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Probably need to raise a lot more capital as well.

Stt,
You keep quoting the £28 reached by Blinkx in 2014. This was a spike which lasted a few days and was not representative of the Blinkx share price over that period (early 2014). I was invested in Blinkx at the time and have tripled my average since then.

Or possibly trend following algorithms have overshot the offer price.

Comparing the offer price with market price before Nov 2020 sucks. All prices last year were depressed because of Covid hence unfair comparison. What's in this for the Directors I wonder.

Must mean more work for ZOO.

My experience with complaints procedure, mainly in response to software issues, leaves a great deal to be desired. Usually you get boiler plate text replies often referring you to their FAQ section of a web site. Then having resubmitted the query you get replies which make it obvious that the recipient has not read your query. On rephrasing you usually get a response from someone else who would appear to be more interested in getting your query out of his/her intray. After a number of attempts you often you just give up. Then you get some automatic request asking if you are satisfied with their service and would you like to fill in a questionnaire. Often management think they know what is happening in their company but often they do not.
Bentr,

I think that putting comments on this bulletin board is appropriate as we are all investors our hard earned cash in this company. The criticisms raised are very valid and should be taken seriously by GJ Brandon whose reply I consider condescending. He should have thanked you for your efforts and promised to have the matter addressed. I will say no more. Just a red flag around to me.

Almost twice as many shares on issue now compared with the time you are referring to which was seven years ago.

I am not questioning the reasons for the fund raise only lack of PI involvement. Had the company generated at least a small capital gain for long suffering shareholders over the last few years then they might have had an excuse. There seems to be plenty of potential with this product but the market for some reason does not seem to recognise this in the share price. Perhaps the need for more capital has held the share back and the fact that it appears to have been run more like a small family business.

Not sure what to make of this company as an investment. I have held since Sept 2016, during which turnover as doubled and pretax as increased 80%, yet share price has not changed. Coupled this with a buy/sell margin of 0.4p, not much in it for private investor evidently. Probably one of my worst investments over this period. Now to rub things in we get a huge dilution placing at 12% discount which excludes PI's. Not much point in voting against as Directors hold 40% of share capital.

'for use on drag chute components for the F-35A CTOL (conventional take-off and landing) variant'.

It would seem to me that the large shipping companies are a law to themselves. We were told that the engine manufacturers insisted on LONO before the introduction of any new fuel. But it appears that this requirement has been conveniently disregarded or removed. Or perhaps the shipping companies are insuring themselves for any potential engine damage occurring.
Back invested here after three years absence. Hoping for a better result this time around.

I should imagine it will make a substantial contribution to fixed overheads thus improving .margins elsewhere. What's not to like.

If you believe that you will believe anything. None of the other promises have materialised, what makes you think this will go any further. Promises, promises.

Chrisalys1
The advantage of vacination with regard to cruise ships it makes any isolated event containable within the ship. Even if 5% of vaccinated passengers are capable of catching Covid its unlike these few will have been in contact with the infected person and if so may not themselves be contagious or very ill. In other words vaccination provides herd immunity on board ship. Testing will be required, but is not the answer alone, you will need the vaccination first IMO.

The only way cruise ships will be able to operate is to ensure that all crew and passengers are vaccinated before they are allowed on board. Those of you that consider Deepverge offers a quick testing solution for cruise ships are in cloud cuckoo land. Firstly you will need to have test that can ensure that NO passenger or crew member has COVID ie No false negatives when boarding. There is no rapid test that is operating or under development can or will ever achieve this accuracy. Even current lab tests do not have this level of performance. One Covid case on board a ship, as is detailed in the article referenced below, will result in curtailment of the cruise. The problem with cruise ships is social distancing is just not possible. That said, there may be a case for water testing in the future, but not just for Covid but other infectious diseases and bacteria which have always caused cruise ships problems in the past. But this is more of a longer term solution.

As I have said previously on this board, all rapid tests produced to date do not produce accurate enough results and do not meet the governments own specification. There is no evidence to suggest the Deepverge breath test will be any different. I do believe that the water testing and skin care products make the investment in this company worth a punt however.

I think the problem SYM have with selling their products is demonstrating the cost benefits. Their D2p products will cost more up front but any savings will be difficult to quantify. For purchasing managers this will be a problem. I am sure that with PPE, it is a extra layer of protection, but how do you prove that this extra protection saves lives! With domestic products it might be nice to have this added protection, but how many of you can say that you have actually been infected from say a toilet seat or plastic tooth brush. The other problem is that the product cannot be seen, it is not visible, how does the purchaser know it is actually in the product! With scent and coloured additives, their presence is obvious.
There is no quick solution to selling these products, a marketing campaign would do the trick but SYM do not have the resources for this approach. A takeover by a larger organisation could eventually happen here.

Just do not agree with you at all. Gas boilers are being phased out, new internal combustion engines powered cars are being banned from 2030. Two examples of what I mean about wasting money on climate issues based on very dubious science. As for risks of vacination it depends on your age group young people not at risk of complications from Covoid need not bother to vacinate if they do not wish, whereas high risk older people of which I am one, do not need to worry about long term risk. Whereas the short term risk is more relevant, horses for courses. As for the PCR test its limitations are well know. However I can well understand the point of view of those persons whose jobs are on the line as a result of lockdown.

Just do not agree with you at all. Gas boilers are being phased out, new internal combustion engines powered cars are being banned from 2030. Two examples of what I mean about wasting money on climate issues based on very dubious science. As for risks of vacination it depends on your age group young people not at risk of complications from Covoid need not bother to vacinate if they do not wish, whereas high risk older people of which I am one, do not need to worry about long term risk. Whereas the short term risk is more relevant, horses for courses. As for the PCR test its limitations are well know. However I can well understand the point of view of those persons whose jobs are on the line as a result of lockdown.

There is a lot of activity on this board these days despite not much activity from VOG. Are you all bored working from home -:).

Joking aside I have not posted for some time on this board as am not currently invested but still have VOG on my Watchlist and drop in frequently to read the comments. VOG has been my one and only African investment to date and quite a learning experience. The company possess valuable assets and as such downside would appear limited. I agree with RF68 that big power will save this company eventually, but will it be in one year or ten. Not sure that LT investors will necessarily benefit but at the current SP, I suppose downside is limited. Supply will be increased to meet demand once payment for the electricity can be assured. Africa like Asia must be the future for growth, once the infrastructure is in place. Western nations seem to be going nowhere fast.
I am very fortunate at the moment as I am living in NZ where life is normal and Covid free. I plan to return to the UK once I am suitably vaccinated. Reading UK newspapers and comments, I am left wondering what is going on. I don't know whether we have reached peak oil, but we seem to be well passed peak IQ. How is it that individual freedom is more important than national wellbeing. With a world beset with problems of possible more frequent and deadly pandemics, oceans filling with plastic, more atomic weapons, population exploding and many people struggling to survive, western politicians are bent on spending vast amount of money attempting to regulate the Earth's weather. You could not make it up.

With an investment horizon of 5 years, I am not sure whether VOG will be my best bet for care home fees. But with FOO gone, DIK going and others I would prefer not to mention sent packing I do think that the company has a chance.

Best wishes to you all.