Replies to post #92358 on Expo Holdings Inc. (EXPH)

[Santa Barbara Broker]

right the death of the ceo of a private co. would have no impact on ETC products going into franchises ..

The answer to that question is remarkably clear to anyone who has the smallest concept of business. You ask yourself this:

1) Did WW continue to be a successful business following the death of their CEO?

2) Was there EVER a legitimate deal signed or in place to distribute Expo's cabinets to begin with or was it a lie to sell shares?

3) If there was such an agreement, would placing Expo's cabinets into WW's chain have made them money?

It becomes crystal clear there was never a legitimate deal to begin with when you question the substance behind the front. Expo's history is full of dozens of these exact incidents: They hype a "deal" they suspect or know will never or doesn't exist or is absolutely no where near what it is touted to be in order to pump interest in the shares. The PPS spikes. Shares convert and dump. The PPS declines. The "deal", once it has served it's true purpose, then has one of two probable conclusions. If no heat is put on the company to explain, it fades away and is ignored. If people start calling up day and night asking what happened, they seize on the first excuse of convenience that carries the slightest credibility and let's them completely off the hook as poor, hapless "victims" to end it forever.

Result, if there ever was any firm contracted deal, (which I doubt sincerely...more like a possible single conversation and a "well, maybe"), it would have been honored...PERIOD. CEOs and management types come and go. Life and business goes on. A business doesn't just stop honoring money making deals or contractual agreements because someone quits or dies. No one, repeat NO ONE is that important that they can't be replaced. Bill Gates (obviously), Warren Buffet, Steve Jobs, NOBODY. WW would have distributed the cabinets as contracted if they had a written deal which was what was falsely implied. If they had actually made a deal they thought would make money they would have honored it contract or no contract at the time. It would have been imprudent if not insane for them not to. The truth? There very likely was no contract or no firm deal in my opinion. The death of the WW CEO would have had nothing to do with it's "cancellation" except for the fact that following the CEO's death, the next person in line probably didn't even politely offer a "well, maybe..." to Brown. They probably said "...what, are you out of your &^%*$#$% mind? Don't be advertising we are going to sell your cabinets without a signed contract!" Then, IMHO, Expo seized on an opportunity of convenience to excuse the whole thing away and something that was quite likely never really started to begin with, was over. Just think "router". Amazing how it explains everything with grade school simplicity...no clandestine plots, dark alley theatrics or convoluted CIA/KGB level mystery necessary. Just plain, obvious, good old fashioned common sense ;-). IMHO.

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[Kapla]

gee lookie there *kapla* a 500
share *crap tap* .. done to close
exph at .0001 .. all 5 cents of it

gee *4kids* I could care less about any *tips or taps* that you are so enthralled with.... it always has been and always will be *nothing of interest*

but I do agree that the SEC is more than likely interested in EXPH, just not the same way you think ;)

(ajmo)