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Cosmocat

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7. That was hapless reactivity

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 07:05 AM

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Likely some kind of BOD stupidity.

I get that they were in a tough spot, working so hard to make the gains they have made in the US market.

But, at the very least they should have been gaming how to move US sites to other countries since May of last year and committed to doing it by late summer.

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