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To: SLSUSMA who wrote (11819)	2/18/2000 1:50:00 PM
From: Alper H.YUKSEL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13953

The last trade at 2 7/16 could be mine as that was my price limit and it got filled. I've looked at the Aprils too but we could be headed lower before higher. That's why I picked the July 30s instead of April. If there were calls further out, I would pick them instead. Unfortunately, July is as far out as it gets. I've had great success in 1999 with LEAPS on AOL and COMS and calls on DCLK, all bought at or near the very bottoms. I hope to repeat it with EGRP. (AOL and DCLK timings were excellent - or lucky, though I bailed out too early on COMS at 40s). Despite its service problems, I believe EGRP is doing a great business of getting accounts and assets, efficiently. The OLB business itself is expanding at the expense of traditional brokerages in an environment where the overall market is also growing. There is downside risk of course, but should be limited at this stage. (If we could only get over with these Fed tightenings once and for all.)

To: SLSUSMA who wrote (11819)	2/18/2000 2:22:00 PM
From: BWAC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13953

What the HELL? Buy 30 strike price calls? When you will not even consider the stock historically cheap and presenting a good value in the low 20's? And wanting to know when earnings are? DON'T YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW IT ALL. Do you have any credibility? Do you care? What happened to that Academy honor? This is totally insane. You come here trashing the stock, trashing everybody here, with an obnoxious abrasive holier than thou anal attitude..... AND NOW YOU ARE GOING TO SPOUT OFF ABOUT BUYING 9 POINTS OUT OF THE MONEY CALLS? FOR $2 EVEN? GOOD GRIEF!!! as John Stossel would say "Give me a break". Matter of fact give all of us a break. Disappear.