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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (12575)	8/4/1998 9:52:00 PM
From: S.Pete	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

If the software costs $5K, how much do the 3million eyeballs cost? (assuming each member has 2) And the back ground info on all of them too, how much does that cost?

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (12575)	8/4/1998 11:23:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Glenn, I disagree about the complexity and usefulness of the site - I don't think it is THAT cheap or easy to build such a site. But I agree that Amazon.com paid way too much of shareholders money for this small, unprofitable company. Why? Could it be because Amazon.com (Bezos family) and the VCs saw this as a way to make a large payment to the VC under the cover of an acquisition? I think at the very least it is a deal that is very profitable for Amazon's VC firm and very dilutive of earnings. Amazon should have been able to do this themselves for a heck of a lot less. What the heck, it's only a few hundred million of shareholders money. As long as the VCs are happy with, investors should be happy - right? (snicker, snicker ; -)