So I got this email...

And yeah its legit.. Maybe others want to send stuff too?

Your Name: Nat Millar
> Email Address: [email protected]
> Subject: a query
> Message: Hello,
>
> I am a single mother of a 12 yr old boy. We moved to Australia from
> the States last year and my son is really starting to miss home. He
> has always struggled in school but seems to come alive and have a real
> passion for all things to do with cars and mechanics. His grandfather
> spends as much time with him as he can trying to play the role of a
> father figure in his life, and they spend many hours each weekend
> working on old cars and he teaches my son the ins and outs of car
> motors. Because of this he now has a huge interest in high
> performance, race cars and hot rods. For my sons upcoming birthday his grandfather and I are trying to save for a toolbox for him and I would
> love to be able to decorate it with some car stickers which he
> started to collect a few years ago.. he only has a few so far and they
> are stuck on his bedroom door so I thought I would email and ask if
> Chop Shop would be so kind as to send me some stickers for his toolbox
> to surprise him on his 13th birthday. If you have no stickers
> available even just something promotional like a pen, key chain etc
> would be wonderful.
>
> If you can help me out, thank you so much!
> My mailing address is
> N. Millar
> 1 Jessy Place
> Crestmead QLD 4132
> AUSTRALIA

 

WOW,-i have some stickers i will drop in the mail to her as well

 

I'll say I'm in with a few prints..

 

Cool MOM!

 

I don't know how to put a sticky on this but I think it needs one so we can help this kid out.
Later,
Dick

 

OK boys and girls. Let's dig through our boxes of stickers and goodie drawers to find some neat stuff. This seems like an easy request.
chuck

 

I will send some stuff for sure.

 

Yea I think I have some stuff too!

 

got some old hurst ones,,,,I like good things and this seems to be one

 

I've got some older ones as well. will drop in the mail over the weekend.

 

Interesting, Crestmead is about 15 minutes from me..

Perhaps some Southside Brissy HAMBers could organise a bit of a cruise for this kid for his birthday?

 

maybe you could do a drive by and verify if this is in fact legit.

she doesn't say when his birthday is..?

 

Very cool mom!! Got a little chocked up!!! Im sending stuff for sure!!

 

Paul,

I just had a gander on google maps / street view.. there is a 1 Jessy street in Crestmead but no Jessy Place.

Thats as much as i can verify for you at this stage.

 

i just gave away a whole bag of stickers 2 weeks ago.......

 

Sounds cool to me too. I'm in!

 

I hate to sound like I don't trust this story but it sounds familiar. Seems like I have seen this before a couple years ago. But I could be wrong. Willing to help if it is legit.

 

Is she hot?

 

Maybe he needs a model or two!

 

a have to agree with paul on this it does ring familiar with me also. someone here from the states send email to get correct address and date of kids birthday and them let one of the local hambers make a "surprise charity drop off" with camera in tow.

 

lot a scams out there these days, but tough to believe some one is gonna go through hoops to score some stickers, lol
guess ya never know


skull

 

Yea, she's not asking for money, just stickers.
I can see it now, Australian women corners the E Bay market for hot rod stickers.

chuck

 

I would hope this is the real deal. I just don't know if this woman realizes what she's got herself into. This kid is gonna have soo many stickers. He's gonna put em on anything he can find. Our aunts in TX have owned a bridal shop all our lives...and I'm pretty sure it's the only bridal shop where ALL of the sewing machines are covered in Garbage Pail Kids stickers!!

 

Hey 28A, I am more than happy to drop some extra stickers I have in the mail along with a few extra wrenches and things I have triples of to start filling his toolbox. But I would like to know they are going to a legit, bored, 13 year old kid as opposed to some scammer.

As they are about 15 minutes from you would you mind running over there when you get a chance and double-checking for us? We would greatly appreciate the effort on your part..

James

 

Unless their name is Nate Cooper aka Ol Parts Mine aka Draglink Decals.

 

If this is ligit, put me down for a couple models.

 

I think I found the house. This Google Earth thing is wierd
chuck


http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1+Jessy+Place+%3E+Crestmead+QLD+4132+%3E+AUSTRALIA&sll=37.926868,-95.712891&sspn=30.819996,77.519531&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1+Jessy+St,+Crestmead+Queensland+4132,+Australia&ll=-27.696211,153.096446&spn=0.001121,0.002366&t=h&z=19

 

you think the burnout marks are from the kid! LOL

 

I dunno about this. It sounds like one of those Nigerian scams to me.

 

How so ZZ? Maybe I'm dim.
Thinkin' I can send a few anon, unaddressed, with a brief note. (sign off e.g; HAMBer?)