See when BETA Max gets popular it is going to fly...
Comparing SFIO to any successful company is more than premature. For every company with a unique product that gets bought up, you have hundreds more that struggle to find an audience, deserving of it or not. It's more than the unique product, it's the unique folks behind it.
So far the only truly unique folks involved with SFIO have been on the wrong side of the SEC rules and regulations.
I'm not saying Roth doesn't have that "special something" in him, but I will say if he does, we've certainly not seen it yet. No discredit to him though, as it is currently out of his control. He even admits, they are at the mercy of the legal matter at this time. He expects the matter to be resolved as rapidly as possible, and hopefully they are (but that could still be months.)
Till then, we must wait. If you are a gambler, and have disposable income and want to buy into a security that is currently tagged Caveat Emptor, I wouldn't fault you for it. It may be foolish to think there is still a chance here, but if you go in eyes WIDE OPEN and see SFIO is really a terribly risky play but with reward potential... When then that's cool. However, making it sound like this is a mini-facebook, google, or apple is garbage. If you think it is so powerful, buy more. By buying more, we get the message, as the price will go up. So rather than tell us to buy these up, put your money where you post is and just buy them yourself. Once you drive this sucker to 20 cents a share then I will try to sell them via Fidelity.
Now if they publish some financial data, and it is great news, heck I may buy more shares at 50 cents. Who knows? All I know is this bantering about is old. Heck, I wouldn't even post if none of this false positive trash went up every five minutes. At least I stick to a couple of posts a day about the relevant news.
It was said earlier, if you are a long term investor, steer clear of this for now. If you are a penny player, or just looking to have fun flipping, you have realistically more than a hundred better plays. If you want to gamble like a roulette junkie, have at it, it's a thrill watching it sit locked with crap volume, but could explode out of the gate if 5 things fall into place (one being an DTC unlock).
There is one other reason to buy, you want to help someone else get liquid, though that is not a tax write-offable donation.
Luke is right though, they do have a unique angle on the e-cig, however, due to the previous CEO's foolish transgression, they cannot stike while the proverbial iron is hot. If you think there are not 50 other efforts going on at this very moment to develop soft filter and vaporless options, you are not thinking worldly.
If anything SFIO is hoping the buzz of a soft filter that is vaoprless dies until they can get going. Otherwise a newer option that can trade and go full bore into the market place will over take them before they even get properly started.
I really hope Roth is being upfront and honest, and that there is no further involvement by the company. That the lock is due to the market more than the company, and that they are moving forward trying to get this product advanced distribution in the states. I have no reason to believe or not believe these things, and some of the more positive possibilities actually seem like the more likely ones. But until we see all this pan out, some of us just feel better, keeping the most current facts on this board, and bristle when we see the rah-rah BS that stinks of self-servance. Sorry
