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To: tom rusnak who wrote (112620)	12/10/2000 1:51:07 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Tom, thanks for the link. What a great site. Kiggen has been a winner alright. As of the beginning of this year TicketMaster.com (TMCS) was his best performing pick. He has a PT of 70 and tomorrow you can buy it for 11! Show me a loser and I'll show you Kiggen. This idiot should have his balls cut off and throw into his beef stew while he's eating it! Btw Have you ever followed Adam Lashinsky? He's not an Investment banker but writes for Fortune and the Street.com. I've made more money following his thoughts long or short than all the other noise out there. Yeah, like all of us he's had a few bad calls but I'll match his track record up with anyone.

To: tom rusnak who wrote (112620)	12/10/2000 6:58:33 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

LOS ANGELES, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc. , the online retailer that began as a bookseller, has itself become the subject of a plot worthy of a investor-style cloak-and-dagger novel. The Seattle-based company was recently infiltrated by two analysts from brokerage Credit Suisse First Boston, who got jobs at an Amazon.com warehouse working as seasonal employees. The pair -- Jamie Kiggen and Rick Vallieres -- worked for about a week at Amazon's Delaware warehouse before emerging from undercover. "This time of year it's all about delivering for customers for the holidays, so we work with a number of temporary agencies who hire employees to work in our distribution centers," said Amazon.com spokesman Bill Curry, explaining how the pair slipped through the Amazon hiring process undetected. Curry said the pair applied with the temporary agency and were accepted, then were sent the warehouse on assignment. "We were fortunate to have an exceptionally capable guy helping us meet our commitment to customers," said Curry, who had a chance to talk with Kiggen after the experience. "He made a nice contribution to keeping our customers happy for the holidays. We thank him for his labors." And what did Kiggen and Vallieres learn from their experience? The pair, who worked "picking" inventory from warehouse shelves and assembling orders, were generally upbeat about what they found. They said Amazon "is executing on its near-term and long-term financial and operating goals: customers are plentiful and active, customer service levels are high, and operations are becoming more efficient." The pair reiterated their "buy" rating on the stock. One of the few faults they found was a shortage of carts used by employees to assemble orders. In one case, one of the undercover workers complained that he wasted 30 minutes while looking for one such cart. Curry acknowledged that problems still exist. "I worked in the distribution centers, andI can identify with that," he said. "We're certainly going to look into it." REUTERS Rtr 19:41 12-08-00