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To: Road Walker who wrote (46963)	7/10/2001 5:07:49 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Slotting fee's would be unusual for a retailer like Circuit City. Very common in the grocery trade, and it is expanding into hard goods. Circuit City is probably not involved. The salesman claimed they display what the OEMs (Compaq and H.P.) send and request to be displayed. The payoff would go to the OEMs. Foolish for Circuit City since the salesman claimed sales have gotten worse. Either they should also demand a cut or they should refuse to display what the OEMs want but only what Circuit City wants based on previous sales patterns. This does not seem to be the case. I don't know how much of this can be believed since the salesman appear to be kept in the dark. THE WATSONYOUTH