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To: Rob S. who wrote (67916)	7/15/1999 7:16:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

I agree with you. I buy stuff from Buy.com. All I can say is that Amazon has experience selling eletronic gift items at premium prices, so they probably have a feel what works for them on the pricing curve. If it doesn't, I'm sure they'll discount farther.

To: Rob S. who wrote (67916)	7/15/1999 7:17:00 PM
From: dbblg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

superb post. I am more than a little worried about AMZN's entry into product areas with higher average prices. Like a lot of people, I can't be bothered to shop around for small savings on books or CDs, but I would absolutely do so when dealing with computer equipment, etc.

To: Rob S. who wrote (67916)	7/15/1999 7:34:00 PM
From: James Thai	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Perhaps AMZN is using books as a loss leader to attract traffic/customers. Sometimes it's easy to assume that one store will have competitive pricing on all their products if they're known for cheap prices on one category. James.

To: Rob S. who wrote (67916)	7/16/1999 8:54:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

ICANN't make ends meet: Internet names group cries poverty ---------------------------------------------------------- ICANN, the group that is revamping our domain name system, is supposed to be nonprofit. I guess the folks there really buy into this nonprofit stuff, because they went ahead and lost about a million bucks. That's fine for VC backed Internet start-ups. Losing money is a source of pride for them. But ICANN needs at least a little dough if it's to get the new naming system rolling. nwfusion.com