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Microcap & Penny Stocks : MDMI - Italian Bakery Extraordinaire! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Massimo's Bakery who wrote (1562)	3/4/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: MoneyBaggs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3584

Are these numbers still accurate? shares outstanding: 27,000,000 float: 3,500,000

To: Massimo's Bakery who wrote (1562)	3/4/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: bigbuk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3584

Hey Verril; Great PR there. I know you have big plans and we know that you are barely capable of typing without releasing your CAPS LOCK,but keep us posted at least weekly of your company. Remember we are YOUR shareholders! bigbuk

To: Massimo's Bakery who wrote (1562)	3/4/1999 11:20:00 PM
From: KZAP	Respond to of 3584

Dana, Very interesting to see you here! I appreciate your post, however I have a hard time reading all caps. Not a problem if that's the best for now. Much of what you have posted we know is true. Don't know how we all found out about it but SI is a very informed place. Looks like more interesting things are still to come with Massimo's. That's great to hear. I know Matt & Kathy have visited you and they told me quite a bit about it. As you also know I have some contacts in Dallas and they have also told me much about the operation. I'm hopeing all goes well and MDMI continues to build the business. Never does a business do everything they want to do nor grow as quickly and smoothly as investors would like. However, keep on plugging along and thanks for your post! If things come together as I'm planning, I will be visiting sometime in the next two months. Dallas being a 'hub' for many of the business I'm invested in. So I'll be busy while I'm there. It's been several years since I've been there. (I don't get out much anymore) :^) Would like to meet you then and tour the facility. Good luck and thanks again. KZAP

To: Massimo's Bakery who wrote (1562)	3/4/1999 11:55:00 PM
From: Marc Stager	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3584

re: HEY STAGER THIS IS VERRILL. YOU KNOW IT IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SIT BACK AND WATCH SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS THEMSELVES TO BE SO TUNED IN JUST GO OFF THE DEEP END. FOR SOMEONE WHO HASN'T BOTHERED TO CALL THE COMPANY IN SOME TIME YOU SEEM TO BE REALLY CONCERNED THAT OTHERS CALL. Dana, You seem to have a very short memory. Not only have I called and left numerous messages, I put you in touch with Fred Wencel, VP and buyer for Restaurant Teams International, who runs the Fresh'n'Lite and San Francisco Steakhouse chains in Dallas and other Texas locations. I called you about a month after I had spoken to Mohamed Damrah, your marketing guy, with the same information. I had also left word with Mr. Wencel that Mr. Damrah was going to be calling. He never did. I had to call twice to try and speak to you. You didn't return my call. The second time I called (the MDMI number, this is before I had yours) I had to yell at the idiot Crawford Junior before he connected me to you. I told you about Wencel and you set up an appointment to meet with him the following Tuesday. You told me you'd let me know how the meeting went. This was four weeks ago. You never got back to me. Again I left you a message to call. Nothing. I spoke to Mr. Wencel the following Friday. Suffice it to say he wasn't particularly pleased with the quality of your samples. YOU SEEM TO BE REALLY CONCERNED THAT OTHERS CALL. WELL OTHERS HAVE. AND I HAVE TOLD THEM EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU REPEATEDLY..SO MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YOU CAN REFER TO THIS PAGE TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY AND WE WONT HAVE TO REVISIT THIS AGAIN. FIRST AS YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL 214 637-6881 OR 214 630-4430 AT OUR OFFICE IN ADDITION I GAVE YOU MY PERSONAL # 214 532 8033 AND TOLD YOU TO FEEL FREE TO CALL ANYTIME AND LEAVE A MESSAGE AND I WOULD CALL YOU BACK As I mentioned earlier, you don't seem very interested in returning your calls. SECOND YOU COULD EMAIL US AT JCENTRALE@AOL.COM OR BUYMDMI@AOL.COM OR VISIT OUR WEB SITES WWW.JAVA-CENTRALE.COM OR WWW.BUYMDMI.COM. I've sent email to the Java Centrale address. Again, no response. NEXT I EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT WE ENTERED INTO A AGREEMENT WITH ANI IN WHICH THEY MADE CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS TO US AND THAT AS THE RELATIONSHIP EVOLVED WE MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT WE COULD NOT GO FOREWARD (sic) WITH THE AGREEMENT AS THE REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTRACT CONSTANTLY CHANGED. CONSEQUENTLY WE TERMINATED THE AGREEMENT. NEXT HOOTERS,I DONT RECALL SENDING OUT A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT HOOTERS HOWEVER WHEN YOU ASKED ABOUT IT I TOLD YOU THAT WE HAD DETERMINED THAT THIS ACCOUNT WOULD NOT BE PROFITABLE FOR US AND WE TERMINATED THE RELATIONSHIP. Why is it you always seem to be terminating relationships/agreements? You say it is because making breads and pastries to your high standards requires expensive ingredients and they don't want to pay the price. Yet you were ready to provide Scobee with bread for prepackaged plastic sealed sandwiches for what would have been a lucrative contract had the deal panned out. We're not talking gourmet, here. Unfortunately Scobee's deal fell through, not your fault, and you're still selling them bagels. I had a conversation a while back with (I believe the lady's name was) Susan, from ANI, and she told me a different story. She told me she was so angry so pissed off with Crawford Junior, she wanted to hit him. I WENT ON TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR YEARS AND THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY EXPLORING OPPORTUNTIES WITH NEW ACCOUNTS AND I GAVE YOU SEVERAL EXAMPLES. I know you have a steady roster of current customers, and the company is busy and making a profit. Maybe the Hoffbrau deal will work out and you won't have a reason for "terminating the relationship". REGARDING FIN. PR ONCE AGAIN YOU AND I HAVE TALKED EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THIS ISSUE..I EXPLAINED THAT WE HAVE TRIED A # OF PR FIRMS AND THAT THE COST IN MOST CASES WAS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE CURRENT BUSINESS..5-10K PER MONTH. I THEN TOLD YOU THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THE NEED FOR FIN PR AND WHEN THE FIN INFO THAT A PR FIRM WOULD NEED AS INFO WAS AVAILABLE WE WOULD MOVE FOREWARD (sic) WITH ONE. Yes, and you've been making the same lame excuses for MONTHS. The stock is at TWO CENTS. If it went up a penny, the PR expense will have been more than worth it. You could even hire a secretary who can type. LAST THE FIN..I DONT BELIEVE THAT MANY "REPORTING" HAVE REPORTED THEIR ANNUAL 1998 REPORTS YET, WHAT I TOLD YOU WAS MDMI HAS NEVER BEEN A REPORTING COMPANY..HOWEVER OUR GOAL IS TO BECOME REPORTING THIS YEAR. THAT WOULD INCLUDE 1998 INFO, I ALSO TOLD THAT WE HAD OUR HANDS FULL BUT THAT REPORTING IS A PRIORITY AND WE ARE IN FACT WORKING ON FINANCIALS EVERYDAY..LIKE YOURSELF I HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL VESTED INTEREST IN MDMI AND WANT THE BEST FOR THE COMPANY AND I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT HOWEVER,TO TAKE THE POSITION THAT THE MANAGEMENT IS "LAZY" ETC.ETC. IS JUST PLAIN BULL. You, personally, told me in May of 1998 that you would have all your financial statements ready in "a couple of months". It's been much longer than that, Dana. You don't seem to have your hands full. In fact, it seems you're almost never there. And what's become of Crawford Shaw? WE HAVE HAD SHAREHOLDERS PAY OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS TO COME TO DALLAS TO SEE OUR OPERATIONS IN FACT I SAW WHERE ONE COMMENTED ABOUT HER TRIP ON SI NOW IF SHE WERE TO SAY THAT THE COMPANY DIDN'T EXIST NOBODY WAS THERE WORKING YOU SOULD BE CONCERNED BUT SHE DIDNT SAY THAT AND THAT IS NOT THE FACT WE-ALL OF US -ARE WORKING HARD TO BUILD THIS COMPANY. I've never said Massimo's didn't exist. I wouldn't have invested $12,400 on a non-existent company. SOMETHING I WOULD INVITE YOU TO COME DOWN TO SEE FOR YOURSELF..IT ISN'T ALWAYS PRETTY BUT IT IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO BUILD A BUSINESS. IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN INVOLVED YOU KNOW THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS EVER COMPLETE BUT ALWAYS EVOLVING..IT IS ALWAYS EASY TO BE A BACK SEAT DRIVER OR ARMCHAIR QB BUT IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM. DANA I don't think, as an investor with a substantial interest in Massimo's, you can fairly say I'm in the back seat. I take a serious interest in the goings on there and I think there could be a lot more happening in terms of aggressive and intelligent pursuit of business. The fact that the stock is at two cents is clear evidence of that. _____________________________________ Marc Stager