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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby gumball » Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:22 pm

Yeah it’s me, Alex Shogren. I’ve been out of the loop for couple years now but this is a pretty interesting to me... Tobey, I sent you a PM, email me. I can’t go through 37 pages.
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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby SENDIT! » Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:40 pm

gumball wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:22 pm
 Yeah it’s me, Alex Shogren. I’ve been out of the loop for couple years now but this is a pretty interesting to me... Tobey, I sent you a PM, email me. I can’t go through 37 pages.
Wow...now HERE'S a blast from the past! ;)
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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby Toby » Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:05 pm

gumball wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:22 pm
 Yeah it’s me, Alex Shogren. I’ve been out of the loop for couple years now but this is a pretty interesting to me... Tobey, I sent you a PM, email me. I can’t go through 37 pages.
Reply sent 👍🏻
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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby RideLow » Thu Oct 25, 2018 1:30 am

gumball wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:22 pm
 Yeah it’s me, Alex Shogren. I’ve been out of the loop for couple years now but this is a pretty interesting to me... Tobey, I sent you a PM, email me. I can’t go through 37 pages.
f*** yeah Alex! nice to see you are still around! :thumb:
You should do a write up of the crazy years of Best's beginning.. How did it go at that Casino in DR again? 8)
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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby anthohopk70 » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:11 am

Funny and strange story the one from Best... So far I can remember, Best was of the leader of this industry in terms of sales back in the past... Now they completely collapsed and are inexistant. Nobody really knows the reasons for such a drama, how such a major brand can go so deep into the disaster... Wasn't one of this same investor that also bought the PKRA and crashed it down as well after a year ? Would be interesting one day to know the true reasons of the end of best...
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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby Toby » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:39 am

It was the same investor. Now in jail...

Basically the story is, if you involve wall street guys they want too much and at the end it all collapses...like 2008.
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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby Windigo1 » Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:36 pm

Toby wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:39 am
 It was the same investor. Now in jail...

Basically the story is, if you involve wall street guys they want too much and at the end it all collapses...like 2008.
Totally agree I think most of the brands who survive are run by passionate people who do it for the love of the sport and the lifestyle that goes with it as long as they make enough money to get by they are happy. Once the bean counters roll in and want to start maximizing profit it doesn't work. Best made a lot of mistakes over the years losing the original team and focus moving to a business empire model is probably what killed them.
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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby tautologies » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:55 pm

Toby wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:39 am
 It was the same investor. Now in jail...
Who was it?
Toby wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:39 am
 Basically the story is, if you involve wall street guys they want too much and at the end it all collapses...like 2008.
Well, that is a gross generalization.
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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby Toby » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:14 pm

Generalization is more fun.

Javier...don’t remember his last name
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Re: Best bankrupt?

Postby tautologies » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:23 pm

Toby wrote: ↑
Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:14 pm
 Generalization is more fun.
LOL. :thumb:
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