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gnc, vitamin world or vitamin shop would be good to go after. Also health club chains that sell beverages and health supplements.
I would also think the vitamin creamer would be a good fit for Starbucks. It would be a nice add on.
yep total distraction imo. How much did we spend on that promotion? Would have been best to have spring break in California where they are many more stores and support of our product. Florida would only have been good if we were truly national or if we had the market penetration like California. What is the sales in Florida compared to California? What is the market reach? How many stores do we have in Florida? Where is our Florida Avanzar?
The url for sunshineboyz in your message is a home decor store. So are you saying that is where we are selling in Florida?
Right on Linedrive! I do have some marketing background. IMO many companies fail due to lack of marketing or not marketing appropriately. There is so much wasted opportunity in my opinion. Like Linedrive said, saturating a market place is a great strategy. I think going into California was a great strategy. However, New York, promotions in Florida and the UK are distractions and a waste of valuable resources for such a young company. They could be doing in store taste tests, or samples every week in their high volume stores, they could be on the beaches of California giving out samples. Have they ever thought of hitting up all the health or vitamin stores in California? Our local vitamin shop has health related drinks. Lets get a grand slam in California and the rest will fall in place.
IMO they need to step back and re-focus their efforts. VitaminFizz is a great product. I am passionate in my criticisms because I want them to succeed. Something obviously is not working or we would not be at the PPS we are today. Something to chew on.
btw WHERE'S VANIS?
He can't say much but at least he answers people which is a lot more then other stocks at this level. This is a lottery play for me and I am slowly accumulating when I can. Nice to hear about re-tooling and no reverse split, how its true.
yep, I basically received the same response a few weeks ago. I am not really looking for anything anytime soon, but you never know.
Back on the 16th he responded:
"Posting numbers. Trying to remove Stop
Will release info when we are able, Sorry cannot say more now.
Mel Leiner
President"
I did not know that. I started buying this year and have been accumulating when I can.
agree, but hopefully they will have the funds transferred soon. I want to see the mouths of all the doubters drop once trials begin lol.
I agree, but we need to hear from Vanis. A shareholder letter with explanations could have stemmed much of this bloodletting. Maybe we will get one this week, but staying quiet sends a wrong message.
I have been long for a year. When the company does something I feel is good I praise it, when I am disappointed I am not afraid to say it. They have what I feel is very superior product. Unfortunately lately I have not had many good things to say. I thought we were past the notes and to see doubt we can pay the note coming due was a shocker and eye opener for me.
"As of April 30, 2015, our obligations under outstanding notes totaled an aggregate principal amount of $125,000. Of such amount $125,000 is due October 22, 2015. We currently do not have sufficient funds to fund all of the future notes." http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/MINE/filings
Plus sales was a total disappointment. Last year for the period we had $581,425 in sales, this period we had $614,887. What is wrong with that picture? We are in a lot more stores now as opposed to then and only a small increase. Why?
The biggest disappointment of all was no shareholder letter. Hopefully one comes out soon with some fantastic news.
I respectfully disagree. I still buy from Amazon at least once a month. I love the product, just don't love the way the company seems to be run. Spring Break in Florida? How does that make sense? Why not do it in California where the product is more readily available? While it was a great idea for the charity golf sponsorship, why did they not sponsor a charity in California? How much did they spend on the sponsorship? Who paid for them to fly to the golf tournament? Seemed like a waste of precious $$ when we can't even pay our notes. Once we start making money we will be in a better position to help charities. all imo.
sorry, i love the product, but in the end we need more then a great product. We need to hear from Vanis soon.
yes I agree, kind of nerve racking they throw a Q out like that and no follow up. Not happy at all.
AGREE 1000% I thought we were done and over with these types of toxic notes, only to have them show up a few months later with doubt they can be paid? BS is all I have to say. Extremely dissapointed here. Calling this one a total loss for me and moving on unless we get some miracle PR.
There is a couple of ways to determine COGS. We would have to ask them what accounting method they are using. Here is some info on COGS http://www.accountingtools.com/questions-and-answers/how-to-calculate-the-cost-of-goods-sold.html
they are also very low with many of the products on Amazon Prime. Only 1 left of the Strawberry Lemonade. Why can't they keep Amazon full?
Will dilution even help? That was a scary Q IMO. While there were some positives, when you compare sales from last year this time to this year I did not see much difference. I was expecting a lot more. Did I read this wrong that sales 3 months ending in April 30th 2015 was $614,887 and last year ending April 30th, 2014 was $581,425 for a gain of only $33,462. What is worse is the increase in cost of goods sold that contributed to negative gross profit. From the filing http://www.otcmarkets.com/edgar/GetFilingPdf?FilingID=10771581 Everyone should read the filing and make their own decisions.
While its nice to see an increase of sales, as I said I was expecting a lot more this year from last.
I hope Mr. Vanis will help make sense of this quarterly and explain how he plans to fund the notes coming due.
from their website
http://www.dnaenergydrink.com/DNAenergy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=458&Itemid=118
544 N.W. 77th Street
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
dnamarketing@dnaenergydrink.com
DNA Brands, Inc. (DNAX)
954.970.3826
Maybe call them too. Let us know, take a selfie with Mel if he is there :)
Nice to know you stopped by the Boca warehouse. I wish I still lived in the area. I guess if anyone can, someone should stop by there during working hours and talk to someone to make sure it has not be sub leased or something. I bought more last week. This is my lottery play.
My total opinion, but I don't believe much will happen until they announce and prove receipt of funding and trials have begun. Patiently waiting.
What is interesting is I found us in some states I did not know we are in: ie Arizona, Kansas and South Florida. I just want here http://www.vitamin-fizz.com/stores.html and started putting in state names.
No idea why, but very interesting indeed.
picked some up earlier this week, getting closer to the 20 million I want before the run lol
lol. I know. I am not expecting near that amount anytime soon. People that say huge news by a certain date I ignore. On plays like this I am happy for a small run.
well, if we have a huge run (over a penny) and you are in the clemson area I will buy you dinner and we can celebrate! lol At 1 cent I could be debt free except for my home. I would need 5 cents to pay for my home.
not sure anyone knows when a PR will be out for sure. What we know is the deal for the funding was finalized (from the quarterly http://www.otcmarkets.com/financialReportViewer?symbol=TCEL&id=138904 ). Now we just wait to receive confirmation that the funds have been transferred to TCEL and trials will resume. I already have a lot of shares but will load more once confirmation is received.
I think we are in a holding pattern till we hear from the company imo. Anyone email Mel lately?
and as far as funding according to the quarterly report everything is all signed, they are just awaiting the remittance of funds to their accounts.
go to the bottom of page 8 --> http://www.otcmarkets.com/financialReportViewer?symbol=TCEL&id=138904
so anything could happen at anytime imo.
nice to see 6's are up.
How do you know the retail stores are stocked and no one is buying?
just bought a little more too a few mins ago. Over 15 million total shares now, want to get to around 20 or 25.
got a response from him a couple days ago but he is not saying anything.
indeed it is, that is why I only invest what I can afford to lose.
I am just glad you are getting responses so that is encouraging. Thanx for your efforts. And you are right, that 'one step at a time' response was not the greatest and did not boost my confidence lol
Thanx much for the update. When you contact him next I would urge him that when he puts out a PR on the receipt of the funding to also provide a time line when trials will start, where, when they should end and if all goes well when they will try to seek FDA approval.
I think Mel is fighting for his companies survival. That they are paying out of their own pockets to keep it going with no sales says a lot to me. Just my opinion, I am patient. People can say or do what they want. I am betting they will recover, after all what do people expect with stocks at this level? Anything that is said is just speculation on the boards. I just know they have a great product and am excited that they are even considering a new drink. All my opinion, time will tell. I don't anticipate any big run until something is announced which could be a few weeks or months from now, but when we get a positive PR, well oh boy lol.
I believe what Vanis says and not people here. I just needed to hear it from him. The low pps still bothers me a lot but I have not sold a share and don't plan to right now.
here is a tweet
$MINE if you have any concerns, I would recommend asking the man himself instead of listening 2 bashers. #MINEON pic.twitter.com/NwsJXUFKad
— George (@George323818) June 15, 2015
thanx. I am in small, just trying to pick up strategies to how to find good no bids to flip.
Very happy vanis nipped this rumor in the bud so fast
Mel does not say much when he returns my emails. Its nice he responds but he won't say anything more then what was on the last PR.
Someone from Walgreens responded to my email. I asked them if they were going to still order Vitamin Fizz. They asked for the product or UPC number. So I gave them the UPC for strawberry watermelon. If I hear anything else I will report back, but at least they answered. I just want to squash or confirm the rumor about Walgreens. I have a lot at stake here with many other people.