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as you should know aldo, it's generally only old farts who lived through the dotcom years who can remember the penalty for not banking prudently

Some of us old farts still got to learn!!! lol

Aldwich I was one of those d*******s In fact I was worse! I bought at 0.5p and the answer to your question is - greed - and the belief that they had a good product and that the likes of Paul M actually knew what they were talking about. Hey ho! we live and learn. But look Kim has sold at a profit and I might too if I live long enough!

Thanks Maggie, I'm sure that you will be in profit before too long, after all, they will be 50p by Christmas!! ;o)

Their product was good by the way, they just didn't know what the hell to do with it!!!

3p by march...trust me

For those with a long memory SEO reminds me of Aerobox great product so it seemed at the time , that would be bought by every major airline in the world.

aldwick - there are several new ideas on AIM (& elsewhere), where the company is telling anyone that wants excitement "Here is Excitement" - but they never give you "Their figures", rather they will tell you how big XXX-Market is and so on. Now in the case (ho-ho) of Aerobox ask yourself the same Q I ask about Supercart . . . "What will the industry do if XXX product doesn't replace YYY?" - and the answer is usually "nothing" - for most airlines/supermarkets/ (add superpumps, potential users of recycled plastic, and dying patients of many bio-techs) - THEY DON'T KNOW the product exists . . . .

Why? - because the said co "knows" it is one or more of the followinig:-
1) Too expensive to make
2) too difficult to make more than "samples"
3) not really nice to look at
4) beaten by a better tech from an existing player
5) the trial went badly, stuff wasn't quite "right"

Now look back at the (Too Many) AIM-stocks that fit that description...and add a few that are still alive....and about to sucker new investors into their vortex.

Stay away. It's a messy business out there - and - I want my money in the hands of someone that knows what they are doing, - in the business they've been doing it.

I did invest in SEO and many of these - but not Aerobox, curiously.

Ian Balchin was once CEO of this company and is now in charge of AFC.

on it's way up again.......3p yes yes yes.,.

Hi Hangon,

An excellent summing up of 'most' probably about 90% plus of AIM listed companies.
AIM as it is, is about as regulated as a Ponzi scheme.
But even saying that, I don't feel that it should be avoided altogether.

Early on in my investing I concentrated on FTSE 100 companies, but got fed up with the fairly steady profit over the years. I wanted more excitement so I turned to the AIM. I fully admit the first couple of years investing in this market cost me a fair bit of cash, but now I research any company I invest in, in depth, sometimes tracking a company for a couple of months before deciding to commit. I am finding that over the last 5 years I am around 40% up in my AIM portfolio.
As my main 3 companies that I have been in for 2 to 6 years are (hopefully) just about to release monumentally good news, I expect to double my current profit within the next 12 to 18 months.
My philosophy is that if you say invest 4000 split equally between 4 companies, 2 go bust, 1 stays static and the other is a 3 bagger then I would be 1000 up.
As already said, up to now I am in decent profit, so it works for me.

I appreciate that if you are investing for say a pension or income then the AIM market is not for you. Not for widows and orphans as they say, but for pure excitement and the chance of hitting that jackpot then you can't beat it. As long of course that you only invest what you can afford to loose and don't loose heart when that 50% of AIM companies invested in sinks never to surface again.

Regards Greek.