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Technology Stocks : Research Frontiers (REFR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: inchingup who wrote (527)	2/8/1998 9:57:00 PM
From: RMP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50119

I am in the camp of the REFR bulls to the extent that I would rather be in with a small position than risk missing out on potential gains. If things don't work out I will have a small write off that can use against future gains. Everything in investing is risk related. The greater the risk the greater the potential gains. This story is too compelling to not be a part of it. Check out suretrade.stkwtch.com for a technical picture of REFR. Gary, Richard, don't stop posting....Your negative responses help spice up this thread as well as provide some balance. PS. Gary, you better save up more that $.20 a week for SPD glasses. By the time you have enough money you will have to order them with corrective lenses.

To: inchingup who wrote (527)	2/8/1998 10:38:00 PM
From: Paul M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50119

Gary, The case you are presenting seems to boil down to some kind of conspiracy theory. First, REFR management has to be in on it. Second, Hankuk has to be in on it. Third, all of the private money invested in the company has to be either mistaken or also in on the conspiracy. Fourth, a lot of advisors (some not paid by the company) have to be in on it. Fifth, IEEE has to be on it because they published a favorable article about SPD. (IEEE is a respected electrical engineers publication.) I know they're not in on any conspiracy. All of the foregoing tell me that SPD devices are genuine, not some kind of vaporware. Without a transcript of what management said in previous years, I have consider all such comments as hearsay. I like what I'm reading and hearing right now about SPD. Not just from REFR, but from outside bodies. Your main concern, if I read you correctly, are hidden flaws with SPD devices that will prevent commercialization. This is why you keep insisting on a product. Fine. That's the safer course. What has convinced me is that I have read the scientific papers on this product (IEEE and SPIE). Some brilliant work was done along the way by REFR. Since I've ruled out the conspiracy theory, I'm left with a company that has a revolutionary product that appears close to commercialization. That alone is worth an initial investment. Maybe not the farm, but a basic bet of serious size. Looking at your message again, I should ask what are you really saying? That this whole SPD thing is a scam by management? Do you honestly believe that there is no chance that SPD devices will ever be commercialized? PM