Thank you NDOL STRONG and others who responded to my questions with respect and logic. To those of you who chose the other road, too bad. I hear what you are saying about the positives of this company in the making.
I guess my problem is with certain small things that when added together make me leery of investing in this company.
You say no one knows this company better than those on this BB. I respectfully disagree with this although I agree that the DD here is impressive to say the least. To say it is a pinkie and has somehow slipped through the cracks I do not agree with. To assume that a 1.1Bil merger has not been examined closely by professional investors/institutions/hedge funds who clearly came to a different conclusion than the bulls on this board is hard to accept. I am concerned with the amount of time Parkin seems to spend answering emails and phone calls from individual investors(and not always large ones), while at the same time stating how difficult and time-consuming the merger work is. I am always leery of anyone who states they hold a ton of a stock, tells everyone how great it is and how high it is going, then watches the stock drop 75%. I will not even mention how much of the companies information should be taken at face value or not.
Bottom line - I will not invest in this unless and until there is clear and convincing evidence. If that means paying 1.50 more than some of you so be it. Just my opinion.
For your information, I hold 0 shares, do not short, and have no affiliation with anyone involved in the markets. Again, thanks for your civil responses and I wish all longs success