https://hashtalk.org/topic/20144/am-i-right-to-be-scepticalmelfalcon
Am i right to be scepticalthrough life I have always spoken my mind and will continue to do so.
In my opinion - from what my understanding of hashstaker, hash base etc etc is, GAW have been very clever. They are releasing a product that will probably work, however even if it doesn't they are going to make money from it. The community are going to fund the proof of stake. Which ever miner will eventually mine paycoin, GAW will make a profit via the maintenance fees, and of course the 5% buy / sell fees. From a business perspective they have been very clever, in fact they have come up with what appears to be an excellent model, as it appears that win / loose or draw GAW will make a profit.
Now don't get me wrong, I run a few businesses myself, and i certainly don't begrudge anyone a profit. So far I'm very happy with my investment in GAW. I bought primes at sub $16, sold them at $40. Invested some of the profit in gold / silver coins and the rest in my bank account. I then bought back into GAW / ZEN Cloudat a smaller scale for paycoin / hashbase etc. So now have a selection of $40 primes and $10 zens - so the money re-invested is from previous profit - so the term ROI that everyone likes to quote, I did a while back. Fortunately for me (based on ROI) I'm in a no lose situation. Especially as those 2 hashlet types sell above the valued i bought back in at.
So now to my point (i know a few of you that decided to read as opposed to just down voting before you got to this point, would like me to get to the point):-
At present - from my opinion - it appears the main part of the forthcoming release of hashstaker is based on nothing more than speculation or hearsay. The overwhelming view from the forum is that no-one at present can state exactly what we are being offered - comments of all the info is there, connect the dots seems widespread, that simply appears to re-enforce the fact that some people want to pretend they know the fine points. I realise that more information will be released tomorrow for hashstaker, however I feel it will only be details on one piece of the puzzle, but without info on the other pieces can you really make an informed decision.
The free 100 legendary hashlets for the 1st 100 orders, appears to be a way to get people to place an order more in the hope of getting a free legendary hashlet as opposed to making an informed decision on an investment.
The final thing that got me thinking, was the offer of 50 hashpoints (max of 500 hashpoints) for posting messages on twitter. Now I really am not sure who this was aimed at or why. In theory the offer of 50 - 500 hashpoints equates to $5 - $25. Personally I would not get out of bed to go to the toilet for a p!ss for $25. And i certainly wouldn't want to spam my twitter followers with 10 messages in the next 20 hours or so. Personally i would have thought the free legendary for the X number of best tweets (max 1 tweet per person) would have been a much btter and professional model.
Add to this the change in the release all of a sudden - AM instead of PM. I realise this is to target a larger market, but it is something that should have been done with announcements long ago.
I can't help but feel that the way that this is being approached, all of a sudden cheapens what appears to have been a good strategy / plan from GAW. All of a sudden it appears they are trying to create panic purchases before people have the full information. All of a sudden I have a little seed of doubt in my mind.
Don't get me wrong I will probably speculate some of my previous profit in hashstaker just to see how it goes (as im lucky in that my investment has already been recouped). However I would have been a lot happier to invest a decent sum if I had had clearer and fuller disclosure of information.
I welcome peoples comments - please be constructive. Perhaps I've missed some info on the forum, or perhaps its because I.m not a crypto currency release expert. However I have been mining for a long time. Ive been running companies for many years, and I've been investing various sums in different projects for years.
GAW_CEOOf course you don't know anything about a product that has not been released.When it's released, you can buy right away, or think about it for a month, either way is OK and you have that choice.
There is a whole group of other people that love the product we sell, and are willing to quickly buy a new product because of how we have delivered in the past.I think we should let those people feel the way they do, just like you feel the way you do.
I am missing the value in posting, borderline, fud because of a normal sales strategy?
What a prick. He want's everyone to buy his shit before he even tells them what flavor of shit he's selling them. Who doesn't know about products before they are released? And who the hell "invests" in something they know nothing about because one guy says it's gonna be great? Oh wait. I know. Every single last one of his sheep after they beg, borrow and steal every last nickel they can get their hands on to throw at him.