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To: Andrew Vance who wrote (16720)	9/17/1999 10:33:00 PM
From: Charles D. Kinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17305

Andrew, Do you have any thoughts for us charter members, like keeping the price we paid for our subscriptions? Chuck

To: Andrew Vance who wrote (16720)	9/18/1999 12:43:00 AM
From: Junkyardawg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17305

Hello Andrew I don't get a chance to post to you a often as I like but I do enjoy your views. Even if I do have to get a dictionary out to understand what you are talking about:-)LOL As far as your subscription goes. The thing is each and every person has a different situation. So I don't think the answer to your problem is as simple as you may think it is. The time I got your news letter I learned a lot and was well informed on the market and certain stocks. I can say that I don't think I have ever seen as much DD and research put into an informative letter as yours has and it is first class. I also noticed that most all of your calls made bank. Your problem in my opinion is exposure. I was surfing SI late one night and just happened to come across one of your post and that was the only way I had known about you. People just don't know about you and what few people do probably keep to themselves because it is their little secret.:-) With that said I say you figure out how many subscribers you need. I don't see why you would want a limited amount of subscribers myself because there is something to be said for having numbers behind you. Now the following will sound crazy and you will probably disagree but heck you asked so I will give you my opinion. It should be just as easy to send 10,000 news letters out as it is to send out 5000. Am I right or wrong there. So now I suggest the following. Lower your subscription by 50%. Now of course to do this you will have to double your subscribers to break even to where you are now but I think you should look at the big picture here. Lower fees bring more people in and if your past perfomance is any indication of future success then you will have all the subscribers you will need. Now you need to get your name out for others to see. The best way to do this is spend money. Yes spend money. Have a stock picking contest or something. Offer a prize of lets say $1000 a month for the winner. Believe me people will come out of the wood work to enter it. A $1000 is not that much money if you were to get 100 or so new subscribers each month. Now the part I don't know about. I don't know if you could have it just for your subscribers or not or you would have to have it available for all free. You may need to consult an attorney on that issue. I don't see why you couldn't have a contest each month for your subscribers but you never know what legal issue there is to cross. One other way to put out your name and news letter is to offer an opinion on a stock such as "the street.com" and others do. You could put out a news release on a stock which you have offered an opinion on. I am pretty sure you need a license to do this so there you go with the attorney thing again.:-) That is just a couple of my thoughts and if you don't like them remember you asked for it. I also highly recommend your news letter and when my situation allows me to sign up for it I will be first in line. Lamar