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To: fyodor_ who wrote (21047)11/29/2000 7:16:40 PM
From: Jim McMannisRead Replies (3) | Respond to of 275872
 
RE:"Any chance we can blame this on the election snafu? And hope it picks up in December..."

Definitely. People are watching TV and not buying computers yet. It's called the Gore effecr.
Same thing happened in Europe when the price of gas went up and a few months ago. They forgot about buying stuff for a while...

Jim



To: fyodor_ who wrote (21047)11/29/2000 7:43:11 PM
From: PetzRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
<<Basically, the said that the THanksgiving weekend was EXTREMELY disappointing for sales.>>

fyo: <Any chance we can blame this on the election snafu? And hope it picks up in December...>

One of the stunned analysts asked that. It seems a logical explanation. But Gateway said they didn't have any "why" information.

Petz