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quote:
Originally posted by Ric:
Probably shouldn't ask this but was going over CC again and one thing puzzles me. I hate being puzzled about things I have money in. Any speculations about this.

Quote from CC:
Renee: As you know when TMM was purchased we purchased a shell company and we then filled that shell up with assets that we had like the Network. Unfortunately for us the shell that we bought was not as clean as it had been represented to us when we bought it. So it highly unlikely that we can ever pass an audit, we can pass a financial audit we cannot pass an Edgar audit on the shareholder base.

???

Ric


Hi Ric,
Very observant catch! However, it doesn't sound too good on the surface. I wish to hell Frank would keep comments like that to himself or give us a full explanation. If it concerns the shareholders base, I would think we have a right to know.
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Wish I still lived in NY; I'd love to put the TW guys at the expo on the spot (politely of course) as to what the heck they are doing there if they're still on the fence about QTN. Love to hear what they had to say. Bad move in my opinion to show up at a Gay Life Expo and not be able to say they are picking up the gay network that's a major sponsor of the event, at least in certain markets. Here's hoping that their presence is a strong hint from TW, and not a glaring omission. Has anybody here gone to the expo and put the screws to them?
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I liked the interview here.

somethign that jumped out at me was that it sounds like Dell is one of our advertisers.

did anyone else catch that?

he mentioned american express again. but i think he may have slipped and mentioned Dell.

that is a great boost if they are one of the advertisers.

i listed to it twice now and it stands out to me. maybe im being hopeful


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are we rich yet?? lmao

good evening all qbiddians. I hope everyone had a great weekend and I wish everyone a profitable week.

I am still holding almost a million shares and I am not turning loose of them till I die of old age or make a nice profit lol


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MW: I don't want to sound mean, but I hope you are 75 yrs or better, because if you are only 22 and waiting for old age to make money off QBID, I just can't wait that long

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hopefully there will be some good news coming out of the convention this week.

Time Warner was there for a reason and hopefully it will be in our best interests.

It would be nice to see a joint press release from TW and Q stating that we now have our 35 percent of the coverage that we are looking for for the end of the year.

it is going to be a long month waiting to hear subscription numbers. Hopefully we will see them as we will only hear if they are good. if they are bad we will not get numbers.

Sunny we need to take a big stroll in the mall again and maybe hit the liquor store.
Get a case of skittles for Diana, some cloth diapers for Tqn. and a crowbar for the mms. they will need the crow bar to beat my shares out of me as I'm not letting them go at these prices.


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Where's Sunny been? We need some sunshine.
Yes Q needs to issue out some news regarding their presense at the Expo.

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yes i miss her in here. I saw a post from her in the "CXII for Monday" thread. she has a wandering eye lol just joking Sunny.

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Where's Sunny been? We need some sunshine.
Yes Q needs to issue out some news regarding their presense at the Expo.


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To be honest, I think she had questions that weren't answered and was made to feel like she shouldn't have asked them. But I maybe wrong. It does amaze me though that you are made to feel bad if you ask the needed questions to make a honest investment. I think we should pump this up the best we can too so we can get our money back that we expect. And when its running I would never ask a question to hurt my investment. But also there are hard questions that need to be answered too. It like I just asked a question a few post back. I usely research a question myself so I know the answer, but I don't on this one. But for as long as I have been in the stock market, I haven't work that long on a company that started as a shell. But I even wrote "I know I shouldn't ask this" at the beginning knowing it might pizz some off. Not even meaning to but I apologized before I even wrote the question. You are made to feel like a basher in here if you ask one question that may put a negative light on the company. I don't ask questions to bash. I ask questions to know the answer. Its my money at stake and I don't want only fluff. I want to know the good and the bad in the company that I own. Frank should give us the answers too. You know I really want to say the CC was great like everyone else but really, what was great about it. The great stuff we already knew about and IMO there was more questions at the end of it then before it. Like what is O/S and why did you side step the question and what is "we cannot pass an Edgar audit on the shareholder base". And everyone holding this stock should be standing up to Frank and saying whats up.

That Said, I guess that I will follow and go back to the pumpimg. By the way Whiz is not a pumper. He is our Cheerleader. He keeps up our hope. He never says nothing that not true but only loves this stock and wants everyone to know about it. I wish that I was that way sometimes. But I do have questions and a few thousand tied up in this and think I should have any question that I asked answered. I will sure try my best to answer yours if all possible. Seeing how I have been with this stock since Feb. and in this thread longer then most not all, I think that I can ask any question I want.

Ric

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Here here
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I heard that as well. I'm sure what they are trying to do is say that some of the negative aspects of the old shell is what is holding back this stock. I think what they are trying to do is add another layer that they can blame the pps on. whether or not this is a good tactic or not is beyond me. I wish they would come out and say what it is that they didn't like about the shell that they bought. maybe there is or was some legal matter that cost them some money? we will never know the whole truth until they become fully reporting. unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it at this point in the game. All we can do is measure them based on the info that they have given us to date, and that is very sketchy as well.

I don't think that anyone was ignoring your question, its just that there really isn't an answer for it that isn't speculation at this point.

The very thing that Frank is trying to avoid is happening by not reporting. he wants that pps to raise, but he is not willing to inform us of the info required for this stock to finds its true market price.

there are too many unanswered questions for the market to give it a fair pps.

All we have to go on is what we know.

they are on the air
they have a 600 billion dollar market
they only need to grab 1 tenth of one percent to make us happy.
there is terrific potential in this market.
the price is extremely cheap to buy into a nationally televised network.
And we have bashers which is a positive thing as they feel it is worth working on.
we have Boston
we have New York
and we have San Francisco.
Chicago is around the corner
we are supposed to be in 35% of the market by years end. That means more carriers will have to be announced soon.

Yes there is a lot of unknowns but the Knowns are out weighing the unknowns in my books.

We will be rewarded for having patience and holding for the long term in my honest opinion.

Have a good evening and a great day tomorrow.

Rod

quote:
Originally posted by Ric:
Probably shouldn't ask this but was going over CC again and one thing puzzles me. I hate being puzzled about things I have money in. Any speculations about this.

Quote from CC:
Renee: As you know when TM was purchased we purchased a shell company and we then filled that shell up with assets that we had like the Network. Unfortunately for us the shell that we bought was not as clean as it had been represented to us when we bought it. So it highly unlikely that we can ever pass an audit, we can pass a financial audit we cannot pass an Edgar audit on the shareholder base.

???

Ric



edit = spelling

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I think your right.

I agree that no one probably knows the answer too. Was ranting a little I guess. Just sometimes feel like I need to hide when I ask some questions. I am over it now, lol. It really was more of a comment on why a couple people have left the board.


edit = spelling lol Rod. I would have to add that to all my post.

Ric

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i know i wanted to try and answer it as well. i think it is ridiculous the way she got jumped on, and it turned out that she was right in the first place. I don't think that is why she is not here as much though. i think she is trying to make some money in the short term. we have all missed out on some plays that we could have make money at if we didn't have our money wrapped up here. I was really hoping that we would have been in the green by now. I could have been making money else where, but i don't want to miss out on the potential of this one. the wait will pay off but it is hard when you watch other stocks in your watch list take some 100% + jumps and watch the q go red for the day.

I have choose to wait it out, as i don't see us loosing on this one.

patience will pay off. its just hard sitting here and looking at the if only i hadda done this or that scenarios.

time will heal all that.

Rod

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Originally posted by Ric:
I agree that no one probably knows the answer too. Was ranting a little I guess. Just sometimes feel like I need to hide when I ask some questions. I am over it now, lol. It really was more of a comment on why a couple people have left the board.

Ric



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on that note I'm off to bed. i was out watching the northern lights tonight they where the best i have ever seen them. watched for over an hour and a half. i have to get to bed now and catch up on the sleep i missed most of the weekend.

have a great night and talk to you tomorrow.


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same with everyone here, i have been weighing the cost and benefit between other holding and qbid. i have been doing lot of porfolio cleaning to accumulte qbid. it's hard to see the red every morning. but the opportunity cost of qbid is so high if i dont get involved in. my budget is very limited but i choose to take the risk to stay as long as it take. i gave blld 5 years since 1999; i will give qbid 5 years to make it.
and thanks for getting me some cloth diapers.

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1. American Express Co. NYSE: AXP
2. Walt Disney Co. NYSE: DIS
3. Microsoft Corp. Nasdaq: MSFT
4. Lucent Technologies Inc. NYSE: LU
5. Xerox NYSE: XRX
6. International Business Machines NYSE: IBM
7. Hewlett-Packard Co. NYSE: HWP
8. Apple Computer Inc. Nasdaq: AAPL
9. AMR Corp. NYSE: AMR
10. Citigroup Inc. NYSE: C
11. Gap Inc. NYSE: GPS
12. Verizon Communications NYSE: VZ
13. AT&T Corp. NYSE: T
14. AOL-Time Warner Inc. NYSE: AOL
15. JP Morgan Chase & Co. NYSE: JPM
16. Intel Corp. Nasdaq: INTC
17. SBC Communications NYSE: SBC
18. Ford Motor Co. NYSE: F
19. Compaq Computer Corp. NYSE: CPQ
20. New York Times Co. NYSE: NYT
21. Oracle Corp. Nasdaq: ORCL
22. Coca-Cola Co. NYSE: KO
23. Sun Microsystems Nasdaq: SUNW
24. Texas Instruments NYSE: TXN
25. Aetna Inc. NYSE: AET
26. FleetBoston Financial NYSE: FBF
27. Bank of America Corp. NYSE: BAC
28. US Airways Group Inc. NYSE: U
29. General Motors Corp. NYSE: GM
30. Boeing Co. NYSE: BA
31. Merrill Lynch & Co. NYSE: MER
32. Charles Schwab Corp. NYSE: SCH
33. General Mills NYSE: GIS
34. Eastman Kodak Co. NYSE: EK
35. Qwest Communications Int. NYSE: Q
36. UAL Corp. NYSE: UAL
37. Chevron Corp. NYSE: CHV
38. Wells Fargo & Co. NYSE: WFC
39. Cisco Systems Inc. Nasdaq: CSCO
40. Motorola Inc. NYSE: MOT
41. Costco Wholesale Corp. Nasdaq: COST
42. Chubb Corp. NYSE: CB
43. Federated Department Stores NYSE: FD
44. Enron Corp. NYSE: ENE
45. Allstate Corp. NYSE: ALL
46. Gillette Co. NYSE: G
47. Honeywell International NYSE: HON
48. Fannie Mae NYSE: FNM
49. Barnes & Noble Inc. NYSE: BKS
50. Nordstrom Inc. NYSE: JWN

and this from another board:

Gay Expo feedback already people, looking good $$$$$
By: schmoogiepie
07 Nov 2004, 10:43 PM EST
Msg. 623096 of 623121
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ATTENTION LOSERS ON THIS BOARD.I WENT TO THE EXPO TODAY AND Q WAS VERY WELL REPRESENTED.ALL I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT QTELEVISION IS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE

Nov 2004, 10:49 PM EST
Msg. 623102 of 623121
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SLAP THEY WERE NOT THERE TO ANSWER INVESTOR QUESTIONS I SAW FILMING A LOT OF ACTIVITY AT THEIR BOOTH.COULD NOT ASK TO MANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THERE
Message list / Reply to msg. / Post new msg. « Older / Newer »
By: schmoogiepie
07 Nov 2004, 10:56 PM EST
Msg. 623106 of 623121
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I FEEL BETTER SEEING Q FOR MYSELF.WHATEVER HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN.GLTA

By: schmoogiepie
07 Nov 2004, 10:52 PM EST
Msg. 623105 of 623121
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Q IS REAL NO SCAM THEY HAD ALL THE PROGRAMMING LAID OUT GAY GAMES AND OTHERS.A LOT OF COMPANIES THERE WERE INQUIRING ABOUT ADVERTISING ON Q

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Definately agree. I have sold a few positions myself to buy more Q. Down to only two long term pennies (QBID, GZFX) and both are seeing red and I think in April I will be happy that I held both. Still swinging SSWH though. Made some good swings with that one.

And If anyone wants my Thoughts on when we will run, One in Feb. (.02+) and one in late March or April (.15). We will start a steady climb soon until the runs start. JMHO

Well finially got my wifes home dialysis started, so off to bed myself. Goodnight.

Ric


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i know i wanted to try and answer it as well. i think it is ridiculous the way she got jumped on, and it turned out that she was right in the first place. I don't think that is why she is not here as much though. i think she is trying to make some money in the short term. we have all missed out on some plays that we could have make money at if we didn't have our money wrapped up here. I was really hoping that we would have been in the green by now. I could have been making money else where, but i don't want to miss out on the potential of this one. the wait will pay off but it is hard when you watch other stocks in your watch list take some 100% + jumps and watch the q go red for the day.

I have choose to wait it out, as i don't see us loosing on this one.

patience will pay off. its just hard sitting here and looking at the if only i hadda done this or that scenarios.

time will heal all that.

Rod



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Ric, I don't know the answer to your question either--silence usually indicates a form of agreement.

Hopefully, someday we will be able to laugh about all of this--and hopefully not too long from now.


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quote:

they are on the air
they have a 600 billion dollar market
they only need to grab 1 tenth of one percent to make us happy.
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Is it possible for QBID to grab that one tenth of 1 percent? There are only so many 7.95 amonth subscriptions they can order. I thought I read an estimated 34 million homosexuals in the US. So 34 million X 7.95 X 12 months = 3.24 billion. Thats if we get almost all of the gay population. That turns out to be .5 percent of the $600 billion.

It's hard to judge how many will sign up though. I've been thinking that maybe some heterosexual households will order the service. It's not only homosexuals that are watching Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

I haven't found any figures on how much we can expect advertisers to dish out to QTE. Someone prove me wrong and show me how this company can easily reach a value of $6 billion. Again I'm not bashingl just figuring out what will happen with my money. Matt


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The $600billion number was never subscription money. The $600billion (I like that number) is the amount of money the target audience, and its not just gays, has to spend on "stuff". This is travel, vacation, food, electronics, homes, credit cards, applainces, magazines, get rich quick schemes, flowers, whatever. $600billion is far beyond the subscriber fees which really only exist for the sake of daily cash flow.

When advertisers look at a media outlet to consider advertising on it they want to know how much money their audience has to spend on their product. The $600billion is that number they have settled on for now. If we can get control of 1% of the $600billion spending, we are doing terrific.

You will sometimes hear a tv show mention they have a 40 share, or a 20share audience, this is a number that relates to the percentage of people watching television at that hour and night. Knowing the statistics for the typical people watching that channel, at that hour, with an interest in that content then gives you the $ that audience spends on "stuff" and that generates a value for the show.

For instance, a favorite show of mine, Farscape, cost an estimated $1.5 million per episode. SciFi channel decided it did not draw enough of an audience to justify the pricetag so they dropped it. The justification comes from how many people with money to spend will turn to the channel to watch the show. Just an example.

In our case, the gay community is a major part of the audience, but there will also be the straights who sign up thinking it is a porn channel, or the women who like a show or two, or the HIV patients who got sponsoring, or perhaps other groups who are just interested. It may even get lumped into a package deal from a carrier along with other premium channels at some point, some all inclusive channel people don't even know the full contents of, some folks just gotta have it all.

I imagine they will have some very good interior deco shows, some very good cooking/entaining shows, and some interesting travel shows. So there should be something for everyone eventually. I think if played right they will draw far more of a diverse market than the one identified $600billion target market.

Imagine if, once we are in the major cities around the country, we got a likeable spokesman onto Oprah to talk a little. Deal could be a reasonable fee + a horde of stock for Oprah in exchange for an endorsement, perhaps even a segment of her own on the channel, maybe covering the gay family stories of how life goes for them, she is great for the midas touch as well as a positive outlook on life. Just a thought.

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Thank You tqn. I almost feel bad for new people coming here because there has been so much good news lately that if they dont check in often, they most likely will miss good links and posts. I suggest you take your time and read through the posts. Pick and choose your favorite members and read what they have to say.

Gay-Friendly Public Companies in Corporate America

1. American Express Co. NYSE: AXP
2. Walt Disney Co. NYSE: DIS
3. Microsoft Corp. Nasdaq: MSFT
4. Lucent Technologies Inc. NYSE: LU
5. Xerox NYSE: XRX
6. International Business Machines NYSE: IBM
7. Hewlett-Packard Co. NYSE: HWP
8. Apple Computer Inc. Nasdaq: AAPL
9. AMR Corp. NYSE: AMR
10. Citigroup Inc. NYSE: C
11. Gap Inc. NYSE: GPS
12. Verizon Communications NYSE: VZ
13. AT&T Corp. NYSE: T
14. AOL-Time Warner Inc. NYSE: AOL
15. JP Morgan Chase & Co. NYSE: JPM
16. Intel Corp. Nasdaq: INTC
17. SBC Communications NYSE: SBC
18. Ford Motor Co. NYSE: F
19. Compaq Computer Corp. NYSE: CPQ
20. New York Times Co. NYSE: NYT
21. Oracle Corp. Nasdaq: ORCL
22. Coca-Cola Co. NYSE: KO
23. Sun Microsystems Nasdaq: SUNW
24. Texas Instruments NYSE: TXN
25. Aetna Inc. NYSE: AET
26. FleetBoston Financial NYSE: FBF
27. Bank of America Corp. NYSE: BAC
28. US Airways Group Inc. NYSE: U
29. General Motors Corp. NYSE: GM
30. Boeing Co. NYSE: BA
31. Merrill Lynch & Co. NYSE: MER
32. Charles Schwab Corp. NYSE: SCH
33. General Mills NYSE: GIS
34. Eastman Kodak Co. NYSE: EK
35. Qwest Communications Int. NYSE: Q
36. UAL Corp. NYSE: UAL
37. Chevron Corp. NYSE: CHV
38. Wells Fargo & Co. NYSE: WFC
39. Cisco Systems Inc. Nasdaq: CSCO
40. Motorola Inc. NYSE: MOT
41. Costco Wholesale Corp. Nasdaq: COST
42. Chubb Corp. NYSE: CB
43. Federated Department Stores NYSE: FD
44. Enron Corp. NYSE: ENE
45. Allstate Corp. NYSE: ALL
46. Gillette Co. NYSE: G
47. Honeywell International NYSE: HON
48. Fannie Mae NYSE: FNM
49. Barnes & Noble Inc. NYSE: BKS
50. Nordstrom Inc. NYSE: JWN


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Thanks, esteem

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Here's an article I found from back in April.
It's pretty enlightening.
QBID could really take off with the right catalyst.
From Prudential to Krispy Kreme to Toyota, companies of all sizes and sectors are seeking to proclaim themselves gay friendly to woo a consumer market known for its considerable purchasing power and brand loyalty.

''It's sort of a new frontier,'' said Jeffrey S. Garber, president of OpusComm Group, which specializes in gay marketing and advertising. ``Especially with the economic downturn, companies are realizing that GLBT [gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender] is a good market to go after.''

Some 90 companies will be setting up shop today and Sunday to do just that at the Gay Life Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The fair, the first to be held locally, is sponsored by JPMorganChase and Bacardi's Martí rum brand and is expected to draw upward of 5,000 people, according to its organizer, Consolidated Management Associates of New York.

Such events are important venues for companies seeking to declare themselves sensitive to gay people. And that's no small matter. According to a gay-consumer study done last year by OpusComm affiliate GL Census Partners, 82 percent prefer buying from gay-friendly companies, defined, in part, as those that extend benefits to domestic partners, have nondiscrimination policies and advertise in specialized media.

''There's a heightened political awareness in the gay community,'' said David Treece, past president of the Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. ``These events give visibility that is very helpful to companies.''

Once a company is found to be gay friendly, ''brand loyalty is very strong,'' Garber said.

Companies that run afoul of sensibilities may court trouble. When United Airlines failed to extend benefits to its employees' domestic partners in 1997, gays and lesbians boycotted it in favor of American Airlines, which did.

United backed down in 1999 and, a year later, became one of the first companies to distance itself from radio talk-show host Laura Schlessinger, known as ''Dr. Laura,'' after she remarked on the air that gay people were ''deviants'' and ``biological errors.''

Those comments sparked a well-publicized ruckus and caused Procter & Gamble and auto insurer GEICO, among others, to yank their commercials from her show. Schlessinger eventually apologized.

Several characteristics make this niche attractive to marketers. Gays index high on travel, grocery purchases and restaurant and wine consumption, the GL Census found. Spoiling pets is also common, said Tim Winters, sales coordinator for Gay Life Expo, where pet cemeteries and adopt-a-pet agencies are common exhibitors.

''Pets are kind of surrogate kids,'' Winters said.

Relatively few gay households have children, which means that gay people have more discretionary income.

And they like to spend on novel items.

''Gay people are innovative spenders,'' Winters said. ``They like to be on the forefront of new, very different trends.''

And then there's the matter of affluence. According to the GL Census, 32 percent of gay male households and 17 percent of gay female households reported annual incomes of over $100,000, making this a prime market for financial-service and insurance companies and automakers.

''They realize the value of the market,'' said Rafael Armada, president of Miami-Dade Chamber, which counts such mainstream corporations as MetLife, BankUnited and American Express among its 200 members.

And not only are companies seeking gay consumers; they're seeking gay employees, too. Gay Life Expo, which also holds shows in New York and Philadelphia, often allots recruiting pavilions to such gray-suit firms as PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte & Touche as well as to MBA programs.

It's all part of mainstream America's growing acceptance of gay people, Winters said, adding: ``You didn't see this 20 years ago.''


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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/business/08sec.html?ex=1100581200&en=72cef75ecf054a23&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1

New York times report SEC examines stock pricing by big brokers. If the link doesn't work go to the Drudge web site


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quote:
Originally posted by Bob Frey:
" 1. Now that Bush is reelected and will not be legalizing gay marriage how does this play into QBID?It doesn't matter. you don't need a marriage license to watch a Network on TV."

This might matter a lot. Don't the folks need a place or as many as possible to gain understanding and or a more favorable understanding of the public at large?

The network could be an ideal place for planning and relaying plans and such.
Kind of like what MTV does for the young... Or what Spike is trying to do for men and or what Lifetime for women...


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GREAT POINT. THANKS BOB!! I KNOW YOU ARE LURKING!!

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Ya welcome...



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Good morning everyone. Got my email again this morning. I haven't checked it since Friday. Did everyone else get theirs?

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quote:
Originally posted by profit gains:
Thank 1BigTip for me to repeat this:


I guess a pinksheet stock can be worth some money.
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Posted by: realmoney2
In reply to: None Date:9/27/2004 9:06:45 PM
Post #of 26713

Pink Sheet stocks with big Market Caps:

RHHBY.PK MC = 84.31 Billion @ $102.51 pps
OGZPF.PK MC = 62.05 Billion @ $31.65 pps
TSCDY.PK MC = 40.45 Billion @ $15.80 pps
RTOLY.PK MC = 36 Billion @ $105.00 pps
LVMUY.PK MC = 30.74 Billion @ $13.10 pps
RWEOY.PK MC = 26.35 Billion @ $46.85 pps
SUHJY.PK MC = 22.21 Billion @ $9.25 pps
HINKY.PK MC = 14.77 Billion @ $30.15 pps

Data as of 09/27/2004 from yahoo.com Financial Screener


GOOD MORNING ALL,

EXCELLANT DD. I CONTINUE MY EXCITEMENT RE: QBID.

THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK AND POSTS. I ENJOY ALL POINTS OF VIEW AND ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
http://www.tradetrek.com/NN/default.asp?symbol=QBID

QBID HAS MOVED FROM MODERATELY OVERSOLD TO SLIGHTLY OVERSOLD. THE ADJUSTMENT IS ALMOST COMPLETE.

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quote:
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The $600billion number was never subscription money. The $600billion (I like that number) is the amount of money the target audience, and its not just gays, has to spend on "stuff". This is travel, vacation, food, electronics, homes, credit cards, applainces, magazines, get rich quick schemes, flowers, whatever. $600billion is far beyond the subscriber fees which really only exist for the sake of daily cash flow.

When advertisers look at a media outlet to consider advertising on it they want to know how much money their audience has to spend on their product. The $600billion is that number they have settled on for now. If we can get control of 1% of the $600billion spending, we are doing terrific.

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I think it just hit me. It's basically saying, how much are advertisers willing to spend to get as much of that $600 billion. Which makes sense for us because even if they only got one tenth of ten percent, $6 billion, it would still make sense to spend $1 billion or even $5 billion.

Does anyone have any figures on how much revenue a single station, such as NBC, receives from advertisers each year? Perhaps if we look at the disposable income of NBC's viewers we can make a simple, but innaccurate, proportion of how much revenue QTE could make from advertising.

Doing a quick search I found this, http://www.tvb.org/nav/build_frameset.asp?url=/rcentral/index.asp

$42 billion spent on total TV advertising. $22 billion on network television alone. How much of that could be ours? Matt


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I'm sure you have all heard this, but just in case some have missed it. Good listening
http://www.******************.com/profiles/QTelevisionNetwork.html

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oops, I forget about the links. I guess you have had to have been emailed it. Sorry

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People are reporting in, on IHUB, that they are seeing Time Warner ads on Q.
A 15 second commercial for Time Warner's Time Life Lovesongs for $16.99.
Getting real good.....

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What is the E-Mail about and is there any news from the Expo?
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What is the E-Mail about and is there any news from the Expo?

email about interview with frank - and yes, there are some news posted form other board about the expo. all good news. we have too much dd posting going on here, so easy to miss. i have to sign in more often.


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heydinger51. why is your sign off saying thank god for qbid? Do you know who GOD is? If you know who GOD is you would know that GOD's bible say's that a man should not lay with another man., and a woman should not lay with another woman. Hint hint GOD made ADAM and EVE, not ADAM and STEVE. If you know who GOD is then you know that he will punish you fou bringing him into the qbid posts.

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heydinger51. why is your sign off saying thank god for qbid? Do you know who GOD is? If you know who GOD is you would know that GOD's bible say's that a man should not lay with another man., and a woman should not lay with another woman. Hint hint GOD made ADAM and EVE, not ADAM and STEVE. If you know who GOD is then you know that he will punish you fou bringing him into the qbid posts.


Do you think God should punish you for posting hatred and being on the QBID forum??
If it's a sin, what are you doing here??


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