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Why hasn't this appeared on Yahoo financial page or my TDAmeritrade account?
What about a business reset?
Forget ethanol and Flex-tek for the moment. It's still a ways off, and we have no money to support that effort (that I know of, anyway.) It's likely a huge dollar opportunity, but not without more revenue for the company. Continue to support what's already there, but don't throw a lot more resources (that we don't have) into them right now.
So we go back to where we started - Lubrilon. Start small - find local dealers or small chains in select areas and advertise with local radio. Start some small cash flow that can be nurtured into something bigger. I compare it to California's wildfires that grow into huge conflagrations from a single cigarette end.
I'm probably being naive, but it just seems that XLPI is still trying to sprint before it has even been able to balance on its hands and knees.
It's hard to find, but PacWest is still listed on the Xcelplus website. Under the "Contact Us" tab, click on "transfer agent" along the left hand side. Laurel from PacWest is still listed as the agent. Same is true for Global.
I don't mean to put a damper on things, but if there is no money to pay the employees, where does the money come from to build/buy locations for the flexlube centers (catchy name, btw).
Any new money coming in is going to want compensation, and I see current shareholders getting an even smaller piece of any pie that gets made. I guess the silver lining is that it would be better than what I've got now...
Sounds like it could be a death knell.
TDAmeritrade is letting me offer .085. Nobody wants to take me up on it, tho...
That's the correct address. It's dancing back and forth between working and not working for me, too, although even when it is working, I can't submit an e-mail through the Contact Us page, and ccalpito@nicodrops.com is not working, either.
Info on that page calls it a parking page, which means the site address has been registered, but the register-er doesn't have any content, so they use this default page.
No clue if there is any relation to our Nicodrops.
Contact us "Submit" doesn't work for me. Takes me to a "page not found" error page. Did you try to e-mail ccalpito@nicodrops.com? That didn't work either. I tried from a couple different e-mail addresses of mine. No go.
I'm not trying to be a basher - I would love to see this back to where I'm even. Just stating what I see.
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
<ccalpito@nicodrops.com>:
67.28.113.136 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 550 relaying denied for <ccalpito@nicodrops.com>
Giving up on 67.28.113.136.
Oh, joy. Now the website is there, but when I tried to alert them of a typo on the site, I find that the "Contact Us" screen doesn't work, and the e-mail address "ccalpito@nicodrops.com" also doesn't work.
My initial hope for recovery and real business is fading fast.
What happened to the website? I can't see it any more.
So, what's the deal? 1000 shares trade at .001?? That's a $1 transaction!! Someone trying to keep this one out of the triple-zeroes?
New site does look good. Thanks Trend. So, the Investor Info page has a transfer agent listed, but no share structure information. Sept 30 financials - the latest on PinkSheets - shows 1.85 Billion (with a B) shares. Does anyone know if that's Authorized, Outstanding, Floating, or something else? That's an awful lot of shares, in my fairly uneducated opinion.
I can't visit the nicodrops.com website anymore - page is no longer found. Maybe it's a server problem or maybe something else?
Interesting that there is no mention of a new manufacturer. All the other stuff sounds wonderful, although not yet "done".
Wait and see...
I thought most of the sales were "contract" sales or distribution sales. It's possible that agreements were reached, but payment was withheld until the actual receipt of the goods.
If I'm a distributor, and I agree to buy 100 units of your product because I think I can re-sell at a profit, I'll pay you when I get the stuff - not when you tell me it has shipped, but it's sitting in customs.
Pure conjecture on my part, but it could explain the A/R numbers and claims of sales. Although it doesn't speak particularly well of XLPI's understanding of export regs...
Maybe that's why there is so much in Accounts Receivable - the product that's been ordered hadn't made it through customs?
So, given the lull in information and PPS, do folks here think it's worth averaging down? Not looking for investment advice, just opinions.
It seems to me that we're in that "crossroads" period of time where things can go either way - the business picks up and the K-9 unit stands on its own and makes money, or the business doesn't pick up and we are provided with further opportunities to average down.
I feel you, Pupp - especially when you did soooo much IR/PR work for them, trying to spread the word.
Still hoping for a lightning strike that can at least bring back a penny, but I'm resigned to chalking this one up as a lesson learned. (At least I hope I've learned...)
Why does a customer service rep for a company with a California address have a Canadian e-mail address?
Your link works for me, Pupp. Perhaps their server was just down for a bit?
Calilfornia has some extra-special requirement for cleaner burning gasoline. They don't advertise that it's ethanol. MTBE springs to mind (save the air, ruin the water supply). It's the reason that gas out here is always way above national average, and we get hammered even harder during times of crisis - we can't use the same gas that the rest of the nation uses.
In any event, I certainly don't blame XLPI for California's lack of ethanol, merely trying to point out that I don't think most people connect ethanol and XLPI.
Here's to hoping that some big-arse blind squirrel finds this XLPI nut! I think it would benefit not just my portfolio, but help the nation as a whole.
There is nothing in the public eye to connect the dots between ethanol and XLPI. No one knows about Lubrilon except readers of this board and car junkies. Flex-tek seems hung up in red tape, and even then, how many people are aware of it. And of them, how many could actually use it? Here in the SF Bay Area, I can't even find E-10, let alone E-85.
Real products + no visibility = sub-penny PPS
A potential hitch is that the military, while an endless supply of money, is notoriously slow and bureaucratic. Convincing them to change from whatever they're doing to Labwire is a process likely measured in 10's of months. A good idea, though, because once they start spending money with you, they tend to spend lots of it.
Off-the-wall thought. Anyone think the CEO might be playing games with us? Maybe good things are in the works at XLPI, but he's trying to shake us out for reasons that I might only guess at.
Just a stupid idea thought someone who's full of 'em.
"And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."
-John Donne (made famous by Ernest Hemingway)
Yet more dilution? Someone else getting tired of waiting and dumping a couple of million shares?
Ahhh, don't give up, knees. This one will never fulfill the promise it once had, but it may come back to at least penny-land.
Using the 0.1% number they are targeting for the US market, that's 470 conversion kits. Let's hope for higher penetration. This is easily the most frustrating investment I have - products that actually work, but can't break into the market place for a variety of reasons that have all been beaten to death here.
We just need one stinkin' break!
I was thinking more like .01... (I can dream, can't I?)
Does someone really care enough about this stock to try to make it look healthier than it is?
What is this? I thought that XLPI had exclusive rights to use the original Bishop formulas!? And who is John Tate, the contact man for getmorempg.com? Is he part of the original scandal?
All right, maybe not bashing, but negative comments without any news (other than PPS). And I wasn't referring to you, knees. I'm wondering why frasier and wick have suddenly shown up spewing doom on the same day XLPI sees a large spike in volume. Seems a bit coincidental to me...
Wow, we haven't seen genuine bashers here in a long time. Is there a reason they've returned?
What do you mean, knees? Please educate me.
Oh come on, now. I can't even fill a measly 1500 share order at 0.11? The SP may not be climbing, but people sure as heck aren't selling, either.
Problem is that, now we're in a catch-22. If XLPI puts out a PR, no one will believe it because of those that have come before, but have been overly optimistic. But if some of the more tenacious posters here uncover some DD that could be good news, we blast XLPI for not issuing a PR.
Tough place to be. Given the two choices and the history (and the fact that I already own as many shares as I'm going to), I think I would rather hear about good news later than earlier. JMO.
Aren't financials due soon here?
I've heard the same quote, with a different twist. Life is like a sh&% sandwich - the more bread you have, the less sh$# you taste.
I think you're on target with your post, but here's to hoping XLPI finds some magic yeast for our bread so it will rise.
Kind of a catch-22, isn't it? I thought his Pipe funding was going to be in place 2 weeks ago, which would lead to further funding, which would take care of those pesky details.