"The Aurelian takeover was a tragedy for AUR shareholders, and will be long remembered. This is why NOT shareholders must be vigilant."

There are many who were very happy with their AUR involvement and many who were not. As has been stated many many many times..... it depends when you bought in. Many got rich and some bought when it was high after the split and thus were not happy with the sell. Would you be happy if NOT sold for $30/sh , you sold, it then did a 10 split bringing it down to $3, times got rough and it got bought out for 2.50 for the person who bought your shares at $3?

You would the other guy wouldn't.

Depends on where you stand.