Locks of Love??

[supercheesegirl]

In case you hadn't heard, Jorn cut off all his hair. He looks cute but it's like having a whole new boyfriend. Anyway, he was planning on sending his foot-long ponytail to Locks of Love, but I remembered an lj-conversation (with Kat, maybe?) where someone had posted some links about how they're shady in some financial way and there was something wrong with their annual report? But it's not on snopes and I can't remember when or in whose journal this was. Help?

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[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

check the "longhair" community memories.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you, that was really helpful!

[myras-girls.livejournal.com]

Oh my! Well I hope we can see pictures, although I know roomies camera is kaput. Maybe clean shaved Jorn with Puppet Angel.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

His friend who helped him do it actually took some pictures, which are pretty funny (Jorn was trying to look all bad ass and he just looks mad), so hopefully he will post those. I should throw them up on my photobucket for him...

[ilikemytie.livejournal.com]

Isn't it fun! A whole new boyfriend - Brings up the idea that everytime someone gets boredw with their SO, they can just change something about their appearance and they're new again!

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I really liked the old one, though. I hope this new one is okay.

[velvetwaltz.livejournal.com]

what has he got to lose?? the hair is already chopped off.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

That's true, and he chopped it off because he wanted to and not because he was goaded into donating it or something. But it's just like giving money to a charity--you don't want to give your money to a shady charity, do you? You want to give money to charities that help people. Same deal with the hair.

[lizabethanqueen]

I sent them a ponytail earlier this year.

I've heard that they sell shorter sections of hair to cover wig making costs. But that's about it. If I knew they were shady I wouldn't have sent it off, but it's only a few dollars to send it off.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

I've sent them hair, and I know a lot of other people who have too. I don't think people would complain about them selling *some* hair to cover costs--especially hair that wasn't suitable for children's wigs, like grey hair or hair that had been dyed--but the rumors say that they sell *most* of the hair they receive. I've heard a lot of different numbers, but it's commonly said that they receive thousands and thousands of ponytails a year but make maybe a hundred wigs a year. Even giving them the benefit of the doubt it seems like they could make a lot more wigs than they do.

Also, according to the Better Business Bureau, Locks of Love didn't comply with their requirements for a charity, which involve showing their accounting books when asked and getting audited and stuff. Which one would think is a reasonable thing for a charity to do, so why wouldn't they? It's true that the BBB hasn't updated that page in a long time, and I haven't been able to find a whole lot of official information on LoL's practices, but there are so many rumors that it seems like there might be at least some truth to it.