RackedWire: FiDi's Wild, Sample Sale Telemarketing

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FINANCIAL DISTRICT—A tipster writes: "Wild Edibles, the crazy place that makes floral arrangements out of cantaloupe slices, is moving into a corner storefront at Nassau and Beekman. And yet there are still people who say FiDi is dead." That Wild Edibles has nothing to do with this Wild Edibles, does it? [RackedWire Inbox]

A CELL PHONE NEAR YOU—Are sample sale companies resorting to telemarketing to get bodies in the door? A Racked informant writes: "Just got a phone call from [redacted number]. It's a message recorded by some woman with a horrendous Jersey accent telling the listener about the latest 'sample' sale that is about to start @ 37 west 57th...Not sure how they got my phone number, especially since it's on the Federal 'do not call' list. But eating up my mobile minutes for sample sale spam is enough for me to vow off what ever company is having the sale." [RackedWire Inbox]