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Thanks 10bagger. I had no idea. My order is for less than 5000. I'm just trying to get rid of what I have left.
I have had a limit order at .28 since sitting there since last week, yet today I'm seeing a trade at .55 How is that possible?
Yes, I like that too. Also the Swiftech product line is well reviewed on Amazon.
I sold half of mine at .50. Took a couple days to get filled though. Whoever is buying is chewing through things very slowly. Hank you think this is someone who owns options trying to raise the price for awhile so that AMEH options convert?
.24 I'm glad I followed you into this one 10bagger :)
Is that chart telling you something, or you just like the new highs? I like .18 we hit today.
It looks like the revenues in the 4th quarter were the same as those in the 3rd quarter. I guess the revenue from their new customers hasn't shown up yet? At least they were able to pay off their loans. They are talking about acquisitions and mergers. I wonder where they are going to get the money for that?
I got in yesterday at .12. Looks pretty good. Does anyone have any idea how much new revenue they get from each new hospital? It seems that they have accelerated the rate of addition of new hospitals. Also seems like they are keeping costs down. 10 Bagger, what price do you think it will go to?
I got in yesterday at .12. Looks pretty good. Does anyone have any idea how much new revenue they get from each new hospital? It seems that they have accelerated the rate of addition of new hospitals. Also seems like they are keeping costs down.
I still don't understand what happened. How can their revenue be down so much? I still see their products all over the place? Didn't P2F give them 2 million dollars up front? Why didn't that show up in the financial statement. How does a company with products in the biggest retail chains in the country not make money? I don't get it. Was P2F just slow in being able to manufacture the products or something? Are there just less infomercials? I just want to understand what happened so I can avoid this in the future.
Stopped by BBB and saw MyPlace positioned prominently to the right as soon as you walk in the door. I also saw some Zorbeez streak freeze. I was in for a brief moment, but it looks like our product is stocked.
I like to see good ratings on Amazon. Go Tool Bandit.
Glad to see the company didn't get bought out or diluted. The terms of the agreement sound good with the guaranteed minimums. I held while Marvel entertainment transformed itself from a toy producer into a license based company and that worked out extremely well for them. I think from the past fulfillment problems the management has shown that they aren't good at doing fulfillment, but are excellent at sales, so this should be a good move as long as our partner can perform on the distribution end. I just hope our relationships with the big retailers like Walmart, Target, and BBB arent't affected adversely. Does anyone know whether our category captain status was given away in the deal or how the relationships with the big retailers will be affected?
A buyout for .20 or less is what I'm worried about and seems likely if they don't start turning a profit very soon.
I was disturbed on Friday that VBDG did not achieve profitability. I expected much more, but really just wanted profitability. 8% growth is also nothing to get excited about, but if you only consider the last couple quarters and the transformation from a TV impulse buy based model to a retail model then things look good again.
I really like that they are rolling out new MyPlace products. I think the MyPlace is their best product and the best place to continue growing a real brand. I also like the conservative approach they are taking while they do not have much cash since they already have retailer commitments on the new MyPlace products.
I was at Sears today and saw a small As Seen on Tv section with a couple Steam Buddies and a few MyPlaces. It was not an attractive display, but it was nice to see.
I had checked around Albertson's a couple weeks ago for VBDG product and didn't see any, but Nancy said they were almost done working out a deal with them. I think the new Albertson's deal should be a great opportunity, especially considering that in a tough retail environment people still have to buy groceries every week.
Did Nancy say that they were constrained on MyPlace production? I listened to the conference call, but don't recall that.
Who are you referring to when you say that "most people" think the SteamBuddy is a good product.
On Amazon, the SteamBuddy has less than 2 stars.
http://www.amazon.com/Steam-Buddy-Handheld-Steamer/dp/B001A64A5O/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1226443354&sr=8-1
I haven't purchased one, so I can't give an informed opinion, but I think the product is probably bad judging from the Amazon feedback. A good advertising campaign might sell more, but I think it will probably only be a temporary product.
Does anyone here have one who really likes it?
Went to a nearby Kohl's looking for VBDG products. They had a decent As Seen On TV section, but no VBDG products.
The MyPlace I bought is working out very well. It's a good product -- not too heavy, yet sturdy.
I went back to my local Bed, Bath, and Beyond and bought a MyPlace to see what the quality is like. The MyPlace boxes were in a different area of the store with only a few on the shelf. I asked the salesman nearby if they were any good. He said that he had not heard of any complaints or returns of them. I asked him if people liked them and he said they sell fast. I looked for the Steam Buddy but could not find it anymore. In it's place were Shark steamers. Not sure if this because they sold out or stopped carrying the product. The Easy Foldz were in the same place.
I checked my Best Buy but couldn't find any products in the short time I was in there. I checked the iron section and the laptop section.
I also went to CVS to see if they were carrying the VBDG products. I looked in the iron section but there was no Steam Buddy, no Hercules Hooks in the home repair section, but then I found the As Seen on TV section next to the toy section. On the other side of the isle were greeting cards. They had the Steam Buddy and Zorbeez amid other TV items like the Dryer Max balls which were also being sold at BBB in multiple places. It was a small section at child's eye level.
When I was at Fry's about a month ago they had a huge section next to a walking pathway of As Seen on TV products. Steam Buddy was at the top at eye level in the best spots with Zorbeez right under. It was fairly obvious to me that VBDG was running the show in the As See on TV section. I had also seen the Steam Buddy in the checkout aisle and in the big white boxes when you come into the store. I know Fry's only has 30 stores, but it's nice to see VBDG products in stores that aren't even talked about in the conference calls and also having category captain status in them.
My wife wanted to try out the MyPlace tonight. So far she likes it. She said her neck has begun to be irritated looking down at her laptop screen. The MyPlace seems fairly sturdy and easy to use so far. I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm looking forward to the 3rd quarter results.
Does anyone know how the older products (Hercules Hooks and Starmaker) are doing? Hercules Hooks used to be the bread and butter of the company.
I decided to take a few moments to find some statistics on strokes.
The age standardized decline in deaths from people who have had strokes declined
by 63% between 1970 and 2002.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/AcuteCoronarySyndrome/tb/1721
Stroke is the leading cause of disability among adults in the U.S.
Stroke risk increases with age. For each decade after age 55, the risk of stroke doubles.
http://www.theuniversityhospital.com/stroke/stats.htm
The number of adults aged 65 years and over is projected to increase 35% from 2010
to 2020.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/summarytables.html
So in general terms the fundamental factors related to stroked show that many more
adults will be entering the higher probability age to have a stroke. At the same
time adults are less likely to die of a stroke so are more likely to need rehabilitation.
Added more at .38 cents.
Spotted SteamBuddy at Fry's Electronics yesterday. It was placed at eye level in the long isles that you walk through while waiting to get to a cash register.
Also, saw the SteamBuddy, MyPlace, and EZ Foldz at the Bed Bath and Beyond in Pasadena, CA.
Here are pics from the BBB.
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I added more at .46 today. I like how well the MyPlace is doing (the 3 Amazon ratings are excellent). The most recent products, EZ Foldz(which has 13 good Amazon reviews) and MyPlace, are of much higher quality than their predecessors. The management's ability to somehow get into the biggest retail chains is unbelievable (I'm still skeptical).
Take a look at Amazon.com and you see 12 negative posts about Zorbeez. I know my brother likes the Hercules Hooks, but the Zorbeez sound like a bad product that upsets people.
Hillzman,
How do you calculate that?
hogfan, I live here in here in Los Angeles and many times members of lower socioeconomic groups band together to rent or buy a more expensive home than they would be able to afford acting alone. Also, even though they may occupy the lower priced housing market, individuals looking to sell their lower income house in order to move to a middle income house need to be able to sell it to someone at a decent price in order to make the move to a middle income house. So I tend to think that the lower income housing markets supports the middle income and upper income housing markets. Supply and demand suggests that immigration affects housing prices - more people lead to more demand for homes equating to higher home prices.
The 42% operated interest is nice. We've been getting much lower percentages ~21% in previous years. This is the second well this year with an operated percentage above 40%. So we aren't drilling more wells, but our ownership in them is rising with the same great high percentage of hits to misses.