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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (89889)	1/5/2000 8:54:00 PM
From: JayPC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Liquidation advertising does serve the benefit of getting the consumer in your store for peripheral purchases. I bought a DVD at the Sony store, and upgraded to premium fiber optic cables. The dvd was $1500 Canadian and the cables were $139.99. $139.99 for cables? What was I thinking? Does this apply in cyber space? To a lesser degree I think so. I'm thinking that one day as e-tailing evolves, it will be common to see Amazon.com fliers in my Saturday paper. Dell is in there almost every weekend. However, as you said, there are advertising cost. The more I dive into this, the more complicated it gets. Maybe the lesson learned about e-tailing is that ultimately it is not that different from retailing. You just reach the customer differently. Then the question is, should e-tailers be valued differently than retailers? Scary thought for AMZN shareholders. Regards Jay