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John Campbell: I thank you. Again, my question was, I am sure, they are obviously a well-known qualified paint company. By the way, I…

On the recordAugust 4, 2007
I thank you. Again, my question was, I am sure, they are obviously a well-known qualified paint company. By the way, I don't represent any paint companies, to my knowledge, none whatsoever. So my question is, how do we know they are the best for this particular product? I guess I would follow it up with how do we know, if we even knew that, how do we know that $2 million is the right amount. Was there some investigation, some research done to determine that $2 million was the right amount?
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John Campbell
California

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Questioning the qualifications and pricing of a paint company during a discussion.

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