Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zax who wrote (24013)	10/31/1998 5:43:00 PM
From: OtherChap	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Hi Zax, yes I would not be the least bit surprised that the motley fool is actively telling people not to short Amazon. After all, I'm sure the "fool" holdings of Amazon shares is much greater than the small amount listed in the portfolio. The fraud regarding Amazon is reaching stratospheric proportions, and sooner or later the SEC is going to crack down. Until that point, all these pimps (brokerages and the motley fool in particular) will keep pumping and dumping for every dime they can get. The business relationship of Amazon and The Motley Fool will never be known because The Motley Fool is a private company. They could be getting stock options in compensation for touting the stock and we would never know. That article you just posted was absolutely amazing. I am surprised the motley fool would participate in such corruption- I have never seen any brokerage or entity to go through the trouble of including fliers with monthly statements that say "do not short this, just buy buy buy".. Isn't that borderline illegal? Don't they have to disclose any position before making such statements? In any case, nothing surprises me any more. The pimps have no shame, and they're going to keep on keeping on until someone from the SEC slaps the shiny bracelets on a few promotors.. They just did it with 44 other analysts who were hyping small-cap internet scam stocks, do you really think they're going to ignore the MASSIVE scams such as Amazon for long?

To: zax who wrote (24013)	10/31/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Zax, I think you got kicked offTMF, for your negative Internet passion. Welcome here, we'll all love you. Yes even William, Mark and TomD. This is a debate forum that we all pay to participate in. It's the closest thing you'll come to a democracy. To trust me please read this. <http://www.pathfinder.com/money/moneydaily/latest/index.html

To: zax who wrote (24013)	10/31/1998 8:41:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Respond to of 164684

>>I would encourage you to take a hard look into the complicated and intertwining business relationships that The Motley Fool (owners David and Tom Gardner) have with Yahoo!, Amazon.com and America Online and several brokerages, and to entertain that corruption is occurring over the Internet in relation to stock promotion schemes on a much larger level and with much higher capitalization stocks than The SEC speaks to in its recent warnings on the matter. You're wasting your energy.

To: zax who wrote (24013)	10/31/1998 10:01:00 PM
From: Randy Ellingson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

The site "The Motley Fool" (www.fool.com) actively promotes three stocks, America Online (AOL), Amazon.com (AMZN), and Yahoo! (YHOO). This company does not disclose the nature of its business relationships with these organizations, which are very extensive and complex. Zax, I'd vote for your return to the Fool boards. But I think this is ridiculous. Sure the Fool gets advertising and Amazon Associate income, but wouldn't you if you were running their site? I think that is the extent of their "complex, extensive relationship". You think the Fool alone can eventually make Amazon successful? Randy