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Thanks Laser, I never left, I was just taking a break from all the speculation while I sorted out somethings.
Sometimes things are not as they seem. Sometimes we mine people for information. Friends are friends and will always be friends and I am a friend to EXBX through my investment that I made. I still believe and have no doubts Mr. Kampa will get this done for us.
I am also a friend to Ford and Toyota right now and sometimes Disney, lol.
Well I guess if they did nothing wrong, no repercussions would be taken, that's good.
I would say that is the same thing as someone constantly reporting someone to the SEC with no repercussions, lol.
Hey Harvey,
Sorry I have not been around lately but I have been trying to keep myself busy waiting for news. I am as anxious as everyone else. No offense but you always seem to be reporting EXBX to the SEC and so far the SEC has done nothing about it right? Maybe the SEC does not have a problem with EXBX?
As far as a ATM machine I do not see it, Scott has lost much and that's a fact. I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion and mine differs from yours.
Never left the board! Just nothing to say one way or the other, waiting for news like the rest of everyone.
LOL, you are the "BOSS", but I got more tax write offs then you so far :P
Later, see you at the finish line regardless of what happens.
Hey CigarreteSmokingMan,
I have no idea whats going on and that is the truth. I have not sold and have not bought. I am not being down and the drop in the PPS seems to have everyone worried. I have not spoken with Mr. Kampa in almost 2 weeks. I have been told rumors from some and they are just that, rumors. All the speculating is just that until Mr. Kampa says something. All the speculation is possible at this point and I seriously do not even know what to make of this. My investment right now is worth less then $1,000 and in total I am down almost $40,000. All the speculating, worrying and bickering means nothing until Mr. Kampa says something. I am holding one way or the other and that is it. Mr. Kampa has told me many good ideas and which one will it be? I am waiting to see myself. If this does not work out I will hang my head low and be crushed, if it works out I will be cheer leading, I am waiting to find out what I am, lol.
Hey CUT, you are right NITE is gone?
I have no idea why he could or could not. I have not spoken to him for sometime now so I honestly have not a clue to whats up. I have not reached out to him because it seemed like it was more disruptive then good. I guess if and when he is ready to put out a PR he will. At this point I would take a cocktail napkin with writing on it in crayon, lol.
Hey LSU,
Yes we all have our dream and IMO nothing wrong with dreaming. I have been dreaming for 5 years now, lol. I am praying for EXBX and honestly have no idea what the current PPS drop is or why. I would even appreciate some news about now. I do believe Mr. Kampa is going to do the right thing by us and if I did not believe it I would never have given him my approval. I honestly have to say I am even a little startled by the current drop in PPS and would have to assume the company is well aware of it. Hopefully we get something soon, no I am still not worried so do not read this as me being negative. I will ride my shares to the moon or to the ground but it is still JMO we will be moonward bound soon. Lets wait and see what Mr. Kampa has to say and hopefully soon before I start smoking again, lol.
As Sam V would say "IT IS ON", IMO!
All I can say is we have Mr. Kampa running EXBX. I do not want to upset a few on the board with my positive attitude, I want peace and tranquility. Besides Scott told me if I let the cat out of the bag he would hack into the Govt computers, list my address as Osama Bin Laden's and then call in a tip, lol.
I am not worried and have no doubts about Mr. Kampa or EXBX.
Hey bigd,
I am certain no merger for EXBX, but I will say we are GOLDEN. Mr. Kampa is going to do this and I am 100% certain. JMHO but I think over the coming weeks we are going to see transparency and what kind of a CEO Mr. Kampa is. This is going to be great and I am officially excited.
Hey trap,
I completely understand we all let off steam once in awhile. All we can do at this point is wait for Mr. Kampa to speak and let us know whats going on. I do believe he will do this for us. We can pump and we can bash and draw lines in the sand but at the end of the day it is IMO Mr. Kampa who will prove one side or the other right. Everyone is entitled to an opinion whether it is good or bad and that is what a MB is for. Do your DD and NEVER listen to posters on a MB as investment advice, lol. A MB is a place to trade ideas, share DD and look at other peoples opinions, at the EOD the only opinion that matters is yours. Lets all pray Mr. Kampa can do this for us and has something over the next few weeks. I do not even know what or when anything will come. Mr. Kampa so far seems very smart and I do believe he is going to do this for us. I was under the impression we would have heard something last week such as just an update and I was 100% wrong, like I said I do not even know what is coming or when. I will remain silent for awhile instead of the bickering and discuss the news when it comes out. It is still JMO that if we ever had a chance it is with Mr. Kampa.
Hey trap,
I am relaxed and have no worries. I am sure EXBX is working on funding and that is priority #1 right now. IMO the news was going to be more of a shareholder update anyway and nothing earth shattering. I believe we still have several weeks left in this quarter and we will see some great things happening, again JMO. The recent PPS drop seems to be bothering some and I can not disagree with that. IMO when Mr. Kampa puts something out it will hopefully settle many. I am sure things will become clearer over the next few weeks and I am confident Mr. Kampa is working as hard as he can for us and EXBX. IMO we are all anxious to see movement forward ASAP, myself included. Do not get down, EXBX success is our success and IMHO EXBX is going to succeed. Regardless of what I know it is useless unless it comes to true and I believe it will. I know some still have doubts and that IMO is alright, smart investing and understandable from what we have been through. Mr. Kampa knows he has to prove himself and I am sure he is under much pressure to get the ball rolling for our sake and the companies sake.
Enjoy your weekend
As per the new short report, EXBX short interest is "0", that is good.
http://www.otcbb.com/asp/OTCE_Short_Interest_popup.asp?Symbol=exbx&StlmtDt=02/12/2010
Toyota Took Too Long to Respond, Executive Says
By MICHELINE MAYNARD
Published: February 23, 2010
WASHINGTON — A top Toyota executive will tell a House committee on Tuesday that the automaker took “too long to come to grips with a rare but serious set of safety issues.”
Representative Henry A. Waxman, shown here in April 2009, said Toyota dismissed the idea that computer issues could be at fault for sticking accelerator pedals, rather than properly investigate it.
The executive, James E. Lentz III, the president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., in remarks prepared for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, tried to assure lawmakers, and by extension American consumers, that the repairs that dealers had begun were the correct solution, and he maintained the computers in the cars were not to blame.
“We are confident that no problems exist with the electronic throttle control system in our vehicles,” Mr. Lentz said. The carmaker has identified problems with the floor mats and the accelerator pedal as the causes of unintended sudden acceleration in the cars.
The comments were partly intended to rebut leading Democrats on the committee, who accused Toyota of relying on a flawed study in dismissing the notion that computer issues could be at fault for sticking accelerator pedals, and then made misleading statements about the repairs. The Democrats, Henry A. Waxman, the chairman of the energy committee, and Bart Stupak, a subcommittee chairman, made their comments in a 11-page letter to Mr. Lentz. The letter was released on Monday.
In his remarks, Mr. Lentz again apologized for the way Toyota has handled its recall crisis. Toyota earlier released more than 75,000 pages of documents, including 20,000 in Japanese, that the committee had requested.
“In recent months, we have not lived up to the high standards our customers and the public have come to expect from Toyota,” Mr. Lentz said. “Simply put, it has taken us too long to come to grips with a rare but serious set of safety issues.”
He went on, “The problem also has been compounded by poor communications both within our company and with regulators and consumers.”
Since last fall, Toyota has recalled more than eight million vehicles worldwide — more than six million in the United States alone — in two actions related to complaints about accelerator pedals that can stick, making it hard to stop the vehicles.
This month, Toyota released a study of vehicles it had commissioned from Exponent, a research company, that said electronics were not to blame. But in the letter to Mr. Lentz, Mr. Waxman and Mr. Stupak said Toyota had dismissed the idea and had not investigated it properly. Further, it said the six vehicles involved in Exponent’s study, none of which were shown to have problems with their electronic systems, made up too small a sample from which to draw a conclusion.
“Our preliminary assessment is that Toyota resisted the possibility that electronic defects could cause safety concerns, relied on a flawed engineering report and made misleading public statements concerning the adequacy of recent recalls to address the risk of sudden unintended acceleration,” the representatives said.
The letter was released a day after the disclosure that Toyota had estimated that it saved $100 million by negotiating with regulators for a limited recall of 2007 Toyota Camry and Lexus ES models for sudden acceleration, the same problem that has since prompted it to recall millions of cars.
The estimate was in a confidential internal Toyota presentation from July 2009 listing legislative and regulatory “wins” for the company. The presentation was among thousands of pages of documents provided in response to subpoenas by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, another panel holding hearings on Toyota’s safety problems.
Toyota’s chief executive, Akio Toyoda, is set to testify before the oversight panel on Wednesday.
The representatives, in a separate letter to the transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, said they also were concerned about the competency of investigations into Toyota’s problems by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the federal safety agency.
“It appears that N.H.T.S.A. lacks the expertise needed to evaluate defects in vehicle electronic controls, and its response to complaints of sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles appears to have been seriously deficient,” the letter to Mr. LaHood said.
In another document that came to light Monday, Toyota said in a second July 2009 document that it faced a “more challenging” regulatory environment under the Obama administration, which it said was not “industry friendly.” In the internal document, which was first reported by Politico.com, Toyota said the federal safety agency was focusing more on legal issues and less on engineering issues.
On Monday, Toyota confirmed that it faced two more investigations related to the unintended acceleration and braking that had led to the recall of millions of its cars.
Toyota said Monday night that it was expanding the number of vehicles that will receive a brake override system, meant to reduce engine power when the accelerator pedal and brake pedal are pressed simultaneously. It will add the feature on 2005 to 2010 model Tacomas, 2009 to 2010 Venzas and the 2008 to 2010 model Sequoia. It already announced plans to install the system on five other models. In a statement, Toyota said it had received a Securities and Exchange Commission request and a federal grand jury subpoena for documents related to the sudden unintended acceleration.
Toyota and its subsidiaries received a subpoena related to reports of sudden acceleration on Toyota vehicles and brake problems on its Prius hybrid on Feb. 8 from the United States attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. The S.E.C. request, made on Friday from its Los Angeles office, was to voluntarily submit documents. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. separately received a subpoena from the same office for related documents on Toyota models, including the company’s disclosure policies.
The Toyota presentation involving the $100 million estimate was prepared last summer when Yoshimi Inaba, the president of Toyota’s North American operations, was in Washington for meetings with its staff. Mr. Inaba is among the officials set to testify at the hearings this week. The document was first reported on Sunday by The Detroit News.
In the document, Toyota executives said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which investigates safety complaints, had become “more sensitive to public/Congressional criticism, resulting in more investigations and more forced recalls.”
But the company said it had achieved “favorable safety outcomes” and “secured safety rulemaking favorable to Toyota.”
Among those rulings was a 2007 recall of the Camry and Lexus ES 350 sedans for complaints that their accelerator pedals could become stuck.
In the document, Toyota said it had “negotiated an equipment recall” without a finding of a defect, saving $100 million.
Hey rumple,
I really believe Mr. Kampa is going to do this for us. He is what EXBX always needed IMO. He is a great guy and knows what he is doing IMO.
I bet Mr. Kampa has something for us that is going to be incredible and will help us become the 800lb Gorilla that is going to shine a light on EXBX. Like I said many are still on the fence and waiting to see some more transparency from Mr. Kampa and that is not only smart investing but also expected after all we have been through. I honestly believe Mr. Kampa will be the one to bring validity to EXBX and not only the current products but the future products also. That sale Sam V made IMO was huge and shows that the current products are worth something.
Hey A-Man,
Eagle is still in charge of the board. We are still moderating it. Do not let rumple get to you and relax. IMO he will be proven wrong soon enough. What he posts is wrong and way over the line. Could the company go after him? Sure! I am willing to say they will not due to time, money, and all the BS that goes along with it. IMO Mr. Kampa will prove him wrong. As far as banning him that is for IHUB themselves to do, not us. JMO but I would not worry about it if I were you.
Thanks Mozy and IMO great days are ahead also. As far as rumple goes no worries, it is just fun messing with whoever it is. I am not worried about this not working out right now. If they get funding (I think Mr. Kampa will) and OSR starts coding (I think they will) it will be a much more relaxing time again. I am hoping Mr. Kampa puts out a few PR's soon and somethings become clearer for all also. I think Mr. Kampa got side tracked this past week with the loss of a family member. From what I hear he is back and in action at EXBX this weekend. I spoke with him yesterday and I have to say he sounded very upbeat considering his recent loss.
JMHO but Mr. Kampa is going to shock us all, lol. I am telling you he has a plan and it is a good one, I guess we will all know soon. IMO he is going to impress us all, not just me but everyone.
Again you are asking a question that only Mr. Kampa knows, you have to wait for the PR like everyone else, lol.
Why don't you answer my questions?
Because you do not have one.
I did not think you could answer my questions, lol.
That would be great and much appreciated. I think it would be great to do after the next 10Q also.
No problem, Glad you now understand the difference and how the market would react to a investor investing money verses the company just selling them in to the market to us.
Keep up the good work, you are doing a great job.
Mr. Kampa said he was going to use them for funding which is not dumping them on the market, that would be giving them to an investor, see the difference, lol, nice try though.
WOW, I have not looked at the chart on DIS in a couple of weeks, that looks awesome, seriously.
Alright who sold some at .02, that was a mistake IMO.
Well before you go disappearing again you have to notify me first. I was answering the phones not knowing what to tell people, you had missed appointments and some guy stopped by and said you missed your coffee colonic and owed him $50.
Glad your back and OK buddy :)
Hey CigarreteSmokingMan,
I just spoke with Mr. Wirtz and he said to call him at the office about your shares being restricted. He said it was a private issue between PP's and the company. He said it is no big deal and not to worry. He said he felt that it was no concern of non PP's and he is considerate of others privacy and does not feel we should be talking about private matters on the board. He did say anyone who has restricted shares and is having an issue to call him and he will help you out.
I bet next years taxes a bunch of people will be writing out checks to the IRS, lol.
Remember you only owe taxes on $3,300 which probably comes out to around $500 +/- depending on your tax bracket
"realized"
If you sold and held the money for more than 30 days you will owe tax on that .015 cents a share. If they were held for a long time you will owe taxes on long term gains and if they were held for less than a year it is short term gains. I believe short term gains are 35% and long term is 15%. You might find that you have a mixture of both and it becomes a little complicated. Easier just to go hit your profit / loss in your account. Usually you can find it in "YOUR ACCOUNT", "TRADING ACTIVITY", "PROFIT / LOSS". Make sure you look at "LAST YEAR" only.
Well you should have a "Profit / Gains keeper" in your account. Look at last years profit / loss for "LAST YEAR". If it is red you got deductions, if it is green you owe, lol.
When you sold at .12 what did you buy them at?
Also you have a 30 day wash, so if the sell and re-buy occurred within 30 days you are safe.
Just keeps getting worse for TM