Reptile buys alligator desks

[bbgun]

Commanders owner drops $600K on gator desks

Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder just spent $600,000 on two alligator leather desks with matching alligator-skin chairs for his offices at FedExField in Landover, Md. Snyder ordered the desks from the new Giorgio's of Palm Beach store on Madison Avenue. A rep for the store said, "Mr. Snyder ordered two desks and two chairs, and they will be de livered in around six weeks." Giorgio's owner George Sharoubim is shipping a $1 mil lion, alligator-inlaid Steinway piano to the store for the grand opening party, which will be hosted by music mogul Tommy Mottola.

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

Posted: March 2, 2010


(Loudoun County, VA March 2, 2010) – The Washington Commanders said today that a report in the New York Post this morning on its Page Six gossip page is totally false. The newspaper claimed that Commanders owner Dan Snyder purchased two alligator desks from a furniture store in New York City for use at an office at FedExField.

“Number one,” said Dave Donovan, Chief Operating Officer of the Commanders, “Dan does not have an office at FedExField. Second, he has no need for new desks at any of his offices. We are demanding a retraction from The New York Post.”

When contacted about the report, Dan Snyder responded, “The story is crazy. I don’t even own a pair of alligator shoes.”

“It appears the New York furniture store was trying to promote its grand opening by using Dan Snyder’s name in a conversation with a reporter,” Donovan said. “The store should be embarrassed about making up a story in order to sell furniture.”

 

[Sonny#9]

Posted: March 2, 2010


(Loudoun County, VA March 2, 2010) – The Washington Commanders said today that a report in the New York Post this morning on its Page Six gossip page is totally false. The newspaper claimed that Commanders owner Dan Snyder purchased two alligator desks from a furniture store in New York City for use at an office at FedExField.

“Number one,” said Dave Donovan, Chief Operating Officer of the Commanders, “Dan does not have an office at FedExField. Second, he has no need for new desks at any of his offices. We are demanding a retraction from The New York Post.”

When contacted about the report, Dan Snyder responded, “The story is crazy. I don’t even own a pair of alligator shoes.”

“It appears the New York furniture store was trying to promote its grand opening by using Dan Snyder’s name in a conversation with a reporter,” Donovan said. “The store should be embarrassed about making up a story in order to sell furniture.”

First, PFT, now the NY Post -- who are they going to believe next? Weekly World News?

 

[ologan]

Commanders owner drops $600K on gator desks

Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder just spent $600,000 on two alligator leather desks with matching alligator-skin chairs for his offices at FedExField in Landover, Md. Snyder ordered the desks from the new Giorgio's of Palm Beach store on Madison Avenue. A rep for the store said, "Mr. Snyder ordered two desks and two chairs, and they will be de livered in around six weeks." Giorgio's owner George Sharoubim is shipping a $1 mil lion, alligator-inlaid Steinway piano to the store for the grand opening party, which will be hosted by music mogul Tommy Mottola.

I swear ,without the hair,he'd be George Costanza's twin brother.

 

[Big Dakota]

First, PFT, now the NY Post -- who are they going to believe next? Weekly World News?

Mr. and Mrs. Snyder show here at the Indy Combine.

 

[bbgun]

Darn. I really wanted this to be true.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

“It appears the New York furniture store was trying to promote its grand opening by using Dan Snyder’s name in a conversation with a reporter,” Donovan said. “The store should be embarrassed about making up a story in order to sell furniture.”

Well this was stupid on their part. When I heard that Danny ordered the same desks as me, I canceled my order.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Employee who claimed Snyder bought alligator desks gets fired

Posted by Mike Florio on March 2, 2010 6:31 PM ET

Well, the case of the $600,000 alligator desks finally has been resolved.

And the responsible party has been, as Bily Devaney would put it, poopcanned. (I prefer it without a hyphen, Rosenthal.)

The first line to the updated article in the New York Post reads thusly, "Lie to Page Six and lose your job." The item then explains that Claire Gozzo is gone-zo from Giorgio's Palm Beach furniture store after claiming that Commanders owner Daniel Snyder had purchased two alligator desks and matching chairs at a grand total of $600,000.

The strangest aspect of this whole story is how in the world, if it was all indeed fabricated, Claire Gozzo selected Dan Snyder as the phantom buyer of the desks.

And for those of you who wonder why this story is even relevant, we first learned of it because the Commanders issued a release on the matter. A release explaining that owner Daniel Snyder did not spend $600,000 on desks and chairs covered in the flesh of dead reptiles. A release in which Snyder declares that he doesn't even own alligator shoes.

That said, we can understand his sensitivity. Not only is the NFL collectively trying to cry poormouth without crying poormouth vis-a-vis the players union, but Snyder also is planning to negotiate in roughly 50 hours free-agent deals with the likes of Julius Peppers and Darren Sproles. It's hard to nickel-and-dime in that context if in the same week word broke of a $600,000 expenditure on something so inherently unnecessary.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

That's stupid to fire the employee over that. PC at it's finest.

 

[WoodysGirl]

That's stupid to fire the employee over that. PC at it's finest.

That's not PC, that's business..

 

[Bob Sacamano]

That's not PC, that's business..

How so?

 

[SaltwaterServr]

How so?

Divulging information about your clients without their permission. That does look bad to potential future clients. Someone with that kind of coin to drop on such things doesn't necessarily want their spending habits revealed. In order to maintain a professional standard, the person in question had to be relieved of their duties within the company.

Now understand this too. Just because the person in question was discharged today, does NOT mean she won't be hired back in two weeks. Just keep that in mind.

 

[bbgun]

How so?

He brought disrepute upon his employer.

 

[Sonny#9]

Mr. and Mrs. Snyder show here at the Indy Combine.

I knew Bat Boy was some how behind this...

 

[Danny White]

Aligator skin desks would be a terrible idea for Snyder seeing as he likes putting cartons of melting vanilla ice cream on them to shame his defensive coordinators.

 

[burmafrd]

What is really interesting is how many people probably would not have been surprised if it had been true.

 

[Sonny#9]

What is really interesting is how many people probably would not have been surprised if it had been true.

What's even more surprising is how many people care...

 

[Hostile]

What's even more surprising is how many people care...

Are you saying you don't care about this?

 

[SaltwaterServr]

What's even more surprising is how many people care...

When someone trips and falls, some folks can't help but laugh once they know the person is not truly injured. Same principle applies.

 

[ZeroClub]

The strangest aspect of this whole story is how in the world, if it was all indeed fabricated, Claire Gozzo selected Dan Snyder as the phantom buyer of the desks.

Dead skins to the Commanders ... the connection is obvious.