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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (74238)	8/17/1999 12:59:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>>I completely disagree that etoys has vision and amazon is lacking in that area....<< Michelle, what is you really like about Amzn? Is it (1) the touch,the feel, the experience of living in a community world. (2) Never having to leave your house and the convenience that experience gives you. (3) Being able every day to see its revenue grow and not caring about its mounting losses. (4) Getting excited by its volatility. (5) Just reading here, while you can relax knowing you have no current position. (6) Just reaching out and touching us. (7) You can't live without Kis (9) All of the above.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (74238)	8/17/1999 1:36:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

I don't know if eToys is a winner or not. Certainly, whatever your view of e-commerce overall, within that group there are those which are on the ball and those which are not. This article was interesting because it was a criticism of Amazon's innovation, something which is widely touted by its promoters. You have to understand, I'm not against e-commerce companies per se, I just don't think that they're going to replace brick-and-morter. I think of them as fancy 'catalog' companies. In that sense, a catalog-based toy company can do very well. Just like JCPennys does very well with their catalog. So yeah, a bookstore or a toystore can do fine. Whether or not they're worth 5 billion dollars or 25 is something else entirely.