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To: POLETO who wrote (3629)	2/3/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: Oliver & Co	Respond to of 4903

I keep on telling you, look at the short interest. It is poised for a major squeeze.

To: POLETO who wrote (3629)	2/3/1999 12:09:00 PM
From: Don Wellington Jr.	Respond to of 4903

That's accurate, because their AtCost model is a fee based at 10% of sales. The trick will be to create recognizable volume. Tech Data, who is providing the AtCost merchandise does need the volume based on their reporting today, but at the prices offered a good shopper can beat them. It also appears that tech Data's customers, ReSellers and retailers are not too happy with the direct offers on OnSale. This means a reseller cannot make a profit, if their client/customer can just buy from AtCost with no reseller margin involved. This may be good for OnSale, but bad for tech Data. Time will tell.