"While I'm not a 'Mackey groupie,'" he wrote in 2000, "I do admire what the man has accomplished."
Posted on 07/11/2007 6:29:10 PM PDT by bahblahbah
In January 2005, someone using the name "Rahodeb" went online to a Yahoo stock-market forum and posted this opinion: No company would want to buy Wild Oats Markets Inc., a natural-foods grocer, at its price then of about $8 a share.
"Would Whole Foods buy OATS?" Rahodeb asked, using Wild Oats' stock symbol. "Almost surely not at current prices. What would they gain? OATS locations are too small." Rahodeb speculated that Wild Oats eventually would be sold after sliding into bankruptcy or when its stock fell below $5. A month later, Rahodeb wrote that Wild Oats management "clearly doesn't know what it is doing .... OATS has no value and no future."
The comments were typical of banter on Internet message boards for stocks, but the writer's identity was anything but. Rahodeb was an online pseudonym of John Mackey, co-founder and chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. Earlier this year, his company agreed to buy Wild Oats for $565 million, or $18.50 a share.
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"While I'm not a 'Mackey groupie,'" he wrote in 2000, "I do admire what the man has accomplished."
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LOL! whata dork!
Nothing wrong with that, as long as he didn’t identify himself as a representative of Whole Foods IMO. I think we would be surprised at who is posting and what their agenda is.
Myself, I’m actually John Edwards, and my sole purpose for being here is to promote Clinique hair products (and to see what Ann Coulter’s saying about me).
I don’t care what he posted. I love the stores.
Let’s see. If his sock puppet was a word jumble, I’m guessing he was posing as a woman named Deborah.
I’m the Queen of England. I represent the interests of the Crown.
Okay, okay. (Smacks head) Next time I'll actually read the article before posting.
Clinique?
Dude I thought you were into Breck.
I think Mackey should get fitted for a prison jumpsuit. He is going to be spending some time there.
I find that Clinique gives my hair that extra puff. It breathes freshness into the innermost folicles so that the whole piece takes on a life of its own.
“Mackey groupie” What a nerd.
I am the Queen.
(p.s. Camilla looks like a horse and I dislike her immensely.)
Wasn’t me that said that, pal.
As Queen I find you amusing...
You should be proud of that.
Yep, I was talking about him. ;)
Are you Rudy in drag?
I find your silly outfits amusing; they don’t complement your hair. Your son, however, has maintained his capillary integrity.
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