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Technology Stocks : 1-800-Flowers.com Inc-(FLWS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RikRichter who wrote (47)	8/14/1999 9:47:00 AM
From: Sam Matz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 125

I agree, it is less dot com than others. However, wouldn't some view this as a positive as I do? Don't get me wrong, I believe heavily in the Internet businesses, but I feel that this is a great oportunity (as I guess you do to being a shareholder and all). I feel that since their Internet business is the most rapidly growing, and they do have a good revenue base, they would fuel the Internet business with these revenues, thus growing the Internet business substantially. Oh well, I am hanging on to these shares for a little bit to see what happens. I even bought more in the $14 and $15 levels (as well as some in the $19 level on the first day of trading). It is just curious why this stock that was so highly touted with a great business model is showing no signs of interest from the investment community. Time will tell. Thanks for your responses. Sam

To: RikRichter who wrote (47)	8/14/1999 5:08:00 PM
From: Srinivasan Balasubramanian	Respond to of 125

False advertising ... a dot-com stock with minimal dot-com revenues as a percentage of total revs. I don't think it is false advertising, the company name 1-800-Flowers.com very well emphasizes the two important revenue channels they have - phone and the internet. they fall into the space of e-tailers and that includes the telephone. this one deserves a higher premium than EToys and most other e-tailers for they have much bigger revenue streams, superior gross margins and a proven business model. 250 mln revenues and still growing at 60% clip is very good. what could be the growth rate of Amazon now if they had focussed only on books? Srini