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To: Waldeen who wrote (26598)	11/17/1998 11:38:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Is Amazon's stategy now to become the modern-day "Sears and Roebuck" catalog of the web? If you follow this analogy, the only real advantage they have over Sears is their catalog can be updated instantly. But can't Sears/WalMart/Kmart put their catalogs on the Web too, and what is the barrier to entry to keep Sears/WalMart/Kmart or any existing, profitable business from doing that? Waldeen All three are already on the net and offer far more products than AMZN. The books and videos at Walmart are far cheaper than AMZN. I did not compare music. I cannot compare the thousands of other items Walmart has on their site to AMZN because AMZN does not have these items. I just don't get these net stock valuations..... waiting to order my next Maytag washing machine from Amazon, I do not get it either. Glenn

To: Waldeen who wrote (26598)	11/18/1998 12:01:00 AM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Waldeen, i was at a mall today, a real one. At about 1;30 pm on a weekday, the place was very busy. Lots of young moms with their kids, lots of mid-age women, retired people hanging out, and people like me on lunch break just checking things out. It is not even Thanksgiving yet, after which things will really get hopping. The Electronics Boutique, which I own stock in, was busy, with some folks asking the staff questions about different software products. (how would they do that "on-line" ??) Bought a pair of winter gloves at a discount store, after waiting in line at the checkout, with three registers going. Even though I usually get in the wrong line <g>, I was still impressed with how busy the mall was. Maybe all these folks' pc's were not working today, so they were forced to go out and shop and hang out in real life. hmmmm. Victor