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To: gc who wrote (27358)	7/29/1999 5:43:00 PM
From: Craig A	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

This is heavy. The guy who did the shootings in Atlanta was a day trader. I believe I heard that he shot two brokers.CNNFN Also just heard he was despondant about the market.

To: gc who wrote (27358)	7/29/1999 6:10:00 PM
From: Dave A.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

They joy of the downside is that it can't go down 500%. 100% is the limit.

To: gc who wrote (27358)	7/29/1999 10:06:00 PM
From: CGarcia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

"500% in 3 yrs? You are quite optimistic. I am just thinking it will go the other way --- a long way down." That's an interesting thought, I guess you must feel that AOL will lose most of their 20 million customers, while I feel they'll have close to 50 million by then...Then again, I know the internet isn't going to fade away over night.

To: gc who wrote (27358)	7/29/1999 10:52:00 PM
From: VBroady	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Things I don't like about AOL: 1. MSN instant-messages will cut into their base, big time. Everyone I know who has AOL says the IM feature is why they use AOL. When they lose this advantage, a lot of customers will walk. 2. The pop-up Ads. 3. The rude service reps (I took this personally, three different reps, three different times) - no sir, it's your computer! (DirectTV still holds the title for the worst customer service ... their 800-DirectTV number thanks you for calling, than hangs up on you. There is NO WAY to contact that company!) 4. Little bandwidth long-term strategy. 5. Stock is overvalued, even for an i-nut giant. 6. Access cost too high. 7. The heavy insider selling. 8. The downgrades. I applaud those who have been in AOL over the last couple years and that have made a lot of money, but AOL is not a great investment right now IMO; not short and no position, ever. vb