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To: Rob S. who wrote (26292)	11/17/1998 8:08:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

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To: Rob S. who wrote (26292)	11/17/1998 11:05:00 AM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

Rs<This is what Investors spent years of profits for?> I think that the investors paid to participate in the "World's largest ever on-line shopping service". The rest are speculators just trying to make more money than yesterday. Regards,

To: Rob S. who wrote (26292)	11/17/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: Robert Rose	Respond to of 164684

<The reports of electronic stuff is highly exagerated - the only thing I found were books about computers, Palm-Pilots and the like. Maybe books about household goods qualifies as being a fair replacement - people can visualize heating up a pop-tart in their convection oven book! Probably all the hype came down to the reality that toaster ovens and other things are messy to deal with and don't have the margins of books and music. Bezos' seems to be saying, "Promise them anything but sell them books or music. Play music, drive books, profess music, eat books."> LOL! Love the part about the pop tarts! < The shopping service search engine gives you a selection of . . . guess what? - books! This is what Investors spent years of profits for? > Yes, I am somewhat disappointed in Amazon's "bookishness." I guess that's called branding. The name means more to me than just its past and present focus. Yes, I want them to hurry up and meet all my online shopping needs. Why? Because what they do now they do so well. JMHO.