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Technology Stocks : K-Tel (KTEL) Have the cheesy '70s records come to an end? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (1717)	5/5/1998 11:32:00 PM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3203

Katherine, don't you think it is possible that Ktel could generate $95 million from internet record sales? Such a pig flying act would double their revenue from current levels. Why won't people purchase tapes from the internet vs. the store where sales cleared $29 bill worldwide? And why not ktel with the billboard agreement? Amazon has cleared that much in one quarter now from book sales. tape sales shouldn't be any less attractive on the internet. what factor is wrong with Louis argument? i don't know the man, but his argument relative to valuation is not outlandish relative to CDNW or NTKI. hype or no, where's the beef?

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (1717)	5/5/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: Tony Dang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3203

Katherine, In defense of Mr. Riley (not that he needs it, I'm sure he can do quite well on his own) I don't believe he was using loaded dice. He offered his opinion, for free, and anyone was able to look at it, cogitate on it, ignore it, follow up on it, or act on it. Sure he spoke emphatically for the case. But others spoke equally well against it. You and anyone else could have just ignored it. That's the beauty of freedom of choice and why adults are allowed to exercise it. If you choose to follow someone blindly, then you have no one to blame but yourself for your blindness. I don't believe Mr. Riley went out of his way to deceive anyone. If his analysis was flawed, then someone should have pointed it out to him. If you didn't take the time to determine if it was flawed or not, then you have no reason to call foul. I'll end by posing a couple of questions to you: You stated that you read a lot of press releases. Do you believe each and every one that you read? Why or why not? How many of these do you follow up on with independent research? Why or why not? For the ones that are obviously hype, do you follow them or ignore them? If hype is effective in modifying your behavior, it is so only because you let it. Endofsermon. Tony