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To: Rob S. who wrote (23668)	10/29/1998 9:54:00 AM
From: Imran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

"For the next couple of quarters the stock has some wind at its's back. " I doubt it. Those triple digit year-to-year growth rates will end next year. And without those "astonishing" numbers to hype up the stock the chances of Scamazon staying at these levels will become smaller and smaller. The best chance Scamazon has of breaking new highs is to announce a split at these levels.

To: Rob S. who wrote (23668)	10/29/1998 10:18:00 AM
From: Impristine	Respond to of 164684

mushrooming of payables and other factors conspire to make the numbers look skewed upward... yeah, brand name ain't worth crapola..... How the heck did they polevault ahead of those other guys in CD sales.... they must have paid somebody to buy 14 million dollars worth of red hot chilli peppers... all this talk about mushrooms, skewers, and beef is making me hungry....

To: Rob S. who wrote (23668)	10/29/1998 10:45:00 AM
From: majormember	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

When B.T. AlexBrown raises to "Strong Buy," I wouldn't be short now.

To: Rob S. who wrote (23668)	10/29/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: e. boolean	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>>Does it make sense to subtract out the sales in Europe? They are sales no matter where they come from. Book sales momentum is slowing significantly but the company has made a case that they can expand sales into other categories of products. I subtracted sales of music and European sites to try to compare apples to apples (and did it very roughly since they try their best to obscure such data). Of course they can continue growing sales through adding new "stores" (with attendant high costs) but I was looking for a "comp store growth" figure. All self-respecting retailers highlight this as the only honest measure of performance. e.b.