Dawnay, Day Treveria Share Discussion Threads

[pw] 28/8/2000 10:42

UNO rose from 5p to 11p the day before it when into administration.

[moneybags] 28/8/2000 10:35

Learjet.....It's a bit of both. It's all in the price but you could have said the same for Calluna the day before it went belly up. It was trading at around 8p, then it went down.You could say this company is on the edge at present.
I sold on friday(bought last month at 0.10 1/2).......Made enough to buy around 15 bunches of flowers.....!!

How are you keeping.....?

Regards & Good Health , Moneybags

[learjet] 28/8/2000 10:11

PW - its all in the price though, isn't it?
cheers
LJ

[pw] 28/8/2000 08:57

No interest from here. Debt is too high and the interest charges with end up destroying most if not all the profit and they need sales to accelerate rapidly to avoid liquidation at some point. The opposite is happening, their SG&A costs are well above the industry average which means they do not have the grounds on which to compete with the big players and there are too many people in the same marketplace as well. Also there credit rating is suffering because of several of the above so suppliers can't supply goods to them even if they can sell them.

In short, not a pretty picture. I'd say "investors" in this one are paddeling a canoe up a lava flow. Very dangerous thing to do.

[crocodile] 26/8/2000 21:51

DMF
After ordering from them on Friday I was told that current sales are dreadful.
Saying that the share price has risen, mind you I was pessimistic when the share price was 28p and it turned out to be right. At 14p they might be worth a punt but why? This is a company desperate to stay in business. Please read the last 6 months of Calluna thread's for inspiration.
Glad I invested in the South Sea Bubble company.
Better still sit outside this lovely warm summer's evening and gradually work your way through a bottle of Chateau Neuf Du Pape 1989. listen to the thunder and watch the occasional flashes of lightning and say I couldnt care less.
Enjoy.
D.

[dmf] 26/8/2000 13:09

Any comments Mr Croc ?

[learjet] 25/8/2000 16:52

And a few juicy bones in between, just to keep the tail wagging!
LJ

[mcaw] 25/8/2000 15:44

New collar at moment,
New kennel at 20p

Martin

[cyclone] 25/8/2000 15:37

Is my dog getting its new kennel at last ??????????

[moneybags] 25/8/2000 15:36

Nice wee rise on this afternoon in this stock.Can't see a reason for it though.
Only one market maker giving 12p right now.
P.W........The 30,000 I bought at 0.10 1/2 are now sold 10 minutes ago so please give out another warning about this stock.It might help it go down again for me to get back in....!

Now I,m for it.

Regards , Moneybags

[pw] 17/8/2000 19:51

If you still hold sell them now while you still have some money left. You have been warned.

[khalid] 17/8/2000 16:09

Hi, All

markeet is going down day by day, its seem like not good.

[pw] 16/8/2000 00:48

About time for an update... Oh dear!!

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Redundancies at Datrontech

More doom and gloom for Datrontech Group this week as it laid off 15 staff.

Most of the job losses came in the components and storage divisions. Three sales and marketing staff and one purchaser were made redundant at Datrontech UK. Other job losses included two sales and marketing staff at Summit Peripherals, two IT support staff, and three staff at its warehouse in Rugby.

This leaves the Basingstoke-based distributor with less than 200 staff in the UK.

According to Allan Mack, Datrontech group COO: "Sales are behind expectations, so we don't need so many people."

He stressed that business had not picked up as expected after Y2K across the industry. He pointed out that traditional UK IT heavyweights such as Computacenter and Action Computers have issued profit warnings this year.

Datrontech also saw some management changes this week - James Morgan, former Datrontech UK MD, has gone to head up Datrontech division Data Connectivity. He has been replaced by Robin Falconer, who will add the role to his current job of general manager at Datrontech Retail.

Datrontech's CEO Ray Peck, who took over from Mark Mulford in April, is currently on compassionate leave from the company. There is no date for his return, said Mack.

[pw] 16/8/2000 00:48

I also have a feeling they may be about to lose some more business too!

Do your own research, no investment advice offered or implied.

[aquila] 15/8/2000 15:15

D
thanks
A

[crocodile] 15/8/2000 15:09

Yes A
Slight delay in sending out the new version due to family problems, but hopefully I will get them done for tomorrow.
01902 676159

All the best .....
D

[aquila] 15/8/2000 15:04

croc, thanks for the insight - are you still doing your top movers software?

[crocodile] 15/8/2000 14:56

Latest news from a conversation I have just had is that sales at DTR are even worse this month than usual, even taking account the normal summer slow down. PC sales in the UK are in decline as well. I have warned about this stock and action computers on many occassion. Do not buy in even at this level......

[aquila] 15/8/2000 14:37

PW - thanks.

[pw] 15/8/2000 13:59

Forgot to mention short lived CEO left yesterday. (For health reasons)

No chance of a bid I am afraid. Lots of debt and sliding market share means competitors will want to see this one out through attrition.

[aquila] 15/8/2000 13:04

Glad I got out, good luck anyone still there - any thoughts on a bid PW?

[moneybags] 20/7/2000 19:49

adamh......Well , I will put it this way. I would rather buy it at £0.10 1/2 than £0.30.
Very rarely do I buy a share at the top end of it's trading range in the hope that it will continue on up.
I buy at the bottom and wait for a bounce.
It is like anything else in this life. The cheaper it is,the more of them you can buy.Akin it to a housewife in a supermarket looking for a bargain.She wants it as cheap as she can get it.So do I.
We are still holding at this end just over 1/4 million Bank Of Scotland shares bought from their rights issue of £0.87 just after the stock market crash of 1987.
I do love a bargain.You should see me in the January sales.A crash helmet wearing,baseball bat wielding madman.

As P.W. says use caution. Whatever you do don't buy any too quick tomorrow.
I want some more first........!

Later Edit Friday 8.15am......3/4 pence spread on the buy side.Greedy M.M. I not buying yet.They can keep their 3/4p spread on the buy side.I am not paying for those guys to run about in Ferrari's............The Vulture
Regards , Moneybags


P.S. adamh.....That's my kind of chart.

[pw] 20/7/2000 18:12

I'd advise extreme caution on this one and for me a rare recomendation of a stop loss if you do wish to get involved.

[adamh] 20/7/2000 17:18

This really has dropped.... I was in 'n out when it was in the 30's
ignored it for a few months and now look.....todays close 10p-11p

I'll put the chart up for ol'times sake



Moneybags, Do you really recon there's some life in this old dog yet ?

[moneybags] 20/7/2000 16:13

Hi Learjet.........Datrontech just does this from time to time. Usually for no reason.I just love it.
The company has learnt it's lesson from owning far eastern companies.
It will just take the next set of results to show how much they have learnt.

Glad to see you back in the body of the kirk.

Regards , Moneybags