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I won't taste Royal Spring Water until New Year's Day. It will be consumed along with black eyed peas. I'll also have a lucky buckeye in my pocket. Personally, I'm not leaving anything to chance for RSPG's 2007 success.
Meanwhile, shareholders, investors, local officials, residents and the press can go to Hereford, Texas, tour the plant, and talk eye-to-eye with the folks who founded this company (a very interesting background of how a couple of childhood friends and IDF officers in Israel came to create RSPG). If you can't be there in person, you can probably ask an attendee from this board to ask your questions to the co-founders, lawyers, accountants, plant manager, Maxwell representatives, etc.
I agree with you.
The company is "starting up." Their SEC filings say they will probably be unsuccessful. How more truthful can they be?
But I independently know for a fact that RSPG is marketing and negotiating nation-wide to significant companies. I know this because, as a shareholding outsider, I have initiated contacts and leads for RSPG.
I also believe in the integrity of the co-founders.
Thank you.
What is your email address?
I saw my first bottles of RSPG water in August before they were distributed to prospects in my area of the country. I believe (from non-RSPG sources) that some of those prospects are in the pre-contract stage, and I'm doing what I can to prod the process.
But last week, there was a post here implying that RSPG's plant in Hereford, Texas was not producing bottled water.
I forwarded those comments to RSPG and Maxwell because the comments were contrary to everything I've been told by RSPG and Maxwell (which were posted here).
RSPG responded by FedExing bottles of Royal Spring "Kiwi Watermelon" flavored water and a water pouch (a plastic water container that is shaped so that it could be clipped to a belt and used by the military, joggers, hunters, fishermen, etc., although no clipping device is included at this time).
I am going to taste the water on New Year's Day, but anyone going to Hereford, Texas to tour the plant in a few weeks (and have questions answered by the founders, attorneys, etc.) can drink as much Royal Spring Water, drawn from an ancient American aquifer, as they want.
I would be happy to post a photo of these products, but I am not intelligent enough to figure out how to post pics here.
Thank you.
I would trust only Rachael Ray for such a taste test.
For what it's worth: when I read the post here that the chamber of commerce in the Texas panhandle asserted that the RSPG plant was not producing water (contrary to what I was told by RSPG in August), I vented another melt-down to RSPG and Maxwell. After all, I've been posting here that the plant was fully licensed and producing water, based on the August in-person conversation with RSPG.
Yesterday, Federal Express delivered several bottles of RSPG water and a RSPG "water pouch," indicating that the plant is operating. I also received a "Kiwi-Strawberry" RSPG flavored water label.
Another poster previously posted an email from Maxwell, confirming that there are pending contracts. RSPG reaffirmed in a letter sent with the water and water pouch that there are pending contracts. I independently know that there are pending contracts. I believe there may be brokers throughout the country retained to sell RSPG water to major prospects.
RSPG said that the plant tour in December will give any shareholder the opportunity to ask any question about anything.
The video on the RSPG website will be up and running, soon.
It all goes back, again and again, to a post (from Billion) a few weekends ago: these former IDF officers and gentlemen (and their apparently wealthy backers in the United States, Canada, etc.) have no reason to do anything other than try their best to make RSPG as successful as their previous and current undertakings and investments.
Recommended on one of the Sat. morning Fox Network financial shows (11-11-06). The guest's opinion was that DIVX would be up 50% in 2007.
A few other picks mentioned on 11-11-06 Fox shows:
BKC (Burger King..."doubles in 2 years").
YUM (KFC...expansion into China).
HMIN (China IPO involving a new hotel chain in China. Trapper
John said he liked it.)
I'm glad I don't have your brain (no sleep)!
"This bleeding is hurting me and I don't enjoy it. But I'm still in the game because of where we hope to be."
I'm with you, brother.
"Moms are wonderful...
They listen when I ask them to respond to my postings on Investors Hub and they don't complain when my spelling or grammar isn't up to snuff."
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There is a similar broken English that shows up here under the names of various same-day registrants, who urgently advise everyone to sell. I am cynical and curious of these same-dayers.
I think something is going on in the background with the investors of RSPG.
But I go back to Billion. Why would these folks put their reputations on the line to screw innocent stockholders just to make a few extra million?
"Carl did Mia call you?"
Standing-by (but I'm also still standing-by for responses from Maxwell and RSPG).
Isn't it curious how posters register and begin posting in very similar broken English, all with the same message: SELL NOW?
If it is broken English, it's not Hispanic.
Hi, gal: who taught you American English?
"Too many red flags Too many bad things No more trust I have a feeling that we will sue them for our money.
I really feel it for some reason i know im right,and i know that this company is a scam no doubt ."
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First, sue whoever failed to teach you American English if and when you moved to this country.
Narwals = no connection w/RSPG.
That's reaffirming news from the locals in Hereford!
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Royal Spring Water Inc. (OTC: RSPG - News), (the "Company") a bottler and distributor of pure, sweet water from the Artesian wells of the Ogallala Aquifer, announced today it will hold an open house for all investors and shareholders on Sunday, December 10, 2006.
The open house celebration will begin at 11:00am through 4:00pm.
The management of Royal Spring Water, cordially invites all investors and shareholders to join in the celebration of the Company's state-of-the-art bottling facility in Hereford Texas. Visitors will enjoy a first hand tour of the plant, discussions
"To me it seems as if everyone is hiding something."
I agree, and I think they are (although I wouldn't use the word, "hiding").
What we don't know is if "something" is good or bad.
I go along with an interpretation of the Billion Philosophy:
These two gentlemen (and their backers, who are very wealthy, too) would not risk everything for another few million more and the embarrassment from a failed bottled water company they built out in the middle of nowhere in Hereford, Texas, where the cows roam all day and the stars at night, are big and bright.
Sorry to crowd the board.
I was just contacted by a Mia Water Company representative.
I said I received no responses to emails, 1-800 calls and that AT&T does not have a listing for "Mia Water."
I said I was a poster on the RSPG financial board at Investorshub.com and had a few questions from posters. I said I have been dealing with Harel Goldstein at RSPG and Shelly Gold at Maxwell.
I was advised that a Mia Water Co. official would call me "within a few hours."
Obvious questions:
1. Do you have a contract with RSPG?
2. Did shipments begin from RSPG to you last month, per the PR?
3. Name one "5-star hotel" you provide private brand bottle water to.
4. Why is Mia Water Co. not listed with AT&T?
5. Other questions I'm not going to publicly post here until after the conversation.
Does anyone else have any other questions?
Mia Water - telephone unanswered, again.
Called Mia Water again today (1-800-944-0517) at 9:15 am, 10:03 am and 10:18am (Pacific time). Phone rang approximately 3 - 4 minutes each call. No response. No response to emails.
AT&T has no listing for a "Mia Water Company" in San Mateo / Burlingame, Ca. (Mia Water Co. is supposedly located at 1290 Bayshore Hwy. in Burlingame / San Mateo, Ca.).
Mia Water:
Called Robert Icho's Mia Water (1-800-944-0517) between 1:45 - 2:15 Pacific.
No answer.
No response to previous email asking for examples of one or two "5-star hotels" they say they sell private label bottled water to.
Chunky: When you dug down into the cellar of Crystal Splash, did you find out who owns the company?
Thank you.
December 21, 2005:
"Omar Kaczmarczyk, CEO and President of OK COMPANY, said, "OK COMPANY has been in the distribution business for 30 years.
"Water, is now one of the hottest commodities in the market place and we want a part of it (sic).
“With the high quality and competitive pricing of Royal Spring Water, we are delighted to buy our bottled water from RSW to further build current relationships with our customers.” Mr. Kaczmarczyk added." (sic)
This is one of the PR's no longer available on the RSPG page of Yahoo Financial (but still on the RSPG web site).
Correction: "around the country."
(Everytime I "sic" someone else, I usually need siccing myself!)
From the press release regarding Mia Water Company (RSPG page on Yahoo Financial):
"Mia water company (sic) was formed in June of 2006.
The company sells its private label bottle water around the country with clients among others such as the top five star hotels in the Bay Area (sic).
With in (sic) the next 3 months, Mia Water will be launching its private label bottle water to retail supermarket chains in the US and Internationally (sic) to the Middle East and Europe."
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Within 3 months of its creation, this company is selling bottled water "around the compoany." That is amazing.
I am working on it, Mr. Monkey.
It's 8:40 am in California. I don't know what time it is in Canada. I sent emails to Mr. Gold (Maxwell) and Mr. Goldstein after this morning's Investorshub's posts regarding current production.
Mr. Gold contacted me several days ago and asked that I include him with any questions (especially those coming from Investorshub.com), so the production question went to both Mr. Gold and Mr. Goldstein earlier this morning.
Thank you.
I don't have answers to the questions.
I did contact the BBB in San Mateo, Ca: Robert Icho, Icho Group, Inc (DBA Mia Water) and Icho's Milesmall.com are clean. There were a number of dissatisfied customers of Milesmall.com from an old message board of around 5 years ago, threatening to complain to the state's attorney general's office because of unresponsiveness of Mr. Icho regarding purchases made through links on Milesmall.com, and not being credited.
Mr. Icho's businesses are housed in a building in San Mateo Ca, overlooking SF Bay. The building is owned by Fox Investors. The tax office does not know who Fox Investors is/are.
I emailed "Stan" a customer services rep at Mia Water, requesting the names of one or two of the "5-star hotels" to whom they claim to sell private label bottled water. I identified myself as an RSPG stockholder. No response.
I asked Maxwell about the National Lampoon contract pr missing from the RSPG page of Yahoo Finance. No response. The Harley Davidson contract pr is also missing.
I emailed National Lampoon, identified myself as an RSPG stockholder, and asked if the pr regarding their contract with RSPG was correct. No response.
As best I can tell, there are no LOI's. The only contracts published on the RSPG page of Yahoo Finance are Icho's Mia Water and his Milesmall.com (although I still don't understand why anyone would purchase bottled water through the mail.)
RSPG's site still has the National Lampoon and Harley Davidson contract pr's posted. It also has the invalid $6+mil Togo purchase order posted.
I met with Mr. Goldstein, a co-founder, in August, and asked questions from members of this board. His answers were posted.
Other responses to questions from Investorshub.com RSPG board members were posted here a few weeks ago.
If anyone is going to the plant's open house in December, members of this board could submit questions for that person to ask and post.
Thank you, hell.
All I can say is what I know as fact:
The company (after around 4 months of being licensed to sell bottled water) is actively marketing and selling. They are pursuing national/international prospects identified in pr's and SEC filings.
RSPG founders, lawyers, accountants, representatives, the plant manager, etc. invite stockholders and the press to the plant's "grand opening" next month, where anyone can ask anyone any questions about anything, even if you are cornering a founder, lawyer, accountant, PR rep (Maxwell), the plant manager, etc.
Through SEC filings, RSPSG warned against investing in the company.
All that is needed now is sales.
I hope and believe that those tired phony photos, Billion's questions and concerns of last week and RSPG's responses to these and other sensible and legitimate questions (from any source, including Investorshub.com) will be addressed within several days.
Thanks to Chunk and Billion (and NYC, Dr. Robo and many MIA's)!
Go Saints!!!!
"The plant is fully licensed (state and gov't), 'sterile,' in operation, producing and delivering bottled water."
Clarification: "the plant" in this sentence refers to RSPG's portion of the Holly Sugar plant.
Yes, sir.
Photos posted here are of portions of facilities of a former Holly Sugar plant not leased or purchased (yet) by RSPG.
The plant is fully licensed (state and gov't), "sterile," in operation, producing and delivering bottled water.
I think this will soon be obvious.
Not only were photographs posted here in August "not pretty," they were not photographs of RSPG facilities!
I agree 100%, and think RSPG is pretty much aware.
This ain't easy (no ESYY jokes, please).
And now, a message from our sponsor:
I spoke with Mr. Goldstein (RSPG co-founder and worldwide director of sales and marketing) after forwarding to him Posts: 2699, 2703, 2704 and 2707.
NYC: the post you deleted from Hollywood Fla. was not Creamer (or whatever his name is). I respectfully request that you reinstate that post, as I was advised it was posted by an RSPG supporter and friend of the company, not the intruder. Thank you for your consideration.
Billion: I suggested that RSPG make no response to the above posts because the opportunity for questions and answers from the founders, attorneys, accountants, etc. is forthcoming. Also, my opinion is that company representatives should not become embroiled in message boards (as an infamous example: GHLT).
However, Mr. Goldstein noted a number of significant inaccuracies in the posts. (I told him, again, this is the result of Maxwell's unresponsiveness to you, me and others.)
Be that as it may, and so that everyone can have a nice weekend, there will be a post here next week in response to your concerns. I believe there will also be a PR next week and think more good news is on the horizon.
Keep the faith.
I am no Chunky detective, but I wanted to advise that I emailed Mia Water this morning to see if they will give us a few examples of the 5-star hotels that Mia provides private label bottled water to.
I also searched for Mia Water and Icho Group (Burlingame, California, near San Mateo and not far from SF) in the online Yellow Pages, but didn't find a listing. The address, 1290 Bayshore Hwy., does exist.
As I understand it, Mia Water is going use Royal Spring water as its source for sales of private label water to hotels, etc.
At first, I thought they were going to sell it through an "online mall," but I can't imagine anyone wanting to purchase bottled water that will have to be mailed to them. Also, the "online mall" appears to be a deal where they give you credits if you purchase products from various businesses with the links provided by the "online mall." Confusing.
Regarding information:
I am just guessing, but I think those LOI's that did not pan out may have caused the company to be extra-sure that information it releases will not be too "forward-looking." Some of those LOI's apparently turned out to be from untrustworthy entities. (The inaccurate photos posted here were also very disturbing to RSPG, as I was told).
Also, RSPG is in the application process with the SEC. They retained additional counsel in this regard. That is why, for instance, they were advised to not publish a PR regarding the CNBC television spots (as suggested by NYC and others).
Mr. Gold's (Maxwell) email response to NYC is congruent with what I was told, in person, by Mr. Goldstein: the plant is up and running, water is being bottled for existing contracts, there are pending (unexecuted) contracts (I independently know that as fact), the sales and marketing is active and on-going (I also know this to be true), and I believe the company may be working on a way to "meet-and-greet" its shareholders, but has to get through the technicalities.
With a few more sentences and details, Gold's email to you would probably be sufficient for a press release.
I don't think any new photos have been published yet.
I think there are other recently RSPG-generated plant pics and related information that may soon be published.
Everything is moving onward and upward, in my opinion; most importantly: sales and marketing.
I am pretty sure that comments and questions from members of this board made management more sensitive, if not surprised and pleased, to learn of the intricate interest many of us have in the detailed current affairs of RSPG.
My guess is that the remainder of the year will be pleasing to long RSPG shareholders; the pr will come, I am sure. We may not get rich(er) quick (the past 12 months is nothing to sneeze at), but I think we will see a growing, active, maturing company, aggressively and successfully seeking to sell its products to major buyers.
Thank you, Chunk -
I guess Crystal Splash water is currently ok. It was unapproved this summer in Los Angeles public schools, but they corrected that, per your posting and attachment.
I was wondering if there was a possible pending problem with Crystal Splash's water source that would lead them to RSPG, but that wondering is apparently negated.
Thanks -
I don't need evidence, but the wording for a general question I can ask RSPG, such as:
"Crystal Splash may have problems with their water source because _______________."
What do I put in the blank?
Ok, thanks
I just need factual wording for a question regarding a water distributor (Crystal Splash), that may lose its water source, and a water supplier/bottler (RSPG), whose offices are within several miles of each other and with whom both had a recent LOI.