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To: The Reaper who wrote (114881)	1/10/2001 6:43:27 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

5) The only source of cash at the end of the quarter must have come from the float of Christmas sales. How much do you think payables went up during Christmas? This is true and they apparently dragged out some vendors. That is not too uncommon although I believe it was done here to help the books on December 31, 2000. The balance sheet at the end of Q1 2001 could conceivably show a cash decrease of over $700 million. That is what I call a burn rate. Due to the lower than anticipated revenue and the increase of cash on hand, I estimate payables at around $400-$425 million. I do believe your brun is a bit too high. I suspect Amazon will have burned around $275 million in Q4.