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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (142314)	5/17/2002 8:00:21 AM
From: Alomex	Respond to of 164684

If you do not like Amazon's service, why do you buy from them? I usually don't buy from them. I think this is the second time ever that I placed an order with them. I needed to expense some end-of-FY money so I went to Amazon an placed a large order. By the by, I was comparing prices with another bookstore and half of the order went to the other merchant.

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (142314)	5/17/2002 3:12:31 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

A former Amazon.com (AMZN: news, chart, profile) employee is telling all in New York City. Mike Daisey began performing "21 Years Doing Time at Amazon.com" in Seattle last year, and opened the one-man show last night at New York's Cherry Lane Theater. Daisey makes fun of his time at the retailer, while also admitting he "drank the Kool Aid" as evidenced by loyalty and praise for Jeff Bezos, the company founder. A review of a show preview, in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, says Daisey is "rocking audiences." Btw I miss the two man show. Fowler/Harmond.

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (142314)	5/18/2002 10:48:18 AM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Glenn, should I buy a diamond from Kleiner Perkins funded, Seattle based Blue Nile.com? They sure are spending a lot of advertising dollars on MSN. >>This shopping guide is brought to you by the experts at Blue Nile.<< eshop.msn.com

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (142314)	5/18/2002 1:43:59 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

The Basics Is the debt binge over? Consumers are scaling back their debts and planning to pay them down even further in the future, some early studies show. Can the economy stand it? The idea that consumers might actually spend less is, of course, anathema to many economists. Since consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of the U.S. economy, these experts fear any significant slowdown in spending means a puny recovery -- or, heaven forbid, a tumble back into recession. Some economists, however, are willing to at least consider the idea that less consumer borrowing might be a good thing -- both for families and for the economy in the long term. Our borrowing binge, after all, helped lead to a record 1.45 million bankruptcies last year, and debt counseling seems to be one of the true growth industries in an otherwise middling economy. money.msn.com