I would have gladly gave them 50K for that amount

I would have gladly gave them 50K for that amount of shares. what about Crystal Falls debacle? I would have indeed been a private investor with that type of return as well. While shareholders received?
Skto was supposedly the big brother and with all the PR's and CC's of upcoming events (Forward Split, Divy Shares, Larry King, merge with MG, plus the few other companies they were either merging or acquiring) would have thought those original contracts would have paid off investors and shareholders would have realized large gains on being an early investor with either company. Everything was always coming, but very little was ever delivered. Now they have blown the chance to actually take advantage of the changing laws with the inexperienced management team they had in place. I know, that will change with the new members that they are searching for, especially the new CFO that will actually deliver filings that the rest of the market can make sense of. Criminals is the nicest word that comes to mind. I am still waiting until all the cards have been exposed to see which hand wins. Leopards or zebras cannot change their stripes nor can the Hipple gang IMO.