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To: Ausdauer who wrote (3995)	11/28/1998 2:44:00 PM
From: Don Hess	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Ausdauer & thread: This season will answer a very interesting question, not just for CF cards but for a great number of consumer products: at this point in our technical evolution, is is more advantageous to be on a store shelf, or easily accessible via the Web? I guess the market has shown us recently that many (AMZN, Ebay, BAMM, etc) think the 'net is here, and sales will follow. I'm not sure I agree yet. I know it sounds fuddy-duddy, but maybe we're one or two Xmases away still from the 'net being a better venue than the store shelf. My guess (and my money, too) is on the bet that when the dust clears in January, stocks like those mentioned above will wither, and there will be a nice surprise for stocks like SNDK. Of course, I could be laughably wrong, time will tell. But for now, I think being on 90% of store shelves is a better deal than even the coolest web page. - Don

To: Ausdauer who wrote (3995)	11/29/1998 1:49:00 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Anyone want a CF to PCMCIA adaptor for $39? aimnet.com The actual manufacturer (Greystone Peripherals) also makes a CF-to-Parallel Port adaptor and other interesting goodies: grystone.com Craig

To: Ausdauer who wrote (3995)	11/30/1998 10:39:00 AM
From: Rich Miani	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Re: Is this the season > I am hoping for > alot of impulse buys at the counters. Aus, I plan to do my part, purchasing a DC, some CF, etc. this week, hopefully before my wife delivers :-) Also, re: is this the season ... fwiw, I've heard some of my non-techie/non-gadget-guy friends discussing possible DC purchases. That's a far cry from last year, when (IMHO) it was viewed as more of a novelty/gadget than an everyday, useful camera ... and as per Merrill's SNDK research report, SNDK ain't going anywhere until the DC market takes off. long sndk.....

To: Ausdauer who wrote (3995)	12/2/1998 6:18:00 PM
From: limtex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Aus - 1. We have to assume that support of retailers will be mutual and that therefore the retailers know what they are doing and somehow are competing with web sales. 2. Presumably some of these retailers also have their own web sales so there may be some claw back there. 3. Hopefully SNDK discussed this strategy with the retailers and we have to assume that they took the oposing web sales into account before comiting to the present policy. Regards, L