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Technology Stocks : Egghead Computer (EGGS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rene Madsen who wrote (3838)	11/27/1998 8:09:00 AM
From: Kip518	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 8307

Keith Benjamin is skeptical e-commerce stocks can hold up (although he likes PTVL [one of my favorite shorts]) The Thanksgiving feast came early this year, with investors gorging themselves on almost any stock. The first course of the retail feeding frenzy included Yahoo!, Amazon.com, and Ebay, with AOL almost lagging as the main course. We are reminded of the ancient Hawaiian royalty that reportedly used to eat pork, poi and pineapple to the point of extreme fullness, only to have attendants massage their bellies so they could eat even more. With the good stuff eaten, investors were forced into the refrigerator to snack on the leftover stocks. When the gluttonous day trader issues a polite burp after this feast, we would not be surprised to see the air come rushing out from under some of these stocks. We don't expect more mergers or fundamental information. And without news before Christmas, we don't see the catalysts to keep the stocks moving.

To: Rene Madsen who wrote (3838)	11/27/1998 9:59:00 AM
From: Miguel M. de la O	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8307

Rene wrote: "Buycomp may often have the best price, but numbers two and three are usually just 5cents below that." Sometimes true, but my point is that EGGS is almost always way down the list and many dollars more expensive. For example: Sony Mavica FD71 ... very popular digital camera Buy Comp: 565.95 (2nd cheapest) EGGS 719.52 (40th cheapest) Graphics Blaster Riva TNT AGP Version BUY Comp 138.95 (1st) EGGS 147 (12th) Monster3D II 12MB 3DFX Voodoo2 Card 1st Micro 139.95 (1st) EGGS 175.75 (7th) Deskjet 720C Inkjet Printer BuyComp 258.95 (1st) EGGS 307.04 (34th) Sound Blaster Live! Value 256 Voice BuyComp 78.95 (1st) EGGS 86.46 (15th) HP Surestore CD-Writer Plus 7200I Cdrw INT IDE BuyComp 248.95 (1st) EGGS 402.88 (30th/last-most expensive) HP Scanjet 4100CXI COL Fbscan 1200DPI USB Only BuyComp 177.95 (1st) EGGS 200.11 (27th/last-most expensive) I picked these items randomly. Try it yourself.