Auction Mills (fka AUML)

[johnabdl]

Concerns about AUML

It is NOT a new or unique concept. There are already many such businesses, in the US, Australia and London. The largest may be AuctionDrop, affiliated with UPS, so you can drop off items at local UPS stores across the USA. AuctionDrop received several million in venture capital.

Other US-based eBay trading assistant companies have done such things as develop their own software for coordinating auction information with eBay, notably,

www.numarkets.com

which has 6 locations in Georgia, N. Carolina & Tennessee, each listed with phnone numbers and email addresses, and was also begun with venture capital.

Another prominent player: www.quikdrop.com, has far more extensive explanations of its franchise offerring than does AuctionMills.

And look at this:
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from: www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y04/m04/i01/s01

e-Powersellers Sells Drop-Off Store Franchise on eBay
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
April 01, 2004
e-Powersellers is selling an eBay drop-off store franchise on eBay for $14,995. Drop-off stores sell items on eBay on a consignment basis for consumers who drop the items off at retail locations. There's been a steady increase of stores opening since 2003 in the U.S., with a concentration in California, as well as locations in Germany and some planned for Australia.

e-Powersellers also announced agreements in place to allow franchise in five states, Oregon, Utah Colorado, Arizona & Nevada, with opportunities to follow in May 2004 for California, Washington, Hawaii, Texas, and New York. e-Powersellers already has offices located in Oregon and California.

"Since opening in December of 2002 we have had an overwhelming interest in e-Powersellers.com franchises," said Craig Solomon, founder and CEO of e-Powersellers.com. e-Powersellers Web site has been working as a third party eBay support forum, chat room and auction support site for the last 2 years.

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These are just examples, with many more to be found at www.auctionbytes.com. If you examine the site, you'll see AuctionMills is one in a million, so to speak.

AuctionMills intends to compete with numerous companies that have selling track records on their own turf. These companies have also been getting great interest in their franchises. If you go to one of their two stated locations, in Dallas or McKinney, would they be able to take your items?

The other companies put their effort into actually making valid, operating businesses. AuctionMills has nothing but a pretty website, with no information on the company's managers. The other companies have not issued any stock, they've convinced investors with their business plans put into operation. AuctionMills has sold nothing yet but stock, and that on the PinkSheets, where regulations are next to nothing. It could be that somebody has made a great deal of money on something that's not there when you look closely.

Everyone be very, very careful.

[johnabdl]

Re: flycutter...bid/ask...

rpt's direction is excellent.
Once you're read it, you'll see that not knowing the bid/ask is really to trade blindly.

BE CAREFUL!

[rpt]

flycutter...
Start here.....

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=bid+%2F+ask+stock+trading&btnG=Google+Sear...

[flycutter]

Re: "Penny stocks under $5 dollars dont show the bid/ask..."

I'm new and trying to learn so please excuse my obvious ignorance.

Why would knowing the bid/ask be invaluable for this? What is the importance of the bid/ask?

[rpt]

Auction Mills Inc. Announces Upward Revised Target Price
Monday August 9, 8:30 am ET


DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2004--Auction Mills Inc. (PinkSheets:AUML - News) has received a revised target price for its common stock from Market Advisors of $4.875. On July 21, 2004, Auction Mills Inc. released a report on the Company prepared by Market Advisors Research. This report has been revised to reflect the current status of the Company as follows:
As per the July 21st fact sheet on Auction Mills Inc. there have been a number of significant events to update on this Company. First, we need to change our initial price on the fact sheet as a stock split has occurred. Instead of $0.88, the split puts the initial price at just under $0.18. Since our target price was exceeded at $4.25 and actually went beyond that level (reaching a high over $5.00) prior to the split, we now need to revise the short-term price and place it at $4.875. As of today (August 6th), AUML is trading at $1.02.

The excitement generated from the announcement that FedEx Corporation (FDX) was named as the exclusive carrier for the Company and the on-going requests for franchise information (8,781 to date) illustrate the value perceived by the public for Auction Mills Inc. and that is reflected in the current price of the common stock.

Auction Mills Inc. supplies the public with a convenient, professional and confidential approach to participating in the eBay online marketplace. Experienced eBay auctioneers provide customers with a method of turning unused items into cash. The Company actually takes possession of the items to be auctioned eliminating the hassle and wasted time associated with the selling process and allows customers an opportunity to benefit from the existing relationship that Auction Mills Inc. has with eBay. This exciting method of marketing is currently available to franchisees. Management intends to cultivate a worldwide network of franchises that will work unanimously to offer the public the most effective tool available for online marketing.

Matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements." Statements describing objectives or goals or the Company's future plans are also forward-looking statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of the Company and market valuations of its stock, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.

For more information about Auction Mills Inc. and opportunities associated with owning your own Auction Mills location: www.auctionmills.com



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Contact:
For Auction Mills Inc.
Patrick Arnett, 281-999-7721

[LaFemNikita]

Is there any place you can get real time level for pinkies for FREE??

[johnabdl]

Re: "Penny stocks under $5 dollars dont show the bid/ask..."

Thanks, but yes, they do. I watch many OTC BB stocks on ameritrade, for free at finance.yahoo.com and on this site. For almost all, there are Level II. At ameritrade if you subscribe, and here, 15 or so minutes delayed.

AUML is a pink sheet stock, that is, it's OTC, but not OTC BB or bulletin board. Nevertheless, I've seen the Level IIs for some other pink sheets, both on ameritrade & on the free sites, even for stock under a penny.

It must have something to do with AUML, or at least the Market Makers.

When I find out for sure, I'll post it here. Knowing the current bid/ask would be invaluable for this.

[bbuell]

Penny stocks under $5 dollars dont show the bid/ask for some reason.

[rpt]

salsakid...
Here's a Google site where you can pick a site to practice paper trading until your ready to jump in with both feet...Good Luck.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=paper+trade+stocks&btnG=Search

rpt

[salsakid]

Thanks.

I'm just playing with a few $ on buyandhold.com

[rpt]

salsakid...
Start here..Great board with lots of traders who are willing to help.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=2059

Suggest you just watch for awhile...and just paper trade till you get it figured out.
Who are you using for online trading??

rpt

[johnabdl]

Hello all,

I'm new to this board, having just bought into AUML yesterday, 8/4.

Does anyone know why one can't see the current bid/ask anywhere?

It's not on Yahoo, not on any free, delayed Level IIs, and it's not on Datek/Ameritrade, which I use.

Does the company have to subscribe to some service to have it's bid/ask displayed? You can't judge what's going on witht the MMs, and this may account for the odd trades earlier this afternoon, 8/5, where you had odd sequences such as:

400 @ 1.03
5000 @ 1.08
1000 @ 1.07
500 @ 1.01

etc.

[markymark]

Yes you can...I just don't have pink sheets level 2 ...this is my limit on posts today...not a paying member...don't normally post at all...seems this board died a sudden death...it looks to be holding up well(the stock) I thought it would tank...looks like maybe a small selloff at close...had a great rise the last 2 - 3 weeks though...may buy more in the 80 cent range in a few days...actually maybe tomorrow being a Friday...good luck to you.....am looking to maybe get pinks level 2 from Scotttrade if they have it...adios until manana..

[bubba345]

You can buy pink slips thru freetrade?

[markymark]

I have freetrade, they already showed up yesterday after hours ...call your broker for an update...

[bubba345]

When will I see my new shares

[markymark]

Yes it did split, and is at 1.09 at the moment...

[bubba345]

Did Auction Mills split 5 for 1 on August 4th? I am really new at this. How will I know that it split. I checked my acct. and still shows the same number of shares...

[Argyll]

Read up on things.

Go to some sites like these:

http://www.investopedia.com/beginner.asp

[salsakid]

How and when would a newbie like me get started with this stock and others to begin a portfolio?? There are so many boards and stuff to read I don't know where to start.

[neener]

Once auml splits forward 5 for 1 and say the stock price at the time of split is 2.00.This means share price for auml becomes 0.40 a share which is a nice point to buy in with the interest there is with this stock i see a bright future for auml.


Any thought?

[BET_THE_FARM]

TPCV board is now open! You guys are all invited to post.

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=2771

[gitimancip]

Nice run eh !!!!!!???

[rpt]

Auction Mills Inc. Launches Initial Training Facility
Wednesday July 28, 4:32 pm ET


DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2004--Auction Mills Inc. (PinkSheets:AUML - News) today announced imminent opening of their main training facility located in the Dallas area. This facility will be used to train all franchisee and area developers to operate franchise drop off stores in a systemized format to insure consistent performance.
The Company has had an amazing total franchise information requests representing 6,287 potential franchises in over 48 states and 17 countries. There have been information requests from 379 area developers (15 franchises per area developer) and 602 single store franchise information requests totaling 6,287 potential Auction Mills Inc. drop off stores.

Auction Mills Inc. supplies the public with a convenient, professional and confidential approach to participating in the eBay online marketplace. Experienced eBay auctioneers provide customers with a method of turning unused items into cash. The Company actually takes possession of the items to be auctioned eliminating the hassle and wasted time associated with the selling process and allows customers an opportunity to benefit from the existing relationship that Auction Mills Inc. has with eBay. This exciting method of marketing is currently available to franchisees. Management intends to cultivate a worldwide network of franchises that will work unanimously to offer the public the most effective tool available for online marketing.

Matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements." Statements describing objectives or goals or the Company's future plans are also forward-looking statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of the Company and market valuations of its stock, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.

For more information about Auction Mills Inc. and opportunities associated with owning your own Auction Mills location: www.auctionmills.com



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Contact:
For Auction Mills Inc.
Patrick Arnett, 281-999-7721

[rpt]

Thx, Argyll...eom

[Argyll]

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040721/215857_1.html

Stock Symbol- AUML.PK
Shares- 65,015,000
Float- 11,015,000

[rpt]

Thx Argyll...Where did
you get those numbers from ??

TIA
rpt

[Argyll]

Curent OS is 65M, float 15M.

5 for 1 forward split will make OS 325M.

[rpt]

How do you figure that??? eom

[Argyll]

I don't like it at all. That means 325M OS.

Pink sheets for a long time.

[rpt]

AUML news (inside)
Auction Mills, Inc. Announces Effective Date for Stock Split
Monday July 26, 8:31 am ET


DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2004--Auction Mills, Inc. (Pinksheets:AUML - News) previously announced its intention to do a 5-for-1 forward split of the Company's common stock. The effective date for the stock split will be August 4, 2004. To participate in the stock split you must be a shareholder of record on or before August 4, 2004.
Auction Mills, Inc. supplies the public with a convenient, professional and confidential approach to participating in the eBay online marketplace. Experienced eBay auctioneers provide customers with a method of turning unused items into cash. The Company actually takes possession of the items to be auctioned eliminating the hassle and wasted time associated with the selling process and allows customers an opportunity to benefit from the existing relationship that Auction Mills, Inc. has with eBay. This exciting method of marketing is currently available to franchisees. Management intends to cultivate a worldwide network of franchises that will work unanimously to offer the public the most effective tool available for online marketing.

Matters discussed in this press release are "forward looking statements." Statements describing objectives or goals or the Company's future plans are also forward looking statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of the Company and market valuations of its stock, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.

For more information about Auction Mills, Inc. and opportunities associated with owning your own Auction Mills location: www.auctionmills.com.

[betdfarm]

I LIKE THE SPLIT YEAH BABY!!!!!!

[sweetpepperjam]

DALLAS, Jul 19, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Auction Mills, Inc. (Pink Sheets:AUML) has received franchise information requests for a total of 2,721 stores after one week from going public. Franchise information requests have been pouring into the Company with a total to date of 165 area developers (15 per developer) and 246 single stores. These requests have come from 44 states and 16 countries, some of which are Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Spain and the UK.

Auction Mills, Inc. CEO Jason Brola is excited about the response, stating, "The recent response confirms our belief that there is an enormous demand for drop off stores." Auction Mills, Inc. will continue its corporate expansion plan and should be mailing the initial correspondence to this massive response this week.

Auction Mills, Inc. supplies the public with a convenient, professional and confidential approach to participating in the eBay online marketplace. Experienced eBay auctioneers provide customers with a method of turning unused items into cash. The Company actually takes possession of the items to be auctioned, eliminating the hassle and wasted time associated with the selling process, and allows customers an opportunity to benefit from the existing relationship that Auction Mills, Inc. has with eBay. This exciting method of marketing is currently available to franchisees. Management intends to cultivate a worldwide network of franchises that will work unanimously to offer the public the most effective tool available for online marketing.

[betdfarm]

Pinksheets or OTCBB you should be able to execute
online trades without having to call ur broker
You just need to use Limit orders for buys and sells.

And for the bid and ask pinksheets.com should display
the bid and ask 20 minutes delayed .For real time level2
pinksheets you can use alphatrade.com.

JMHO!

[bluestrato]

At what point does the stock turn from pink sheet to OTC where online trading can execute trades? I got in early and waiting to see how the next couple of days pan out. Might sift off some profits sometime next week, but I hope I don't have to as it drives towards $3.00 !!!

[betdfarm]

IT LOOKS STRONG AFTER THAT SHAKE OUT! TO $0.70
I WAS ABLE TO SCOOP SOME SHARES @ $0.75.
I EXPECTED IT TO CONSOLIDATE TODAY !
RUN WILL CONTINUE NEXT WEEK STARTING MONDAY!
$3.00+ SHORT TERM TARGET..

[sweetpepperjam]

Auction Mills Inc. Receives $558,000 of Additional Funding from Exercised Warrants
DALLAS

For Auction Mills Inc.
Patrick Arnett, 281-999-7721

Auction Mills Inc. (PinkSheets:AUML) will use this additional funding to further corporate expansion plans. Part of Auction Mills Inc. corporate expansion plan is to establish a nucleus of corporate stores in and around the Dallas, Texas, area. This nucleus will be used as the training hub to develop the Auction Mills Inc. template and franchise strategy.

Auction Mills Inc. supplies the public with a convenient, professional and confidential approach to participating in the Ebay online marketplace. Experienced Ebay auctioneers provide customers with a method of turning unused items into cash. The Company actually takes possession of the items to be auctioned eliminating the hassle and wasted time associated with the selling process and allows customers an opportunity to benefit from the existing relationship that Auction Mills Inc. has with Ebay. This exciting method of marketing is currently available to franchisees. Management intends to cultivate a worldwide network of franchises that will work unanimously to offer the public the most effective tool available for online marketing.

Matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements." Statements describing objectives or goals or the Company's future plans are also forward-looking statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of the Company and market valuations of its stock, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.

For more information about Auction Mills Inc. and opportunities associated with owning your own Action Mills location: www.auctionmills.com

[CPTMatt]

Kudos to you for getting in at .28, I wish that I would have. My suggestion is to sell 1/3 of your position to recoup your initial investment and make a little $ and let the rest ride for awhile. Who knows where this will stop.

LT_Matt

[bluestrato]

AUML's ride is pretty exciting. Did a broker assisted trade at 0.28 on tuesday and I can't beleive the run. It's the affiliation with Ebay but wondering when this run will stop?

[CPTMatt]

LOL, I was wondering how long it would take someone to start a board for AUML. Didn't think it would be Evo though. You guys should come over sometime, I'm gonna be doing a PPS dance for AUML, it involves a dead cat, a fire, and some candles, so I hope that doesn't freak you guys out. lol

LT_Matt

[pslt1156]

a post from the "roll" daytraders board stated that the OS was just 5 million shares.....this combined with the current news flow, and partnership with EBAY, could very well be what it takes to get this stock over $2 very shortly.

[babycakes]

grub