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Nov 26 3:59 PM EST

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To: Jeff Dryer who wrote (4278)	7/26/1999 9:07:00 PM
From: Nelson Chang	Read Replies (2) of 7772

>>>So, isn't the stock market a more efficient application of matching buyers and sellers than online auctions?<<< Am i missing the point of your analogy??? I didn't know they started matching buyers and sellers of Swarovski Crystal Chickens on the stock market. >>>With that said, why is eBay valued at $14 billion and E*Trade valued at $7 billion? <<< My take is that each company is valued according to its position in the industry and the size/potential of that industry. For example, EBAY owns a relatively bigger chunk of its industry than EGRP. And the growth rate of online auctions is far greater than online trading. But who knows, this can all change when they start matching buyers and sellers of Ralph Lauren Barbie dolls on the stock market. And in all seriousness, EBAY's market cap is going to change in an interesting way tomorrow.

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