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To: mrknowitall who wrote (3964)	6/30/1999 7:41:00 PM
From: Eric Wells	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

Ebay to be back up in 1 hour. Here's the latest message: ========================== Date: 06/30/99 Time: 16:36:19 PDT * SERVER DIFFICULTIES * We have located the system problem with our database server and are in the process of rebooting now. We expect to be back online in 1 (one) hour. Engineering is resolving this problem as quickly as possible and we will keep informed of the progress of this situation. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this might cause. Regards, eBay ========================== -Eric

To: mrknowitall who wrote (3964)	7/1/1999 1:03:00 AM
From: Doug Fowler	Respond to of 7772

Here is a posting from the Individual Investor stock boards, which I feel sums up SO MANY long-term eBay sellers sentiment: "I've been selling on Ebay since late 1997 and this is the slowest time I have seen. Summer has always been slower but this year has been almost panic causing. If Ebay wants to continue to grow they need to be better to their users and encourage people to stay. I see more new users all the time but dont see the long time users growing (ie large turnover). It seems once the newness of the online auction goes away people lose interest. I expect their earnings to really suffer from the summer (not that earnings have anything to do with their stockprice now anyways) I would like to see them follow through on the better customer service ideas as they may be the worst company I have ever dealt with on that accord. Good luck to all shareholders on this one but I am anxious to see a big time competitor in this market to push Ebay to be a better site!"