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Non-Tech : Tulipomania Blowoff Contest: Why and When will it end? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Pueblo who wrote (955)2/9/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3543
 
TLC, This should help you answer those tough questions:

My Prediction
Message 6921559
Internet Auction Fraud
Subject 25710

I think that internet auction fraud is close enough to credit card fraud to declare victory as soon as that 40% is reached.



To: Don Pueblo who wrote (955)2/10/1999 9:52:00 AM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger  Respond to of 3543
 
The contest continues to gather imfamy. Forbes ASAP weighs in:"A New Way to Short Last December, an anonymous New York fund manager, using the alias
"Auric Goldfinger," posted an online contest in the newsgroup Silicon Investor. He offered a $5,000 reward to anyone who predicts when and why the Internet superstars, such as Yahoo, will fall. No doubt, short sellers everywhere were busy at their keyboards."


forbes.com


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