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To: fiberman who wrote (5260)	2/18/1999 8:23:00 PM
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I agree with the others, not a chance that MER will buy EGRP. But any aquisition will cause all net stocks to rise. I do not fear MER as a competitor at this point, they have far too much to lose with their commissions of $100+. They are trying to save assetts under management with offering it to what 55,000 of how many million customers? Not a very large % will get any benefit at all. There was one other point mentioned on valuing EGRP customers vs AOL, based on $19.95 per month for AOL use, I trade many times per month and therefore I value EGRP customer base being worth many times the amount that AOL's are. Use me as an example, I trade 5-10 trades per month minimum. Each in and out is about the same as one month ISP charge. so figure from there on revenue generating ability per customer. Let

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