the game). I got my flight confirmation for the trip to NO the AM before.  Hotel was at least 30 minutes outside of downtown.  NO ground transportation, no meet and greets, no tours.  We got our game tickets maybe 2 hours before game time.  Got a call after the game saying to meet in the lobby in the AM.  Told him I had a rental car.  He said leave keys at desk, he would handle.  Found out he was busing people to HOUSTON and flying them on connections from there. I was physically unable to make an 8 hour bus ride.  He told me in person and via text to book my own flight and he would reimburse.  I was out of pocket over $3,000.  Plus, he tapped my credit card for $1,000 unapproved. I got a $750 PayPal reimbursement.  That was April, and the last time I heard from him. Lots of others had the same scenario. I paid for a package and had to pay thousands above what I expected, and got far less than promised.  He was even short 5 tickets for the game.  One guy had to charge his own, as Tolly’s cards were declined.  I got a call from one of the guys on the bus that Tolly was booking flights on the bus on the way to Houston.  And, he was trying to borrow money to pay for the bus on the way.

That’s the short of my awesome story.  Also had a friend buy 2014 Eagles tickets at a fundraiser at the Windrift this summer in AV. Looks like he may have screwed her, as well as the Windrift.

Keep up the good work.  He needs to go to jail for fraud.

Reader G found the website of yet another charity connected to Tollefson, tixr4kids.com. I imagine this is what it would look like if Saul Goodman had an online presence:

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Someone on the Brad Fox 5K Foundation Facebook page comes forward with their own TOLLIE TALE:

Hello guys I am a little late here but I believe me and my friends were scammed as well. We bought packages for the World Cup in brazil next June. The entire process has been a bit shady and illegitimate and once we saw the news of his charities being questioned we assumed we are being scammed as well. Can anyone help us out? We have emails and text messages confirming the trip and payments we made but we do not know where to go with this info. Thank you for any help!

Reader Adam also has a TOLLIE TALE, though it’s unrelated to him fucking you:

I used to bellhop at the Desmond in Malvern during my high school days (2002-2003ish) and he was all buddy buddy with the owners.  Tolly would come in with different women each time and get free rooms/comps.  Typical local TV guy stuff, I guess.  Was always nice and put on a face when people were around, but when I was driving him alone to a local bar and tried to shoot the shit about the birds I hastily got a “How about you shut the fuck up and drive the van.”  No tip.  My 17-year-old soul never recovered.

Dude can go to hell if he is using charities like this to make a buck. Total scum.

NBC Philadelphia found a person who paid $4,500 for 2014 US Open and British Open tickets. They haven’t received any confirmation yet. His TOLLIE TALE:

Lou Berman, president of Louie’s Voice, an organization raising awareness on autism, says he and a fellow board member bought tickets to the British Open and the US Open for 2014 at an event Tollefson was emceeing. After paying $4500, Berman claims they received nothing.

“We received no receipt, itinerary, travel arrangements, confirmation, not even a thank you card,” Berman wrote in a released statement. “One of these trips we were going to raffle to raise money for our new foundation “Louie’s Voice” that provides assistance to children and families that suffer from Autism.  Our toy drive will likely be cancelled this year as we don’t have the funds to put on the event, because we were hoping to auction the trip to raise money. We are devastated that this has happened to us.  So many children who suffer from autism will be disappointed.”

NBC also spoke with Mark Sandor, one of our tipsters yesterday, who shared his text exchange with Tollie about getting his tickets. Tollie replied with his usual appreciate that! and pictures of him with kids:

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Tollie’s voicemail box is currently full, but multiple people say his greeting contained a message that he has a medical situation and will be in touch when he gets better.

Joseph Tryon, the CEO of Hatboro Federal Savings, confirmed to me in an email that his bank made a $5,000 donation to Tollie this year that was supposed to go towards “[taking] inner-city children to sporting events.” I followed up to ask if the Hatboro Federal Savings ever received confirmation that their money actually went to good use: “At the time he did show us pictures of children at a sporting event.”

This is the web archive for Tollie’s One Child Saved website, found by commenter Mike:

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Sounds about right.

DO YOU HAVE A TOLLIE TALE? SEND IT TO US: CROSSINGBROAD [AT] GMAIL [DOT] COM. REMEMBER, IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN AND I APPRECIATE THAT!