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To: Eric Wells who wrote (79208)	9/30/1999 7:53:00 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 164684

Eric: Perhaps AMZN is in the 'announcements' business -- LOL. Others come out with compelling products, services and financial results -- AMZN comes out with compelling 'announcements' <g>

To: Eric Wells who wrote (79208)	9/30/1999 9:15:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Another thing that always bothers me about Amazon anouncements such as this, is that Amazon does not provide any revenue or profit projections that will result from new ventures. Because of this, investors are left facing a black hole. It's easy to get excited about the prospects - but one would think Amazon has done some research into what they think they can earn by this venture - and one has to wonder why they don't make their projections public - at least in rough estimate form. Everyone was bullish when Amazon launched auctions - but what are Amazon auctions really doing now? Are they making the company money? This forces me to question whether zShops will actually make the company money - and if so, how much? Eric, One of Amazon's strongest bulls did not reduce losses due to zShops. Blodgett stated this was a nice step but his projected revenue and loss are not being changed. Glenn

To: Eric Wells who wrote (79208)	9/30/1999 10:46:00 PM
From: Tom D	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

NEW ALL TIME HIGH TOMORROW! Eric, don't you get it? The less they tell, the more the price rises. After the market closed today, Bezos delivered the masterpiece of announcements: <<"One of the metrics of our success will be our ability to continue to defy easy analogy. We're trying to invent something completely new that really doesn't have an analogue in the physical world.">> So now the business plan is ineffable. Nothing analogous to it exists in the physical world. Based on the unprecedented vagueness of this press release, you should expect the stock to test its all-time high tomorrow. news.excite.com <g> Tom D