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To: getgo234 who wrote (46378)	3/18/1999 8:26:00 PM
From: Mark Fowler	Respond to of 164685

My interpretation of this event is that once an account with Amazon is opened it remains open forever and will never be closed. If I am correct that an account cannot be closed I strongly suspect that Amazon is misleading at best when they quote the number of accounts existing at any point in time. We will never see a period of time when the number of accounts have declined. Comments please. << Yes they got your "MO" for life...

To: getgo234 who wrote (46378)	3/19/1999 12:06:00 AM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164685

>> My interpretation of this event is that once an account with Amazon is opened it remains open forever and will never be closed.<< Getgo, if you think that's bad. Try leaving Aol. Not the stock. Just the ISP. Do you know I'm still there. It takes an act of God. Trust me. I still own Aol stock. Why? It's like Michelle being locked in Nordstrom and, they won't let her out.

To: getgo234 who wrote (46378)	3/19/1999 8:41:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164685

I called Amazon service today to close my account. I was told that the account could not be closed. When I insisted that I wanted the account closed I was told that my credit card number could be disabled but the account could not be closed. My interpretation of this event is that once an account with Amazon is opened it remains open forever and will never be closed. If I am correct that an account cannot be closed I strongly suspect that Amazon is misleading at best when they quote the number of accounts existing at any point in time. We will never see a period of time when the number of accounts have declined. Comments please. I have been saying this right along and the analysts keep touting the number of accounts. Glenn