You're probably right!! But I can't do that anymore as I have a thinking problem. And a stress problem. Hell, that's all I'd need again is to have "lots" of shares and start stressing out. Nah, I really don't enjoy it. (Well, I did when the color was GREEN for a couple days. ) But although I don't think it'd be good for me personally it'd probably be good for the product itself as I'd probably start consuming the vast majority of it.

I'm getting a headache.

What period of time was THAT chart from? Oh, yeah. That chart was from the highest period. Right before the tank.

THIS is the chart for the last 45 days or so.

Well, I do understand it.

And it's precisely the "RESISTANCE" as to why I'm so PESSIMISTIC right now. I DO wish I had the OPTIMISM of some around here as it seems it's genuine. Well, at least SOME of it. But it's just that without some new kind of CATALYST I don't see how this is going anywhere anytime soon. (And yes I hope I'm WRONG! And I'm impatient too.) To me it's just POTENTIAL right now. Like hearing about a GREAT minor league ball player who has great POTENTIAL but when he gets to the big leagues he can't cut it. But we'll certainly find that out in the (near?) future.

Still thinking of the Zodiac thing and the "A List". Hell, instead of spending $5000 on a paid promotion in a newsletter (or wherever it was) they could have paid $5000 to some semi-popular movie actor/actress or pop star to take a swig from a bottle and got better results.

Great! But WHEN will something start happening in regards to this relationship? Or they have already done some stuff and I missed it? And, yes, I understand that agreement was only a tad over four months ago. Just wondering.

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/marani-brands-executes-global-branding-agreement-with-zodiac-brands-of-new-york-otc-pink-mrib-1863870.htm

Yeah. So, in hindsight, I should have waited a day. I bought @.295 yesterday. Figures it's down -15.38% today. Hmmm, perhaps I should get a job for the military to buy tanks.

Interesting that when it opened today it immediately fell. Did the "Extended Hours" showing yesterday indicate it would do this or was it a coincidence? Oh well, I'll find out what the "Extended Hours" show later today and how this opens tomorrow.

Not that it really matters.

But even with a PAID PROMOTION AND NEWS/PR we are no better off TODAY then about a week ago! (And, in fact, MUCH worse off than a MONTH ago! ) Methinks we need more OUTSIDERS (for volume) and not just hyping this on the MB and trying to get the same people to buy more shares. Frankly, I would think they will eventually have had enough if they don't run out of powder first. So then what?

It just seems that everything they try, in regards to obtaining more volume, results in just a small TEMPORARY rise in the pps but a day or two later comes the decline. Wasted money?

Okay, I'll try VERY hard to NOT post anymore because who the heck needs my PESSIMISM? So I'll say it now. I don't see why this stock will rise in value anymore. Why SHOULD it? They can have all the distributor in the world and have it in every store in the world BUT IF IT DOESN'T SELL THEY WILL HAVE NO REVENUE!
They need more PRODUCT ADVERTISING. Like they had in the past. But that was, well, IN THE PAST. Thank gawd for Dan Senters. But getting the Vodka into stores isn't enough. You have to get it into people's MINDS, so they'll buy. And that is done by NATIONAL ADVERTISING OF THE PRODUCT ITSELF. Not hyping the company on MoneyTV all the time.

All imo.

GLTA!!

P.S. Have you seen my pens?

Why the huge pps increase from Feb. 16 to March 24??

Frankly, it's been bugging me as there were no PROMOTIONS during the month of March but there were four NEWS/PRs (March 7, 14, 20, 21 but NONE at all in February!!) But if it was because of the NEWS/PRs then why haven't we had anything similar with all the more recent NEWS/PRs that's been released?? Any ideas? I'm baffled!

But the E*TRADE Android phone app shows a different days result then their online website!! And as I said, my brokerage account balance is LOWER (thanks to the "Extended Hours") than when the market closed! Indeed, it clearly shows MRIB ended today, despite the NEWS/PR and PROMOTION, in the RED. But maybe I'm just special. Okay, perhaps this doesn't really matter as everything will change tomorrow anyhow. But I'm just wondering why the "Extended Hours" wasn't still GREEN because of the NEWS/PR and PROMOTION the last couple days.

T-Trade?

Hell, I thought that was a typo and meant E*TRADE, which is my broker.

So I had to search for it and came up with this, in regards to "T-Trade" posted elsewhere on iHub:

But there was also THIS in regards to "After Hours Trading":

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/afterhourstrading.asp



Okay, so although I'm still confused about all of that I'm NOT confused about my account which showed MRIB closing at .0299 (+8.73%) but in "Extended Hours" at .027 (-9.70%). Certainly that must mean SOMETHING as my accounted showed today as a LOSS based on the .027 pps. I mean, it COULD have showed GREEN in "extended Hours" correct? But it didn't. And not even with the the paid promotion and news/pr during the last couple days. I don't think it's a good sign. :(

Oh well, better luck tomorrow!

GLTA

Yes, ETRADE.

Actually in extended hour trading it ended in the RED @ .027!!

So, which has more impact on the pps? "PROMOTION" or "NEWS/PR"?

Or BOTH? (I know REVENUE does, but that won't be for awhile). So....

First, NEWS/PR:

Secondly, PROMOTION(S):

http://stockpromoters.com/news-letters.aspx?symbol=MRIB

That's 9 PROMOTERS ("MRIB Promoted by 9 Promoters with 33 Newsletters") in just two days!

And these:

http://stockpromoters.com/View-Stock-Promotions-By-Symbol.aspx?symbol=mrib&ctl00%24ContentPlaceHolderyy%24Footer1%24Image2.x=11&ctl00%24ContentPlaceHolderyy%24Footer1%24Image2.y=6

Certainly the above (NEWS/PR AND PROMOTIONS) explains the pps increase over the last two days. So will it now dip again (no matter what the charts indicate) as it has for about the last month withOUT such PROMOTIONS?

Okay, so I got intrigued by the NEWS/PR and PROMOTIONS and their possible impact on the pps. So I looked back to some past PROMOTIONS (disregarding the promotions of Marani 1.0, as it is called) to Dec. of last year.

PROMOTIONS:
12/4/13
12/5/13
12/9/13
3/28/14
4/21/14
4/22/14

And here are Marani's NEWS/PRs:

Dec. 2013:
3,5,10,12,13,18,23

Jan. 2014
3,6,14,31

Feb.
None!

March 2014:
7,14,20,21,26,28

April 2014:
1,10,11,16,21

As you can see EVERY TIME they had a PROMOTION they also had NEWS/PR to go with it! That is, either on the same day or a day before and/or after. And EVERY TIME (see the chart below) the pps would increase! Well, the lone exception is March 28 but that was after the HUGE increase which started on Feb. 14 and ended on March 12. And, also, the only time I really saw an increase in the pps from NEWS/PR by itself was March 20 and 21. Other than that, I don't see the NEWS/PR stuff as doing much of anything in regards to the pps, unfortunately. And, having said all that, what puzzles me is that NOTHING seems to explain the HUGE pps increases between the period of Feb. 14-Mar. 12. Any ideas??

Hopefully the above makes sense but I started rushing things when it started feeling like WORK. But my conclusion to this isn't a good one. Why? Because even today we ended RED and we had BOTH PROMOTION AND NEWS/PR the last couple days.

Well, guess I'd better get back in by then.

In fact, will probably do just that bit later today.

Actually, I have found that life is far less stressful if I DON'T own any of this (or anything else for that matter as I'm such a stock picking loser. ). But, then again, I just KNOW this is gonna be huge one of these days and I certainly don't want to be left behind.

Excuse my ignorance.

But who is that "certain industry analyst" you speak of? (Truly, I don't know).

To be honest, I'm here only because I find all this truly interesting and quite educational.

Fair enough!!

But it just seems to me that part of the problem in all of this is that some people who are invested (long) only listen to the PUMPERZ (Optimists) and completely disregard the BASHERZ (Pessimists). And to their detriment.

Just read the warnings of Ryan Glover back as far as January and admit that he was right and those who said he was wrong were wrong.

And yet post after post since last week say the same things. Except now there is a class action lawsuit. Wow....But if most only had heeded the warnings of Ryan many wouldn't be stressing as they are now. Credit where credit is due I say.

And, no, I have no clue who Ryan actually is before all of this. I only read a lot and this just sucks.

GLTA!

Sorry, I was being facetious. The link doesn't exist.

Anyhow, I've have a few to drink (and I don't smoke pot) but I truly believe that Ryan Glover was right about all of this long ago and yet he seems not to get any credit.

And good for you with yer warnings also!

I'm just saying, imho, EVERYTHING that is going on now was predicted by Ryan Glover and at least as far back as January, and yet NOBODY (or a few) didn't care!! Denial?? Oh well, to me it's about SHAREHOLDER GREED! For the want of a better term. And why? Because the shareholders denied the warnings as put forth by Ryan and who wanted MORE profits then they could have had if they sold before all this.

GLTA!

And yet some say nobody had a clue.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=100841582

GLTA!!

Was Ryan Glover spot on about PHOT?

I can't see how one can draw any other conclusion than a firm YES!! Consider his article entitled Growlife: What Are They Smoking? (Jan. 9, 2014) which generated 239 comments, many disagreeing with Ryan). And the same goes for his Feb. 9 article entitled Growlife - It's All Smoke And Mirrors: Research Uncovers Why Shares Are Overhyped And Overvalued which generated 506 comments to date. Unfortunately, the following doesn't sound "wrong" to me considering what has been recently found out. (Bold is mine for emphasis):

And this:



Here are some comments by Ryan in response to comments about his articles about PHOT:

http://seekingalpha.com/author/ryan-glover/comments

The problem with legalization.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=marijuana+deaths+in+colorado+increase+&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=1&sei=YdZSU4OJN8q0yASi4IGYBg

And the lawsuits can't be too far behind. Unfortunately, only Big Tobacco could survive a costly lawsuit. And all this in a short period of time.

All imo.

Not "everyone."

Methinks some have sold and cut their losses. But, there are certainly those who sold but who are now viewing things from the sidelines and waiting for the financials to jump back in.

Saved by the bell!

Shareholder "greed"?

Just wondering. I mean, I always read about how CEOS, business owners, etc. are so "greedy" and yet what is it called when some shareholders don't sell and take their profits at about 20%+ gains? Isn't it somewhat "greedy" to desire MORE gains than that?

Sorry. Guess I'm just in the mood to beat myself up some more tonight for not getting out when I was ahead. And now I'm waiting to see how much lower (if ever) this goes to get back in. Hey, a NOTHING DAY (as I sold all) is still better than a RED DAY, imho.

I thought, according to the "experts", this was supposed to be dead by now? So, apparently, there IS life after suspension. At least for awhile anyway!

This is the perfect stock to invest in because...

if the pps tanks you can always get drunk and become somewhat carefree drinking the product.

And, hell, if ya drink enough of the product the pps might actually RISE from the revenue generated by its sales. Yep, it's one of them WIN/WIN things.

To answer your question, I have no idea anymore but there was certainly a time when I was almost POSITIVE this was going nowhere but UP!

OK, yes, REAL MONEY is the main issue here. But what about playing, say, "Texas Holdem" online where NO "real money" is involved? Why does it piss me off when I LOSE "money" that isn't really there? That's what I'm talking about. To me, all this is also about WINNING/LOSING! Frankly, it doesn't take too many consecutive Texas Holdem poker hands of LOSING until I get rightly pissed off! And that is PRECISELY what is happening here. LOSING day after day after day. Well, at least that is how I see it.

But on the bright side, have you seen my pens?

Cool!! At least SOMEONE is getting something out of this.

Do you know that there was a day sometime ago time when I looked at my ETRADE account and saw a DAY GAIN of around $450 because of this stock??!! I'll always remember texting my kid and saying "I'm gonna be rich!". And I'm SERIOUS!! Damn, should I have sold then or not?

Indeed, I have no patience. And I wasn't here to FLIP either. Just show me some GREEN and I would have been happy. But a GREEN DAY now is still a big LOSS from the upper .40s isn't it? And the occasional GREEN DAY is still often followed by a couple RED DAYS.

Hey, sorry to be such a Debbie Downer. It just pisses me off. Whatever it is. But, well, at least I have a bit of fun writing crap here.

Actually I've bought at all sorts of different times!

3/12 20k @.0413
3/12 20k @.045
3/14 2.5k @.039
3/21 10k @.0439
3/24 10k @.0498
4/1 10k @ .0349
4/4 10k @.029
4/15 10k @.028

And the thing is that it's not just about the MONEY!! It's about this TANKING day in and day out and almost from the very first day I started buying. And all the while he same few ETERNAL OPTIMIST continue to hype this stock. At what point is enough enough?

I agree, and NEVER have I said this is a scam. Never entered my mind! And, frankly, I actually like Marani Vodka!!



And did I tell you about the PENS?

How much time?

Hey, it's not like I am without SOME experience here. Hell, I bought ANOTHER 10K @.0498 on 3/24 and that was, at least in part, because I actually thought the ETERNAL OPTIMISTS around here knew what they were talking about and the BASHERS simply hated Marani Vodka.

And then there are the PENS I purchased when I was OPTIMISTIC too!


Hell, the PENS are the best thing I've gotten out of all this. Well, so far.

I'm watching and waiting for sure. And I'll be back in when the VOLUME increases which will HOPEFULLY be when their REVENUE increases and it's NEWS. And by VOLUME, I don't mean the same 3-4 people who seem to have an unlimited amount of money and who continue buying more and more shares and encouraging others to do the same no matter how much this tanks!

My kid sold at .038 and I'm SO glad he did too!!

Methinks there is a difference between PANIC SELLING and COMMON SENSE CUT YOUR LOSSES SURVIVAL SELLING.

TANK!

Agree!!

Imho, the HOPE/DREAM phase has run its course (which got the pps upwards to .05 and which I missed of course) and it's now the REVENUE (FACT) phase. Time for Marani VODKA to sell and generate revenue and not just Marani SHARES.

Now THAT is the kind of stuff that get's me excited and hopeful.

But the pessimism creeps in as I really don't think they could afford much more than a small sidewalk lemonade type stand somewhere near the stadium this year.

When will the REVENUE FIGURES be released?

Now THAT will be the time when this takes off, imho.

Patience? And it's the one thing I DON'T have, which probably makes me a bad candidate for stocks. Seriously.

GLTA

"It's so cheap" until you buy so many shares it actually because a LOT of money to some people!

I have bought in at different times (and sold too!!). And I get that the following is just "peanuts" to some folk:

20K @.0413
20K @.045
2.5k @ .039
10k @.0439
10k @.0498
10k @.0349
10k @.029
10k @.028

Sometimes actually pleased with myself for "averaging down" (sometimes I averaged up!).

Look, believe it or not, I read the news. There is much potential here for sure! But the thing is that I've read both the OPTIMISTIC posts and the BASHING posts and, sad to say, but this is getting closer to what the BASHERS have predicted, NOT what the OPTIMISTS predicted!! But, yeah, I have little doubt the OPTIMISTS will EVENTUALLY be correct. But I don't have the patience to wait until then. Imho, it might actually be a better thing sometimes to just cut ones losses and "invest" elsewhere.

Fair enough. But, to me, the thing that absolutely SUCKS is that if a NEW INVESTOR was to come here and get in HE/SHE would be in a much better position than those who have been here much longer and got in around .03+ But, of course nobody knows when a stock is gonna tank or not. But, using the expression "Buy low, sell high" well, then it was actually the smart thing to do for those who sold at a profit in the .03-.05 range!! Not only that, they could get back in now (buy LOW) and, again, sell when it gets higher. So, holding, for THEM, was NOT the right decision. Based on hindsight of course.

But you are correct, I didn't intend to buy this stock and hold it for 5 years or so. I wanted to see a profit within a year or so. No chance for that now. Or so it seems.

Look, I actually hope I'm wrong. I just get discouraged. And it doesn't help that I have little to no patience.

So the folks who sold at, say .038 were WRONG? They should have HELD and simply continued to buy (until they deplete their account) each time it dropped? Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I have the feeling it's gonna take a very long, long time before it get's back to the .0498 when I actually ADDED 10K more shares thinking it was going higher.

So if a stock tanks 90% it's time to BUY MORE? Whatever happened to cutting losses long before that?