AI
Monday, August 20, 2007 9:58:34 AM
ZZT-Bone - There are some who understand completely where you are coming from. I've always found the "if you're not for us, then you should stop posting altogether" opinion to be very narrow-scoped for a public message board ~ a private board maybe not.
No matter what anyone may post to you (i.e. move on, why post anymore, etc.), all of them know that you invest to make money. They too invested in Wave to make money. However, after several years of bumping up against this, I've concluded that there are some who believe that waiting as long as it takes to make that money is fine with them, and that anyone who comes off negative on the board can only hurt investor sentiment, not help it. So in a way, there is a belief [although an unlikely truth], that negativity hurts the share price, because it serves to turn investor sentiment in a negative direction ~ and perhaps in some ways, the share price too.
While I don't have the strength, stamina or desire to debate this with anyone, I also know that none of us live forever. If we did, then waiting as long as it takes would go by as quickly as a blink of an eye in the overall scheme of this investment. Unfortunately, none of us do live forever, and waiting as long as it takes just isin't a good enough timebound paramenter for me. For example:
1. If every other stock in the world doubled in value over the past 7-years, while Wave lost everyone a fair percentage of their investment, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment position?
2. If the investment in Wave was made 10-years earlier (1998) in the hopes that in 10-years the investment would help (in some way) pay for your children's college education, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment position?
3. If you invested every spare penny of the family's money, and after 10-years your wife handed you your stock certificates, and said, "Any bank savings account could have done better than you've done" ~ Get Out! Would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
4. If your young children (who were, let's say 7-years old at the time) are now grown and make fun of you and your investment prowess, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
5. If your long-time friends begin to talk about their investments, but then quickly turn to you and say, "Don't you say a single word Mr. Wave Septic Systems", would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
6. If your mother, now 75-years old, calls you every week and says, "But you told me that you'd pay me out of your own pocket if this investment didn't make me money", would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
7. If your stock broker now calls you only to remind you that you owe a $50-maintenance fee on all of your accounts, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
8. If your Instant Messenger buddy list went from several hundred friends down to 3, and they were named Steven, Gerald and Lark, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
9. If you saw Peter Sprague out on the street, and he invited you to join him for a dinner on YOU, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
10. And finally, if you hadn't been to Las Vegas for the past 10-years, because you promised yourself that the next time you'd go would be to meet all of the other visionary investors (like yourself), and celebrate your wisdom, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
If the answer is YES to all of the above, then you truely are the kind of people this board appreciates most.
My very best regards
Tampa123
No matter what anyone may post to you (i.e. move on, why post anymore, etc.), all of them know that you invest to make money. They too invested in Wave to make money. However, after several years of bumping up against this, I've concluded that there are some who believe that waiting as long as it takes to make that money is fine with them, and that anyone who comes off negative on the board can only hurt investor sentiment, not help it. So in a way, there is a belief [although an unlikely truth], that negativity hurts the share price, because it serves to turn investor sentiment in a negative direction ~ and perhaps in some ways, the share price too.
While I don't have the strength, stamina or desire to debate this with anyone, I also know that none of us live forever. If we did, then waiting as long as it takes would go by as quickly as a blink of an eye in the overall scheme of this investment. Unfortunately, none of us do live forever, and waiting as long as it takes just isin't a good enough timebound paramenter for me. For example:
1. If every other stock in the world doubled in value over the past 7-years, while Wave lost everyone a fair percentage of their investment, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment position?
2. If the investment in Wave was made 10-years earlier (1998) in the hopes that in 10-years the investment would help (in some way) pay for your children's college education, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment position?
3. If you invested every spare penny of the family's money, and after 10-years your wife handed you your stock certificates, and said, "Any bank savings account could have done better than you've done" ~ Get Out! Would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
4. If your young children (who were, let's say 7-years old at the time) are now grown and make fun of you and your investment prowess, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
5. If your long-time friends begin to talk about their investments, but then quickly turn to you and say, "Don't you say a single word Mr. Wave Septic Systems", would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
6. If your mother, now 75-years old, calls you every week and says, "But you told me that you'd pay me out of your own pocket if this investment didn't make me money", would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
7. If your stock broker now calls you only to remind you that you owe a $50-maintenance fee on all of your accounts, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
8. If your Instant Messenger buddy list went from several hundred friends down to 3, and they were named Steven, Gerald and Lark, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
9. If you saw Peter Sprague out on the street, and he invited you to join him for a dinner on YOU, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
10. And finally, if you hadn't been to Las Vegas for the past 10-years, because you promised yourself that the next time you'd go would be to meet all of the other visionary investors (like yourself), and celebrate your wisdom, would waiting as long as it takes be a wise investment decision?
If the answer is YES to all of the above, then you truely are the kind of people this board appreciates most.
My very best regards
Tampa123
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