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To: H James Morris who wrote (88552)12/25/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Respond to of 164684
 
Taxes? This was known 3 years ago, but now he brings it up?

The moritorium is ending. The states will not permit this to continue to occur.


Listen, John Doerr his VC sits on Al Gores economic team, if anyone can crush this state sales initiative, its Mr Doerr.


I agree but the politics here may be beyond Mr. Doerr.

What I think is Bezos is using this excuse, to camouflage his long expected failure. Giving away more than his cost would
eventually f%^k his shareholders.


I suspect it never crossed his mind. davidjewelers.com was profitable during their first 2.5 months of operation. Go figure.



To: H James Morris who wrote (88552)12/25/1999 9:59:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 164684
 
DVD players were the hottest electronic item this season. It appears from this page Amazon did not do a decent job of proper inventorying:

amazon.com



To: H James Morris who wrote (88552)12/25/1999 10:01:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
If this inventory list is accurate, these guys understood:

800.com



To: H James Morris who wrote (88552)12/25/1999 10:57:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
search.washingtonpost.com



To: H James Morris who wrote (88552)12/25/1999 11:12:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Respond to of 164684
 
dailynews.yahoo.com



To: H James Morris who wrote (88552)12/26/1999 8:42:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Respond to of 164684
 
nytimes.com