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December 2024 - what are your plans?

Already booked something similar to previous years
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Planning on booking that shortly
0 (0%)
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Prices are too high, booking a house in Orlando etc instead
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Prices are too high, staying home instead
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Booked something for the first time
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Never gone on a program and don't plan on starting now
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Author Topic: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread  (Read 311689 times)

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1540 on: December 24, 2024, 08:56:27 AM »
Here we go again



https://www.facebook.com/groups/gkrfoodies/posts/2699327053586588/
The Rabanim in Lakewood that I spoke to never got back to me with a psak, but seemed to be of the opinion that I shouldn't make a PSA because he's a lo yutzlach and nobody would ever be foolish enough to sign up for one of his programs again...
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1541 on: December 24, 2024, 08:57:29 AM »
Waiting for the next op-ed where he blames this, too, on people  bashing him on WhatsApp.  ::)
Or that people posted receipts. ;)
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1542 on: December 24, 2024, 09:05:08 AM »
The Rabanim in Lakewood that I spoke to never got back to me with a psak, but seemed to be of the opinion that I shouldn't make a PSA because he's a lo yutzlach and nobody would ever be foolish enough to sign up for one of his programs again...

Time to go back for their reevauation of the opinion?

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1543 on: December 24, 2024, 09:14:12 AM »
Time to go back for their reevauation of the opinion?
Other than Mendy J being out of a job, how many people actually signed up and are losing money?

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1544 on: December 24, 2024, 09:23:33 AM »
Time to go back for their reevauation of the opinion?

They’ll confirm that only nobodies signed up, so they don’t care.
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1545 on: December 24, 2024, 09:57:16 AM »
The Rabanim in Lakewood that I spoke to never got back to me with a psak, but seemed to be of the opinion that I shouldn't make a PSA because he's a lo yutzlach and nobody would ever be foolish enough to sign up for one of his programs again...
Just curious, why did you need their psak specifically?

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1546 on: December 24, 2024, 09:57:50 AM »
The Rabanim in Lakewood that I spoke to never got back to me with a psak, but seemed to be of the opinion that I shouldn't make a PSA because he's a lo yutzlach and nobody would ever be foolish enough to sign up for one of his programs again...
well he got smarter. His name wasn't anywhere on this one. And lots of money is likely gone (I know someone that's out 10k+)
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1547 on: December 24, 2024, 10:23:26 AM »
well he got smarter. His name wasn't anywhere on this one. And lots of money is likely gone (I know someone that's out 10k+)
Do people really spend 10K on a weekend without researching and knowing who the operator is? The ad was very vague (intentionally).

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1548 on: December 24, 2024, 10:31:25 AM »
Do people really spend 10K on a weekend without researching and knowing who the operator is? The ad was very vague (intentionally).
Yes. People are trusting. Espcially when frum person on the phone etc.
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1549 on: December 24, 2024, 11:14:00 AM »
The Rabanim in Lakewood that I spoke to never got back to me with a psak, but seemed to be of the opinion that I shouldn't make a PSA because he's a lo yutzlach and nobody would ever be foolish enough to sign up for one of his programs again...
His story of getting scammed wasn't true? He filed a lawsuit against the hotel...

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1550 on: December 24, 2024, 11:14:43 AM »
His story of getting scammed wasn't true? He filed a lawsuit against the hotel...

See upthread for the breakdown.
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1551 on: December 24, 2024, 11:32:22 AM »
They’ll confirm that only nobodies signed up, so they don’t care.

How many nobodies?
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1552 on: December 24, 2024, 12:08:39 PM »
How many nobodies?

Too many for me, not enough for the Rabbis.
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1553 on: December 24, 2024, 05:23:53 PM »
Here we go again



https://www.facebook.com/groups/gkrfoodies/posts/2699327053586588/

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1554 on: December 24, 2024, 06:34:06 PM »
Time for a dedicated thread for Mr. Goldstein

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1555 on: December 24, 2024, 07:18:18 PM »
Time for a dedicated thread for Mr. Goldstein

Let it stay here. People need to see what to look out for before signing up for any program.
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1556 on: December 24, 2024, 08:13:25 PM »
Time for a dedicated thread for Mr. Goldstein
He isn't the only one
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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1557 on: December 24, 2024, 09:02:51 PM »
What an appropriate name for his new company - Blue Sapphire. The initials should have been a giveaway.

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1558 on: December 24, 2024, 09:21:03 PM »
Other than Mendy J being out of a job, how many people actually signed up and are losing money?
What about Rabbi Bitton?
We have been unburdened by what has been.

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Re: Pesach Program Discussion Master Thread
« Reply #1559 on: December 25, 2024, 03:26:36 PM »
What an appropriate name for his new company - Blue Sapphire. The initials should have been a giveaway.
I am in the hotel industry. I am pretty sure that this brand is his brother's, and not Hershey.