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Will be in Worcester this weekend...anyone have the D.C.address...
mwjoy..I will look forward to the pics....GLTY on your new endeavor.........
mwjoy....if this is not a conflict of interest could you post some photos of the newly designed ads....TIA
investwize999...said "now bash me all your want, but you are the bagholder if you cant see it"
I do not bash as people are entitled to their opinions and I am a big boy and do not base my decisions on ANYTHING on this or any other board..I absorb what I read and that's it...but for you to say I am a bagholder seems to show your frustration with you not attaining your goal with this investment and I had nothing to do with that...I had a mid 5 figure investment in PGHI/GZFX @.02 average and sold most @.11..well I guess this BAGHOLDER just fell off the turnip truck to the tune of 6 figures...Held some shares and have been adding..average now .011..so I am at a loss on the current buy and you do not see me pissing and moaning about their every move..do I think they should do things differently YES..but I do not run the company..they do and they are going according to their plan NOT YOURS..OR MINE..I do not think for one second that CC management is not involved in every step of the roll-out plan which GZFX must follow..that in itself is reason enough to be involved....CC management will certainly teach GZFX management a thing or two about CONTROLLED GROWTH...NO SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS ..NO DELL DUDE..NO NATIONAL COMMERCIALS..CONTROLLED GROWTH...
I will continue to hold my GZFX shares because I firmly believe
they will be HUGE for me..and I have my reasons be it right or wrong..I saw the Producers and I do not base my life on movies I base it on research and my gut...I hope you do well with this
stock and all your other investments...GLTY
tenac...that would be a nice trend for us to follow.....here is one for you to check..Brightpoint..trades under..CELL....2002..2003 R/S 1 for 7 and then has FOUR..3for2 F/S and just had a 6for5 F/S..so the doom and gloom of a reverse was then countered with 5 F/S...think about how your money multiplied after 5 F/S times...Now trades in the low $20..If done properly an R/S can prove to be effective...
If anyone has ever been involved in this type of scenario maybe they would believe it can happen with GZFX...I BELIEVE IT WILL..
captbly..October 2006....
'IL Padrino...perception can make a major impact on ones thinking process...what you may perceive as dilution..I look at as investing in the growth of a business...Think about this very carefully and from all angles...Why would CC extend the trial period and after doing so increase the first segment of the roll-out from 55 stores to 100 stores...Why has the roll-out gone from a 12 month plan to a 6 month plan...How did you expect them to fund the growth?I have been involved in Retail/Wholesale for 30 years and one thing I will tell you it is extremely hard and costly to attain shelf space with a major retailer and most will sell their souls to acquire that space.
Part of a previous post...The CC roll-out was a major accomplishment for GZFX but the market has not seen any viable evidence as to where it will lead..thus the stagnant PPS...Once the second and then the third segments take place and there are 300 active stores in the picture with some sub-counts announced we will see how the perception of JF will be..and how differently this stock will trade...
xan...I probably don't want to hear this but my curious side has gotten the better of me..what is a STEELY?
mathmanjc....my son goes to school in the Boston area..told him to keep an eye out for any ads....is it not amazing how people like to dwell in the misery of sour news and simply pass by the good news...some people only perceive good news as the news they personally want to hear and not the news that will allow the masses to be happy.
So you wanted the company to get more inventory..they did..you wanted more DC's...they did...you wanted a new site... they did...you wanted better service...they did...you wanted a CC roll-out...they did...so you wanted some growth and you got it stop complaining...these accomplishments do not come for free there is a cost involved...This stock was .002 not to long ago...so even with all the unjustified doom and gloom it is still up a nice amount from that point...granted it is not the ideal situation but patience will prevail....Siri was $9.00 with the announcement of Stern and now months later it sits @$4.00 is the CEO a moron? If you don't like the dilution get out..if you think the future events will over shadow the current share count then ride the wave but for G-DS sake stop moaning cause the stock you bought didn't go up within your time frame...STOP moaning about JF / Chip they are earning a nice income while building a company of their dreams and doing it their way...while you sit on a board typing about your distain..now who is the moron...
There are many cost effecient avenues to promote GZFX it just depends on how hard CC decides to push it...I am sure it would not take much of an effort or capital to run the GNF commercial
thru the TV displays at CC...or set up a small plasma with the commercial running in the movie and games department with the jewel cases placed next to the display.....the question is how hard of a push will CC & GZFX make...End caps are great if the consumer knows the product but at this juncture I believe there needs to be some hand holding where the consumer understands the product before they are asked to make a purchase...I have been in some CC stores and if I was not a shareholder I would have no idea that they had such a product in their inventory...They really need to create the GZFX BRAND recognition in the CC locations to utilize the traffic with the very least some signs that explain to the consumer ..Hey we have GZFX and this is why you should buy it.......Hopefully this will be addressed on the 18th by GZFX...
bag8ger..."In the end, it will be how well GZFX has geared up for handling the influx of new subscribers the CC relationship provides.".... It is my extremely strong belief that CC knows exactly what GZFX can handle and that is why they laid out the foundation for the roll-out the way they did...I hope to see larger ads in the circular as we progress with the roll-out as this will indicate how ready we are for the influx of subs....as marketing shows strength we will be on our way because it is clear with the size of the ad in the current circular that they are taking baby steps...
wick50'..To underestimate the power of a relationship with a retailer like CC and others, to me is a major investing mistake...
wick that is the key..you cannot put a value on having CC lay down the foundation to the future of GZFX...if nothing else just the knowledge GZFX will acquire from the relationship with CC management is worth a great deal.....if CC goes full force behind the marketing of GZFX it has no choice but to be a big winner...
uncipep...you really don't understand the point of the statement...think about the context in which it was stated and why...maybe then you will comprehend it's purpose...and it has nothing to do with the flu or large shrimp...Have a wonderful day...
Egeliah....that's because I happen to be a little crazy....please clarify my thinking for me which one is the fishing pole and which one is the apple....went fishing with a fishing pole and caught nothing and then I put an apple on the end of the fishing pole and caught some fish now did I catch the fish with the apple or the fishing pole..oh my what was I thinking...I'm so confused...JUST HAVIN A LITTLE FUN....Egeliah have a wonderful day...
mikeisme...thanks...been in this for a long time and have already reaped some great profit...but I hope this time CC management will help take us to the top,,,,,,,
Why not hang Reed Hastings along with Fleming....Hastings start-up did not look much better in terms of profit in the early years...and he had absolutely NO COMPETITION...This is a start-up business in a wide open arena with tremendous growth possibilties..An overnight success story usually takes about 3-5
years to get going..give JF a break.For those of you that think he is a moron stop giving him your money and start your own company...BE PATIENT....The funny thing about the market is when great news hits and hits and hits again it will forgive the a/s..o/s very quickly..The CC roll-out was a major accomplishment for GZFX but the market has not seen any viable evidence as to where it will lead..thus the stagnant PPS...Once the second and then the third segments take place and there are 300 active stores in the picture with some sub-counts announced we will see how the perception of JF will be..and how differently this stock will trade...
REPOST....WOULD YOU INVEST IN THIS COMPANY if you read this statement: We have a history of net losses and negative cash flow and we anticipate that we will experience net losses and negative cash flow for the foreseeable future.
We have experienced significant net losses and negative cash flow, since our inception. We incurred net losses of $29.8 million in 1999, and as of December 31, 1999, we had an accumulated deficit of $41.3 million. We expect to continue to incur significant operating expenses and capital outlays for the foreseeable future in connection with our planned expansion, including expenditures for:
WELL IT TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT INVESTMENT..IT'S FROM NETFLIX...
PROFIT..SUB COUNT...IMHO has resulted in simple impatience for many..I,just like most would like to see the PPS MOVING NORTH but
just STUDY the previous run to .18 and maybe you will understand why we are stronger now then when we were at.18..Better still ask yourself why we fell apart and what can we do now that will prevent that from happening again...When we were at .18 we had ..horrific service..terrible commercials..low inventory..1 DC..WE lost so many potential SUBS DUE TO GROSS MISMANAGEMENT yet we were able to hold on...THE ONE THING WE DID NOT HAVE WAS A STRONG FOUNDATION WHICH WOULD LEAD TO A HIGH SUB COUNT..WHICH LEADS TO PROFIT..We are basically starting all over but now we have a MORE ADVANCED WEBSITE...LARGER INVENTORY...MORE DC's...CC ROLLOUT...so now we have a stronger FOUNDATION which is IMPERATIVE to sustain a HIGH SUB COUNT that will relate into HIGH PROFIT...PROFIT...SUB COUNT are not the goals in this business they are the BYPRODUCT of a healthy foundation..Be patient and keep your focus and when you read a filing or PR remember it was not written to satisfy our every whim but it is part of a much larger landscape that none of us are privvy to at this time...People sometimes lose sight of what is important and yell for subs and profit but subs
nor profit can be attained without the foundation that leads to the end result which is subs and profit..Building this foundation has its price and for us the price is the O/S and low PPS but it is the price to pay to achieve the end result...CC could be the catalyst for a new force in the entertainment industry not just another online rental company...GLTA.......
LOOKING AT THE OBVIOUS TENDS TO STUNT ONES GROWTH.
REALITY CHECK.....IMHO..we will get a true picture of where GZFX is going ..if indeed CC utilizes its marketing capabilities with a FRONT PAGE CIRCULAR AD to launch a marketing blitz to introduce GZFX/GNF to the demographics of the first 100 stores....well then the mere size of the ad will be very telling as to the serious nature of the deal....The past blurb CC used for GZFX in the circular is directed at attracting minimal response.I know the ROLLOUT is serious in itself but to what degree will they take it....The response rate from a front page ad as compared to a blurb on page 16 can take your sub possibilities from single digits per store to hundreds per store...times hundreds of stores...There is NOBODY that knows what will be except the management that is laying out the plans....they already know where they want it to go...how much it will cost and how long it will take to get there.I have been involved with marketing products with some major retailers and the combination of a FRONT PAGE AD and $1.00 spiff to every employee on the sales floor that sells a GZFX SUB can take this little puppy from 0 to 100 MPH in seconds...I will be looking at TWO signs going forward
and neither will be the A/S or the O/S...One sign will be the AD
SIZE and the other will be if they will announce the increased SUB COUNT after the first 100 store rollout...LOOKING AT THE OBVIOUS TENDS TO STUNT ONES GROWTH...
REALITY CHECK.....IMHO..we will get a true picture of where GZFX is going ..if indeed CC utilizes its marketing capabilities with a FRONT PAGE CIRCULAR AD to launch a marketing blitz to introduce GZFX/GNF to the demographics of the first 100 stores....well then the mere size of the ad will be very telling as to the serious nature of the deal....The past blurb CC used for GZFX in the circular is directed at attracting minimal response.I know the ROLLOUT is serious in itself but to what degree will they take it....The response rate from a front page ad as compared to a blurb on page 16 can take your sub possibilities from single digits per store to hundreds per store...times hundreds of stores...There is NOBODY that knows what will be except the management that is laying out the plans....they already know where they want it to go...how much it will cost and how long it will take to get there.I have been involved with marketing products with some major retailers and the combination of a FRONT PAGE AD and $1.00 spiff to every employee on the sales floor that sells a GZFX SUB can take this little puppy from 0 to 100 MPH in seconds...I will be looking at TWO signs going forward
and neither will be the A/S or the O/S...One sign will be the AD
SIZE and the other will be if they will announce the increased SUB COUNT after the first 100 store rollout...LOOKING AT THE OBVIOUS TENDS TO STUNTS ONES GROWTH...
WOULD YOU INVEST IN THIS COMPANY if you read this statement: We have a history of net losses and negative cash flow and we anticipate that we will experience net losses and negative cash flow for the foreseeable future.
We have experienced significant net losses and negative cash flow, since our inception. We incurred net losses of $29.8 million in 1999, and as of December 31, 1999, we had an accumulated deficit of $41.3 million. We expect to continue to incur significant operating expenses and capital outlays for the foreseeable future in connection with our planned expansion, including expenditures for:
WELL IT TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT INVESTMENT..IT'S FROM NETFLIX...
WHY are the PR's coming after the bell...this is NOT consistant with managements past thinking...so is it influenced by a more seasoned management team from CC...could it be a bold statement that you never know what will come after the bell to minimize the
way it is currently being traded...is it meant to be a stabilizer
to allow this to trade unlike other pennies...JUST SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.....One plays the pennies in hopes of finding a REAL COMPANY..well there are many things we do not currently find to appealing about GZFX but one cannot deny that it is REAL...there is a product and it is and will be revealed to millions thru CC...I believe in CC and their ability to thrust GZFX into millions of homes with their expertise in marketing.Would CC take a gamble on a penny..I think not...I did not expect a huge jump in the price on the announcement as it has been floundering around for months..this will become extremely real with the May rollout and then the turning point should happen with the June rollout as that June rollout will justify the success of the May rollout.Simple economics will tell you that the first 10 percent is the most difficult to attain after that point the product will grow expotentially.I like most do not love the A/S situation but I believe there is just cause and what some see as dilution I see as money being utilized for growth...The wheels are in motion and what a bumpy but beautiful ride it will be....GLTA
IMO...Here comes a GZFX front page CC circular ad...GZFX and Easter Eggs..what a colorful front page..."YOU CAN PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET...JUST WATCH THAT BASKET VERY CLOSELY" Warren Buffet...
IMO...CC is quite aware of the internal workings of GZFX and if anyone thinks for one moment that CC management is not grooming GZFX for future growth you are sadly mistaken.CC is not doing a NATIONAL ROLLOUT to jump start GZFX so it can spread its wings and fly away....I believe there was a test period of how management from GZFX would adhere to the corporate beliefs of CC..Lets face it CC has more than enough power and capital to do this venture on their own but it is much easier taking an existing business and testing the strength of their management....you listen to the direction that our management will share with you and in return we will back you with our power..A WIN..WIN..situation for both sides.
Now that CC has made this commitment...we will really see the power of marketing as this has now become a project of CC management and they will not tolerate failure..There is much more to this picture than I can ever imagine but I believe CC is looking at this the same way as many of us longs(been in since PGHI)they are getting in on the ground floor where the infrastructure is already set and now CC can unleash its marketing power..I believe that ultimately it was CC that asked to kill the DVD AVE deal...
FROM ONE OF MY PREVIOUS POSTS...
"I believe there will be a rollout but I do not believe that it will be 55 stores a month...I believe it will be 55 stores a month for the first 2 months and the rest of the chain within the next 3 months as CC will be aggresive in utilizing a strong SKU."
Take a look at CELL charts from 2002 till today...I think this is what we will see with GZFX...a healthy R/S when we are more solid
followed by several F/S....
There are so many unknowns that can dictate where this will go but for the moment GZFX does look like a GROWTH STOCK...GLTA..
Cash...Peter Lynch one of the best..eom
xanadu....it is just 3 from the zip code I provided..who knows how many more there really are...I called for the San Fran area
and the CS rep seemed extremely hesitant with his response...but said he did not have that information but I could order from the website..I had my share of calls for now....time to shovel the snow...
xanadu...yes that is what's strange...when I inquired about the Florida location I was told exactly what was first announced...but when I asked about the San Diego locations I was told 3 there are carrying it over and above the original program.
SOMETHING STRANGE...more CC stores..called about Florida with a 33310 zip...I was put on hold..then the rep came back and said sorry only 17 stores are being tested and none in your zip but the closest one to you involved in the test is in TENN..
FWIW..JUST CALLED CC..1-800-843-2489 gave them San Diego zip 92138...and asked if any CC STORES in that zip actually carried the GZFX KIOSK..Her response was yes I am aware of them and you can find them in the following stores..Point Loma....National City...Escondido..I am in NY with a foot of snow but if anyone is near those locations you might want to verify...it just makes me wonder if everything with CC/GZFX was so hush..hush...why are customer service operators aware of this....unless executives are ready to move...
Relentless,wishful thinking on my part...
simple....thanks...do not recall ever seeing that...
Spence...I did not state that there wasn't tons of money to be made in the adult market..I was simply stating that Chip in my judgement should address specifics and give us a breakdown of the buy...it would leave a clear picture of why the purchase was made.
makingbacon....Yes ..agreed..but my point was to receive a PR with some meat that explains what was gained from the purchase....we now own DVDAVENUE so what!How much value can we shareholders expect from this purchase..that is what I would like to know...
"You have got to remember the current website can only handle 15k subs.We still have some balance there BUT without a new website we are limited on subs right now."
xanadu...I do not know if JT said that or how anyone would really know what actually was gained from this acquisition...What is your take on the acquisition....The addition of DVDAVENUE in theory sounds great but I would have liked if the PR stated "GZFX continues its growth process with the purchase of DVDAVENUE.With this acquisition the company will add 25,000 titles to its current inventory, consisting of 2000 games,15,000 DVD's and 8,000 adult titles.We have arranged the purchase of the adult titles in the amount of $50,000 as it is not in the mix that GZFX wishes to represent.So to that end we have added 17,000 titles to our current inventory which is now over 57,000 titles.GZFX has added 4,000 subscribers as a result of this acquisition.As part of the acquisition Mr. Thomas will join our executive team to assist in the growth process.Although at this time we are unable to disclose the purchase price I can state that it was a great value at a mid 5 figure price tag." SO DID WE GAIN ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL...The PR was very vanilla and leaves you wondering just what happened.Do not get me wrong I am happy something is happening but if this is to become a "GROWTH COMPANY" and play with "THE BIG BOYS" JF and Chip need to show investors specifics or their will be no investors just traders...This may prove to be a great deal but
it leaves me wondering......
YoungCEO...read the post again if you care to and maybe you will catch my point.....I know the inventory mix greatly varies between the companies.....
GNF states they have 40,000 titles and the DVD AVENUE site states they have 25,000 titles which for all intensive purposes puts us at 65,000 titles..Netflix states they have 55,000 titles...so did something really substantial just happen...
Maybe the porn will get the PPS to rise...(SORRY had to do it)
Now for some stress release..gonna watch an old Tracy Lords flick...
acrazjo....NICE AD....shows a bit of confidence..now if that was strategically placed....
Egeliah...now that the game is over...like I stated before the topic would create an interesting debate...yes we all know the word impossible exists for a reason..and it is possible to live in the wild and survive it just was not for this particular individual.I respect your opinion and I understand the logic..
GZFX has may flop or they may not...I do not agree with some of the actions taken by management but then again it is extremely difficult to pass judgement when I do not know what the game plan is..I need to see all the pieces of the puzzle and that will never happen with any company..so I take the negatives and the positives and I see which side carries more weight...but I think the possibilities are enormous if they can execute properly...
I target my possible $$$ goal and buy accordingly..so my profit becomes the byproduct of my goal...
RATIONAL HUMAN BEINGS WOULD PUT THEIR MONEY IN A SAFE CD....
NICE SPARRING WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT...GLTY
Egeliah...the topic would bring about a rather interesting debate depending on ones perspective...probable closes the parameters where possible expands the parameters..it is a mindset...
$40,000 invested in PGHI returns $250,000 PROBABLE NO..POSSIBLE
$40,000 house 40 years ago $1,500,000 today PROBABLE NO..POSSIBLE
Should one have passed on both purchases because they probably won't happen ...
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE BUT ONE WILL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW UNLESS THEY EXPLORE THE POSSIBILTIES...
THE FOLLOWING IS A QUOTE THAT HANGS ON MY CHILDRENS WALLS..
EXCELLENCE CAN BE ATTAINED IF YOU...
CARE MORE THAN OTHERS THINK IS WISE
RISK MORE THAN OTHERS THINK IS SAFE
DREAM MORE THAN OTHERS THINK IS PRACTICAL
EXPECT MORE THAN OTHERS THINK IS POSSIBLE
YoungCEO....The point is not the possibility of one particular event..the point is the domino effect that event can create.It only takes one deal that is accepted in a positive light by the market to allow the ease of future deals to be accepted...so IMHO
the order in which DEALS are made or PR's are issued is paramount to their overall success..
frankie f.....TRULY GRAND SPECULATION would be my wife briniging me breakfast in bed every morning...the GZFX stuff well that remains to be seen...LOL...