CALL THE COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!! If the CEO or his wife answers . . . or there is a baby crying in the background . . . guess what? The company is being run out of the kitchen table of a house, and they want your money . . .why?
There are bills that need paid, that's why.
Another good trick, is to offer to visit the company headquarters on short notice . . . say something like I will be in town first thing in the morning and would like directions to the company headquarters, so you can report back to your thread on Silicon Investor . . . yes they all read our threads.
If they say the company is moving, under construction or give ANY reason whatsoever for not allowing you there . . . you have your answer . . they are bogus . . don't believe them . . . if they offer to meet you elsewhere or to guide you in . . . decline and say, you may be late and insist on getting precise directions to the company headquarters. You
will be amazed at the number of companies that will refuse to tell you.
If you are still interested in the company at this point . . .then you must ask yourself how much you are willing to lose . . . if you are "investing" 2,000 or more dollars, then go to Southwest Airlines website on a Tuesday thru Thursday and book a 33 to 99 dollar "internet special" flight there and go and see them for yourself. For just a same day trip. . or overnight if you feel adventurous . . . for just a few hundred bucks . . you can get a first hand account of where your money is going.
If they sell goods . . .you want to see the warehouse, shipping, receiving department . . .it should be impressive . . . even if it is tiny . . . if they sell services . . . you want to see the laborers performing these services . . . if the company is nothing more than a small office with no laborers, because they "farm out" or their workers work "out of their homes" . . . RUN away. That is a lie . . . the company is in business just to sell shares. In which case, be sure to note the leather interior of the CEO's car . . .because that is what your 2,000 bucks bought.
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