Replies to post #16399 on Tradeshow Marketing Company, LTD (TSHO)

[surfrider3h]

Bobbies, how much research did you do on the company before you invested or did you just use the information provided by Skymark? I should have been more careful but was not and I was able to get out without too much damage but a bit less than what I put in. People I recall complained, as they still are that the regulators got involved at all! I don't know what you guys think the regulators do but a lot of information they act on they get tips or complaints from the public. The OTCBB is not an exchange most regulators even recognise and since the exchange is not in Canada but the United States the Canadians would not be able to do much about TSHO or PBEC except ban the sales of their securities in their backyard. Where is the SEC in all of this? They are ones who are supposed to regulate the markets here not Canada. One thing that bugs me today, and not just in the markets is that it is never the fault of anyone things go wrong but it is somenone elses fault. In your case the ASC got involved and the stock tanked and some blamed them for the fall, you blame them for not doing it sooner. It seems you don't want to take responsibility for what you did. There are thousands and thousands of companies out there and how are they all supposed to be watched? Pretty much an impossible job. Someone likely complained to someone either in Canada or the United States which is how these guys came on the radar. And you asking the bad guys to give money back is ridiculous. A lot of these types of scams are run off shore and in this case it was a Canadian promo company that was hyping a stock to Americans. More often it is a non-North American promo company doing the hyping and you send your money out of country never to be seen again. I stupidly sent money for an oil investment to Panama. One second after I sent my money order for $2K I knew I would never see it again despite the salesman who conned me telling me it was the right move and I would make a lot of money. Take your lumps like a man. If you had done your homework, as I should have done, neither of us would have invested a penny here. So we thought ourselves clever and got burned. Trading penny stocks is the surest way to lose your money. Just ask the people here.