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Microcap & Penny Stocks : TFRY (was FRYA) Tasty Fries, Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Arkansas Razorback who wrote (1361)	8/12/1998 2:33:00 AM
From: Martin Olsen	Respond to of 2405

Hiya Razorback, First, regarding the apparent price fluctuation you have observed, it is not really a change in the value of the stock as the bid/ask spread has remained steady at ~.45 bid and ~.50 ask. Daily closing price quotes are apparently based on the last sale, but for Joe Investor the bid/ask (well, for a stock owner, the bid) is more relevant to the portfolio value than the close. Anyways, yes it is apparently a viable concept. At some point in the future, when the machines come on line and prove themselves in the field, it might be a good stock to buy. Right now, and for the past 4 years or so, it has been the absolute worst type of investment to have. Since the company has no source of revenue other than new share issuance, any idiot holding shares will watch in horror and stunned disbelief as the number of outstanding shares rise, and the stock price falls. This only makes sense, since the only intrinsic value of this company is it's _potential_ to have a net worth, positive cash flow, and general ROI. And since none of the latter have occurred, but the _potential_ is presumably still there, the market value of the company will not change until revenue starts pouring in. Jack up the number of shares, maintain a constant market cap, and you have depreciation in price per share. If I had it to do all over again (or if I had the first clue about what I was doing in the first place) I would _still_ be on the sidelines on this one... Good luck and don't throw money that you care about at this one until a) the machines have been proven to work, and b) the company demonstrates successful marketing in the form of large and frequent new orders. I am not so concerned about (b) since I think there is a large market for this thing. (a) has been put off again and again and again. Do you really want to throw money into yet another "again"...? -M PS- at least we have some fun in this thread. I think I have gained back the roughly 90% depreciation just in laughs. Thanks Janice! ;-)

To: Arkansas Razorback who wrote (1361)	8/12/1998 9:20:00 AM
From: Joe Griffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2405

Razorback... A recent sighting of Elvis was made as he was served an order of HOT Tasty Fries on campus. Yes, these machines are a viable idea. Everyone will want to own one and place it next to his (or her) Personal Computer! The bad news is that they do require an inordinate amount of retooling about every 2 months. However, the good news is that these virtual machines require absolutely NO maintenance! Good luck.

To: Arkansas Razorback who wrote (1361)	8/12/1998 12:00:00 PM
From: Cindy Powell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2405

Hey-ya there Arkansas guy, Being in the business of specialty and custom stainless steel contracting, I often see prototypes for savvy "ideas" come through the proto-type stage. Some of these inventions make it, while most of them do not. The portable yogurt machines were a success story, the do-it-yourself soda mixer via supermarkets were a "so-so", but the proto-type french fry machines have never made it (so far). Frys were always soggy and greasy, and quality and taste were never optimal or even at the least acceptable. Mucho dinero has been invested into proto-type engineering and proto-type development with little to no success from what I have seen. I'll be a buyer in a portable fench fry vending machine company when I can see and taste/test the results for myself. Best, Cindy