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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (67717)	7/14/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Tom D	Respond to of 164684

<<no way Ebay can compete against free auctions>> Pardon my stupid questions. Is AMZN doing auctions for free? When did this start? Why is AMZNs weekly business declining if this is true? Tom D

To: KeepItSimple who wrote (67717)	7/14/1999 6:41:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Why are eBay's auctions at record highs? When did Amazon's auctions become free?

To: KeepItSimple who wrote (67717)	7/14/1999 6:50:00 PM
From: Mark Fowler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

There's no way Ebay can compete against free auctions on a service that at least doesnt go down every few days. The users will slowly move away from ebay to Amazon, and once critical mass is reached, ebay will be out of business. End of story!<< Kiss do you know sometimes are you for real??? Hell, it was just a few weeks ago that you were predicting Amzn's doom, now it's Ebay. Btw, i have a hugh position in amzn so i'm biased here but Ebay will not go out of business, Imo...

To: KeepItSimple who wrote (67717)	7/14/1999 7:41:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

There's no way Ebay can compete against free auctions on a service that at least doesnt go down every few days. The users will slowly move away from ebay to Amazon, and once critical mass is reached, ebay will be out of business. End of story! Let me get this straight. You are predicting amazon will win in auctions, right? You realize of course that auctions are amazons weakest market with the strongest competition coming from ebay (compared to say, etoys, bnbn, cd-now, or wal-mart). Therefore, applying the least upper bound theory of mathematics, where auctions represent the least upper bound, you have inherently admitted that amazon will win in the other areas: books, toys, cd/video, and electronics. Cool!