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To: NotNeiderhoffer who wrote (12466)	9/29/1999 11:36:00 AM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 28311

. What does that make us? Freeloaders? skinflints? chopped liver? NotShoppers? hehehehe....NotShoppers....I think NOT! I personally spent 30k on the Web last year, personally and for my business. The sum total I spent on AMZN amounts to around $100... BFD. Of course, perhaps there are a million guys just like me that spent $100. Frankly, in my own business, I track my customers by total dollars spent and how many invoices it takes to get there. My business plan is geared towards a few customers that spend a lot each time I see them. I try to get rid of the customers (by way of service that is geared towards the desired customer) that have a lot of invoices with small totals. AMZN has started out as a business with a lot of customers buying small amounts, over repeated instances.....it remains to be seen if they ever break out to higher volume customers/higher priced items....or if their business plan is even geared to this. Seems like a difficult way to run a business, to me.

To: NotNeiderhoffer who wrote (12466)	9/29/1999 12:11:00 PM
From: Robert Rose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28311

NN, if the amzn news today were bad for gnet, you'd think the stock price would reflect that. Instead, gnet is up 3%. Perhaps because amzn is validating the HyperMart business model? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I really don't see amzn competing much with HyperMart. LT, HM will have as its captive audience those business hooked up through Charter. amzn would have little impact on this market segment. Does anyone agree or disagree with this viewpoint? (Just thinking out loud here....)