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Technology Stocks : MBT International Inc. (MBTI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nav Toor who wrote (5)	1/6/1999 8:28:00 AM
From: Manly	Respond to of 212

Comparing EBAY to BIKR is a little premature. We've been ebay sellers for almost 3 years and I can tell you the changes EBAY has gone through in the last 3 years have been drastic to say the least. Sellers would continually email EBAY suggestions as to make their site more user friendly. The concept here is what perks my interest since we know the potential for agriculture in our area since we live in rural Ohio. I remember when EBAY first started and that also perked my interest. I remember seeing EBAY stock for $30 per share when it came back down after it's IPO. I had a buy order for 3000 shares at $26 which never filled. Being a top seller on ebay I never dreamed it would go as high as it has. I like MBTI even better because of all the farms getting online every day to manage their farms. This one will be interesting to watch - but at it's current price - a little fun may be had this year on this one!!! Glenn

To: Nav Toor who wrote (5)	1/6/1999 12:55:00 PM
From: Sam Nagarajan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 212

The web page is a bit crude, but they are still working on it. When they make the (big?) announcement next week, it may have gotten better.

To: Nav Toor who wrote (5)	1/6/1999 10:43:00 PM
From: Mathew MacIver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 212

Not just spice. And the development organization that needs to work to this concept is more expensive and complicated than they realize right now. Perhaps even more than the average concept, since there are high dollar items and a broker network involved. Also, they want to enter the business -- web hosting -- in which the sites they've published show limited expertise (see my prior message). The deal with horsenet.com might begin to solve this, and that's the most important part of the acquisition, not the 2.2 million more eyeballs per day. I'm holding, but waiting for the deal that brings in the expertise. (Unless, of course, I sense when the "netter crowd decides to turn its money-spewing firehose on us", as one of our colleagues so aptly expressed it in another thread. And make the tulip crowd look like value investors.) :~)