I don't even know where to start...I am so confused right now...95% of us on this board stand by Eric even when we disagree with Winning Brands actions...For him to play the pity card in this email quite frankly pisses me off, more-so than I already am. He knows damn well no one is "nauseous" about the photos, nor do we think it is "beneath the dignity of the CEO" to clean graffiti....Come on now...He has done this many times and has gave us pictures to prove it on numerous occasions...It's all about the timing...IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE TIMING...This is the way I saw it..."Hey Fellow shareholders, we could lose Walmart Canada"...(hours later)...."oh by the way, heres some pictures for your IBOX"....I mean WTF, seriously? We are not in pre-school...When most here have given loyal dedication to the CEO for years...how could you do that? It obviously was a good decision to not abide by Walmart's change...but you DO NOT try to ease the pain that it will cause (both mentally and to the PPS) by sending us that second Memo...(whether or not it was for that reason, it was the board's overall perception) These types of Memo's were great before, and they will be great in a few days when things here calm down...but just not now.
I must of missed this rumor of Walmart though...I never knew people were talking about this...You know what's worse though...I'm tired of people here making a bad situation seem like it's good. AS of now we only know we could possibly lose a great Logo in our portfolio...We don't know anything else besides that. We know what Eric PR's and sends us via Memo...which is not always anything to brag about. We have had so many irons in the fire for months, but i'm wondering if the irons are even lukewarm...I am getting a little frustrated and I refuse to post in favor of things that don't like. I want to know how well or how horrible we are doing in the DRTV...I want to know why we have not had a CC date set yet...I want to know why we are sitting at .008...We have made no progression in pps since the last CC... we have decreased and most likely will decrease further on Monday.
We have all been chasing the never ending dangling carrot for months and for some, years...I mean, can we just get a nibble? I think that with Walmart doing this corporate bullying, we would be an even more attractive buyout. As realgood said, I would hope that any further offers, Eric would at least consider PR'ing it, whether he wanted to accept it or not...We need something here and fast...I have preached to family members and friends how great the Company is, but for over a year now, I have to keep defending them...not sure what to tell them this time...
P.S...this was certainly a bad week for Rocket to choose to go on Vacation.
