@parkslump: I'm predicting another Grindhouse with this one, sadly. Brad Pitt doesn't open a movie unless the movie is something that people are used to seeing Brad Pitt in. Case in point: Benjamin Button/The Killling of Jessie James by the blah blah blah.....
@JudgeFudge: Yup. I could not get over all of the "deja vu" (or "view") moments in CCBB that mirrored moments Pitt has had in previous movies. Everything from Cool World (tracking shot on motorcycle) to Legends of The Fall (Pitt/Blanchett and Pitt/Julia Ormand as lovers sharing an intimate moment in chest-height water). It certainly shows a lack of confidence in his marketability and a flippant disdain for the visual memory of the movie-going audience.
GE, GE Capital and EFS are three different organizations. I wouldn't be surprised if you end up being right on this one, but a non-investment or comment in that way from EFS does not negate the possibility that GE Capital is investing.
Demanding a $40,000 deposit on a car that costs $50,000? Two or three years before it's supposed to be produced? Totally unreasonable. If they are looking to raise capital through their potential buyers, hold an equity or debt round that allows investors at $40,000 who can then choose to convert their stake in the company and apply it to one of the first cars to come out. That way it's clear to people putting down the money; this is an investment and it carries risk.
I don't know the law on this, but my guess is that people who put down $40k for a car that doesn't exist are going to be the last ones to get their money back after a liquidation. GE may be taking a risk, but at least if the company fails they might get something back through liquidation and if the company does well, they'll make a profit. Not true of people who put deposits on cars. Not only will they not have the $40k for the next two or three years (missing out on investment opportunities) they'll also put it all at risk.
At this point anyone with $40k to risk on something so foolish is better off going to Vegas and putting it all on the roulette wheel. Chances of losing it all are probably about the same, but if they hit they'll have enough cash to buy the entire company, not just a car!
04/23/09
putz.
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So, you know, buy my car so I don't go bankrupt.
03/30/09
Plus, I have an email from a certain Nigerian prince who shall not be named.
Can I use that to put down 50K on one of his nonexistent cars?
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Pinnoccio nose grew to become inoperative.
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I don't know the law on this, but my guess is that people who put down $40k for a car that doesn't exist are going to be the last ones to get their money back after a liquidation. GE may be taking a risk, but at least if the company fails they might get something back through liquidation and if the company does well, they'll make a profit. Not true of people who put deposits on cars. Not only will they not have the $40k for the next two or three years (missing out on investment opportunities) they'll also put it all at risk.
At this point anyone with $40k to risk on something so foolish is better off going to Vegas and putting it all on the roulette wheel. Chances of losing it all are probably about the same, but if they hit they'll have enough cash to buy the entire company, not just a car!
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That's unbelievably rude. I wouldn't cover any of his press releases anymore.
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married with a lack of vision
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+ Watch video
+ Watch video
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looks like someone has a crush
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