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gattes12

06/04/07 9:26 PM

#248729 RE: fibinacci #248728

Thanks fib. BTW I asked how do you 'think' as opposed to "know".
You post with good reason (both sides) and I wouldn't accuse you of being in the "know". We have enough of those here.

xanadu

06/04/07 9:37 PM

#248736 RE: fibinacci #248728

Give us 150k of subs and we can live happily ever after. All we need is a niche on this end of the business. That's why I wish he'd just sell SVET GNF Entertainment and the TV stuff, which is what they want. Oh, and make sure Gary Hohman is a part of the package sold.

samohttac

06/04/07 9:39 PM

#248738 RE: fibinacci #248728

Great post!

Man Utd fan

06/04/07 9:41 PM

#248740 RE: fibinacci #248728

Great post; one of the best on this board for a long time. This country has 300 million people and growing. Surely we can make it to 85k subs?

asthmaed

06/04/07 10:29 PM

#248755 RE: fibinacci #248728

"If GZ doesn't do anything stupid at this point"
Big IF, LOL!!

WayneC777

06/04/07 11:29 PM

#248758 RE: fibinacci #248728

You are VERY correct. But what I disagree on is say JF has no smarts here. You just got through saying that he was putting this company in dept free hands. To accomplish that take just a bit more smarts. I really think that people are so frustrated because JF IS NOT doing things the conventional way. I think you are seeing it correct. I agree with what he is doing. It is a LONGER wait ... BUT it better in the long run. WE WILL be RETIRED in 2 Years.

IndigoMan

06/05/07 7:44 AM

#248800 RE: fibinacci #248728

Good post! Does anyone have thoughts on how many subs GZFX needs to break even in any Q report, and based on current growth rate, how long it gonna take?

btw, xanadu thanks for your replay on the Level II.

gattes12

06/05/07 8:01 AM

#248802 RE: fibinacci #248728

Fib I was also thinking. A lot of people think that there is a certain magic number with regard to subs that will make this company profitable. But, what often is not taken into account, is the cost to run the business itself. I'm speaking of the employees (across numerous states), the DCs (which takes some form of management across numerous states), the inventory (which would indeed have to grow with an increasing sub-rate), and the price of new releases (even in bulk and especially games of various platforms). This accounts for a large part of the expenses that aren't spelled out very well in the reports from what I've seen. Now couple that with marketing and professional fees as well as new endeavors and I would expect that expenses will increase with subscription growth. I agree things could be done better to increase the profit/expense ratio, but lets face it, this is a tough market with lots of competition. I think they made the right move retain the services of Moroch and it should help. But, in order for this to take off, managment needs to decide which way they ultimately want to go overall and stick with the plan.