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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (25309)	11/10/1998 12:10:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

I will continue to make computer equip/software purchases using the web, but I found the gift-buying on the i-net to be dry and boring experiences, even though it was kind of "neat" at the time. I am ready to go back to all traditional shopping this Christmas. But, the masses may be just discovering buying gifts on the i-net, so sales may well surge for Christmas of '98. In Christmas of '99, who knows? Consumers are a fickle lot, and may decide that 'net shopping for gifts is as exciting as watching paint dry, compared to shopping in the real world. Dwight, Regardless of the end result after many years, there will be more retail buying during the Christmas season in general. Kind of a given for a long time now. Glenn

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (25309)	11/10/1998 3:22:00 AM
From: e. boolean	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>>I will continue to make computer equip/software purchases using the web, but I found the gift-buying on the i-net to be dry and boring experiences, even though it was kind of "neat" at the time. Now, Dwight, you must be a good little consumerbot and do all of your shopping online. How else do you expect AMZN to get the "Dwight" profile so they can tell you which products to buy before you were aware you wanted them? What do you mean, dry and boring? Bezos has decreed that it is being told to buy the right products that makes consumerbots happy! Bezos has turned the shopbot on its head. The bizzarro-shopbot, from NZMA, provides the vendors with all of the information on the consumer. You probably thought the internet would increase the efficiency of the market, making detailed information on the products and services available to the informed consumer. Not if Spamazon has their way! They're going to take over the world, after all! HAHAHAHAHAHA