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To: Jonathan S. Feingold who wrote (1193)	12/8/1998 6:47:00 PM
From: Sloth	Respond to of 1634

Mr. Feingold, You have repeated your sad story about nine times in the last few days. You are not the only one who may have gotten in at a difficult price. You cannot expect everyone to do the research for you. It is your own money and good research/due diligence is not just asking others what they would do. If some got you into the stock at a bad level, it is not their responsibility. Just like if you made a bundle on their advice, you would not owe them a cent. Most important, remember that not everyone has YOUR best interests in mind when they give advice over the internet. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but individual questions are best sent through private messages when the initial point has been made for the whole forum. Good luck Sloth

To: Jonathan S. Feingold who wrote (1193)	12/8/1998 8:47:00 PM
From: kennny	Respond to of 1634

Lifes a bitch and then you die. If anyone tells you to sell and it goes up, your screwed. If anyone tells you to hold and it goes down, your screwed. I sold yesterday at a loss. My call...I got some ideas from this thread but I made the call. If you ask people who are long they will tell you to hold as it will only help them. Take what ever you hear with a grain of salt, ( or a beer ) and pull the trigger. Do what you feel is right. This MALL and UBID stuff is no IBM. When anyone asks me for a sure thing, I tell them to bet on "HEADS" on the coin toss for the superbowl. Good luck to all...I'm out of MALL but wish the best to all. Ken

To: Jonathan S. Feingold who wrote (1193)	12/8/1998 9:45:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1634

Jon - Should I hold onto the 100 shares of MALL knowing that I will receive 0.70 shares of UBID of each share of MALL that I own in six months. The only comment I can make is that at this price MALL is one of the best priced internet plays anywhere when you compare market cap, gross margin, and revenue growth rate. Look at COOL or TGLO. Even by more ordinary (i.e. non-internet standards) it is a reasonable deal even if UBID's quarterly sequential growth rate drops in half. But on the downside it is a volatile stock and if that disturbs you then probably best to sell. Also, at some point in the future the internet companies will drop out of favor big time. I suspect that won't happen in the next year, but I don't really know. I'm holding, for a while anyway, but it is only a small piece of my portfolio. All JMO. Clark PS Note that as Tom will point out there are some other internet plays buried in the likes of MZON, but, for that particular example, I don't like MZON because their site is really just an extension of their products. (Note that MALL has those as well, but did not sell them off). I think that this limits the growth somewhat.

To: Jonathan S. Feingold who wrote (1193)	12/9/1998 12:18:00 AM
From: the dodger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1634

John...there's an old axiom that goes..."those that say, don't know...and those that know, don't say". The point is, you shouldn't be trading'buying/selling stocks based on what's said on this thread. . With that said, here's some advice...sell I say that not because I think MALL is about to go down further, but because it is obvious you are way past your "level of comfort" here. Find something a little less volatile to cut your teeth on.