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To: Earlie who wrote (50030)	3/5/1999 8:35:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Earlie, What's wrong with you? Scared to take a bullet for the home team? <g> Given the credit report and consumer debt up 14% in January, I think we know that the public is willing to trade its birthright for a bowl of stock porridge. Kind of a strained analogy, but Esau it coming. <g> MB

To: Earlie who wrote (50030)	3/5/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

I already reported my secret survey last Sunday. It's true that I did not ask the guys at CompUSA, "How many of these things have you sold?" But I stood there quite a while to see if a Pentium III system moved out and I did not see one. People were buying little dabs of software and maybe a new modem, etc.

To: Earlie who wrote (50030)	3/6/1999 9:57:00 AM
From: MythMan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Earlie, Nothing else has mattered in this market, what makes you think sales will? Hasn't effected amat's valuation for example. MM

To: Earlie who wrote (50030)	3/7/1999 8:52:00 PM
From: Bob Miller	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Earlie: Today I visited a COMPUSA in my area. The parking lot was mobbed. It turned out that HP was having a special "deal" on selected products. There 7-8 HP guys on the floor. Many people were buying printers. They all seemed to think that the prices were great. The computer section was dead. I spoke with a kid who had not seen a sale today(4:00PM+/-). He said there had been a few P-3 sales last week. He knew of no trouble with them. There were lots of Compaqs and IBM's. I next visited Best Buys. They were nowhere near as crowed as COMPUSA, but they were not giving away printers. Lots of appliance buyers, lots of DVD TV action, lots of software action. The computer section was void of customers. I could not find a kid from whom to pry any info. The cashiers' lines were short. No computers seen. Purchased were microwaves and CD players during my brief, non-scientific observations. The security folks in these stores kept looking at me like I was not there on a normal mission. I must work on my disguises and attitudes. Best wishes, Bob Miller