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To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (30154)	7/30/1998 10:15:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

El, Profit on low end PCs must be like profit in the grocery business. You make money on the rapid turn over of products in the self space. It's called a commodity business. NW

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (30154)	7/30/1998 10:18:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 97611

Computer e-tail site tracks sales gains Online sales for computer products are soaring, according to new data from Computer Shopper NetBuyer, a shopping site for computer products on the Internet. A sales report for as many as 1090 vendors on the site operated by ZDNet said orders were up 351 percent in the second quarter of '98 over the same period last year. Spending is up as well. The average order size on Computer Shopper NetBuyer is over $500. Buyers are spending an average of $1,515 on a desktop and $2,200 on a notebook. "This increase is a clear indicator that consumer confidence in online purchasing is showing very strong growth," said Al DiGuido, Computer Shopper executive vice president.