Comments on: Aleksey Vayner Responds to the Online Personal Ad of Lucy Gao

By: Mr Juggles

Mr Juggles — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:43:47 +0000

Coop-

You make strong points, ones which we tend to agree with internally. We will kill the writer.

We will also focus on our core competencies, but be warned, if we see the opp to source cheap shit from China, then we will source cheap shit from China (http://longorshortcapital.com/patrick-byrne-award-for-operational-focus-and-excellence-csk-auto.htm).

What makes your comment interesting is that we actually had this exchange before writing it with another website who asked why we hadn’t done anything on Aleksey:

“We try and never let them see us coming and we figured Alexsey is similar to Gao which we also avoided for similar reasons. JD sent me a link to that guy’s site on Friday and I was pretty blown away but he is humor already written. There is no angle for us to flesh out. ”

After that, I threw it out to the staff, just to see if there was an angle so that we could source cheap shit from China like everyone else, and in fact, JD found one that worked well enough. But we take your point about core competencies to heart and it is on our mind at all times.

We put our capital work when there is an angle wherever that may be, with a bias towards avoiding the overly played. We also hold the Leveraged Sell-Out in high esteem and if you don’t we suggest you check out http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2006/02/the-shitshow/
Simply stated, LSO rocks.

Thanks a lot for the feedback, we appreciate all guidance offered by our stakeholders. We look forward to continuing our legacy of being the market leader in the abstract investment advice market and providing you attractive returns on your time. Thank you.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:48:29 +0000

Brilliant brilliant brilliant!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:16:17 +0000

Ultimate real estate power!

By: Coop

Coop — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:36:47 +0000

Dear Johnny Debacle,
I am an avid reader of Long or Short, and as such I must comment on your latest post. I too was intrigued by the Aleksey Vayner story at first, because the more I read of it, the more absolutely amazed I was that a real living person could be such a total douche bag. It boggled my mind. twice. Yet, I have always loved LoS because you usually tackle the stories that are lurking below the surface, the real diamonds in the rough. Your brilliant knowledge of markets has helped me acheive my goal of becoming a millionaire before the age of zero, becoming the CEO of America, and shattering bricks with the sheer force of my aura. I made a killing on shorting the sasquatch metal and on shorting girl on girl while simultaneously going long guy on girl to hedge for market movements in the X on Y market. Please stay close to your core competencies and strategically create value for your readers through sarcastically analyzing nonexistent markets, and not by beating Leveraged sellout’s lame shit to death. Thanks.

By: DealBreaker.com

DealBreaker.com — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:07:31 +0000

Aleksey Vayner Responds To Lucy Gao’s Personal Ad…

Of course, this hasn’t actually gone through the trouble of actually happening. Yet. It’s just the latest from the warped minds at the Long Or Short Capital blog. The set up is that Lucy Gao takes out a personal ad……

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:20:31 +0000

Knocked LSO.com out of the water… great stuff!

By: Kyle S

Kyle S — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:58:35 +0000

Brilliant. Excellent work.