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To: Night Writer who wrote (20861)	3/9/1998 12:03:00 AM
From: Windseye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

My email to SEC: Dear Folks, Compaq today, Friday, March 6, 1998, has announced poorer earnings this quarter, caused by inventory "stuffed" in the channels, among other things. My difficulty, as an investor is, that there have been rumors floating around the web regarding COmpaq "Stuffing" the inventory channels, having decreased earnings in January and February, and, for some strange reason there have been quite a few analysts who have cut earnings estimates in the past few weeks PRIOR to the announcement. One such analyst, Mr. Gardner, of Solomon Smith Barney cut his earnings estimate two weeks ago! Strangely enough I've been told by an employee that Smith BArney is the firm that handles Compaq employee's stock option plan. Is this a coincidence that a SMith Barney analyst pre-pre-warns the market that Compaq is due for a tumble or is it deliberate. Certainly the stock has been dropping in price during this time that the earnings estimates have been cut and the recommendations have been down graded by a number of firms, including ML and AG Edwards. There are quite a few of us who'd appreciate your looking at this situation. Doug J. ----------------------------------------------------------- First response from "help@sec.gov": Thank you for your e-mail that we have just received. Even though we receive a large volume of investor contacts, your e-mail is important to us. One of our investor assistance specialists will review your e-mail as quickly as possible and make every attempt to contact you within thirty days. While you wait for our reply, we encourage you to browse the "Investor Assistance" portion of the SEC's Web site at sec.gov where educational materials can be found as well as information on how the SEC handles complaints or inquiries from investors. The SEC's Web site also contains important information about your legal rights and the deadlines you may face if you need to take legal action. {oh look, they push it back on me!} We hope that our services will prove helpful to you. Office of Investor Education and Assistance ----------------------------------------------------------------- Second response from "help@sec.gov" (came today!): Thank you for providing the SEC with your information. It has been forwarded to the investigations unit for consideration. Please keep in mind that any investigation which might result would be conducted on a confidential basis. Al Lapins ---------------------------------------------------- Question of thread: Do you suppose they are actually working on Sunday? or have we taxpayers bought and paid for devlopment of IA for handling rountine emails to the SEC? (gggg)