I did speak to Petar, who was surprised to see me. He made a good recovery and continued answering the rest of their questions. I saw him show his passport with all the stamps. I heard him say no short sellers and a couple of other things, but Stock and Airys took notes and I am also looking forward to seeing what they post.
Posted by: nickulliana
In reply to: asus who wrote msg# 203688 Date:12/5/2006 9:25:05 AM
Post #of 203906
My trip to Windsor was worth it, for me.
Stock and Airys knew that I was trying to get there. Because I fly standby and the flights looked pretty full on the way up, we were not sure that I would get there. In fact, we were all pretty doubtful, so they were surprised when I was able to make it.
We did meet up in the DTW airport Westin Hotel. I made it just in time to catch them. we rented a Jeep at Budget and proceeded to the Canadian border.
We were practically strip searched by Canadian Border Patrol. For the life of me, I can't understand WHY they flagged us for further inspection. What was so suspect of three people, Two men and one woman that fly from Miami, Ft Lauderdale and New York who met on the internet to go Gambling at the Windsor Casino Hotel for one night?? We didn't tell them we were coming up to see a Lumberyard in Harrow.
We had to get out of the car, leave our cell phones OFF on the dashboard and keep our hands out of our pockets. It was FREEZING...
they went thru our bags and pulled me aside to question me twice. I think they thought that Stock Hog and Airys were abducting me. Either that or they saw our passports as Miami, Miami and NY. and mine with stamps from Bogota, Columbia all over it. They probably thought we were drug dealors. They kept asking me "How long have you known those two men? You have never seen them before? You say you met on the internet?" I told them that I knew it sounded wierd, but it was true.
We went to the Hotel and checked in. Two rooms. They shared one and I had the other. Mrdrammar met us at 6:00PM or so and we ate burgers in the restaurant.
We set up the order of places to see by the furthest point first, ending at the beginning.
We had decided to say that I was not there, as soon as Dave Williamson set up the meeting with Petar. I told them my name with Allison Black and Airys was my boyfriend. I was just along for the ride. We thought that if Petar knew I was there, he may not want to meet with us, because last time I spoke to Petar onn thhe 15th, I had hung up on him...we weren't sure. But, as it turned out, Petar was very gracious and answered all their questions. I told you guys that he did not look like the pictures in the paper, now I have Stock and Airys to back me up. Petar looked nice.
I visited everywhere. People were nice. I couldn't handle the outside tour of the Harrow location b/c it was cold and stayed inside the store while the guys went with Dave. I spoke to Christine, who I have to say, is a VERY SWEET girl. People that are calling there, leaving harrassing messages should STOP immediately. I can tell you that it is wrong and will get you no where. Leslie was very nice and obviously extreemely upset and scared about some of the threats she rec'd.
IMO, calling there, is a waste of time, as they are trying to run a businesss and the phone is being tied up with people yelling at them. I observed that they do in fact have a business. Christine was answering the phone and printing a lot of orders.
Mrdrammar, whom navigated us through Windsor and Harrow, was very nice to have taken the day off. He told us he was also an investor. He said he bought it recently b/c the price was so low, it could only go up.
What I noticed about SAMs is that it is on a lot of land in a good location. But, as of yet, SLJB has not purchased it. Just the business. Ron was friendly, but not one of the owners, so he was not able to give out as much info as the guys wanted, but he was able to clear things up a bit.
We went to Shahid Khan's office. He did come out to briefly speak with us, but did not have much to say, as I am sure that he could not.
We went to the hotel to wait for Petar, but I had checked my flight back, and the 5:00 pm was cancelled, so I was very busy on Stock HOG's lap top trying to find other flights with seats. My priority at that time was making sure that I got home last night. I do have to go to Caracas today, this time, for real.
It was during this time that Petar arrived. I did not even see him come in. When I finished booking my new flights, I called Stock's cell to see where they were. They were in the restaurant and then I went in to join them. Stock and Airys had pretty much asked him almost all the questions, so I did not hear most of that interview.
I did speak to Petar, who was surprised to see me. He made a good recovery and continued answering the rest of their questions. I saw him show his passport with all the stamps. I heard him say no short sellers and a couple of other things, but Stock and Airys took notes and I am also looking forward to seeing what they post.
We had to rush to the airport to catch our flights. It was snowing and freezing cold. We were all too exhausted to say much, but no one had any regrets about taking the trip.
Stock HOG and Airys were super guys and it was nice to finally meet them in person. Thanks to Mrdrammar for his hospitality.
I can't contribute much to the Petar interview, because I was not there for most of it. That whole part of the information gather on the trip belongs to Stock and Airys. Mrdrammar sat through the entire interview, too.
Airys took tons of pics and I am sure will post them for everyone to see.
Now I have to get ready to go back to the airport. I will catch up later.
Angela
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