Have the McCanns turned Madeleines disappearance into a lucrative business?
Now that they have opened an online shop to sell Madeleine memorabilia (RM has the link) and the Madeleine fund/Ltd Co. as well as the seperate account where all the interest from the fund goes. Has this become a lucrative business for them as very little money is being spent on finding Madeleine. The new 80'000k publicity campaign never materialised and do you think that they will continue milking this "disappearance" with book deals and perhaps a film or do you think they will give all the money to childrens charities?
Skidoo: Follow the link on the fund webpage to the FAQ page - take note of the 'family expenses' and 'payments' approved by the board to Kate and Gerry.
I'm not a betting person, but I'd lay odds that their mortgage, food, clothing and day-to-day living expenses are all being 'approved' by the board, and most if not all additional expenses they choose to submit are also paid.
Add to that the online shop, and it smacks of profiteering to me. There's a line in the sand that has been crossed here, and if the McCann family and team can't see that, they need to re-examine their priorities.
Kate and Gerry are obviously aware of what goes on in their website - and they obviously approve of the online store, otherwise it would've been pulled from the minute they started charging for items. They obviously have approved the sale of the t-shirts and phone charms and wristbands…
http://www.findmadeleine.com/fund/faq.asp
edit: oh, and even though they didn't officially ask to have their legal costs paid, there's no doubt what Gerry (at least) was thinking:
"It seems like a disaster that we've got this huge donated fund and now we're not allowed to use it for legal costs because we're under suspicion," said Gerry.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=480825&in_page_id=1770
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October 30th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Yes they have, they need this to be investigated by the police, along with the disappearance of Madeleine. It was too suspicious, setting up a business a few days their daughter went missing, anyone can see through it, you don't have to be blind.
Why is it then, no other parents and families have setup such funds for their missing child. (FACT)
I was at the Southport Airshow this weekend, and during lulls in the entertainment I thought that I would just have a look at how many people were wearing the green/yellow bracelets that have been sold to promote the Madeleine cause. I did not see ONE person wearing a bracelet, there was not ONE poster anywhere.
Tonight in Tesco I did the same thing while waiting in a queue, again not one person was wearing the bracelet.
The point I am trying to make is that all the merchandise that has been sold to bolster the fund is not having the effect that it was meant for i.e. keep Madeleine's disappearance in everyone's thoughts, as if all the bracelets have been put into drawers and are not being worn what was the point?
If Madeleine was adbucted, they made it very easy as the pattern of the group was set very early on, and it could only take seconds for someone to enter an open apartment, go into the bedroom and take a sleeping child, leave through the patio doors down the steps and away, leaving very little foresic evidence.
The McCanns should shut up the merchandise shop, as it is not helping (apart from making lots of money) and leave the people who know what they are doing to get on with searching for their daughter.
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October 30th, 2008 at 7:17 am
you stop the intense search when you already aware of the outcome b/c you possess information that the rest of us do not; look to the actions of the parents to get your answers ; you can read between the lines can't you??
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October 30th, 2008 at 8:01 am
Absolutely!
They will have a book out soon!
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October 30th, 2008 at 8:15 am
A tragic little girl trademarked for business by her own parents.Absolutley shocking.
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October 30th, 2008 at 8:25 am
yes, i think so.
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October 30th, 2008 at 8:49 am
How true and well said.
They should be jailed for enjoying themselves and leaving their kid alone.They are not fit to be parents.
And these people who have donated millions to them are also sick.
The whole episode stinks.
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October 30th, 2008 at 9:11 am
they need the money to defend themselfes when found quilty
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October 30th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Wow! …No!…Are they doing all that?…It's all very fishy.
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October 30th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Seems to me like everyone is so obsessed with her parents that we have forgotten that Maddie is still missing!!Surely that should be the main focus.
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October 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am
I can just see it now, Kate McCann wearing a 'Did i murder Madelaine?' t-shirt.
And i thought they'd be investing into a security shutter company, or what about Car hire?
And there's a thought, did they claim for Maddie under their holiday insurance as 'lost'?
I wouldn't put anything past them.
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October 30th, 2008 at 11:03 am
The McCanns themselves haven't made a penny out of this. The fund has generated a lot of money to find the child and is controlled by its directors who decided that the money should not even be used to support the McCanns legal costs (which they had not actually asked for) http://www.findmadeleine.com/fund/ The online store is to keep images of Madeliene in the public eye and generate money for the fund.
Are you truly so shallow as to think they would rather have the cash than their child????
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October 30th, 2008 at 11:09 am
I heard they were bringing out little McCann figures. The Gerry one has a cord you pull and it starts talking bollocks,the Kate one comes with it's own needle and sedatives, and you can even get the toy hire car which has a little sack in the back with a little doll wrapped up inside.
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October 30th, 2008 at 11:57 am
If Maddie's mom and dad are making any form of monies or anything else from her disappearance then they are sick and need to be watched with even closer eyes… on the other hand they could be doing it for the good of the investigation ( again nobody can know this ) as we have all said before we cannot pass a judgement at this time and need to wait until there are more facts in the future…
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Awful lot of bad minded people on here today making bad karma for themselves.
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
It's a wonder of our time that this sort of thing can happen - not a child going missing, that happens all the time, but that they can milk the media and rake in so much money out of it. Sick, and I'll bet there are quite a few who ARE making a pretty penny out of this even if it isn't the McCanns.
What about all the other missing children out there who've never been seen again? Why doesn't the public give to their cause too? Ugly spotty boy or cute little funny-faced girl, hmm, what a choice.
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October 30th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Agree with misty blue,,,,,UNBELIEVABLE.
does anyone actually believe that they will be "milking the disappearence" with book deals etc.
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October 30th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
They may have but I have an even better idea about how to make money from them [ not their daughter] but them….haha
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October 30th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
That's what seems like, to obvious they didn't disguise that, mistake there sorry McCanns not!
The main question is what is gonna be first the book or the movie? - disgusting.
How they gonna call the movie or the book? McCanns in pain? or McCanns the search for something we don't know?
Because we know they never searched for their daughter…
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October 30th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Never.
If you have children, imagine your 4 yr old has been abducted.
If you have a sister/brother, imagine if someone removed her from your life…without notice.
What lengths would you go to find her/him?
Would you ever start a day and never wonder …where is she now? is she frightened? is she hurt? is she dead?
The MCann's are normal people and parents who have put their lives on hold to put all their efforts and focus into finding their abducted daughter.
In the process, their bringing the world's attention to the plight of so many other children/people who have been stolen from their family and those who love them dearly. A book or a film or? would maintain the worlds attention…in my view.
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My personel view. I have no connections or associations to any family or friends of the MCann's.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I suppose it's their way of coping, but it's a very odd way to react. I don't recall any other parent doing this for their missing child. I'm sorry if this offends some people, but I get the impression they're trying to ease their guilt. Their actions are over the top.
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October 30th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Agree with MistyBlue as well. All these poor lost souls judging others by jumping to ridiculous conclusions based on assumptions that reveal a lot more about their own malicious mindsets than anyone else's.
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October 30th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
god! it didn't take people long to start judging these people , anything that keeps Maddy's face in the public eye has got to be a good thing !!! i hardly think that her parents are sitting around a table behind closed doors rubbing there hands together thinking how minted they are !!!!! the fund is being used to find a missing child and that's all that should matter! people seem to be forgetting her with all the judging and bitching that's going on!!!
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October 30th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Skidoo: Follow the link on the fund webpage to the FAQ page - take note of the 'family expenses' and 'payments' approved by the board to Kate and Gerry.
I'm not a betting person, but I'd lay odds that their mortgage, food, clothing and day-to-day living expenses are all being 'approved' by the board, and most if not all additional expenses they choose to submit are also paid.
Add to that the online shop, and it smacks of profiteering to me. There's a line in the sand that has been crossed here, and if the McCann family and team can't see that, they need to re-examine their priorities.
Kate and Gerry are obviously aware of what goes on in their website - and they obviously approve of the online store, otherwise it would've been pulled from the minute they started charging for items. They obviously have approved the sale of the t-shirts and phone charms and wristbands…
http://www.findmadeleine.com/fund/faq.asp
edit: oh, and even though they didn't officially ask to have their legal costs paid, there's no doubt what Gerry (at least) was thinking:
"It seems like a disaster that we've got this huge donated fund and now we're not allowed to use it for legal costs because we're under suspicion," said Gerry.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=480825&in_page_id=1770
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October 30th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
This is a new low in YA, is there a competition to write the most idiotic question or have I missed something?
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October 30th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Duh…!
They haven't made enough yet for her to re-appear.
Lolly…. take off your rose coloured specs !
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October 30th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
aye, there laughing all the way to the bank! Do you think we are been taken for a ride too?
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October 30th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I said a few weeks ago that Gerry would write his book sooner or later, regardless of wether she is ever found or not. This is profiteering on their part and is taking money away from real charities like Oxfam, Cancer Research, Scope and so forth, give your money to them if you must give to a charity.
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No I sit back and wait for the "thumbs" to arrive! LOL