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Woke up early this morning ....I actually watched the dawn .... What an absolutely beautiful day!!!!!
After years of mismanagement, corruption and greed, UPZS is truly finished in my opinion and therefore I do not need to follow this anymore..... It has been fun, it has been frustrating, now it is futile .... without some sort of change.
UPZS needs this change. Change in leadership and change in attitude. Change is the only hope for this company.
But I will not fool myself thinking that this commercial administration is not looking for anything other than lining their own pockets.
JV, let the good times roll!! Trust me, in the end, Karma will find a way to pay it back .... with interest....
To the board, good luck. To our local satirists .... keep it up and to PA and Skunks .... the board was managed great ....
Pity the company was not ....
AUF WIEDERSEHEN!!!!
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AUSTIN, TX
5th NOV 08
This is my penultimate posting here. I will bid farewell on 5 Nov. I have checked this site sporadically for comedy relief for the last few months. Even that value is now null. Cognitively, I have accepted my investment is gone and will never recover. This company, at one point, had legitimate goals and aspirations. Now, they have gone totally rogue and they are in the business of printing and selling worthless paper. Don't get me wrong, that is profitable for someone, or otherwise it would not be happening. The investors, however, are not the ones benefiting. This lesson has taught me that people will do whatever for money even if it entails screwing friends, relatives and investors. I would not be surprised if JV is compensating close family and friends from the proceeds of the paper selloff. Unrelated investors are left out in the cold.
Wood and Beemer .... keep the jokes going. The ever shrinking audience will continue to enjoy your antics until PA or Skunks turn off the lights....
See you all on 5 Nov.
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Beautiful chart! Sigh... Thanks JV!
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Some people lost their life savings while Joan Vowler struts the streets in jewelry and furs.
Wow....
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Well .... looks that we will be seen these high volumes of selling as long as the price remains around .0001. Looks like these folks are cranking away that share XEROX machine.
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Catharsis, PA! I love it when management sticks their nose in here. This is truly a no spin zone and they can't hack that.
We call what we see out here in investorland. Prove us wrong!
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They sure have some cojones talking about LIES. Unbelievable!
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"We don't have the time to monitor all the UPZS sites...."
Pleeeeeease, tell me about the incredibly high number of sites that carry these extensive discussions on Unique Pizza! ROTFL!!!
Something tells me that, on the contrary, YOU monitor THIS site often and it was the jewelry dig that brought you out of lurking .... ;) It's ok to admit you watch... Its like a car crash .... horrible .... but you can't help but watch.
Like I said before ....
Enough is enough of the L-I-E-S. You do not have 18 stores open! STOP the lies! Transparency will stop investors from assuming or exposing things. And trust me, continue misleading investors and you will be VERY exposed. Mark my words ...
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Lies? Honest items? You have a nerve!!! Please, start dealing with investors in a straight forward and way and investors will reciprocate. Lets start with the number of stores open. Your website states you have 18 stores open. Is that true? If not.... its a lie !!!!
Stop with the lies!!! Seek transparency!!!
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Unfortunately, playing the pinkies is like running through a minefield wearing clown shoes. Nobody is surprised when you hear a "Boom!". So when this is all over, there will be no 20/20 special or FoxBusiness report or anything like that. Just sore wallets!
We all knew it was likely a scam but for a while, a long time ago, they seemed legit.
Slowly, on this board, posters started pointing out red flags. First one, then two, then ten, and so on until the road ahead was paved with unfurled red flags with nothing underneath to support progress.
There is still hope. They have a name, a menu, trademarks, and graphics work. Cash? Who knows! Investors? Maybe.
IMO they need to break away from Toxic Garland, PR that development and start from scratch.
Remember the movie "The Fly"? Everything was good to go until Brundle (JV) and a fly (GH) got spliced together at the genetic level. The only way to save this company is to bring in more legit investors, become transparent and anchor goals on reality. To purify the grotesque "Brundlefly" by reducing the ratio of GH vs JV. Unfortunately, IMO, like the tragedy in the movie (fall of a hero due to a fatal flaw), we will all end up crying at the feet of the monster with a sense of loss ($) but happy that someone but the beast out of its misery.
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Unique Pizza Adds Two More Families "Dos Familias Latinas Mas" ...
Arriba, Arriba, Caramba, Caramba, Que bueno!!!! (Yeah...right...)
Hey! Good Catch.... that little item of information would keep us from a) Doubting (too much) it is real and b) Having us to release the detective hounds to track down where the alleged store is.
Now we are in verification mode. As usual .... With UPZS the drill is distrust AND verify....
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LOL!!! Go Mark!! Yeah, that EXTENSIVE training in Austin!!!! ROFL
Woohoo, Safia!! That is an amazing contribution to the PR (sigh)
Seriously, good luck! Hope you can keep it open and not %$!#@& it up like you did in Austin.
Oh yeah, Woodman, now you might rise up the ranks in Austin, now that they are gone back were they are from. You might just get a promotion from Garland.
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Today's PR claims The Dream Factory will help open 1000 Unique franchises!!!!! WoW!!!!!
Ok .... I will give them the benefit of the doubt but Garland, Mark and Safia were unable to keep one store open in Austin.
But, go for it...
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Great post, Midwest... It is not coincidental (IMO) that there are 30 lucky Latino families what will be selected for UPZS ownership. 30 fams = 30 kitchens.
BTW, I love this part:
"God bless America where every little boy can grow up to start a traveling circus. Send in the clowns."
I want the above cross stitched, framed and placed in my living room. It captures the entire essence of this company!
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UP&Subs to Launch 30 Mobile Pizza Kitchen Fleet.
Open mind, Rookie, Open mind.... Ok. I will not dismiss this latest scheme because there might be a niche for the concept. Time will tell if it is successful or if Vowler will screw this one up also.
One thing is sure .... no mention of the Austin Toxic Club (Garland, Mark, Safia et al.) is a welcome respite.
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"Any race is invited to participate but our initial plan is to market to the Latino community."
The Woodman, please educate "Doctor" Harris (sigh) with the fact that "Latino" is not a "Race". That HS education is paying off, Safia .....
Wow .... these goofballs .... Can't help but laugh ....
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Sublimely Absurd .... (sigh). These guys .... I will give them an B+ for creativity.
May god be my witness, I will put on a chicken suit and wear a big ol' Mariachi hat and stand in front of the shop for every GRAND OPENING achieved through this latest absurd scheme.
Jimmy The Christmas ... Who thinks of this crap! Where are they going to get 150m? Yeah that is about a quarter of the GDP for Grenada.... Go Garland ... Wag that tale Garland!
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Hemet Opening PR: A step in the right direction ...Way to Go!
Yeah "Yippee".... but
Lets hear the ones that are closing to make room for the new ones. The management is at the edge of their span of control. Any additional openings MUST include the usual closings.
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The Woodman --- When your affiliation with UFO was still in the closet you asked for us to provide constructive criticism on how the company can improve operations. Well here is a really basic way.
For christ's sake, if a store opened in Hemet, CA a week ago, can the company publicize it? This is the level of incompetence we are dealing with .....
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Awesome! Lets keep opening. Lets keep open ones open.
Lets keep GH, Mark, Safia and The Woodman out of the Pizza Business and peddling their prefabricated dreams in Austin. Lets start opening stores in Texas away from this toxic group. Dallas-Fort Worth area would be a great start.
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I am aware what role The Woodman plays in the scam. It is out there for all to find on the web. Actually, too much information if you get my drift.
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The reason stores are not paying is simple.
Corporate has breeched the contract by failing to provide the NECESSARY support. Once Corporate has breeched the contract, all bets are off.
The stores are now running rogue. Using Unique's name but reverting to good 'ol mom/pop management. They do not pay Unique.
The amazing thing is that you will witness the latest (and, IMO,the omega) of these transformations in a few days when Unique @ Hemet, CA is proudly (sigh...) announced by Corporate.
The beginning of the end .... The end is near.
This is the last domino. Neither tattoo boy and girl, the Snake or The Woodman can do anything to stop this final phase. They can only try to profit from the expected and near future. This dream, which began in the East is now reduced to a daily brainstorm in the Lakeway Hill Country about how to milk the final cents from the trusting and familiar. The dream is now plastic, static and packaged daily by The Factory.
Those of understanding, know better than trading with them. So, therefore I wonder .... who is?
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Also, the insiders that yesterday purchased 1.2M shares late on the day are hoping for a bounce on the news from Hemet. Will not happen. Now that the number of stores open is so toxic. Nobody really knows how many stores are open and ...to be honest, nobody cares ...
From enthusiasm to indifference ....
Go Joan ... release the PR hounds. Their howls will resonate in the Chasm of Apathy.
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Also, the insiders that yesterday purchased 1.2M shares late on the day are hoping for a bounce on the news from Hemet. Will not happen. Now that the number of stores open is so toxic. Nobody really knows how many stores are open and ...to be honest, nobody cares ...
From enthusiasm to indifference ....
Go Joan ... release the PR hounds. Their howls will resonate in the void of apathy.
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To JV, Mark, Safia, Woodie and Garland.. LOL .... funny .... but all sarcasm aside ..... Hemet opening is good news!
"The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815, and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces under General Andrew Jackson defeated an invading British army intent on seizing New Orleans and America's vast western lands.
The Treaty of Ghent had been signed on 24 December 1814, but news of the peace would not reach New Orleans until February".
If all the stores in the backyard of corporate withered away, imagine what awaits one which is located 2000 miles away. I guess that even in this age some news travel slow all the way to Cali. Kevin Serrano is putting up signs of a company which is now virtually defunct.
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Great, Woodie.... Can you please ask the Jim/Garland siamese pair which two(2) stores are closing in response to this opening?
Thanks.
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Great Update on Hemet! Sweet! Now ...
Can someone tell me which two stores are closing in light of this opening?
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Bingo! UFO will never open a store in Austin. If they ever open a store in Austin I will go there, buy a pie and wear it on my head, take a photo and send it to the board monitors for your enjoyment. It will NEVER happen.
Why? You are right. They are no longer in the Pizza business but in the Ponzi-Like business.
But if they ever do. I will clean my head well and then, May god be my witness ... I'll never be hungry again ...
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6 (or was it 9 stores... I never get that right) ...
LOL ... yep.... apparently Unique's Management also has a problem with that element of .... trivia (How many stores they actually have!).
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Cumbaya Call? Who cares? The time for words is long passed. As a matter of fact, the time for action is also way overdue.
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Insulting .... they have very large !@#$%% putting this crap out for anyone to see, nevermind investors ....
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Barbaro .... OUTSTANDING summary of the situation ... I spent one hour yesterday trying to navigate the maze of the shell game. Entertaining! GH creates one company and then creates another and then claims the latter to be a client of the first (Cute!). It is an incredibly incestuous state of affairs in which Mrs. Harris, Mark and Safia Ellison, and of course GH annoint themselves as CEO, CIO, CFOs etc ... of all these shells.
The troptions Ponzi-like scheme is retarded. $250 will get you in and of course you have to get people to push you up in the scheme so you can get commissions. I cannot believe there is people that will still fall for for these schemes. But you know what they say about suckers .... They actually encourage you to sucker in your warm market (i.e. family and friends). (sigh)
In summary, you are right, GH is hardly the saviour of UPZS, he actually represents its final doom.
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LOL! With this pathetic wannabee company, even inside information is worthless ....
Using my exclusive Unique Incompetence Algorithm (UIA) I can predict with a 82% probability that there will be no news this week.
Even if news are released, the UIA points to a 94% probability that the troptions price will not be changed beyond the daily price fluctuations. How about them apples?
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Original ...you know better than expecting "Truth" in any communication stemming from UPZS East at this late stage of the company lifecycle. At this point they are struggling, on a day by day basis to keep the extent of the UPZS implosion a secret. The first clue was the CE rating by pinksheets. Then the Call Center Drama/Mini-series, re-enacted so well in our hallowed IHUB page. Then, like aircraft running out of fuel in midair, the rumours comfirmed or otherwise, of stores closing left and right.
At this point, the status of UPZS is a hybrid of fact and fantasy. I dont mean vision. Plain ol fantasy. Vowler's self appointed task right now is to maintain at least an illusion of normality. At this point, to advertise that the ship is sinking fast would be corporate suicide. So, Jimbo is making sure the life support equipment is well camouflaged and they are using their perpetual inability to properly maintain a website as their unlikely ally.
All of this IMO
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The following forward looking information is IMO ***** IMO **** IMO****** IMO********
Lack of Corporate Support is causing stores to close. This spiral of death will continue. If you heard the call this week you will realize that there is a split in the company vision and hierarchy. Unique Pizza East is headed by Vowler and is on its final death jerks. The company does not exist except on paper...somewhere. The remaining stores on life support will continue to exist solely through the drive of the owners and without any assistance from corporate. Which by corollary do not have to pay squat to corporate. This is the old mom-pop, conversions, branch of the cult. The new branch of the UPZS cult, UPZS West, led by Harris, and using the 28 yo, HS graduate, tattoo'd rocker boy, Ellison, as their front man, is the one that says that brick and mortar kitchens/shops are not really necessary. They do not believe in conversions. They are promoting investment on their portion of the spoils of the old UPZS through the company that will inherit the leftovers: UFO/The Dream Factory. Now the jury is still out on the mobile kitchens concept. But hell, NY hotdog stands have been out there for years. But if this jury wants Unique pizza in Austin.... they can get it Today and only today .... A concept that I hope will change. The future ticker of UPZS will be DRMF and Garland was peddling this one hard this week as an implied succesor of UPZS in light of the disaster which Vowler ushered.
And to be honest .... UPZS had its run and like Garland said it "may" do it again.... but DRMF's run is very much in the cards.
IMO **** IMO**** IMO**** IMO**** IMO**** IMO****
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The most amazing and ridiculous item of the day. Austin store is dead on the water due to no capital. The owner of the Austin store is also the president and CEO of Capital Fountain Fund.
Oh, the irony of it all .... I guess the Fountain of Capital has run dry.
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No, Skunks. There is no open "store" in Austin. Mark Ellison (who, BTW, I did not know until today happens to be the famous Safia's husband or Garland's 28 y.o. son in law) is cranking out food on Fridays only between 1800 - 0100 from some yet undisclosed location.
One thing is for sure.... it is NOT 2000 Guadalupe ..... that area is still the remains of "Bollywood Calling", an Indian Buffet restaurant. The place is closed, dirty and no sign of any UPZS development. The front of the building, does make a great gathering place for all the local panhandlers. This is close to UT and has potential but there is no movement on this ....
The location near Lake Travis, at Oak Grove, is closed, with metal studs in view, a dusty "Coming Soon: Unique Pizza" banner in view ... and a realtors blue keybox on the door.
Safia and Mark view their MySpace page often but do not provide UPZS updates there. Except, Mark's says: Mark is making Pizza.... (ref.) http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=185687051
Please note that both he and his wife Safia report income in their My Space page of $250,000 plus a year. Not too shabby for someone that only has a HS degree. I wonder what is generating this income? LOL....as if we dont know.... Oh yeah he is the president and CEO of Fountain Capital. Some people are making money in this scam.
I am coordinating a delivery driver stakeout in order to pinpoint their actual food preparation source ..... (geez ... what you have to do when management does not tell investors what is going on .... (sigh)).
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Steve .... The reasons they dont want you to go to the store are:
#1) The store is near lake Travis which is 30 miles plus from city center ... don't expect UT clientele if it ever opens.
#2) The store is unfinished. Only metal studs .... the way it was months ago.
#3) Finally, and most disturbing, AS WITNESSED BY ME TODAY ... there is a blue, realtor keybox on the door .... I am sure this little detail will be spun into some amazing positive development by the cheerleaders, but this usually means the property is on the market for leasing. Sigh...
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