You 3 pathetic clowns (usagi, mpoe-bs and augusto) need to take your shit slinging somewhere else. Use that shiny "
New Topic" button and have your daily circle jerk in Off-topic or something.
Wow, you sure sound like someone who knows how to run a business and deal with shareholders.
Here's what this sounds like to me (from "The Producers"):
Max Bialystock: You were saying that under the right circumstances, a producer could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit.
Leo Bloom: Yes, it's quite possible.
Max Bialystock: You keep saying that, but you don't tell me how. How could a producer make more money with a flop than with a hit?
Leo Bloom: It's simply a matter of creative accounting. Let us assume, just for the moment, that you are a dishonest man.
Max Bialystock: Assume away!
Leo Bloom: Well, it's very easy. You simply raise more money than you really need.
Max Bialystock: What do you mean?
Leo Bloom: You've done it yourself, only you did it on a very small scale.
Max Bialystock: What did I do?
Leo Bloom: You raised two thousand more than you needed to produce your last play.
Max Bialystock: So what? What did it get me? I'm wearing a cardboard belt.
Leo Bloom: Ahhhhhh! But that's where you made your error. You didn't go all the way. You see, if you were really a bold criminal, you could have raised a million.
Max Bialystock: But the play only cost $60,000 to produce.
Leo Bloom: Exactly. And how long did it run?
Max Bialystock: One night.
Leo Bloom: See? You could have raised a million dollars, put on a sixty thousand dollar flop and kept the rest.
Max Bialystock: But what if the play was a hit?
Leo Boom: Oh, you'd go to jail. If the play were a hit, you'd have to pay off the backers, and with so many backers there could never be enough profits to go around, get it?
Max Bialystock: Aha, aha, aha, aha, aha, aha!! So, in order for the scheme to work, we'd have to find a
sure fire flop.I'll post the April statement on weekend.
We will be publishing our monthly statements in forum and follow typical bookkeeping rules. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102010.msg1116762#msg1116762)You lied on both counts, not only didn't you publish your statements on time every month so far, you don't follow any sort of typical rules at all. The financials for (February?) were so bad, remember, I had to ask you to post exchange rates and clarify some obviously wrong figures *(like a fiat bank balance of zero, despite claiming to have performed several fiat transactions via your bank).
After about 6+ months of research and following the trends on the local ceramics art seen, we have come to the conclusion that the local artist (hobby and freelance) community is in serious need for a flexible access to shop equipment.
Especially the more expensive equipment that is way out of reach for most hobby and freelance artist.
Our research has shown, that this service is more than welcome and our proposed price range is considered very attractive.
You lied. You said this was for your 3 artist friends. I quote, "Some of my friends are planning to set up their own art studio. To make it happen, they need to buy very specific equipment. Good news is, that the equipment they need is usable for a very long time and can actually be used to generate additional revenue by selling the "shelf space" (lack of better wording) for professional and hobby artists. It also holds value over time and can be sold later." (
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102010.msg1116762#msg1116762)
That story changed very quickly into renting out a studio, didn't it?
We like to take the utilisation up to 75% in 3 months or less.
You aren't even set up yet. Not sure if a lie or not but you obviously have failed to execute on your own business plan, which shows that you have no idea what you are doing.
"It also holds value over time and can be sold later." (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102010.msg1116762#msg1116762)Again, not sure if this is a direct lie or you just stole 99% of your investor's money. ART is now 0.01 per share on LTC-GLOBAL down from 1.
Stockholder Agreement
The total issue will be up 250 000 virtual shares @ 1 LTC per share.
This is a lie. Your original contract states, "So, The Plan is to rise about 15K EUR worth of crowdfunding and for that, we are selling up to 34 000 virtual Support Tokens." (
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102010.msg1116762#msg1116762). You already broke it by 3x and raised 99,000 shares, which is worth almost $400,000 at current exchange rates. $15,000 euro?
You've raised 20x the money you said you needed and you keep promising to release more and more shares! This is a classic "producers" scam. In "The Producers", a pair of novice playwrights attempt to write a bad (but saleable) play and then to raise more money than they will ever need, spending as little as possible in the process. The famed quote here is, "Don't you see Bloom, darling Bloom, glorious Bloom? It's so simple. Step one: We find the worst play world, a surefire flop. Step two: I raise a million bucks. Lots of little old ladies out there. Step three: You go back to work on the books, phony list of backers - one for the government, one for us. You can do it, Bloom; you're a wizard! Step four: We open on Broadway. And before you can say Step five, we *close* on Broadway!".
That's exactly what ART is. A shitty plan (a European art studio for 3 of EskimoBob's closest friends), and before you can say "Step 5" boom, 99% of the money is GONE.
* Proceeds from the issue will be used to acquire ceramics art studio equipment, materials, parts and cover regular maintenance if required, and cover other similar equipment related expenses
* Equipment will be insured against theft or destruction by fire or similar incident.
Another lie. You have to date failed to procure insurance, despite being asked on numerous occasions. This is a very important point. Skimming the insurance money and putting it in your own pocket feels like an easy crime, but it has disastrous consequences if anything goes wrong (i.e. investors lose everything). Is that why your stock is worth 0.01 now? Did the Kiln get stolen?
* If the project fails, ART virtual share issuer nor project manager (persons or legal entity(s) can not be held liable.
* Issuer can not be held liable for any of your actions or decisions like selling, trading, destroying or anything else you plan or can imagine doing with your virtual shares.
* All sales of ART virtual shares are considered final.
* All unsold virtual stock is considered as a "treasury stock", that has no rights for voting nor dividends.
* Dividends are paid monthly.
This whole thing is a lie. Check out ART's original thread here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=102010.msg1265496#msg1265496I can't quote directly because it's locked but if you check EskimoBob's oldest post containing his contract you will see he's stricken or changed nearly every term from his original contract. He has slowly morphed ART into something it never was. This whole thing was designed as a bait and switch from the very beginning. Here's a partial, manual quote:
1. ART-OTC issue of virtual Support Tokens (STs) represent a participation in the "Open Art Shop Project" only by helping to support the purchase of new equipment.
2. Equipment is used to generate additional income for the project.
3. Most of the equipment is usable for long periods of time (years).
4. Equipment will be insured against theft or destruction by fire or similar incident.
5. Up to 34 000 virtual Support Tokens will be sold at 0.05 BTC per token.
6. Support Tokens do not represent any share or membership in "Open Art Shop Project" or in its managing legal entity(s).
7. Support Tokens are not registered as financial securities nor do they represent any financial security whatsoever.
8. Proceeds from the sale of virtual Support Tokens are used to buy equipment, materials, parts and cover other equipment related expenses.
9. The project does not promise any profits.
10. Any profit (after expenses) will be shared among holders of virtual ART-OTC Support Tokens.
11. Profits are converted to BTC from EUR, USD or any other fiat currency and divided by number of outstanding STs.
12. If the purchased equipment is sold, proceeds will be divided up between token owners (by paying a final dividend and/or calling back the STs)
13. ARTS-OTC Support Tokens can (but do not have to) be bought back by the issuer.
14. We will do our best to keep the project profitable.
15. If the project fails, ART-OTC Support Tokens issuer or project manager (persons or legal entity(s) can not be held liable.
16. Issuer reserve the right to make minor changes to this contract.
17. Issuer can not be held liable for any of your actions or any of the results from your actions. Actions like, selling, trading, destroying or anything else you plan or can imagine doing with your STs
18. All sales of ART-OTC virtual Support Tokens are considered final after you have transferred your coin to address give to you by the issuer.
Yes, he really did strike every single clause from his original contract.
Anyone investing in this garbage deserves to lose their entire investment, myself included. I bought 34 shares.