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Already in a "deal", and I like buying more
uWink...uWait...uWin...
Filled by split of order, 2K and 1.5K Shares.
Overall Total Now Equals 57,500 uWink Shares.
FWIW: 3,500 UWKI Buy Order at $2.75
For "God"s Sake, Please Kid, Grow-Up (P.K.G).
Posted by: P K G
In reply to: Rawnoc who wrote msg# 14179 Date:10/1/2007 2:58:15 PM
You might say that. Broke all my rules and averaged down and averaged down, etc., etc,. First bought at 2.60 then 2.28,(my rule would sell at 2.28), 1.60, 1.31, 130, 130, .96, .76, .58, .64.
Sitting on down 56%.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?Message_id=23311942&txt2find=.58
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Posted by: P K G
In reply to: Netman who wrote msg# 14512 Date:10/24/2007 9:58:28 AM
Out of my small position this AM at $1.00/ share loss.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=23956726
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Posted by: P K G
In reply to: Netman who wrote msg# 14635 Date:10/28/2007 10:16:35 PM
"And if you buy a stock an it goes up: You are right."
"And if you buy a stock and it goes down: You are wrong."
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You Also Wrote:
"guess it is reasonably for you to make an embarrassing post like this."
LOL! - Your Very Own Words PKG Speak Volumes About You! - LOL!
AND NOLAN SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD
Nolan said, "Let there be uWink," and there was a uWink. Nolan saw that the uWink was good, and he separated the company-owned from the franchises. Nolan called the company-owned "Now" and the franchises he called "Later."
And Nolan said, "Let there be an expansion between the lands and to separate US Land from International Land." So Nolan made the expansion and separated the land under the expanse from the land above it. And it was so. Nolan called the first expanse "Grand." And there was an Opening, and there were Leases in later days.
And Nolan said, "Let the Grand Openings under the sky be gathered to one place, and let company-owned appear." And it was so. Nolan called the company-owned "California," and the gathered leases he called,"More." And Nolan saw that it was good.
Then Nolan said, "Let the expansion produce Stock Shares: stock-bearing warrants and many uWinks on the land that bear menus with fun in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. The uWinks produced customers: adult males and females bearing kids according to their kinds and young women bearing fruit with seed in them according to their kinds. And Nolan saw that it was good. And there was evening play, and there was lunch and dinner the next day.
And Nolan said, "Let there soon be in the expanse of the uWinks to separate the company-owned from the franchises, and let them serve as future signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be beacons in the expansion of the uWink Plan to give Fun on the earth." And it was so.
And Nolan said, "Let the expansion teem with investor creatures, and let brokers fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." And Nolan saw that it was good. Nolan blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase customers in number and fill the uWinks in the land, and let the investors increase on the earth." And there was “next week”, and there was more money by the fifth day.
And Netman saw that it was good…
PKG: My Only Regret is I can't buy more...
Sorry to read of your $1 per share loss
PKG Wrote:
"Out of my small position this AM at $1.00/ share loss"
Better Luck Next Time P.K.G.
Perhaps P.K.G. was Playing Monopoly...
"uWink intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for new restaurant development, for marketing of its franchise program and for general working capital needs."
http://www.uwink.com/content/view/147/52/
"uWink Files Registration Statement in Connection with a Common Stock and Warrant Offering OF UP TO $15 Million"
Be Safe Dude, how close are you to it?
Sure, and will give zaggy 2 to 1 odds
Added 500 - holding 54K
Answered this via post 14427 sir
Must you always act like the child you are...
zagil: We are here because, more than ten billion years ago, the universe borrowed energy from the vacuum to create vast amounts of matter and antimatter in nearly equal numbers. Most of it annihilated and filled the universe with photons. Less than one part per billion survived to form protons and neutrons, and then the hydrogen and helium that makes up most everything there is. Some of this hydrogen and helium collapsed to make the first generation of massive stars, which produced the first batch of heavy elements in their central nuclear fires. These stars exploded and enriched the interstellar clouds that would form the next generation of stars. Finally, about five billion years ago, one particular cloud in one particular galaxy collapsed to form our Sun and its planetary system. Life arose on the third planet, based on the hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and other elements found in the protostellar cloud. The development of life transformed Earth's atmosphere and allowed small furry mammals to take center stage. Primitive men and women evolved and moved out of Africa to conquer the world with their new knowledge of tools, language, and agriculture. After raising food on the land, your ancestors, your parents, and then you consumed this food and breathed the air. Your own body is a collection of the atoms that were created billions of years earlier in the interior of stars, the fraction of a fraction of a percent of normal matter that escaped annihilation in the first microsecond of the universe. Your life and everything in the world around you is intimately tied to countless aspects of modern astrophysics.
And then... we (here) all read your post about Chapter 11, and we just collectively shake our heads from side to side...and wonder...about some of those fractions that escaped annihilation...
Welcome Clay Campfield
"I WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS STORY" - Good Idea - IMO
PKG: “Be as you wish to seem.” Socrates Quote
Y-l-t-d-t.
“Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth”
Socrates Quote
Y-a-b,-a-y?
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for”
Socrates Quote
Serious Thoughts About Fun And Games Article
FWIW:
Here is the REST of that 10/19/07 Article, instead of just the snippets others on-line chose to put in quotes, and then bash the quoted parts, without publishing the entire article.
Nolan Bushnell, popularly revered as the father of electronic games, is still inventing and dreaming of new ways for people to use technology for fun. In fact, he is forging a different direction from today's shoot 'em up, beat 'em down, tear 'em apart electronic diversions. He sees a generation of video games that foster fun, social interaction, and education.
"Video games today are a race to the bottom. They are pure, unadulterated trash and I'm sad for that," says Bushnell.
To create the shift, Bushnell is taking his experience as an amusement park game barker, inventor of Pong, and founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time restaurants and rolling it all into a new pursuit - uWink. Instead of creating games primarily played by one lone player, or occasionally two players, Bushnell wants to create an environment for families or groups of adults to have fun.
His first step in that direction was the fall 2006 opening of uWink in Woodland Hills, Calif. It is an entertainment dining experience where people can play tabletop games, interact, and enjoy tasty, reasonably priced meals.
His daughter Alissa invented one of uWink's features, Truth or Dare, based on the old party game. "It's not really a game per se, but provides an experience where people have fun, do something a little embarrassing, but have a really good time doing it," says Bushnell. Alissa is uWink's publicist and VP of marketing and has even developed a couple of its games.
"Social games represent something that has been missing," he adds. "Most of the board games are purchased by women for families. It is this gaming world that can be re-energized. We used to have families sit down and play a game together. A lot of video games today are very isolated. You don't see mom and dad, sister and brother, sitting down like they used to play, say, Monopoly," says Bushnell. "That represented good mentoring time for families that just isn't happening now."
When Your Passion is Your Job
When the 64-year-old Bushnell reflects on his contributions to gaming, he smiles. "I am the luckiest guy to be able to continue to innovate and create games and toys. Throughout the years, I added a technical twist to everything I did. I interpreted technology for the masses and it feels good."
He created his first computerized video game, Computer Space, in 1970. Too complicated for mass production, it wasn't commercially widespread. But the next year he invented a much-simplified, coin-operated video game, Pong, based on ping pong. Its success was immediate.
In 1972, he founded Atari with the help of his friend Ted Dabney, and the video arcade and gaming industry was born. They reached another milestone in 1975 when Sears agreed to sell a home version of Pong. It was the first time home TV sets were interactive.
Mind-Boggling Invention
"It really was a world-changing event," recalls Bushnell. "I can remember people saying, 'It's neat, but how does the TV station know I turned this knob?' Their whole metric was TV signals came from TV stations. With Pong, it came from the game and that was a real epiphany. They didn't understand how it was done. It was the staging for the personal-computer revolution to come."
In 1976, Bushnell, at age 33, sold Atari to Time Warner for $28 million. "I was young and insecure. To get really big, I thought I needed a benefactor. In retrospect, it was a huge mistake to do that," he says, as six years later, the Atari division was making $2 billion in annual sales. "But I've been pretty happy with my life."
Bushnell founded more than 20 companies and holds dozens of patents. But when asked what's he most proud of creating, he doesn't cite any of the history-breaking games. Instead, he says it's his eight children. And which of all his games does he like the most?
"My personal favorite is Breakout. It is one of the games that everyone loved. It was very satisfying to play," says Bushnell. "It was like breaking down walls. And it was a metaphor. The world is better when you break down walls. Walls separate people. The more inclusive we can be, the better we can be as a species."
Passing "Go"
Another favorite is an old Chinese game, Go. "It has kept my fancy a long time," says Bushnell. "It's a game of strategy with black and white stones that are placed on the intersections of a 19- by 19-square grid. It's very, very challenging." The objective is to control the greatest part of the board by creating linked territories. The name for Atari came from Go terminology.
The Disney amusement parks are additional influences in his life. "I always felt that what I was doing was about entertaining people. The only other guy doing that then was Disney," he remembers. Unsuccessful at getting a job there, though, Bushnell still followed his dream. "They didn't want me, so I had to go do it myself."
He encourages young engineers to go into electronic gaming, even if they get rebuffed as he did by Disney. "Do it. There's many wonderful opportunities in the gaming business and it's growing," says Bushnell. "If you can't get hired by a big company, do it yourself part time. The Web is a wonderful enabler of people. A young programmer has tremendous amounts of opportunity today."
Bushnell spends a good portion of his time encouraging youth to become entrepreneurs. He gives speeches, mentors, and talks at colleges. "I think they all think it is harder to be an entrepreneur than it is. It is well within the purview of their abilities. I encourage them to take a shot, take the risk, and make it happen."
Not happening, on both, to any signif degree...
PKG: After all that word prattle, you then say:
"The firm could come back to UWKI and say they had $8mil and could not get more or it would take a lot more time, etc and UWKI could say, "We take it". That's the only way it will be less than the $15mil (less expenses)"
First... You do not bother to quote my complete statement as to what they could do (thereby distorting it), after insisting I am wrong. However...Then you much later on (after all that babble) state something feasible (quoted above) that is Simply and Completely in Agreement with what I was saying could, and may occur. Apparently you just can Not grasp the points I was making (yet others can). And You really need to get over the fixation on the 15M number, for what part of UP TO 15M, can you just not ever understand? Do you ever clearly read their SEC docs on-line?
Second... If you must debate me, at least please have a basic understanding of the facts, and how the world works, and try to post your future opposing points of view clearly, without posting an example that very clearly reiterates what I have said. It's fine to have opposing views, and to post them, but you should not refute and also agree, for a pro / con debate requires clear opposition, not agreement. - You also dare to say you are trying to help?. This just makes me laugh and also think of an old cliché (with friends like you, who needs en____!). LOL!
btw: I am just trying to help you too (nothing personal dude), and how is that dkam buying working out for you? You really should stop posting over there that you keep breaking your own rules by consistently / repeatedly buying on the way down (that's something you have chastised many for here...remember?).
fwiw: uWink will be fine...uWait...uWin
PKG: NO, & you apparently will never understand
UN, As Said, IMO - Nolan/Others read the board
If 'they' are reading, and still undecided, my personal opinions are stated quite clearly, wether they want them or not. Someone has to pick an effective date, let's call 4PM 10/23/07 'a polite suggestion'.
It's already been too long, and 'perhaps' has been somewhat mishandled - again IMO. The Merry Men are working FOR THEM, not the other way around. uWink could give them two more (or three) business days to get it done, and then move on...Why leave everyone hanging another week? That's certainly not going to improve the PPS status, nor the companies current standing in any investors eyes...(enough said about this, I am not going to repeat my prior post content).
btw: not frustrated, I am annoyed.
With 53.5K shares, and 30K+ cash hanging,
I have an invested legitimate right to be annoyed...
OK, Let’s get six things straight - IMO.
1) SEC Doc: “A registration statement for the sale of up (to) $15,000,000 of our common stock and warrants to purchase our common stock has been filed with the SEC and was declared effective on August 14, 2007.”
Therefore, they are Not obligated to raise 15M, Nor is it likely that they need anywhere near that much to do what needs to be done now, or really want / need that much (when they filed, or at this time). So please kids, stop posting 15M like it’s a fact, and then dividing by shares.
2) To Quote Scandalls… “They are telling people they will be profitable with 3 restaurants and have 4 or 5 company owned and franchised restaurants planned for early 2008.”
You all can review uWink press release’s yourself, and you all own a calculator if you doubt the profitability statement. Now…Let’s examine just how many millions they may really need now... Let’s just assume they want to open 3-4 places soon…, is 7-10 million enough, or 4-6 million? (see #1 above) Let’s Suppose a couple perhaps are maybe existing retrofits (like Nolan has talked about doing many times to cut costs). Have you all looked at the likely build costs or franchise costs I posted a long way back (if not - their franchise profile has been on the website awhile now). If retrofits, 2.5 to 3 million may well suffice for two such new places.
3) The ‘volume’ while we are in UWKI purgatory means little…at least little of later consequence to anyone I believe, when we later on become AMEX UWW or perhaps UWK. It may soon mean a lot to those later on, that have the means now and/or will, to now buy or sell UWKI now…
3a) The Price.
Yes, it really does su_k to look at UWKI volume AND it’s price drift down right now if you own any shares at any higher avg cost (like me, and also you reading this IMO post).
4) The one and only Current Restaurant – I am not going to get into how Great the California Restaurant is doing. You all should already know this by your own DD. And I have already written numerous posts regarding that topic (like 13183 and many others).
5) The ‘Merryman’ MOJO: My Own Opinion…THEY NEED TO GET IT DONE BY 4PM 10/23/07 or FIRE THEM or PAY THEM OFF and get this matter done…, with whatever funds they currently have raised to Move Forward. - Still My Opinion: IF the offer $$$ is perhaps not where it needs to be (per uWink people) by 4PM10/23/07, then perhaps it might be a darn good idea to just drop 1 uWink opening plan for now…, and to rock on with the others… that could be happening.
6) Quite Period: The longer this goes on, the longer we All stay in UWKI purgatory (Shareholders and uWink People). The longer this goes on, the more chance that folks already in uWink stock may panic sell. And the more chance, others lose interest because uWink is having a “Quite Period”. Personally I hate periods, bleeding is a bloody Bit_h.
RE: ME - You all should know my Investment philosophy - 'uBuy until uSell' --Which means my total UWKI shares now held is 53,500 UWKI shares.
RE: uWink...uWait...uWin...
Yes..., waiting for anything it seems is something most people have real trouble with nowdays. - Viable stock returns take time, because viable companies take a long time to develop and mature.
RE: uWink: They have already accomplished quite a lot in it's short history, IMO they will accomplish a lot more... What uWink may very well be about to do, may very well greatly accelerate their stock growth.
Netman Note: I try to base my own trading decisions on my own DD, research, evaluation, constant re-evaluation, insight and observations. Current UWNK trading action is STILL reflecting short-term price action trading in the overall scheme of things (try to think longer intervals with stock reactions with perspective to the company results and company / products / franchise potential). I believe most of the true FMV of this diverse company has Yet to be priced in.
Of course, everyone else has to do their own DD, and then draw and constantly evaluate their own conclusions and then place their own bets accordingly. All just IMO (not advice / none given), we all make (and live with) our own investment and/or trading choices. I Wish You All the best in your own investment and/or trading decisions, I've obviously made mine...
LOL - a 1/5th Mini-Me - Congrats! B-M
365 Days of uWink - from the bistro blog
That’s right, 1 year ago today we quietly opened our doors for uWink’s “alpha phase” – the phase where we asked customers what they thought. We quizzed them. We watched them. We interacted with them. We wanted to know what our customers thought before we went “LIVE”. And that feedback we received in those 6 weeks that we were open without a lot of hoopla, was great for uWink. Based on what we saw and heard, we turned. We finessed. We did what no other restaurant has ever done…. provided our customers with a high-end self-service experience, putting them in control of their experience and their fun.
In the last 365 days, we’ve accomplished a lot. We’ve been surprised by how many people, of all ages, have embraced our proprietary technology. Grandparents in their 70’s use our touch screen ordering system without hesitation. Kids who don’t know how to read yet easily navigate both game and food ordering. Young adults, the technology generation, love the customization our proprietary technology provides them. They love the control and the speed at which they can get their order. This generation in particular is so accustomed to being able to personalize their technology environment that uWink has become an extension of their digital life.
We have also uniquely engaged advertisers and sponsors. And, as we expand our marketing partnership program, we expect to leverage content as well as products on our system that fit with our customer demographic.
uWink has also demonstrated that prized games are a draw and a customer-pleaser. By paying to play, customers can win various prizes from iPods to t-shirts and glow sticks. The prizes and the games have proven to be a unique and successful model for driving additional revenue.
We will officially celebrate our one year anniversary on November 30th because that is the date that we feel we really opened our doors for business.
So with that, here’s to the next 365 days!
No Pain or Sweat Brian, uWait...uWin
Q#4 - I do hold more then 3 of them that are on that list, however, I am not an 'Institutional Holder', but may very well be Institutionalized if this crazy game takes much longer to complete...Jeeezzzzzzzzz
Closure will coincide with Mo Money, and AMEX Listing
Restaurant Industry Overview - Studies show that over the past 50 years, people in the United States have relatively steadily shifted toward purchasing food away from home, instead of preparing and eating food at home. The National Restaurant Association estimates that the U.S. industry's sales in 2007 will reach $537 billion (about 4% of the U.S. gross domestic product) at 955,000 locations nationwide. The National Restaurant Association further predicts that, by 2010, food purchased away from home will represent more than half of all consumer food purchases, and that the number of restaurants around the country will grow to more than a million locations.
We believe that there are many reasons that the restaurant industry is expanding and eating out is becoming increasingly popular. A growing population means more customers for restaurants to draw from, higher income levels mean more discretionary income to spend eating out, and busier lifestyles mean people have less time to prepare food at home. As a result, more people are willing to pay for the convenience of quality food made by others. As the restaurant industry adapts to consumer trends, restaurants have increasingly made available the higher-quality food that people want, as illustrated by the proliferation of premium coffee shops, specialty supermarkets and the like.
We believe that consumer demand for food that's made to order with higher-quality ingredients in a comfortable atmosphere, together with accessibility, value-oriented prices and portions and faster service will continue and that we are poised to capitalize on these trends.
Restaurant Unit Economics. - We believe that our concept has the ability to reach annual revenue of $3.5 million in the Woodland Hills location, equating to approximately $650 per square foot. Comparable restaurants, such as California Pizza Kitchen, generate average unit revenues of anywhere between $500 and $700 per square foot. We also believe that our touchscreen ordering feature, which eliminates the need for wait staff, will allow us to achieve labor costs savings, and, together with high margin per play gaming revenue, will help us generate higher annual per unit free cash flow than comparable restaurant concepts.
As we develop additional company-owned restaurants as well as franchised restaurants, we expect our concept to generate average per square foot unit revenue of $600 to $700, with technology-related labor cost savings and high margin gaming revenue continuing to result in higher free cash flow than comparable restaurant concepts.
Our longer term growth strategy is to open additional company-owned and/or company-managed restaurants in new markets and to franchise our concept, focusing on multiple-unit area development agreements with experienced operators. We are ultimately targeting a mix of one-third company-owned restaurants and two-thirds franchised restaurants. We expect we will also seek to generate additional revenue through the sale of our proprietary tabletop terminals and related software to our franchisees. In addition, we believe that our concept is well suited for specialized locations, including airports and schools, and are pursuing opportunities in these areas.
We are targeting 6,000 to 10,000 square foot locations in high traffic areas as the sites for future restaurants.
Going forward, our strategy is to leverage our network and entertainment software assets, including our uWink Game Library, to develop and operate the uWink interactive entertainment restaurant concept. The uWink concept is designed to allow customers to order food, drinks, games from the uWink Game Library and other digital media at the table through proprietary software and touchscreen terminals. This concept integrates food and our interactive entertainment software to provide what we believe to be a new entertainment dining experience. We believe that the software platforms and touchscreen terminals we have developed, and are continuing to develop, for our restaurant concept can be deployed in other restaurants, bars and mobile devices. While we have no current plans to do so, we may in the future seek opportunities to employ these assets in some or all of these other venues.
We opened our first uWink restaurant in Woodland Hills, California in the Westfield Promenade Shopping Center at 6100 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Woodland Hills, California 91367 on October 16, 2006. In May 2007, we signed letters of intent to open two new restaurant locations at the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles and the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California. On June 7, 2007, we and the landlord agreed in principle on the terms of a definitive lease agreement for the Howard Hughes location. Subject to the final execution of that lease and the negotiation and execution of a definitive lease agreement for Hollywood & Highland, we expect both locations to open in early 2008.
In June 2007, our subsidiary, uWink Franchise Corporation, entered into an area development agreement with OCC Partners, LLC for our first three planned franchised restaurants to be built in Miami-Dade County, Florida, over the next four years.
Also in June 2007, we announced plans to establish a joint venture in Canada with Jefferson Partners, a leading Canadian venture capital firm, to develop the Canadian market for uWink restaurants and related uWink products and services. We expect that the Canadian joint venture, in which we will have an initial 50% equity interest, will be independently funded in Canada and be managed in conjunction with an experienced Canadian restaurant operator to be selected by us and Jefferson Partners. Subject to prompt negotiation and execution of definitive agreements, we expect the first Canadian uWink to open late winter or early spring of 2008.
Note: I added 500 uwki at 12:29pm yesterday.
You all know my Investment philosophy - 'uBuy until uSell'
Which means my total shares now held is 53,500 uwki shares.
RE: uWink...uWait...uWin...
Yes..., waiting for anything it seems is something most people have real trouble with nowdays. Viable stock returns take time, because viable companies take time to develop and mature.
uWink has already accomplished quite a lot in it's short history, IMO they will accomplish a lot more... Some here have always wanted quick gratification… What uWink is about to do, may very well greatly accelerate our stock growth.
Surely... attracting institutional interest and many more worldwide investors would be a good thing for the stock growth. Some people are simply wanting meager quick flip returns, without ever also considering the full long term positive potential this company may well offer them... I am not one of them...
To be brief, this latest stock offering has not been 'handled well' by Merriman in my opinion, and I am hoping they make the right move to remove them, and proceed accordingly...I personally believe we may well have a resolution next week that resolves this waiting game. Then we can move ahead, and with the "quiet period" removed, we may very well be told what every serious investor wants to hear...
Netman Note: I try to base my own trading decisions on my own DD, research, evaluation, constant re-evaluation, insight and observations. Current UWNK trading action is STILL reflecting short-term price action trading in the overall scheme of things (try to think longer intervals with stock reactions with perspective to the company results and company / products / franchise potential). I believe most of the true FMV of this diverse company has Yet to be priced in.
Of course, everyone else has to do their own DD, and then draw and constantly evaluate their own conclusions and then place their own bets accordingly. All just IMO (not advice / none given), we all make (and live with) our own investment and/or trading choices. I Wish You All the best in your own investment and/or trading decisions, I've obviously made mine...
Raw, 50K in wallet, 150K in glove box
for my wallet refills...lol!
To echo scandalls, I have heard the same.
Actually...I like 9/27 as that's when my lady and I began 'seeing' each other in 84 and began living together on 9/27 in 85 (we married 9/1 in 88). fwiw - I was making an associated reference to the 9/27 date as I had hoped we would have THE NEWS on this date 9/27/07 - ...perhaps tomorrow...
I too am Getting tired of this purgatory holding zone...,
but that does not mean I am changing anything regarding uWink
uWink...uWait...uWin...
1 and 3
My honey became mine 9/27 - always liked that date
That was 22 years ago...
I bet we will celebrate (again) this year!
With one small diff - I actually have them...