To: farrark. who wrote (2593 ) 2/3/1998 6:35:00 PM From: Ken Salaets Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 19331
Well, I am not surprised that my comments have been misconstrued to some extent, but alas, that is the nature of SI. In my own defense, I wish to point out that I have never been a naysayer regarding this company, its management nor this stock. And to the best of my knowledge, I am not lumped in with the whiners (correct me if I'm wrong there. gggg). When management posts are matter-of-fact, they indeed build longer-term support for the company via individual investments. However, there are so many folks on SI that are in this solely for the blue light specials, and although we all know DCI is anything but, it ain't always the facts that count, but rather the perception. Juli said: the price action is what attracts flippers and short termers, not posts. Perhaps in some cases, but I think that if we could take a poll of all those who started monitoring this board for the first time in the past seven days, you will find that they were alerted to pending news via the SI and other online grapevines, rather than through any recent price activity or appreciation. Granted, that's only my opinion, and I cannot prove it, but experience tells me that this is the case. As I said, I appreciate J & M's posts as much as anyone, and have added my own harmonies to the "hit the beach" chorus, but if you go back and look at the history of announcements over the past year or so, you will often find that the market reaction was not justified by the significance of the news. I imagine Joe and others have been as perplexed as I have been about this. Joe has clearly indicated a desire to frustrate the flippers. All I have done is suggest a possible way to do that. By merely responding with facts to sincere inquiries, they can quietly (legally and publicly) inform all of the true believers of the pending "picnic," w/o attracting so many flies and ants, so to speak. gggg Just trying to find a way to continue the dialog while supporting the stock. I have appreciated the responses. Ken