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To: Tom D who wrote (23802)	10/30/1998 10:12:00 AM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164687

TomD<So, what are all these average people who have such little time going to do when it is time for holiday shopping in the future? I am willing to hold on for the long haul.> I think that these average people will take the kids out for a Family event. Let the kids play in the kids section, that most malls these days seem to have. Mum and Dad will probably go over to Barnes & Noble have a cup of coffee and a donut. Browse some books, maybe even buy on or two. These average people like these malls because they get to touch and feel their would be purchases and when They meet friends and shake hands and say" its nice to see you again". They leave saying to each other "Isn't shopping at the Mall, such a wonderful community experience?". Regards H, James ps Now Tom I know that you and your family would not have bought those books at B&N. Your obviously a frugal kind of guy. So, instead of buying the book at B&N you probably would leave the family at the mall. Run home and quickly see who was selling that book the cheapest on that particular day.

To: Tom D who wrote (23802)	10/30/1998 12:53:00 PM
From: Olu Emuleomo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164687

I am willing to hold on for the long haul. Tom D, I hear you. I think we have seriously underestimated the internet. Let's face it, this should have been a no brainer to me, then I would have bought AMZN and YHOO etc... a year ago!! Hint #1 should have been when I realised that I no longer browse bookstores on saturday morning. Now, when i hear of an interesting book, I write it down. When I have up to 3 books, I order them en-masse from AMZN. I also order some CDs in the same package. Cuts down on shipping and saves me from going to 'The Wiz' (btw that's why N2K and CDNow are toast.) Hint #2 was when I abandoned the portfolio tracking on AOL for YHOO. (I can access YHOO at work!) Hint #3 was when I junked the proprietary software from my on-line broker in favour of my browser. (I dont trade at work though ;-)) Hint #4 was when my I could pay my bills via my browser at work. Previously, I had to use my bank's proprietary software to pay my bills. Now, I have deleted that software from my hard disk, thus freeing up a few MEGABYTES of disk space! hallelujah Hint #5 and MOST TELLING hint was when Wal-mart sued AMZN. Why waste time suing AMZN if they are not feeling threatened? Hey, maybe AMZN can save me the bother of going to Costco once a month :-)) --Olu E.