b0st0n: Toscanini's CLOSED

boris (boris_nyedlikev) wrote in

b0st0n,
@ 2008-01-20 18:04:00

Toscanini's CLOSED - More info
Looks like Toscanini's started a website to help them get back on their feet. Hasn't hit newspapers yet, but it probably will by tomorrow...

http://www.savetosci.com

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kpht
2008-01-20 11:12 pm UTC (link)

What? So this dude doesn't pay his taxes, then has the balls to ask for money to pay that debt off? Oh efff that. The ice cream is good and all, but only an idiot would give that guy money when he squandered it in the first place. I'm sorry, but if he was hard-up and honest about it, the IRS would have worked with him, but the reports said he made no effort.

There's a lot more deserving of places to give money. A lot.

ETA: What the spam? This dude's user ID has already been deleted.

Edited at 2008-01-20 11:36 pm UTC

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	ron_newman 2008-01-21 04:47 am UTC (link)
	I disagree with this campaign (and I'll comment more below), but I don't see anything spammish about it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	roachmckrackin 2008-01-21 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	lol, I was gonna say the same thing... They have the balls to start a fund raiser for their own lack of responsibility?? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kpht 2008-01-20 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Donating money to the Save Toscanini's fund isn't paying someone else's debt Oh you moron, donating is THE EXACT DEFINITION OF PAYING SOMEONE ELSE'S DEBT ARE YOU HIGH? People's Republic of Cambridge at its most lulzworthy. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kpht 2008-01-20 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	Honestly, if you came to this site, you probably like the ice cream, or the coffee. If you dont like the product they sell, you're just here to be a jerk, and you're sending negative energy into the universe for no reason. OMG GONNA GET BAD KARMA FOR QUESTIONING WHY ANYONE WOULD GIVE MONEY TO THIS DICK (Reply to this)(Parent)

	playertwo 2008-01-21 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	You make my world a better place, man. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ron_newman 2008-01-21 01:11 pm UTC (link)
	Herald article today (Reply to this)(Parent)

	on_reserve 2008-01-20 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	The Tosci owners were SUCH assholes to the Someday Cafe employees that I am sort of welling up with a bit of shaedenfreude. Save Tosci's my ass ... try being grown-ups and taking responsibility for your shitty business decisions. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	icecreamempress 2008-01-21 04:08 am UTC (link)
	HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!! Taking responsibility for shitty business decisions? It is to lol. Who does that anymore? If you're the CEO of a big company and you fuck up, you get a golden parachute courtesy of the stockholders and employees; if you're the CEO of a little company, apparently you ask nerds for handouts. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kylegirl 2008-01-21 12:55 am UTC (link)
	I like how they have a list of community organizations they have donated to. That's great! But perhaps maybe you should have used some of that money to PAY YOUR DAMN TAXES! (Reply to this)

	hr_macgirl 2008-01-21 12:59 am UTC (link)
	y'know, I'd wondered about the viability of the Tosci's brand after Rancatore started setting up ice cream shops with the "Rancatore" name (e.g. in Lexington, perhaps elsewhere?). It made me wonder if he knew something about the Tosci name/location. I mean, if Tosci is such a good name, why not use it in his new venture? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	clevernonsense 2008-01-21 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Let's see, a business shows an incredible deal of utter (well documented) incompetence over the past...3 years? And their response is to ask for money? Anyone who gives them anything is an idiot. Honestly, if they somehow pull out of this or start a new business, I will probably go out of my way to avoid it. (Reply to this)

	xiphias 2008-01-21 01:24 am UTC (link)
	You know, I MIGHT, if I had the cash, consider paying off their debt. In return for THE BUSINESS. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	turpentine99 2008-01-21 01:25 am UTC (link)
	I always found them to be rather expensive, so I don't understand how they can't pay their fucking taxes! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sissychrissy1 2008-01-21 03:40 am UTC (link)
	Is there any indication anywhere of WHY Toscanini's owed $100,000 in back taxes? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	rxrfrx 2008-01-21 03:51 am UTC (link)
	That site is either a fake or Rancatore is totally fucking shameless. They mismanage the business (a business beloved by the community) to $100K in the hole and then they ask for DONATIONS? Ridiculous. I really can't believe they've already gotten thousands in donations. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	turpentine99 2008-01-21 04:29 am UTC (link)
	Also, I think they sell their ice cream at like, Whole Foods, maybe some other places, so it's not like they were THAT small of a business, with one tiny little shop struggling to make ends meet. (Reply to this)

	xthlcm 2008-01-21 05:08 am UTC (link)
	Whatever. Christina's has better ice cream and they know how to fill out a Schedule C. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	ron_newman 2008-01-21 12:46 pm UTC (link)
	One thing I'm sure hurt their business: endless street construction right in front of their store. It's taking the city of Cambridge forever to redesign and rebuild Lafayette Square. At times, you could not even see Toscanini's from Mass. Ave. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	erichasabike 2008-01-21 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	If they can't run their business properly, why should we bail them out. It's not like they were closing for lack of business. They're closing because the owners can't pay their taxes. Forget bailing them out. (Reply to this)

	lena_a_mermaid 2008-01-21 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	It looks like plenty of people want to enable this project. Current donations: $10,089.15 as of 4:43pm, 1/21 (Reply to this)(Thread)

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