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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (64202)	6/23/1999 4:42:00 PM
From: BGR	Respond to of 164687

Michelle, I wish amazon would get the same ad agency as apple. In some sense, they are targetting similar populations. The apple 'Think Different' ads, the 'I think therefore iMac' and then the 'iCandy' all were brilliant IMO. That's the kind of ads I would like to see for AMZN. S/w is the book of the future IMO. Somehow, s/w gets associated (to a certain degree) with a affectedly carefree - even punk - attitude. This is old fashioned, really. JMHO. Yes, CNET came back somewat today. The revamped CNBC site looks nice but loads slow (too much graphics)? -BGR.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (64202)	6/23/1999 4:49:00 PM
From: Martin Muldoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164687

Have you seen the Go2Net ads Michelle? I saw one in Wired magazine this month. It shows a huge shark with a surfers legs hanging out of its mouth. It reads "When you're finished surfing....Go2Net". I hate it. It reminds me of those Dumb Dell ads were a mouse sets a maze on fire. Be direct. Apple computer always seems to do a great job marketing. I wonder which agency they use. Martin

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (64202)	6/23/1999 4:52:00 PM
From: Cap_Loss_Cfwd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164687

Web taxes are sure thing But study members want fair levy that's easy to comply with By Curt Anderson / Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The government's eventual collection of its share of Internet commerce-generated revenues is apparently as inevitable as death and, well, taxes, members of a congressional Internet tax study panel said Tuesday. "We must not allow the Internet to become a tax haven that drains the revenue governments need to provide the services that citizens demand," said commission member Joseph Guttentag, a top Treasury Department official. His view was echoed by the other federal, state and local government officials on the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce panel and, more importantly, by most of those representing the business sector. "Our challenge here is not to restrain the growth of the Internet but to allow the Internet to flourish," said commission member David Pottruck, president of Charles Schwab Corp. "We need to find the balance." The commission is to recommend a future tax policy for the Internet by April 2000. A three-year moratorium on new federal, state and local e-commerce taxes expires in October 2001. In 1998, Internet sales amounted to only about $170 million in lost sales taxes -- a tenth of a percent of total collections nationwide, according to a study released Tuesday by the Ernst & Young accounting firm. That compares to more than $4 billion in sales taxes lost to mail order sales. But there appears little doubt Internet commerce will continue to grow, possibly resulting in a shift by more consumers from shopping at traditional "brick and mortar" stores to cyberspace -- open 24 hours a day and with unlimited inventory.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (64202)	6/23/1999 7:52:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164687

Michelle: FYI. I recently bought a book at buy.com (after doing price comparisons at bestbookbuys.com). Got the book within a few days at a price 13% lower than what I would have paid at Amazon.com Ho-hum! :-) The next time I want to buy a book, I will go the same route again. Bye-bye, Amazon.com! (unless you want to sell books at even lower prices -- and make bigger losses! I am not a shareholder so I don't care how much you lose; I only care about how much I save! Hah! ;-) )