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FriendFinder ipo coming soon.
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T-6 days and counting... :)
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shhhhh, it's the quiet period!
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yeah I got the email with the prospectus...
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As we all bitch and complain about the demise of adult, another adult company is having an ipo.
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Friend Finder Network (FFN) aka Adult Friend Finder has made nice money for some people who still rah-rah it, while operating at a huge loss, and worse still they helped enable many companies which have hurt the adult biz over the past several years (think Zango, illegal tube sites, etc).
If I recall correctly there was also possibly some sort of murky connection between the people behind Penthouse and the people at iBill who cost numerous webmasters (including myself) collectively tens of millions of dollars. The customer complaints against AFF and their associated companies are notorious on such consumer boards as the Rip-Off Report etc. Here is an interesting story about the FFN IPO reported today in a Financial Journal, a sort of caveat emptor for anyone considering to invest in this very risky company: Quote:
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Seems pretty interesting...
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hit n run within the first few hrs on ipo day, set stop loss and a trailing stop? i'm just guessing i only fooled with forex before doing news spike trading so pay me no attention its 1am :)
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I just heard that FFN (Adult Friend Finder, Penthouse, et al) is launching a new tube site filled with full length scenes to coincide with it's IPO offering.
Gee, what a huge surprise, as if they haven't sold out the adult biz enough already. :disgust Check out these Alexa stats: http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?&w=40...=3m&u=tvx.com& I keep a pretty good eye on the Tube sites, and I have never heard of their site, yet it suddenly explodes with traffic upon launching a few months ago, but then inexplicably takes a huge dive a few months later (perhaps when the first traffic buy ended?). Could it be that they bought a ton of traffic to artificially inflate the site's Alexa ranking? It's trending upwards suddenly again, perhaps due to another traffic buy? Of course, their own tube site is loaded with ads for FFN related sites, including a pop-up ad which covers their 2257 notice (which is not in compliance with the 2257 regulations in any case). I actually watched (as painful as it was) the FFN 24 minute "roadshow" presentation promoting the FFN IPO. What a joke. All three of the presenters, Staton, Bell, and Shashoua, were awful, particularly Marc Bell, who kept stuttering, stumbling, and coughing throughout his terrible presentation. Since it appears from their stilted speaking that they were reading from a script/notes, I have no idea how a non-profitable company that aspires to greatness, could produce such a piece of garbage. Their presentation was nothing but snake oil in my opinion, since they did not honestly tell the viewers that they are not now profitable, have not been profitable for years, and that unless they can con people into buying stock in an unprofitable company, they will very possibly soon be out of business. Quite frankly they looked like very desperate men, and not corporate leaders that might inspire confidence in investors. I honestly thought they would come up with something polished, but if I were a prospective investor in FFN, the 3 Stooges speaking on behalf of the IPO would surely make me want to put away my wallet right away... :helpme :2 cents: ADG |
People, do yourself a favor and stay away from this IPO.
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they vastly overpaid for Various and will never be able to pay the two douchebags, Lard and Cornhole, they bought it from. what should happen is that those two get Various back and then sell it for what it was really worth or go back to running it themselves which i'm sure they want no part of. Penthouse was dead when Marc Bell bought it, it's dead now minus the Various stuff.
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Many may not know it, but in the early days of the net, Legendary Lardass ran a Napster-like music piracy web site, for which he was sued about and lost, but Lars Mapstead never learned his lesson. It appears to me his whole approach to business has always been to bend the rules and sucker people at every opportunity. Still, despite his best efforts, Lars and Andrew Conru ultimately could not build a profitable business upon their house of cards, although they sucked plenty of money out of the business to enrich themselves personally - after all, that's the first rule of thieves according to people knowledgeable about the subject, as I understand it. Therefore, those two were the perfect match for the even more predatory likes of Marc Bell and company (Marc comes off to me as the quintessential snake oil salesman). Lars and Andrew sold out, and the shell game was on, big time (Penthouse paying money they did not have, for an overvalued company - this is the stuff fictional money-laundering/RICO/ponzi scheme type novels are written about). Someone from the SEC/DOJ really should investigate the whole iBill, Penthouse Media Group, Various connection - many things do not seem quite right about any of them, at least imho... ADG |
counting the days
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Why did they change the name anway? Penthouse is a pretty strong brandname, no?
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How could AFF not be profitable?
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This is not an IPO that I would be laying down $$ for.. |
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some does this mean a short position on this stock is a good thing? ;-)
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It's only paper. Gotta cash out somehow.
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I can't wait for the idiots to be out of business.
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While their was and is, lots of income, it was not a profitable business in recent years, and it is still not profitable. From the FFN Prospectus (click on the link to see the entire FFN Prospectus): We have historically generated significant net losses. As of September 30, 2009, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $173.6 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we had a net loss of $27.4 million. For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, we had net losses of approximately $46.0 million, $29.9 million and $49.9 million, respectively. From another financial journal today: Quote:
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Don't think ill be getting in the IPO but wait fo ropen and see if it tanks or not
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would be a HORRIBLE investment in my opinion... unless youre such a newb that you think cams.com is going to grow or adultfriendfinder is going to grow consistently, year after year. their best days are far behind them. otherwise, you're betting that they will come up with something brilliant... and they haven't done anything unique yet... other than support every shady operation online.
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These are PENTHOUSE (FFN) losses not Various Inc's. Various Inc was a private company and at such did not release its earnings. What we know from the S-1 filling is that since acquiring Various Inc FFN's operating profits are $45 million (AFF profits likely higher since Penthouse mag will be losing money) but they swing to a net loss chocking on the interest payments of $75 million on the debt incurred buying out Various Inc. Not saying this is a good investment, far from it, but one thing is for sure, you don't know shit about LBOs or reading S-1 filings. :2 cents: |
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After reading all of that you would have to be an idiot to buy stock in that company if it ever did manage to go public. The only people who would make money would be the shareholders who cash in their stock right away, while the prices plummit and as the company continues to sink the idiot public who bought stock would be the ones holding the bag. Lets see, the company is drowning in debt, has a negative cash flow, needs to go public to get people to "buy in" so they can help pay off some creditors, just to have the company continue to lose money each month and go more into debt..... Does the name Mark Bell and Stanton ring a bell, anyone remember how he got involved with ibill and what happened after that.... think people... this is a train wreck in the making, these guys are trying to get what they can out of it before it crashes, and where do you think that money is going to come from ???? |
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You have to be crazy if you think AFF is going to be around for long and that you are going to be paid in full when they do close their shop lol :upsidedow |
so, I am Sleazydream and I am bankrupt and a useless fucking business man. I need money fast. I go out and ask for a huge unsecured loan to keep sexsignals or whatever the fuck it is alive. I am sure there are lots of people just dying to toss money at me. What is the difference here except the amount are astronomical. They are obviously not very good at what they do....which should be making money, not losing it. Or am I missing something here?
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The money "raised" from from the IPO is going to go towards paying some creditors and you would have to be a fool if you didnt think the shareholders wont make a killing on the day it goes ipo. Where does that money come from, people who buy stock. The company is sinking fast even with paying off its debt. It is so obvious that it is the way for some of those creditors and share holders to cash out on everyone else's dime. I dont know shit about stocks and ipos but I can see how this one will play out. Previous dealings with these people and stuff penthouse touched, its track record, the way the company conducts itself... oh there is no way people wont be getting screwed big time on this deal... just watch and see. lets bump this thread in 1 year and see what happened. |
i put my money on berkshireB before the split. Now they are being listed on the S&P
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But I bet when they close shop, we will see 1000 "Where is my money" threads on GFY. People will never learn from other people's mistakes. |
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