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Aim 27 pence.......
How does a balance sheet work?
If you buy an asset for X and the value then shifts, then you have to account for the movement in order to show the correct value. An upward increase will be a revaluation surplus, and a downward movement will be an impairment. In either case, the opposite side of the entry is to the profit and loss account, ergo. no matter whether you have sold, or are still holding, a any point in time, you will be sat on a surplus / deficit that needs to be accounted for. I agree that the loss may not actually be chrystalised until the asset is sold, but nonetheless there is still a loss, which MUST be accounted for.
Using your logic, the banking crisis would not have existed, as the whole liquidity issue only came about as a result of a crack test based on a theoretical write down of the value of all housing stock in the UK. The difference here is that we actually have a real and significant diminution of value, as opposed to a theoretical one.
Basically, your argument is flawed in the real world of accountancy and banking, but probably fully acceptable in the new fluffy domain.............

Would the last one out close the door please..................

"Try again. Agree to stick to the rules of the group"

" I hereby agree to say nothing that in anyway casts any doubt on the group's undying belief that everything is the garden is rosy, and furthermore agree to call anyone who disagrees with the the collective mindset of the Borg a basher / conman trader / troll, etc......"

Obviously not evangelical enough for em!

Apparently Telegram have had 50 plus qualified enquiries from people wanting to join the happy band......be interesting to see the projected timeline from qualified enquiry to an actual migration away from this board.......Just saying, it may not be as rapid as people might have hoped, because it may be that there's a Telegram 2 in development, and the migrators might just hand on a bit until that one's ready......

So, there's a radical splinter group who have their own fluffy place where everyone always agrees and everything is lovely. Well done all of you, follow your bliss! and I mean that most sincerely folks, whatever floats your boat, and all that.
But
If this board has become so toxic that you find that you had to leave, then please don't torture yourself by coming on here and reading the bile that the con men rampers and trolls are posting, as it will only upset you, and certainly don't waste your valuable time posting anything, that looks like a win win to me......

Just a thought.........once you lot have all decamped to your little telegraph group, are you going to keep a foot in both camps, or just allow the con men traders, troll and the such like to wallow in the cesspit that they have created on LSE? Might actually be better of you all stayed in your own lovely warm place where there's no risk of having to deal with any dissenting voices, but I guess that isn't going to happen, and you'll still come on here berating those who don't tow the party line.........

People getting all het up about Bond's salary need to remember one thing. The company issued a vast number of shares in exchange for nothing more than the idea of a saleable product at that point in time. Now I'm guessing that the person negotiating this deal wasn't the janitor, or the canteen cook, but most probably Mr Bond.
Bearing this in mind, whingebags, ask yourself, would you rather have massive cash reserves at the expense of a proto mug punter hooked by AB, who was paid accordingly, or have him acting like a jobsworth dolt, not pay the bonus and not have cash reserves in excess of £40M?
Having said that, the baseline package is still erring on the side of generous but only marginally .....

I fear a further downward drift whilst we are still in the inspect and test phase (which we sill are, by virtue of no orders being placed without an extended trial period on indeterminate terms)
However, is this a bad thing? I say not, because if you've committed funds to date, and are in it for the long haul, then assuming the product is proven and sales are made, there WILL be a recovery at some point, and the paper losses on will become paper profits that can be liquidated. Long and Strong, as they say.....
There is indeed the argument to follow the drift and top up at the point you think it's bottomed out, thereby reducing your average, thereby increasing your profit come the glorious day (assuming you can afford to lose the funds, should it all go a bit too far south). Remember, those who took a leap of faith when we hit single digits have been greatly rewarded, and will still be sat on a healthy margin, even at these deflated prices.
Would I welcome a buy out now......probably not..........

I suggest you read my earlier post in response to the now deleted catch a falling knife post.
Apart from the fact that a change now would cause massive collateral damage, what is the justification for your stance? You have only joined the board recently and appear quite vocal, are you an expert in the field? do you have a long standing understanding of what the company is seeking to achieve and has indeed achieved? , would you be capable of taking over the helm and steering the ship in a new, more profitable direction? I suspect the answer to the above is no, so do us all a favour and keep your opinions to yourself. As for the point about hurting, because of the dip, simple answer is no, not at all, because the simple fact is that, if you can't afford to lose it, you shouldn't be invested in AIM, you should know the rules of engagement before committing, so if you are invested and bitter and twisted because you've lost money you can't afford, then hey ho, your problem.

Did anyone actually take the site visit cobblers seriously? Bearing in mind there is no actual filter on what is posted here until it's actually taken down after a report, the place is exposed to any randomer posting whatever crap they want, with no form of third party verification. As already stated elsewhere, it was effectively well crafted synopsis of what was already in the public domain coupled with an large dose of positive spin and wishful thinking. On the basis that the poster came out of nowhere, appeared to have access to the company that no one else has managed to achieve, and gleaned information which the company would prefer to be kept under wraps until it could be released via the correct channels was a cause for concern, and I believe that anyone who took the thing at face value could well be described as erring on the side of gullible.....
What was worth noting was that the post was actually very well crafted, to the point where it almost read as a PR piece issued by the company, and I suspect that this is the reason for it being taken down.
Haggis / Staggers? who knows, but not relevant any more......

No!...No!.....No!

fine by me......

In process of responding before it was removed...but I'm posting it anyway....
In the words of Don Logan...No!....No!....No!......No!
Have you ever been in a slow queue in the Post Office, and then moved to another queue, only to find that the second one stalls and the original one moves quicker?
That's where we are with AB......Admittedly the salary is outrageous, but remember he's only the front end / mouthpiece for the company and to some extent is a passenger. It may well be that whatever (in hindsight) overly optimistic drivel he spouted in the past may have been done in good faith, and was based on information given to him by firstly his development team, and secondly his sales team. If it turns out that there are some turkeys in there, then they need to be weeded out, so that he can only be given reliable intel.
He is what we have, and all have to accept that, as much as some may want it, he isn't going anywhere, so take the pragmatic view and live with it, simply because the chaos that would ensue with a change of leadership would be catastrophic to the share price, because whatever residual confidence the market has would be severely eroded; for him to bow to shareholder pressure (and, dear folks, that's not us, as we count for absolutely nought in the overall scheme of things) would be a prime example of winning the battle but losing the war.
Unless the bloke is a bigger con man than anyone who McRampup has ever called a "con man trader" then I would personally take the view that he will have been chastened by the apparent inability to deliver on earlier promises, and would expect that time frames given recently are far more achievable.
Having said that, life is full of twists and turns, and stuff like that, and what people perceive as a two week hard deadline may be a little more fluid, so, for the sake of everyone's sanity, I would recommend that people don't micro manage their expectations on either share price or delivery, but take a step back and look at the company's performance on a holistic basis.
I appreciate that people are smarting about the paper loss, and for once I agree with "AIM £340,000 (ish)"......Investing in AIM is a gamble, as the whole thing is made up of a combination multi baggers and complete failures. Because of this, it is advisable to take the view that the amount invested in shares is effectively the ante to a bet, and as such should be written off at the point that the investment is made, with any subsequent return being "a bit of a result"......take this approach, and only invest what you CAN AFFORD TO LOSE AT THE TIME OF THE INVESTMENT and there's no stress. Also, remember that all of the twaddle posted on here is really no more than the pub chat of a bunch of blokes who take an interest in the nag that they have put a bet on, and no more than that, it's not professional bashers, or rampers, its just people with a common interest who sometimes have a difference of opinion...which is absolutely

"and we remain focused on delivering tangible deployment expectations for the full year"
The company is indeed already incredibly good at delivering tangible deployment EXPECTATIONS, its just that it doesn't seem to be very good at actually delivering the tangible deployment itself....

Anyone have the slightest clue about what this particular sentence was all about?
"and we remain focused on delivering tangible deployment expectations for the full year"

Just had a look at the website, and must admit, vast improvement on the old one. Admittedly little detail on the partnerships and collaborations, etc. but the interesting this is the technology products part.
What I really like is the fact that they specifically show that three products are stated as being available to order today, namely the S Module, S Power Tower, and the L Series. Generator.
I read into this that the products listed as available to order have now been signed off, having met the necessary performance metrics, and thus that the company has, possibly for the first time in it's history a product that it can actually call sale-worthy, as opposed to merely a development concept. I find this massively encouraging.
Memo to sales staff........you have a saleable product available for orders, and a ready market struggling with high fuel costs.....please get out there and sell, sell, sell!

Ah....I now understand why it was a no show at Goodwood...........sorry, my mistake, didn't realise it had been shipped out.......

The point is, Heath, all of the deluded of this parish were getting al creamy about extreme e and what great exposure it is to be associated with it, but none seem particularly upset that the opportunity hasn’t been capitalised on……not a stupid question, just one that no one wants to answer

Still no simple yes / no answers to the question posed “are you happy that AFC had no presence at goodwood” I guess everyone are all totally happy…… to sit on the fence and not express an opinion