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Biotech / Medical : Ergobilt (ERGB) - Ergonomic Chairs -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (737)	3/18/1998 12:22:00 PM
From: Dr. Seuss	Respond to of 900

Jim, Sorry you got burned. I find it interesting how the loyal "unconnected" folks that were hyping this company are now quite and seemingly gone. Scott is a crook and he was working for crooks. Bottom line. Sure they may come back on and blame the price drop from 15 to 3 3/4 on shorts and people saying bad things. However, if that was the case, you might as well blame the shorts for the problems in the Pacific rim. And if the shorts are so powerful, how come Y2K and Internet stocks are burning the hell out of a lot of them. It's all been a shell game. You have been lied to. dr.seuss.com

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (737)	3/18/1998 7:37:00 PM
From: Cosmo Daisey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 900

Jim, I am shocked at your attitude towards one of your "favorite stocks" You are obviously trying to depress the price further to load up on more shares for yourself. You should be ashamed of yourself for posting negative comments about ERGB. ;o) Just kidding. Many posts back I said the value of ERGB was about a buck a share based on sound financial analysis of the available resources on the net and I was criticized by more than one person at the time. The price is a lot closer to my evaluation than it is to the $30 that was being touted at the time by the "smart guys" CD

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (737)	3/19/1998 6:35:00 AM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 900

Jim, thanks for your honest post. The market must know more than what is posted here. Some have felt all along that there is something wrong and tried to explain why via warning flags being sent up when reading their releases and filings. The company should disclose more information to its shareholders as for the reason behind the drop in shareholder value. Everything they put out is fantastic, except it appears few believe it right now. The question I have at this point is, will the company provide us with sufficient information which will lead us to purchase shares and recognize that we may have hit bottom, or are we sliding further?

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (737)	3/20/1998 11:22:00 AM
From: Scott D. Hakala	Respond to of 900

Jim, When a Company is under attack it is hard to get the facts out and the market can be mercilessly unforgiving, especially with the amount of short activity in this stock. The small cap and micro cap markets can often be quite myopic on these issues. The current price for the stock is more a product of negative hype and momentum than anything. As for the supposedly positive hype, I have never gotten the sense that the Company did not sincerely believe what it is saying. Indeed, the Company has not always noted all of the initiatives and possibilities it was exploring. I have spoken with some brokers that had performed substantial research and they believed the information as well. I know for a fact that the management felt that the Company was fundamentally undervalued at even $15 per share in August. I agree with you about the Company not always being effective in defending itself. I have often expressed frustration with this issue to the management. Also, the changes in accounting have been unexpected and poorly timed. The new CFO is supposed to be doing well in addresing these issues and the Company hopes and expects to show substantial real growth in sales and and earnings in the coming fiscal year. That being said, the Company has always been fundamentally profitable and shown good growth in sales and earnings historically. BodyBilt alone is worth at least twice the current value of the stock by even the most conservative valuation. The CTSS acquisition is reportedly producing profits in the fourth fiscal quarter and the Cheetah acquisition should also produce earnings in the coming fiscal year. Realize that the Company made two strategic acquisitions, one being effectively a start-up, in the second half of the year. As you know, start-up companies and acquisitions can produce some initial development expenses and acqusition and consolidation expenses and charges. The Company should have done a better job of isolating and explaining those expenses. Also, the Company has had a competitor attack it publicly in a way that I feel is entirely inappropriate. Give it some time. My belief and experience is that these issues will ultimately be resolved. My investment horizon is long-term and fundamental in nature. I don't have the time to play with the daily technicals. I have seen companies get pounded before and as long as they continued to keep up their sales and gross margins, they eventually came back to their fundamental values. I'm buying and not selling. My sense is that to sell now would be a mistake.