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

To: MoonBrother who wrote (26524)	11/17/1998 9:42:00 PM
From: Techie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

AMZN's market cap today is within $1B of FD's market cap. The latter had $3.8B in sales this last Q and they are estimated to earn $2.99 in EPS next year. Is Bozo selling underwear yet?

To: MoonBrother who wrote (26524)	11/17/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: Waldeen	Respond to of 164684

Looks to me you actually didn't get my point, or analysts' point. The reason analysts are so enthusiastic about AMZN's entering Video/Gift business is because they see AMZN has the potential to become an e-commence giant selling every kind of consumer products on the net. Okay, I mostly lurk this thread, but I don't get it either. So what if Amazon becomes an e-commerce giant? The Post Office loses my mail, won't leave packages on my door step half the time and returns them, or worse yet they leave a slip so I have to drive to the Post Office, wait in line for 15 minutes to get the package. I am never going to use e-commerce to buy my clothes either, they just don't fit if you don't try them on. E-commerce has a serious delivery problem and the goods cost more when you pay the shipping and handling. I can stop in to WalMart on my way home from work and avoid all these hassles. Not to mention when you need something to get a job done, in the future I'm supposed to order it off the net instead of a 5 minute drive to Home Depot? Videos, in the future I'm going to download via a cable or XDSL modem in MP3 (or like) format, think I actually want a plastic disk? Going to enjoy making money on the way down on "The Thing" this Spring.... Waldeen