Bryan - Realism

[coldone]

OK - so, good on you Bryan for keeping in touch we all appreciate that, this was something we were all asking for many months ago. I hope you pull through as you are pulling another 199,998 people through with you, you have a heavy weight on your shoulders and at the moment I feel for you, you tried to change the financial mess of the common people (just like those miners) and I commend you for that and hope you achieve your goal.
The realism check has to be - can we all succeed or shall we all move on.
Personally I had moved on accepting all was lost which was $1,000,000 in monopoly money. I had moved on right upto the point where I saw you posting again, then it all changed and I had hope again. But then reality kicks in, can I rely on you if you get the go ahead from BoN, will proper management be in place, will you react quickly to areas such as c & d orders, can you cope with the 70% ? of members withdrawing immediately, will you satisfy the traders so you can place your trades, will you look after the members who helped build your dreams and not set up additional companies to drain the company before it takes off. A few things I shouldnt maybe mention as we are all meant to be positive but i feel a little better for getting things off my chest and heh why not, i am tired, yes tired off the thankyou my saviour posts here.
Bryan I hope you read this and get a feel for how most of the members feel, but thats me just guessing, but then again I do speak on behalf of the eight people i Introduced to this who strangley enough I dont see that much now?
good luck on behalf of everybody - dont shatter our dreams.
cheers
Rich

[starpip]

Ditto.. agree totally, This is very very important.
If this is to come back .. no more silence. Remember it is OUR MONEY making YOUR dreams come true.. And there is a promise of a return.. it seems you keep forgetting about that point.. YOU NEED TO SATISFY your investors..

[crispy]

[Edited, your comment was provoking, therefor removed. Admin]

[knst]

The clowns are out in force today. If you have nothing nice to say, JUST SHUT UP !!!!!!!!!

[knst]

There are a lot of the talkcrap people coming over here and it seems they are posting too.

[soaringeagle]

Knst, I agree with Crazytony...nothing that was said here was inappropriate in any way. I think Rich's post was very appropriate. The questions and issues he brought up were legitimate and straightforward, and they really do need to be addressed. How sad that anyone with doubts (which is very human and quite normal) or questions about what Bryan is doing is quickly labeled a troll. A smart investor asks questions and deserves to know what is going on with his /her money. I swear, there are a lot of people on this forum who would follow Bryan in jumping off a 300 foot cliff if that is what he told them to do!

[archer]

I also agree that coldone didn't say anything wrong. There are alot of us members out here who have a more 'moderate' view of the current situation than others. We aren't negative, and we'd like to be more positive, it's just that we haven't been given any concrete evidence why we should be. And it is true that when Bryan posts that in a few weeks the news will be great, it does get our hopes up! I have been patient. My wife and kids have been patient. We have never seen a dime from our loan to Pips made on Oct 28 2004 and Dec. 3 2004. Bryan, God Bless you man but we are ready for that good news to become real now. And knst, you call fellow pipsters "clowns" and "tg trolls" and then tell them to "shut up?" Perhaps you should follow your own advice about saying nothing if you have nothing nice to say.

[knst]

I should have said straightforward question lol

I should have been more specific about who I was talking about. It was not you. I apoligise if you took offense. It was towards starpip and crispy.

[coldone]

soaringeagle,
Thanks for the support, what i put came from the depths of my heart, our feelings need to be said, i loved your 300 ft cliff bit well said.
Bryan I support you, i do, but I just want to tell you how it is. You guys that tell me im a troll, who do you think you are, that was an honest post, you guys drag it down some what.
Again thanks for your post.
cheers
Rich

[soaringeagle]

Rich,
You are very welcome! I find it sad that legitimate concerns and questions are so harshly challenged. Trolls don't ask legitimate questions, they are just argumentative and intentionally create strife and dissension in forums. Your post was nothing like that. As for the 300 ft. cliff analogy, I used that to make the point that it is one thing to be supportive of Bryan, but quite another thing to "worship" him and regard him as infallable... There are many here with a "cult mentality" that is very unhealthy, unwise, and irrational. I'm not in any way suggesting all PIPS supporters have that...most don't. But there are a frightening number that do....and this is not a phenomenon unique to PIPS. I've seen it in other programs too, but not to this degree. It is dangerous to put any human being high up on a pedastal...even the best are flawed and make mistakes. Enough said...I'm sure I'll be flamed and labeled a troll by someone here in no time, LOL!