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To: Scott Burns who wrote (1108)	12/18/1998 1:03:00 AM
From: Impristine	Respond to of 7772

i don't know, scott, can you prepare yourself for 400, what if nobody sells, i must say, i took profits, could not stand it anymore, are we near the top, i have no idea, will i trade this aggressively, if it tanks, you betcha, are the shorts terrified, you betcha, have a lot of them covered, i would assume so, there are always, new ones jumping on, you've got balls, my man, been there, done that, was a very painful but profitable lesson.. i think the margin scare, made the hands holding the stock stronger... the question i constantly wrestle with, is this a fad, or a long term trend...

To: Scott Burns who wrote (1108)	12/18/1998 6:39:00 AM
From: Robert Rose	Respond to of 7772

<When they are allowed to sell (there is some controversy as to when this can happen)> As you know, insiders can usually sell 6 months after ipo - potentially three more months of nirvana here. Do you expect an early release of shares, or what? (Would certainly make some sense) As far as being short the stock, why risk it regardless of your view of the fundamentals? I have seen to many folks on the amzn board get eaten alive shorting. ebay's float is about 1/5 that of amzn's right now....

To: Scott Burns who wrote (1108)	12/18/1998 6:46:00 AM
From: Robert Rose	Respond to of 7772

To the thread: <By the way, I'm really glad this board is not like the Yahoo board with a bunch of people hyping everything under the sun and writing nonsense.> Why is it that yahoo boards are consistently inferior to si boards? The only explanations I can come up with are: 1) SI got there first, and so garnered the more serious posters - the "early adopters" 2) SI costs (now) and Yahoo is free. You have to be serious about this stuff to fork over 200$ for a life membership. On Yahoo, any yahoo can waste bandwidth. If either of these explanations have any merit, are there any implications for ebay, its brand, and its prospects? After all, ebay was also first, and ebay also isn't free.