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To: melinda abplanalp who wrote (2091)	1/19/1999 10:22:00 PM
From: Rande Is	Respond to of 57584

Exactly. Free shipping is way cool. Who wants to pay 5 bucks shipping on a 25 dollar item? Also think that the new PR firm will make a big deal of many things. I am expecting seperate news releases for Yahoo deal, MSFT deal, E-Trade deal and Amazon deal. Also expecting seperate releases when each foreign country gets a site in their native tongue. Fragrances were the biggest selling Christmas gift in 98. . . Yeah, there are definitely products and services that lend themselves well to e-commerce. And there are those that do not. Personally, I would want to scan a book I was interested in buying [wanna make sure it has plenty of pictures]. Likewise, there are only a few apparel brands that I would purchase without touching. . . Eddie Bauer being one of them. Victoria Secret another. The majority I would not...no more than I would buy shoes over the net. Electronics lend themselves well as do auto parts, hardware and vitamins. Gifts and appliances are ok. . . .Suits and ties and dresses? I would not. There will soon be a day of reckoning, with regards to e-commerce companies and projected revenues. For now, it is probably safer to avoid retail and focus on the pure internet plays. Internet communications companies were hot today. . .there are plenty of 2nd tiers that should follow suit if trend continues. What a month. Rande Is