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To: Jeff Dryer who wrote (4284)	7/26/1999 10:42:00 PM
From: Steve Antonelli	Respond to of 7772

>>> However, will this dominant leadership position be true 1 year from now? What about 5 years from now? Because eBay is being aggressively targeted by competitors, I think it's unlikely <<< Really hard to say, but you could be right. I still think the more likely scenario is a buyout by AMZN at some point. >>> Some of the same items listed at eBay can now be found at Amazon.com. <<< But not anywhere at the same volume levels which must be frustrating for sellers. >>> There may not be anything special about ETrade... unless ETrade is successful at turning into a full financial transaction portal (trading, banking, insurance...) in a differentiated way. <<< Agreed.