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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (43924)	3/4/1999 6:00:00 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

>> And how does it get from the market to the home? Osmosis? You definitely have a point there. But when you go to the store you get a number of items in that trip. Your cost is spread. Besides, your car is used for commuting to work and for the kids. The UPS truck is only to deliver your 1 pkg. If the amzn model had a chance of working, they can just sell at same price as physical stores, and charge for delivery. Will people buy from them ? or would they rather drive to the store and pick up their item at supposedly great inconvenience. If your answer is yes sure why not. Then why do they have to give steep discounts to get customers ? And if the amzn model is so great, why is it that a convenience store can make profit on $200k per quarter, and amzn can't at $200 Million per quarter ?

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (43924)	3/4/1999 7:00:00 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

William -- what power do you think might be found in a short covering rally in the am? There must be a lot of pretty big shorts in both stocks and bonds. Forgive me my brothers, but I would like to see a 'run for your life' short covering rally in both markets.