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To: Captain Jack who wrote (96995)	4/9/2002 3:21:52 PM
From: Captain Jack	Respond to of 97611

The Aussies are not hot on boxes it seems,,,,,, Apr 09, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian retailers report a sharp fall in computer sales since the introduction of the goods and services tax. According to Harvey Norman chairman, Gerry Harvey, nearly all electronic products are selling well, except for personal computers, with DVD players, wide-screen televisions and digital cameras displacing the computer as hot sellers. Harvey says computer users no longer want to upgrade the equipment as frequently as they used to, and that when they do upgrade, they are only buying components. His comments come as US computer giant IBM issued its first profit warning since the early 1990s, citing sluggish 2002 first-quarter sales.