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To: GoNorth who wrote (11469)	3/12/1999 11:13:00 PM
From: Jerry B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37507

This is really getting old...... Did god touch you and say "do krisses work!!!" I really am begining to wonder if im wrong.... i will say this again... IF YOU DONT LIKE THE COMPANY GET THE HELL OUT OF IT MORON!!!!!!!! Nobody likes a whiner, and you my friend remind me of the biggest one i know. (today) so it goes like this... Sell it all. Buy more. cover your short. pick one!!!! J>

To: GoNorth who wrote (11469)	3/12/1999 11:39:00 PM
From: Denise D	Respond to of 37507

Unfortunately GoNorth, I have never ever been in the retail business, so I can't help you on that one. But I have to guess that one that carries no inventory, warehousing, shipping (other than the sports cards - does Bid.Com do the shipping?), etc. might be able to deal with less margins than one that does. Btw, I have no visions of grandeur for Bid.Com, personally I'd be really happy if it hit the all-time high again and I was lucky enough to realize that's as far as it was going to go (if that was indeed the case) and sell it. Nice of you to be be so presumptuous, though, I was just inviting conversation. Denise. EDIT: Why don't you be a little enterprising and try to find out the information yourself?

To: GoNorth who wrote (11469)	3/13/1999 8:45:00 AM
From: Colin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 37507

GoNorth.. Do you know what the margin was in there first year of operation? This would be a useful comparison. It is my understanding that young companies undergo something called economies of scale. The way I understand it is that, you can't go out and start your own business and be competitive immediately because start up cost will cut into your margins. As your business becomes refined and the need for capital investment is reduced, margins grow. As business grows, sales grow. As sales grow, user cost is reduced and marginal return is increased. Margins are further increased. Colin