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Is anyone excited by today's announcement, or is it old news and not believable that it has any meaning?
Viking Systems Comments on 3DHD Launch Progress
2011-01-14 07:00 ET - News Release
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viking Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:VKNG) said that the launch of its new 3DHD visualization system is proceeding as planned and that initial market reaction has been very positive.
The Company reported that it shipped 21 3D systems in the fourth quarter of 2010. These shipments included eleven distributor 3DHD demonstration systems, four 3DHD customer systems and six previous generation 3Di customer systems. The Company noted that one of the four customer 3DHD systems shipped was a no-charge unit provided to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO to support clinical development activities performed by Viking's Medical Advisor, Gerald Andriole, MD.
Viking indicated that it has production plans for 31 3DHD units in the first quarter of 2011 and believes that it will ship most, if not all, of the planned production during that quarter. At least half of the planned shipments in the first quarter are likely to be distributor demonstration units, which should strengthen the ability of the Company's distributors to close sales of the Company's 3DHD systems later in the year. The demonstration systems are not intended for immediate resale and are priced at a substantial discount to the distributors' agreed upon regular purchase price for resalable systems. As part of the Company's distribution strategy it requires distributors to demonstrate a financial commitment by purchasing one or more demonstration systems, depending, among other considerations, upon the size of the distributor's territory.
Jed Kennedy, President and CEO of Viking Systems commented, "While it is still early in the launch phase, now that we have delivered initial demonstration units our distributors are busy scheduling clinical demonstrations and presenting proposals to hospital administrators." Kennedy went on to say, "It is always difficult to predict the rate of adoption that any new technology will have in the early days, but the feedback so far from clinicians is that our 3DHD Vision System provides superior visualization when compared with current state-of-the-art 2D systems. Now we must execute our sales plan."
About Viking Systems, Inc.
Viking Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:VKNG) is a leading worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of 2D and 3D visualization solutions for complex minimally invasive surgery. The Company partners with medical device companies and healthcare facilities to provide surgeons with proprietary visualization systems enabling minimally invasive surgical procedures, which reduce patient trauma and recovery time. For more information visit the Company's website at: www.vikingsystems.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are estimates reflecting the best judgment of our management and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various important factors as described in our annual report on Form 10-K under the heading "Risk Factors" as updated from time to time by our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements concerning forecasts, revenue growth, profitability, production and shipment of units, future financial results, and statements using words such as "estimate", "project", "plan", "intend", "expect", "anticipate", "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
CONTACT: Viking Systems, Inc.
Robert Mathews, EVP & CFO
(508) 366-3668 Ext. 8392
Re Management: I am in complete agreement with the negative assessment of management's history, and that they intend to further dilute the stock.
I am also in agreement this stock is heading further south without any more revenue information.
I said it before, without any publicity on the cans and packaging, nobody new is being attracted to the DKAM stock. So only people with justifiable negative perceptions of the company are trading it.
There simply isn't a less expensive way to promote the stock than publicizing the company that owns the product. The cost to do so is that of printing one more line on the can. I just cannot understand that marketing oversight (see below statement).
I do believe this however.
Some people who I think are as dumb as the stump of a tree and prove it every time they open their mouth's, find themselves winning big once, in spite of themselves.
I also believe there is a reachable operational breakeven point on manufacturing and selling the beer.
So no matter how bad management is, they may still turn a profit just because there may be enough people who want to buy sub $17 cases of beer and want something different from what they normally buy at that price point.
Distributor and retailer re-orders are the key to success or failure at the moment. If they aren't placed, the company is dead and ready to be buried.
In spite of themselves, this company has a better chance to actually make money than just about every other sub-penny stock, just because they sell beer, the most popular alcoholic beverage in the world.
What state are you in?
When Rheingold gets there, please check on TWM also.
Old Timer Friday, January 14, 2011 10:58:31 AM
Re: FUNMAN818 post# 55161 Post # of 55163
I have a Total Wine in my area, but I go to Leukens as they are closer and carry everything also. They have a huge beer selection, so when Rheingold gets here, they should have that too.
Total Wine & More has 67 stores across the United States
If you have never been in one, they're like the Home Depot of liquor stores.
Do you have any idea if in states where Rheingold is currently being distributed, if TWM is carrying it?
General opinion?
Is the general opinion of the posters here, that the company has a good product, below average management, needs financing, and is diluting stock?
A worldwide distributor of the next big thing isn't supposed to move headquarters twice in one year and operate out of a 100 square foot office if they are actually conducting business. If everything is out of a house and done by cell phone from a hot tub, I don't care unless someone is trying to fool me. Remember one of the reasons the company was headquartered in Nashville was because it was central to the industry. Huh. I wonder if they left without paying rent?
SFI's biggest distributor, Bryant West Ltd, would only confirm they have contracts with SFI, but would not confirm they are selling SFI's product anywhere in the world.
A 16 year old high school sophomore can design a web site in 2 days. Or, anyone can go to 1and1.com or web.com and set up a site with a shopping cart in 24 hours.
As for the e-cig, there is no telling how far out on the horizon that product really is. Again, you cannot order it through Bryant West. We all had quit an argument for weeks over that until it was determined there is no contract to produce it.
Regarding the filter, poster's here think is that SFI is studying this and is waiting until they have the perfect product at the best possible price. After more than a year I would have thought they could have shopped in every corner of the world by now and found the answer and have it in hand.
The best that can be said about SFI is it is a poorly organized company run by people not satisfying their investors with informative information.
The problem with more PR is with every one of them, more doubt is raised, than questions answered.
The problem with the much anticipated financial's is they are likely to disappoint. That's the general consensus of the posters I've been reading.
The gigantic run of 2 days ago quickly fizzled because there is no company with a product selling anything.
thumper15 Share Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:05:27 PM
Re: evandisher post# 13390 Post # of 13394
no but just spoke with mr fuentes and you know if there is no news soon i am dropping this stock. i do not like when you ask a company where there product is sold world wide and they tell you they do not know because it goes to a distributor. If you owned and ran a company wouldnt you want to know where you can see the product for sale. As far as the website he said about 2 weeks. i got that same answer at the beginning of the month. And from the sounds of it it is the smokers option only right now..... I sent an email from the SFIO site (third one) asking for info and transparancy. He deals with the site and cart.. I also asked where the battery part was made and no answers......DGTLF and vpco is looking better. hate to say it but just seems how it is..
The right way to plan for any web site update and add a shopping cart, is to have everything finished and thoroughly tested, before you announce you are doing it.
That way you look professional by getting things done quickly and correctly, even if it takes a month beforehand to get the job done. Never disappoint the customers by leaving them hanging.
Same goes for fulfillment. When an order comes in, the order's fulfillment should take no more than 24 hours to get out the door.
Shareholders and customers will judge performance based upon the results.
Does anyone know the number of shareholders in SFIO?
The info at http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SFIO/company-info
Shareholders of Record 150 a/o Dec 31, 2010
Beneficial Shareholders 280 a/o Dec 31, 2008
Considering how many posters speak of owning a million or more shares, I am inclined to think this info is accurate.
What do you think?
If this is going to .001, I wonder when it will reach there?
The current trend says it might be tomorrow or Friday.
Mr. Bill and kezzek
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:27:08 PM
Re: FUNMAN818 post# 55096 Post # of 55105
At least 1 fewer than yesterday?
Seriously though, how would anybody know?
I thought there was a "tool" some of the penny traders had at their disposal that noted it. What I have access to doesn't seem to be accurate from company to company.
At http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/DKAM/company-info the data shows the following. Maybe it is correct?
It works out to approximately 80,000 shares per person, or presently invested, about $480 on average.
Shareholders of Record 660 a/o Aug 13, 2010
Beneficial Shareholders N/A
Does that seem possible to you.
How many invividual people do you think are shareholders?
How many shareholders do you think there are?
Re management & directors: Do you have opinions of the people in those positions?
The company has revenues and cash, right?
It's almost at breakeven, right?
What do you think is holding it back from growing?
Are insiders buying on the open market?
Re management & directors: Do you have an opinion about the people in those positions?
I thought when they bought Betts & Scholl one of the things those two guys were supposed to do was search for other opportunities like theirs was for the company and bring them on board?
Re management & directors: What are your opinions of the people in those positions?
Re management & directors: Does you have an opinion about the people in those positions?
E-mail Bryant West and ask ...
Don't ask for or expect sales numbers to be provided, but ask Brendon Jackson the following questions.
brendan.jackson@bryantwest.com
Brendan Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Bryant West Ltd
www.bryantwest.com
Dear Mr. Jackson,
Please confirm if you are currently selling SFI's Smokers Option to retail stores?
Please confirm if you are currently selling SFI's Smokers Option Via vending machines?
Please confirm if you are currently selling SFI's "REAL" electronic cigarette to retail stores?
Please confirm if you are currently selling SFI's "REAL" electronic cigarette Via vending machines?
If "yes", please confirm the countries active sales are presently occurring.
Sincerely yours,
SFIO
I guess this is "so long" at SFIO.
You should know I contacted Brendan Jackson, Bryant West Ltd.
I asked him ... how sales of their REAL cigarette are going and where you are distributing it?
His answer which came within an hour was
I am not in a position to divulge this information as you probably aware.
I can inform you that we are responsible for SFI’s products in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
They have a great range and we are excited about the year ahead with our distribution.
Hope this helps.
Warm regards
Brendan
Brendan Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Bryant West Ltd
www.bryantwest.com
So then I sent this:
Dear Mr. Jackson,
No numbers.
Please confirm if you are currently selling SFI's Smokers Option to retail stores? Via vending machines?
Please confirm if you are currently selling SFI's "REAL" electronic cigarette to retail stores? Via vending machines?
No reply has been received. It's been 5 days.
This is the message I received when trying to post my last message on the SFIO board.
You have already reached the 1 post per day limit that Admin has placed on you for this board.
This ban is set to expire: Indefinite
("Indefinite" means "until we have reason to believe you will post in compliance with the site's rules".)
Kezzek, it doesn't affect a distributor's delivery cost if they deliver 2 cases or 10 or 100.
The variable cost to load or unload it is all that would matter. Warehouse guys that would assemble an individual retailer's order on a pallet would not be affected by including 2 cases or 10 in the order.
Whether the delivery trucks are loaded with pallets by forklifts for individual retailers or just loaded on the trucks by hand, the only cost that matters is the total cost to the distributor to delivery that total load to each retailer.
"If" 50 distributors order 5000 12-packs per month, that's 3,000,000 12-packs. DKAM's "GROSS" profit on that is probably between $1 - $2 per 12-pack ... $2 for the brewer ... $2 for the distributor ... $2 for the retailer.
So my only real interests right now are knowing how many current distributors are reordering, and how many 12-packs per month each distributor is reordering.
I have no idea if all of the various types of retailers have slotting fees.
Posted by:
kezzek Monday, January 10, 2011 10:44:49 AM
Re: FUNMAN818 post# 54865 Post # of 54953
This may explain the negative gross margins too. Distributing 12 or fewer 12 packs to a store is probably rather costly.
Does anyone know if beer stores do/are permitted to charge slotting fees for new products? That's another potential drain.
Cargo, this is precisely what I want to know however your link to Rheingold is meaningless. No financial info detailing distributors' re-order status and quantities are available.
If we had the distributor list, called them, GOT ANSWERS, and posted their reorder history, plotting growth or contraction would be mathematically very exact. We wouldn't even need to know the number of retailers; just the distributor case quantities, starting in September and continuing to the "present".
We don't even need to know that info, if we know "Rheingold's" historic gallon production, by month, at the brewery. If you can get that, god bless you and please post it.
All that matters at the moment are reorders and case sales. I don't even care right now about the dilution. I just care about revenues.
Discuss and rediscuss whatever you want but please stick to facts if you bring up financial info or "sales and account results".
Cargo said:
It should be noted that the majority of Rheingold distributors servicing almost 3,000 accounts collectively have reordered the beer. Rheingold sales and account results can be found at www.RheingoldBrewingCompany.com Drinks Forward Growth Strategy
On who carries Rheingold: Since many of the clerks who pick up the telephone when you call a store are probably near to minimum wage earners, I accept the fact that they may not be 100% aware of the complete inventory carried in their store.
In fairness to them, when thousands of items may be on the shelves, and very little Rheingold may have been stocked in the store by the distributor and store owner, they cannot be faulted.
I am buying it everywhere I go in CT that is supposed to carry it, but whereas there may be 4 stacks of one brand piled from the floor to ceiling behind the display, there may only be 2 to 8 ... 12-packs of Rheingold on hand.
That's probably do to several factors. Consumer demand is in an infantile stage with nearly ZERO promotion; that also limits employee awareness. Available inventory from the brewer and distributors is very limited; that further limits Rheingold's presence at a retailer's location. If it's not highly visible, most people are unaware it's in stock.
The key to Rheingold's success is distributor re-orders. The key to us really knowing what is happening is knowing how the brewer's Rheingold production is ramping up ... or not.
To all asking questions and seeking answers, I appreciate the fact that I am no longer alone. Something was seriously wrong at SFI and you all proved it. Thank you.
Your efforts shed light on the current state-of-the-company. They won't fix the problem at SFI, but they certainly bring clarity to the-state-of-our-investments.
We know who posts "factual information". Please continue doing so. It's up to readers to choose who to believe.
DC, be sure there are apprciative members of the insight and history you bring.
I see "pumpers" on other boards who dominate the conversation. They call people like you and me "bashers".
I prefer thinking of it as being a realist. The facts are self evident to all who read them.
I look for companies with great management and director teams. That's why I am looking at NVLT. Do you believe in the group running things?
They may still fail and be pushed off the plank, but I would rather choose to put my money at risk on people with good ideas and solid resumes, than a "penny stock lottery".
Based on the 8-K 11/30/2010, do you read that as 340,935,801 common shares being added to the outstanding share pool in exchanged for dividend paying preferred stock?
I think it is happening to me now on another board where the company is a serial liar.
kezzek Share Friday, January 07, 2011 6:28:57 PM
Re: FUNMAN818 post# 54782 Post # of 54783
I have to disagree with two of your points.
(Your Post continues below)
Here are my answers:
Your answers focus on DKAM. Your first point is valid in regards to DKAM. That's why I am not buying more stock now. Your second point I will answer in a moment.
It's a long held investing adage, if you like the product buy the stock. A long time ago people got rich buying consumer used product companies like McDonalds, Apple, AOL, Microsoft ... people knew and liked the product. The list is endless ... with successes and failures.
NO I AM NOT EQUATING DKAM with these companies, just the concept of liking the product.
However, if you don't like the product, it's tough to buy because how can you believe others want it. Contrary to that though, I don't like SPAM, but I wish I bought Hormel Foods Corp a long time ago. 500% 10-year gain and increasing meaningful dividends even through the recession.
Regarding your second point:
Every product line in any company has a break even point. If you ever worked up financial projections (I have helped grow more than 30 franchise companies and many more franchises, raise millions of dollars in bank / SBA loans, and for 15 years I own my own advertising agency).
So I grant you, DKAM's costs probably exceed revenues to launch Rheingold. In fact, it's only reasonable. However, after fixed expenses are accounted for, the variable expenses remain a percentage of incremental sales increases.
You may not like DKAM's management, hate them even for past transgressions, but setting that aside, the cost of cans, brewing, packaging, and selling expenses have a mathematical break even point.
The brewer, distributor, and retailer make money off the $8 12-pack. It doesn't add up to more than $8 because there are competitors selling beer for even less.
So I assert that DKAM may have a gross profit in the range of 50¢ to $2 per 12-pack.
Then all you have to do is add up all of their operating expenses including debt, and see how many cases they have to sell to break even. That's why I care so much about re-orders. Establishing a revenue baseline is critical.
They may have to sell 2 million cases to break even. When they show that, non-penny investors will seek out the stock.
If they cannot establish a re-order baseline, the company is done.
Quite frankly, neither you or I know if it will happen. That's what this gamble is all about right now.
The only difference is now DKAM has a product consumers are buying. If they don't continue to re-purchase the product, the company is done. If they continue to buy it, the retailers and distributors will buy it. It they buy it, more retailers and distributors in other states will sign on.
You may not like it, but DKAM may become a success in spite of all their previous mistakes.
I'm enjoying my 3rd Rheingold right now, and getting ready to start a party night. So have a good weekend.
Buying stock in a company because you like their product is a horrible idea. A company must be financially sound and profitable to stay in business, and having a good product, or even a great product is no guarantee of that. If you can't sell your product at a profit, no matter how good it is, you'll eventually end up out of business.
Similarly revenues are important only to the extent they are profitable. Many products (including, I believe, Rheingold last quarter) cost more to produce than they are sold for. A negative gross margin is disastrous. Of course sometimes economies of scale can help overcome that, but otherwise, the higher the revenues, the higher the losses. In fact, I think if you track DKAM's history, you'll see that higher revenues almost always resulted in greater losses.
Mr. Bill, the price drop will continue until interim information is released announcing Rheingold case sales, more importantly with reorders broken out. People have lost a lot of faith.
Maybe to .0001 as you predict. I won't buy then either.
If it goes that low it means that even the people who really know how sales are going (other than the company employees and the brewer), the distributors themselves and maybe some retailers too, won't have started to buy the stock.
In that regard I am really surprised Drinks wasn't smart enough to put their web address on the cans to increase traffic to their web site. Hundreds or even thousands of people who are buying the beer might further support the stock by buying into the penny stock because they like the product.
That is a good reason to buy stock in a company. You like their product.
Revenue can solve a lot of problems, and beer is America's most popular alcoholic beverage. I can only hope my local stores that have reordered are an indication of the majority, but I have no idea.
That said I wished I had an advocate like you before I bought. I would have watched it plummet and chuckled. I've since done that elsewhere. I've "listened" more closely to some other board members who have been around for a long time.
But now that I own DKAM, I'm going to ride it out and just keep drinking. So keep up the warnings. Newbies need to know your story. I'm holding long, but not buying. I think retail sales might finally take off for DKAM.
At least here I can drink what I own while hoping more distributors sign on, more retailers reorder, and the beer drinkers who think the beer is really good go out and buy more beer and stock.
This beast might actually turn out to be a beauty.
Volume: 39,072,857 @ 3:55:35 PM ET
Bid Ask Day's Range
0.0003 0.0004 0.0003 - 0.0004
BTW pumpers, why don't you go trade stock with real volume where you can make 25% on your money in a day.
You guys rooting for a PR is like a Carolina Panther fan rooting for a touchdown ... NOW!
Stop rooting for a PR ... root for the e-cig product to be introduced so we can all clean up and make money.
Got to go crack open a Rheingold and save a few bucks.
There's no volume and less than $3,000 changing hands today, because no body cares about investing in a bad company.
I have to live with the mistake I made over a year ago ... but other people don't have to make the same mistake. The history of company lies is evident just by reading the company's PR's and looking at the results.
When the company produces, the stock will rise. Until then I hope all the pumpers load up. You'll be so rich.
I hold the shares long, and believe the company deliberately lied in their PRs.
If the company brought their product to market on a REAL retail web site, sooner rather than later, we all win and make gobs money.
Watch that volume guys. It's head-turning.
I am not trying to scare people into selling. In fact, I don't want anyone to sell.
That's the only thing that will drive the price up. You know, supply and demand.
All you pumpers who keep wanting to buy stock and do are the ones keeping the share price down.
Maddog720 Share Friday, January 07, 2011 12:36:13 PM
Re: FUNMAN818 post# 12985 Post # of 12991
Not sure you are 100% accurate in your statement. They are in Las Vegas, NV right?
http://www.smokefree-innotec.com/company/basic-information.
OH MY GOSH ... someone updated the address info on thier web site yesterday ... yippie.
Maybe next week they'll update their partner links?
Meanwhile, there's also the Product Launch schedule that needs to be updated too. Who cares about 2009 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least here they could tickle us with a launch schedule for the e-cig and web site shopping cart.
Launch Schedule
Introduction of the commercial product is anticipated in two test markets: Greece & Benelux (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) in Q1&2of 2010. United States of America in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Patents, equity raises, a great idea, a needed product for the times, and consumers ready to buy.
What's wrong here is SFI had all of this in hand well over a year ago and just kept selling shares instead of bringing out a product that has a rising demand, while competitors grabbed the entire market.
Maybe SFI's patents don't work. Maybe that's why there's no product. Ever think of that?
If they file paperwork to delay the release of financials, don't be surprised. What good could possibly be revealed? Failure at every level of their business plan?
What I really wonder, since management can't be getting rich off the dilution, is what jobs do they really have that pays their mortgages? What they've done so far at SFI sounds part time to me. After all, they don't even have time to update their web site with accurate addresses and partner links.
Dilution is here and real. More is coming.
All I can do with my shares is let them ride, buy my Rheingold, drink it with a smile, and hope they report revenues in excess of $2,000,000 by next December.
I figure I'm saving about $20 per case by buying Rheingold instead of my preferred brands. The savings on 1 - 2 cases per week for the rest of the year will bring me close to breakeven on my DKAM stock.
If at a minimum, revenues do not exceed $2,000,000 I'll switch back to my preferred brands in 2012.
If reported revenues start to ramp up to that number or higher, I'll start taking my case savings and buy more stock.
Sound like a good investor plan to anyone
The longer SFI fails to deliver the e-cig to the USA market, the lower the stock price will go.
Until then I will let my shares "ride" and watch for deliberately deceptive communications.
To all who think my view, and are making it their own, is more correct than the Pollyanna story told by the PR's, I thank you for taking up this investigation, asking questions, digging for answers, and taking the backlash from board members who want to tell the world this is the greatest company in the world, with the best prospects for their money.
It very well may be, but an animal cannot change its strips. What we see is right in front of our eyes and cannot be denied.
If this company becomes a winner, it will be because they started selling a lot of the products they've been telling us they've been selling all along.
To all who keep talking about buying more stock, for gosh sakes, buy it all already. 10,000,000 shares is only $75,000. It takes 10 days for that to trade. There are people on this site talking about buying more and more every day. They're the same ones. All the stock should be locked up by now. I think SFIO is the only one selling stock.
I am the one who posted on this board that the SFIO web site was supposed to add a shopping cart during January 2011. I called Sales Relations: Ken Fuentes at 1.805.495.7480 two weeks ago. He picked up the phone almost immediately, and answered the questions directly. He also said it would be several months before the e-cig would be available.
For the time being, I will not be able to believe anything in a PR from the company. At this point only an audited financial report will satisfy me.
By asking questions I acknowledge I don't know everything.
I agree with Coachum1, I don't want to be lied to.
Yesterday I pointed out all the falsehoods in the PR's. They are deceitful enough, but I am left to wonder what the "pumpers" on this board who were busily rereading and studying all of the PR's are REALLY trying to do? How could anyone reread the information, and not acknowledge there is no connection between the PR's and the reality of the past year?
Blaming market makers, and cheering or moaning over the dozen or so trades a day is ridiculous and only what a flipper cares about. I bought this stock "long" believing the company's information; that they were signing agreements to sell the REAL electronic cigarette in thousands of locations through Europe and on 3 other continents.
I am not am impatient investor. I do demand honesty from the people I invest in. So does the SEC.
I am a "long" share holder. That's why I am so angry. The company continued to put out PR's telling us about all of their positive progress while their business plan was failing, they were having problems with filter production, and they continued to sell more stock to raise cash.
Their electronic cigarette is not in thousands of locations, and they never opened a website with a shopping cart, while competitors are busily selling their electonic cigarette.
I'm on this board to learn.
The fact that a group of members did some pretty impressive "detective" work last night indicates others have questions too, want answers, and were motivated to dig a little deeper. Good for them.
RAGinvestor Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:29:09 AM
Re: Coachum1 post# 12860 Post # of 12897
OK OK ALRIGHT ALREADY WHAT BAFFLES ME EVEN MORE IS WHY STOCK GURU'S AND EINSTEIN'S LIKE THE TWO OF YOU COME HERE EVERYDAY AND BAD MOUTH SFIO. WHAT SORT OF MASOCHISTIC PERSONALITIES WHICH THE TWO OF YOU SEEM TO HAVE DRIVES YOU TO WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS HUB AND THIS "PATHIC MISERABLE WORTHLESS GO NO WHERE DO NOTHING STOCK". THOUGH I PREVIOUSLY MADE GURU AND EINSTEIN REFERENCE I REALLY DO QUESTION YOU INTELLECT FOR REMAINING ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT YOU FEEL IS A WORTHLESS LOSING PROPOSTION.
Coachum1 Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:41:06 AM
Re: RAGinvestor post# 12895 Post # of 12897
I don't like to be lied to. None of those pr are truthful about the filters and product and people need to know this.
Stock price doesn't matter now.
Quite frankly, some people are angry at DKAM. Actually, me too.
If the stock goes to .000001 I would love it. I would be able to buy so much more.
Right now, DKAM is doing what every start up dreams of; landing a killer product and selling a lot of it.
Rheingold is far from my ideal beer to drink. I prefer more full body hoppy beer. I also prefer a good deli rye to Wonder Bread. But if I could have invested in the original Wonder Bread company I would sure wish now that I did. Same for Bud. Do you know ABV doubled in less than a year and split 1 for 5.
Those successes were driven by revenue.
Right now DKAM's sales are higher than they ever were. That's not a lot to brag about now. But, they launched Rheingold and it is selling. If they sell a lot of it and report growing revenues in 3, 6 and 9 consecutive months, and if their distribution network continues to expand, even these guys you don't like, will be worth investing in.
In a case like this, they only have to strike gold once. They may have struck gold with Rheingold.
If enough people want to buy the beer I don't really prefer, then I want to own the stock of the company that makes that beer. It doesn't matter if I do or don't like the product or the people running the company. If they are selling it, that's all that matters right now.
Revenues are king, and solve a lot of problems.
I can't stop chuckling tbrays. RE gettough1:
The e-cig craze is what everyone is reading about. It's the one gaining momentum. It's what all the competitors have been selling under our noses to people trying to quit smoking here in the USA.
I also don't know anyone who wanted to quit smoking cigarettes, used an e-cig, and failed to quit. They all stopped smoking cigarettes.
The product works. People like them. They still crave cigarettes for a while, but E-Cig testimonials can be found all over the Internet. The FDA not endorsing them as a smoking cessation product is a sin. It works!
The "REAL" e-cig is the real deal. It's the golden ring for SFIO if they ever start selling them here in the USA. They claimed they were selling them through distributors in Europe and South Africa.
That's the product we have to find being sold with success, and reordered by retailers and distributors.
tbrays Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:25:38 PM
Re: FUNMAN818 post# 12851 Post # of 12857
to get a reply on all those questions i dont think we should contact sfio, i think maybe we should try the wizard of oz.
gettough1 Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:27:49 PM
Re: tbrays post# 12854 Post # of 12857
I thought we all believed in smokers option. So when BBB posted this.
thanks for clearing up matters for the doubters on this thread.
I thought he was talking about the nic e-cig REAL. I hope other people do not make the same mistake I did.
Wish List
FofoH Share Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:33:59 PM
Re: None Post # of 12850
Why don't we put a wishlist together of what we would like to see in the next PR or generally be resolved/clarified? There are a lot of open issues/queries that would be beneficial to us as well as SFIO to get resolved and to calm markets and pps down. Some of you guys seem to be in contact with TS and could send it to him as a wishlist from investors and see how he reacts and responds. Here are some questions that I would like to get answered:
* Why move to NV
* Update about Filter supplier
* Financials
* Military Contract Update
* U.S. distributor update
* what contracts are definitely signed
* e-commerce update/plan
Add:
* Status of international contracts, e-cig orders, receivables, and fulfillment of same?
* Number of international distribution points?
* Quantify the distribution of worldwide e-cig sales.
* Quantify the distribution of worldwide smokers option sales.
* When is the launch date for e-cig sales in the USA.
* When is the launch date for a CURRENT web site with a shopping cart?
* What is the 2011 marketing budget.
Just bought my two cases to contribute this week to DKAM and to a big poker game this w/e.
... and no one should be under the impression Rheingold is a Super Premium, but it's definately a "session-beer".