We will never understand each other, your interpretation of what I am writing never seems to be what I am trying to communicate.
As far as the first part, I am relaying nothing I have lived this. I just got around 20,000,000 shares registered and what I paid is what I just told you. Furthermore; that cost is relatively meaningless compared to the liquidity it creates for me. For some reason it seems that you think I just make shit up as I go. The 3% commission thing is outlandish the people who counseled you needed to ask around a bit more. The price for my registrations was not quoted on a per million share basis, I think it was more based on the number of certs that added up to the total, but it was simply based on the legal work that was required to dot and cross the I's and t's. Granted it did require accumulating a lot of specific info and showing documentation from several years back on my part. I take this back if your friends had dozens and dozens of certificates. I think I had six.
The cost of the registration is not the reason some folks would like to see a quick and final end game. A lot of people are worn out and justifiably have concerns over what kinds of outcomes could await vis a vis a trial or many trials and the amount of time those can take to button up.
All that said, I have no idea if an acquisition is even on the table, all I have said, all along is that I can see why a valid offer (even one representing a significant discount compared to some of the damage claims being thrown around) would be attractive if it meant immediate liquidity at a significant multiplier. One could always reinvest in the company that acquired the rights if they still thought this had legs.
Why would a company want to acquire even though we have gone through the wringer? Because, they would be in a much stronger position to go scorched earth to defend their patents while not getting chronically second guessed by share holders who wring their hands over a $1500 legal fee for getting their stock position squared away. Sometimes you need to hand things over to the big dogs. VPLM has done a great job of punching above its weight, and they still may prevail in court, but I would imagine that some of the defendants would stand a much better chance if they were to own and be at liberty to exploit these patents and that is likely where the negotiations would center. In my opinion. Just an opinion and one of several potential outcomes. Don't keep coming back at me or I will reinstate the offer of a wager :) I understand your points and I would love to see things unfold the way you are hoping that they unfold, but in case that doesn't seem to be in the cards, I am happy to see a smaller more certain outcome that comes much faster.
