Thanks Brent... For the sake of clarity, I have only had phone contact with Sam Hyams once and that was during a conference call. Therefore, I obviously can't and don't claim to "know" Sam. What I am certain of, based upon my own personal intuition, (which can be interpreted as an opinion), is that Sam is an upstanding person and business man and one who I trust enough to put a significant portion of my investment funds into. Every individual must do what they feel is appropriate to attain the same confidence, in my opinion.
I recommend to anyone who has questions, concerns or comments about the company to go directly to the source and not fool around with any poster on the boards...unless of course you trust the individual you are choosing to listen to. I happen to be a 6 year acquaintance and friend of "Velvet mallet" and trust what he says implicitly.
Aloha.
Rich