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To: Ted The Technician who wrote (140685)	3/17/2002 2:27:39 PM
From: John Chen	Respond to of 164684

TedTheTechnician,re:"Boston market". Wow, thanks for the info. that's spectacular business model. The management probably was 'top-notched' and up-to-date on the 'scheme of things'. While I may not be able to participate 'game', I think I can manage to live comfortably well with bonds : (fixed-income-security) as ML is promoting lately. Can't really keep up with what these 'corporate' and 'financial' and 'accounting' guys are doing.

To: Ted The Technician who wrote (140685)	3/17/2002 2:37:52 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Amazon is not making any money either???? In fact, they are still losing money at a very fast rate.

To: Ted The Technician who wrote (140685)	3/17/2002 4:08:02 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

>> Boston Market was making lots of $$, but the developers of the franchise stores were losing money.<< Ted, amzn bulls would counter that Boston market wasn't trying to make a living on the Internet. I thought the original demise of BM was their menu. People on the move didn't want to sit down and eat a big turkey lunch. There is a Boston Market close to were I live. I never go there.

To: Ted The Technician who wrote (140685)	3/17/2002 11:08:48 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Respond to of 164684

<<The current relationship between Amazon and Toys R Us reminds me of the relationship Boston Market had with its developers. Boston Market was making lots of $$, but the developers of the franchise stores were losing money. >> That is true. But the further detail is that Boston Market was making lots of $$, but only from the interest on the huge loans it granted to the big franchisees so they could overdevelop. With Bos Mkt, there really were no profits, on any level, from operations. Yet the bond pros kept selling Bos Mkt bonds, and other bond pros kept buying them. It really was incredible.