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I would like to address some of the points and comments made in this thread regarding the Dubai/AirNet deal, the Dubai port deal, the Florida Oil & Gas purchase, the PodCast Interview, "The Coalition for Luggage Security", Saudi investments and the lack of recent PRs...
First let me say that I am NOT a USXP BASHER... I own the stock (and just bought more today on the dip). I believe we will see .03 to .04 by the mid/end of next week, and MUCH higher in the future weeks and months. I also believe we will see a REAL PR by Friday/Monday.
Many people have read a little about USXP, but they really don't know much about them.
The business plan for this company is very good, and the concept for "luggage express" (a division of Universal Express) is great.
However... this concierge service is marketed to the upper tax bracket. It is for travelers who fly first class and are looking for convenience versus savings. (i.e. you will not sell this service to people who fly SouthWest * $79 a ticket.)
Thus you will never see a dramatic change in the number of passengers who fly with luggage. With that being said, there is definitely a niche market that will buy this service and a GOOD profit can surely be made.
And I believe a reduction of 10% to 15% of luggage carried on premium airlines is possible and would, in turn, even help the airlines efficiency, increase airport security, and could even result in a Government subsidy to USXP down the road... but that is way down the road.
That brings us to the Dubai partnership... these people have $$$... and A LOT of it. This is exactly the type of people that would use the service -- upscale travelers who use a lot of luggage.
To make this work, USXP would need a substantial air cargo network to move this volume of luggage. Thus the AirNet deal, which the Dubai partnership will help fund.
The Florida Oil & Gas purchase also fits into this business plan, since air fuel will be one of their biggest recurring expenses. Again, a smart business plan and it shows me that they are in this for the long haul.
Alot of this info was covered in the PodCast Interview, and I recommend that everyone listen to it...
http://www.wallst.net/audio/audio.asp
Now, unfortunately the timing of the Dubai Port deal has surely hurt us a bit. I don't think it has killed the deal, but it surely has slowed things down a little. But again, I am confident and I don't foresee this taking much longer to complete.
Next we have "The Coalition for Luggage Security"... I know we all HATE these fluff PRs, but that's just the nature of the beast. RA is known for kicking out PRs at a high rate, and this will not stop anytime soon.
There's an old saying ANY press is good press. So, even these "fluffy" PRs rambling on about luggage security, etc... CAN help the stock. I know they get annoying, but when the REAL PRs hit you won't be complaining.
Finally, we come to the Saudi Investment and the lack of any REAL PRs... in the PR dated Feb 24, 2006 it stated: “In addition, Universal Express has today submitted its corporate brokerage account forms to invest a percentage of these investments to purchase AirNet and its own Universal Express stock on the open market,”
This means the Saudis are giving RA the cash to buy his own company. It doesn't mean that individual Saudi investors are going to log into their ETurd accounts and buy the stock.
AND, if you were going to buy shares of your own company wouldn't you want to get them at the CHEAPEST price you could..?
And if you had some juicy news to release (like the suitcase full of Saudi cash he just brought home, or maybe the final details of the AirNet deal), wouldn't you let the stock flatline a little so you could scoop up those shares CHEAP first..?
RA is a genius at stock manipulation via PRs, and he knows when and how to pump up a stock. It is just my oppinion that he will do so AFTER he has had a chance to steal as many of the CHEAP shares as he can FIRST.
This is just my 2 cents worth and you should all do your own DD before deciding what to do. I believe in the stock and I think we will all make some real BANK on it.
Unfortunately, the timing for this recent dip hurt a bit, and we have all missed out on some other good deals this week.
Oh well, things will look better when we rebound this weekend. But remember when we do bounce back don't sell ALL of your shares. Hold some of the "free shares" back and ride them up because that's exactly where they'll go...
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(Voluntary Disclosure: Position- Long; ST Rating- Strong Buy; LT Rating- Strong Buy)
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