DrJon71
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posted on February 7, 2001 06:32:01 AM new
What a hoot! This mornings boards news has the CEO saying he will make an effort to buy ALL auction sites as well as AW! Can you dig it? One of his very best people said he needed to run his right instead of trying to buy more.. LOLLOLLOLLOL.Watch out moderators, you may be working for someone you won't find "ammuzing!"
AND he posted they are flying in their people from the East coast to the West coast to help them! Can you see Meg and Pierre doing that? And one of the people they are flying in cannot spell "ammuzing" or "Nazdaq" either!!! ROFL ...............ROFL..........LOLLOLLOLLOL
[ edited by DrJon71 on Feb 7, 2001 06:36 AM ]
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mrfanini
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posted on February 7, 2001 06:44:09 AM new
Thank for telling me that, got to go and read that chat room now
I wonder were that old DDP is
[ edited by mrfanini on Feb 7, 2001 06:51 AM ]
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DrJon71
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posted on February 7, 2001 06:47:02 AM new
Marcio, you really should read your own chat room before you come to the BASEMENT!! Shame on you
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rtt
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posted on February 7, 2001 06:47:50 AM new
LOL...Totally unreal....but the BB cheerleaders will swallow it like it was gospel.Ever notice how whenever ceo has a link in one of his posting's...like "15,000,000" new members, it's always a dead link.Anyone have a count on how many times in the past year ceo has said something like this?Ya know I have to give the guy credit,if he can just hang on long enough to get his IPO launched he'll have it made.....maybe....I bet he wishes he'd started all this 12 or 18 months sooner.IMHO the IPO was the only reason BB was started in the first place, and THE only reason all the misleading numbers and statistics have been allowed and even encouraged was to help drive the IPO.And people,before I get attacked for even suggesting that ceo isn't doing it all just because "he a caring loving" ceo, this is JMHO,I'm entitled to mine,you can have your's.
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mrfanini
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:03:20 AM new
DrJon71- I don't have any particular chat room as I'm a members of different board.
But thank you for pointing me to the bidbay.com chat room
much appreciate
calling DDP
mrfanini
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auctiongaurd
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:07:22 AM new
I thought this was a joke, but he actually says that he will be contacting Yahoo and Amazon for a possible buyout. Doesn't he know how much these companies are worth? This is the most unbeleivable (and funniest) thing I have ever read from the head of a company. Their board needs to reconsider his authority. Oh ya, he's buying "all" small auction sites too.
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msgodrocks
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:14:37 AM new
what is DDP?
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mrfanini
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:15:36 AM new
auctiongaurd- you never know how much a person it worth,
unless you're that person.
mrfanini
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mrfanini
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:17:52 AM new
msgodrocks-DDP is my imaginary friend
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msgodrocks
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:20:53 AM new
You must have three imaginary friends. Hey someone better alert Amazon , Yahoo and Ebay that they are about to be bought out by the BIG GUY!
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auctiongaurd
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:23:11 AM new
[b]auctiongaurd- you never know how much a person it worth,
unless you're that person.
mrfanini[/b]
um, excuse me, but if there were a person who were wealthy enough to buy Yahoo and Amazon, you bet your sweet fanini that it would be publicly known and that person would be a well known figure - whether they wanted to or not.
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mrfanini
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:33:26 AM new
"um, excuse me, but if there were a person who were wealthy enough to buy Yahoo and Amazon, you bet your sweet fanini that it would be publicly known and that person would be a well known figure - whether they wanted to or not."
not necessary the case
there is a lot of people with plenty of $$$
that are not known
mrfanini
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denephew
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:41:21 AM new
I do not like the direction this thread is going. The only reason I am posting is out of respect for Mr. Faninni. Mr. F, my initials are similiar but not quite what you have posted. Is ther something you need or are you paging another imaginary friend?
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denephew
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:43:14 AM new
BTW, a person could buy the auction divisions of Yahoo and Amazon without buying the whole corp.
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auctiongaurd
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:48:25 AM new
With all due respect, I must say that the fact that people over there are believing this and following this, or as one poster put it, taking it as "gospel" is almost as amusing as the actual announcement itself!
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msgodrocks
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:49:07 AM new
absolutely denephew but WHY would they want to buy two more when they cannot even successfully run their own? I believe that is what has people in awe here.
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auctiongallery2
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:51:08 AM new
I'm just wondering if this is either ethical or legal?
Can a CEO trying to take his company public announce such stuff in public?
It seems to me it would be creating false impressions about his company that could affect the price of the stock when it goes public.
AG2
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denephew
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posted on February 7, 2001 07:59:06 AM new
I do believe that Yahoo auctions and Amazon auctions are most likely being run at losses that the rest of the corps profits are covering~~I could be wrong. In this day and age the way of success does lie in mergers and aquisitions. I'm not saying it is probable for Bidbay to buy them~~just that it is possible with enough cash.
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auctiongaurd
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:01:45 AM new
Anything is possible, denephew. Other things are just simply laughible.
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auctiongaurd
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:04:47 AM new
AG2, "ethical" or "legal"?
When was the last time that you associated those terms with placing bounties out on reporters or chat room surfers?
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auctiongallery2
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:08:50 AM new
AUCTIONGAURD I agree wholeheartedly...however I'm wondering if this could get him into trouble with the SEC.
Denephew and I were at BidBay during the time they came on the board and attempted to sell stock at a discount...that post was conveniently and quickly zapped...
And I guess since their "fund raiser" is a defendant in Pennsylvania for problems associated with the selling of BidBay stock they don't seem to have a clue in regards to SEC rules.
AG2
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mebeme
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:11:19 AM new
I don't see why he couldn't annouce such a thing in public. A company ready for IPO has created a quite elaborate public standing and with the filing of a business plan all this information is already out there.
I've actually used BidBay myself and was quite impressed. I wouldn't be surprised if their CEO does pull the whole thing off. Wouldn't that be funny, a year from now, just eBay and BidBay.
Same as poker, it's a smart move. The decks set, whose gonna fold first?
Good luck to BidBay.
ME
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denephew
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:12:23 AM new
Well~~if one could get enough cash together~~it really would not be all that laughable...Someone could save a bunch of $$$$ on advertising by the publicity such a thing with either Yahoo and Amazon would generate. Not to mention the user bases that are relevant to the auction industry~~not user bases from a "games site". It is really a much smarter move that giving out prizes and cash weekly. I think Andale learned that when they got burned for hundreds of thousands during their listing promotion (pre honesty merger) by folks that didn't stick aruond when they weren't getting money for using Andale anymore but were instead expected to pay. I think one person alone racked up over $50,000 in a matter of days.
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snoopyone
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:15:52 AM new
So how many Bid Bay Bucks do you think he can buy these auction sites for. Lol Lol Lol
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auctiongaurd
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:20:08 AM new
Ba ha ha ha! Now that's funny!
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denephew
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:21:47 AM new
Well~~I really don't think that it is illegal for him to announce he is going to make an offer to ALL auction sites. He could make an offer of $1 and he would be doing what he stated. He could attempt a stock offer also. He could ask his loyal supporters to return all the prizes and money they have received from Bidbay as a way to partially fund this undertaking. Since some are behind Bidbay 100%, they should have no problem doing so.
edited to ad: If Mr. Fanini returns, the boat, limo, car, seadoo, $10,000 cahs and whatever else he got from Bidbay~~I'll happily send a $100 check for the $100 I won in May.
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auctiongaurd
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:24:01 AM new
He could ask his loyal supporters to return all the prizes and money they have received
He could also have them all gather around a circle and join him in a ceramonial toast with the "special" kool-aid that he has prepared for them.
I believe that they would join him!
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mrfanini
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:24:07 AM new
denephew-no not you
my other friend
is DDP here
mrfanini
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auctiongallery2
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:27:00 AM new
Oh my guess what I just got off the phone with the SEC here in Fort Worth Texas...and something is not kosher with that posting.
Let me just say they have advised me on how to handle the situation and I am in the process of doing that right now.
AG2
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denephew
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posted on February 7, 2001 08:29:27 AM new
No problem Mr. Fanini~~just checking. But to those who doubt that buying those two loosing auction sites is an improbable/impossible alternative to an National TV advertising campaign (what Bidbay needs)~~you should check the costs of prime time commercials...
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