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To: Doug Fowler who wrote (836)	11/18/1998 12:26:00 PM
From: esterina	Respond to of 7772

Check out this inexpensive Canadian Auction stock. 2.19 Canadian nationalpost.com

To: Doug Fowler who wrote (836)	11/18/1998 12:27:00 PM
From: waldo	Respond to of 7772

(OT) Globe trumpets Bid.Com as Canada's most popular stock Message 6465803 Waldo

To: Doug Fowler who wrote (836)	11/18/1998 9:14:00 PM
From: Kevin McKenzie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7772

Yahoo auction count is up to 73,052. Ebay's is almost 1 million Could we soon see a major challenge to eBay? I think Yahoo's (ie, Onsales) biggest problem is their horrible search engine. Go to Ebay and type a couple key words. you go straight to a list of open auctions sorted however you want. Do the same on OnSale, you get a list of sub-categories, you have to click on each sub-category, then you're presented with a list of items, some of which contain your search criteria and some that don't. I think Ebay's biggest threat is a non-publicly traded auction site collectit.net It is owned by Krause Publications, which publishes 40 or so collectible classifieds. Krause can (and does) advertise its auction site within all its publications (essentially free advertising). The site is brand new. It has big technical problems also (but not as bad as OnSale). But I think in a year or so they'll eat more significantly into Ebay's market than will Yahoo/OnSale. Still, for the foreseeable future, it's hard to imagine anyone eclipsing Ebay.

To: Doug Fowler who wrote (836)	11/18/1998 11:04:00 PM
From: Gary Metzer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

Doug et al, If you liked making money in eBay, you'll love making it in MALL. Today, UBID (a 100% owned MALL subsidiary) registered for an IPO offering. When all is said and done, MALL shareholders will receive 80+% of UBID 6 months or so AFTER IPO. UBID most likely will respond like eBay, HOWEVER, you can buy MALL now without waiting until the IPO. I bought my shares Monday at 17 3/4 and today it closed at 29+. Happy Investing. Gary