djaparz Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Will someone on the board be putting these trips together? Hotel, tickets, flights etc? Or is it all for us to make arrangements on our own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 DJ: Stay tuned. We are working on this and will have info shortly. We have identified what we think is a real good travel company to partner with. Kind of hammering out the details now. The goal here is to find someone that will let us buy in bulk and we can pass the savings on to you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djaparz Posted April 8, 2005 Author Share Posted April 8, 2005 very good - its not just the savings - getting tickets to be able to sit together is what i am really thinking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 very good - its not just the savings - getting tickets to be able to sit together is what i am really thinking about Oh my bad...then I will keep the savings for myself! Would a mod please erase that part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djaparz Posted April 8, 2005 Author Share Posted April 8, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Oh my bad...then I will keep the savings for myself! Would a mod please erase that part! Just remember Max with the savings djparz is passing up that I get my split for being a moderator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Just remember Max with the savings djparz is passing up that I get my split for being a moderator. Not to worry. TomShane has a nice Christmas bonus with your name on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Not to worry. TomShane has a nice Christmas bonus with your name on it. Thanks alot I now have 9 months to worry about what that might possibly be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiseyjet Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Usually i`m 1 of the first to book ,booking early uaually saves money on the flights ,last year right before the season started a few airlines tried to compete against jet blue and I could have saved a few more bucks but in the years i`ve been doing this that was rare usually the further in advance you buy airline and hotels the better the rate ,usually the hotels raise accordingly but if you buy as soon as the dates announced you can get a deal before there raised, after getting a good deal, i`ll or who ever else has booked will let others on the site know where were staying and others will book there ,then it`s off to ebay or other ticket sites (not usually brokers) to get seats as much in a group as possible..so when you see me, T-MAC,BRENDA, GGG, or LIMO LADY start saying we`ve booked just jump on board it`s always a great time........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiseyjet Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 PS. forget the 5 months to get ready, dates should be announced in the next week or so, and football junkies like myself and brokers will start booking the best places to stay right away..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djaparz Posted April 9, 2005 Author Share Posted April 9, 2005 schedule is released on APril 13th at noon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 GOB Travel is out of ideas this year. After the luxury of Indy and Cleveland the past few years, there are no games remotely close to NY this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiseyjet Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 Denver`s a short plane ride away GOB ,should be a fun trip..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjets Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 Denver`s a short plane ride away GOB ,should be a fun trip..... arent the denver fans pyschos??? throwing sh*t all the time?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanTX Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 The goal here is to find someone that will let us buy in bulk and we can pass the savings on to you guys! Max, did you fail Business 101? You NEVER pass savings on to the consumer. You gouge them for as much as possible and keep the money as pure profit. Dumbass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djaparz Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 i will trying to drive to Atlanta, Carolina or BUffalo - Hopefully BUffalo is early in the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 I need a job, before I can even think about going to another game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Max, did you fail Business 101? You NEVER pass savings on to the consumer. You gouge them for as much as possible and keep the money as pure profit. Dumbass. I am like Crazy Eddie if you were on the East Coast when they were in Business. OUR PRICES ARE SO LOW WE ARE PRACTICALLY GIVING IT AWAY!!! Be dialing people.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I am like Crazy Eddie if you were on the East Coast when they were in Business. OUR PRICES ARE SO LOW WE ARE PRACTICALLY GIVING IT AWAY!!! Be dialing people.... So that means you'll be digging out the Santa suit next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenjetsfan Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I will be playing the role of Julie McCoy your cruizzzzze director. Stay tuned for road trip events! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 So that means you'll be digging out the Santa suit next week? Like I ever even put the Santa suit away. Everyday is Christmas here at JetNation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatsFanTX Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I am like Crazy Eddie if you were on the East Coast when they were in Business. I remember those commercials on channel 11. Funny as hell but extremely irritating. What ever happened to the guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I remember those commercials on channel 11. Funny as hell but extremely irritating. What ever happened to the guy? He went to jail. Some kind of insider trading I think. Someone here will certainly remember more about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gang Green Girl Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 "Crazy Eddie Antar and the Temple of Doom" Eddie Antar. The vile name itself still boils my blood and rattles my brain. To the uninitiated, or forgetful, he was the 1980's super-wily electronics salesman of the New York City area whose annoying, hyperkinetic commercials became famous. OK, infamous. With an actor screaming nonstop throughout the commercial, he would say *anything* to get you into one of the Crazy Eddie electronics stores. His prices were "IN-SANE!!!!" Out-of-towners may remember a scene from the movie "Splash," with Daryl Hannah staring wide eyed at a bank of televisions in the electronics department of Bloomingdales while a frenzied pitchman screamed at viewers. Yes, that was a real Crazy Eddie commercial. Legend has it that when he started his first shop in Brooklyn, he would never let a customer out the door without selling him something. Anything. He would just keep dropping the price until they said yes, sort of like shopping in the serpentine corridors of some Middle Eastern bazaar. He was successful. He expanded. He incorporated and sold shares to the public. The price of the stock soared into the $20's. The stock price dropped. Recession related? My, that would be a nice time to buy shares in a company, I thought. Who knows, he could go national. Buy low and sell high, that's the idea after all. And the price dropped to about $6 1/4. I bought some. It dropped some more to about $5. Well, I figured, if it was good for me at $6.25 per share, it should be great at $5, no? I "averaged down," feeling shrewd all the way. I confess my research was not that thorough, but I knew that the company had great name recognition and people DID go into the stores, most of which were opened with tremendous fanfare. Everyone within earshot knew who Crazy Eddie was. But financial troubles ensued and the stock dropped to $2. No point selling now, I thought, as I wouldn't get much back anyway---let's look for a turnaround. Eventually the company was sold to others, who no doubt did a heck of a lot more research than I. Trouble was, the "Inventory" that existed on paper did not exist in the warehouses. There was *nothing* left in the Crazy Eddie Empire. Eddie Antar fled the country with mucho millions, and the company went into bankruptcy, never to emerge. Eddie was subsequently captured overseas with an assumed name, multiple passports, and reports of over $80 million floating around various banks in favorable countries. The assets were seized. He was tried and convicted. (Yes!) The judge said at the sentencing, and I am paraphrasing here, that it was clear to him from the outset that Eddie was guilty, guilty, guilty, as guilty as the day is long. He then handed down a nice fat sentence, much to the satisfaction of all who had been duped. The Court of Appeals, however, was not favorably disposed to hear that one of their judges had given up the presumption of innocence at the START of the trial, and they threw the verdict out a few months back. Eddie has to be re-tried. All that celebrating over his conviction for nothing. Oh yeah, the moral of the story. I'd like to say it was: "There's nothing better than researching something to death before investing," which is very true. This is particularly important when suggestions and tips come to us though cyberspace from anonymous individuals, some of whom may be ignorant, some of whom may be very knowledgeable, but any of whom could be manipulative for their own gain. If it happens offline, it can happen online. But the above moral doesn't entirely work for me. Since Crazy Eddie was investigated by others prior to the sale, and no irregularities found, I have favored myself with the conclusion that I would not have found problems no matter how hard I looked. I don't think Eddie would have let me into his warehouses to have a look around before buying a couple of shares, do you? I'm now better attuned to market manipulations which regularly go on, and watched with interest as the head of First Jersey Securities was recently convicted for manipulating stock. And my experience with Eddie has taught me a few things: 1) Never, ever put all of your eggs in one basket, even if the company looks like the greatest thing since sliced bread. Be diversified for a number of reasons, of which this is but one. Fraud happens, it victimizes the savviest of investors, and it will continue to happen. 2) Management matters. It is legend now how it contributed to the Chrysler turnaround. A good company needs both product and people. 3) Never completely trust anyone you have met while investing, for everyone has motives to do something. Don't distrust them either, just be Foolishly vigilant. It's your money, after all; you have your own best interests at heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenjetsfan Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 triple g missed typing over the weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 GGG's tale of woe for investing in Crazy Eddie. So where is he now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETROCK Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Crazy Eddie.com is coming soon Check it out http://www.dealerscope.com/doc/290634353881927.bsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djaparz Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 I will be playing the role of Julie McCoy your cruizzzzze director. Stay tuned for road trip events! Julie was hot then she ended up with Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiseyjet Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 i will trying to drive to Atlanta, Carolina or BUffalo - Hopefully BUffalo is early in the yearBuffalo was so cheap last year you couldn`t drive chaper a 1 hour 20 min. flight for $115 total FROM NEWARK. ,taxes, security fees ,everything as opposed to 7 hours in a car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djaparz Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 Buffalo was so cheap last year you couldn`t drive chaper a 1 hour 20 min. flight for $115 total FROM NEWARK. ,taxes, security fees ,everything as opposed to 7 hours in a car i don;t fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiseyjet Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 It`s hardly flying you spend more time going through security ,too bad you`ll miss a lot of good roadtrips not flying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 FYI...we should have some info real soon on the group deals for trips. I talked to a few people today and have another call scheduled tomorrow morning. More info will be posted soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Assuming I can get a job in the next few weeks, the Buccaneers game will be my road game. I have another interview next week, so here's hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiseyjet Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 FYI...we should have some info real soon on the group deals for trips. I talked to a few people today and have another call scheduled tomorrow morning. More info will be posted soon! I booked the camden yards marriott already ,great place ,also a note of interest to YANKEE/JET fans the yanks finish up a series with the O`s at camden yards that thurs.9/29 before the jet game on 10/2 ,yank fans may decide to stay and party that weekend also,so rooms may go fast here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 FYI...we should have some info real soon on the group deals for trips. I talked to a few people today and have another call scheduled tomorrow morning. More info will be posted soon! wow you schedule phone calls max?........ shanes numerous comments regarding your anal side must have a double meaning ehhh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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