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Microcap & Penny Stocks : HouseHoldDirect.com (BYIT)-The Next SAMS/Walmart Ecommerce -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Andrew H who wrote (1850)	3/28/1999 8:47:00 PM
From: Jeffrey L. Henken	Respond to of 2994

The InvestRight Conference in Vegas went wonderfully well. Here is a very brief recap of all the presentations including RDIM's: Golfer's Paradise First off we had Mike Nichols CEO of Golfer's Paradise. Golfer's Paradise is just about done with their fund raising efforts for a private placement. Golfer's Paradise hopes to become the premiere site selling a full range of golf products through e commerce. Award winning Exceed Communications is designing the e commerce site. Exceed is well known for their innovative programming but it's their ability to attract business to their sites that makes Exceed standout. Exceed Communications is responsible for designing one of the few profitable e commerce sites on the web, PC Flowers: exceedcommerce.com Mike Nichols is well known throughout the golf industry as Cowboy Mike. He already successfully markets an extensive line of golf related products and accessories through his Cowboy plastics business. Mike had to leave the meeting due to a golf show that he was attending. The e commerce site is a long way from done but it's never too early to do some due diligence so for those interested here is a glimpse at the Golfer's Paradise site: golfersparadise.com Next up was HouseHold Direct, RDIM John Folger and the entire HouseHold Direct management team really fired meeting up by bringing investors up to date. HouseHold Direct, formerly RDI Marketing (RDIM), is currently consolidating the private wholesale buying club industry. HouseHold Direct.com e commerce solutions and Thunderstick Software will create a direct connection between thousands of manufacturers and millions of consumers. It will also allow members to comparison shop among multiple manufacturers and suppliers and provide live links for updated and current catalogue information. RDIM - OTC BB, has recently traded near .60. This would appear to be an incredible bargain for a investors as this company is moving rapidly toward it's stated goals. HouseHold Direct is currently acquiring profitable private wholesale buying clubs. The total membership of Household Direct is expected to reach 350,000 during the second quarter of 1999. In addition, the currently targeted acquisitions by HouseHold Direct also possess data records of over 1 million consumers who have received membership solicitations, and who are candidates for the remarketing efforts of Household Direct.com. Although currently in the demo mode only information on HouseHold Direct can be found at householddirect.com The backend of an e commerce site is where all the real work takes place. Alfred Werner is making tremendous progress where it really counts. RDIM investors need to realize that the company is focusing it's efforts on it's business plan, even with the e commerce site. It would be very easy for the company to put up graphically beautiful site. What RDIM needs however is a truly deep and absolutely effective e commerce site. It's my understanding that the site is due to be finished in earliest form sometime in the second quarter. I spoke with the entire management team of HouseHold Direct at length and came away feeling even better than I ever about the future for RDIM. RDIM is implementing their business plan well ahead of my own expectations. I know many of us have been disappointed that the stock price has yet to respond to the good news. Perhaps it's time to share the RDIM story with a few of our friends. - Then we heard from 1st Net Technologies, FNTT (OTC BB, recent price 5 29/32). FNTT is an Internet commerce and services business, offering goods and services to Internet customers. The Company's specialty is creating websites for publicly traded companies to disseminate information to shareholders, brokers and other members of the investment community 1st Net is an Internet products company specializing in enabling core technologies. These breakthrough technologies support a new paradigm pioneered by 1st Net called ''Content Based Routing'' to control and monitor information, telephony and video services on a single platform. 1st Net also delivers innovative services for publicly traded companies, and high net worth investors. Services for publicly traded companies include Corporate Due diligence Web Sites, Custom Database Systems Management, Online I/R Road Shows and E-Marketing. Services for high net worth investors include: Online Financial information. Resources including Newsletters and Investment Opportunity profiling. News releases and other information on 1st Net Technologies Inc. can be accessed on the Internet at 1stnettech.com I believe there is some potential that FNTT and RDIM might be working together in the future. I base this on the fact John Folger was interviewed on a live radio broadcast on Friday in San Diego that lasted around one hour. FNTT has an extensive array of technologies but the company really shines when helping other companies to gain investor exposure. - Forward Technologies - The fourth presenting company was represented by Steve Nadroski, CEO of Forward Technologies and other members of his management team. Steve has extensive knowledge and experience in the field of IT consulting services. Forward Technologies is showing tremendous revenue growth to date and is ready to take their business to the next level by going public. Forward Technologies specializes in database and applications solutions featuring Oracle and Microsoft products. The company is an authorized reseller for Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and Compaq/Digital. Forward maintains a staff of full time consultants who are experienced in improving business with technology. The company also recruits and provides IT employees to clients. Forward Technologies was looking to find private placement investment funding and I believe they will have great success. - The Final Presentation was a Deep Sea Oil and Gas Drilling Opportunity - The last presentation was made by Bryon M Wixom President of International Petroleum and Exploration Corporation. Bryon and Dan Frantzen of Tolar Oil Corporation shared their insight on an exciting deep drilling venture in Louisiana, with major oil and gas reserve potential. I think these guys may have found a very real opportunity for investors at a time when the oil and gas market could be staged for a major upturn. More on RDIM later... much more.... Regards, Jeff

To: Andrew H who wrote (1850)	3/28/1999 11:13:00 PM
From: Jeffrey L. Henken	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2994

Why might HouseHold Direct - (RDIM, OTC BB .60) be considered a compelling buy at the current stock price? What is it that RDIM is doing that makes HouseHold Direct uniquely well positioned to take advantage of selling products via e commerce. Even better positioned than traditional wholesale buying clubs like BJ's: biz.yahoo.com First lets discuss what has made the Walmarts, BJs, SAMS and COSTCOs so successful. We all know that for years lots of companies succeeded quite well with well established retail sales system. Unfortunately for consumers to get anything remotely close to a good buy we had to wait for products to go on sale. Those sale items have not always been exactly what we want as consumers but often times people will buy anything just to take advantage of a bargain. We all know people who will buy anything simply because it is on sale. That being said we have had a proliferation of companies willing to sell us many products at deeply discounted prices. Never mind that these products are often overstocked or discontinued items, people buy them anyway. Traditional retail selling channels have also been seeing competition from entire television channels dedicated to selling us more items for less that we also often don't really need or want. We have all watched QVC and the Home Shopping Channel and the presentations can be spellbinding. Along with overstocked and discontinued items being sold for less these companies also specialize in the sale of collectibles and memorability. All this competition and we haven't even mentioned e commerce yet. Still it should be obvious that it has become exceedingly more difficult for traditional retail companies to gain market share because we as consumers are all excited by the opportunity to buy those things we either need, or think we need, for less without waiting. Wholesale buying clubs are selling goods for less and their memberships and profits are growing. QVC and the Home Shopping Network are also seeing growth and reaching forward to expand their horizons by taking advantage of new technologies and potential sales via the internet. Unfortunately for these companies someone has quietly been building a better business plan. I recently visited a private wholesale buying club in my hometown. I never knew it even existed before I invested in RDIM. Private wholesale buying clubs not only sell products at or near wholesale prices but they do it while selling complete product lines. Complete product lines? Not overstocks, discontinued items, collectibles and memorabilia? Yes complete product lines. The UCC Total Home club that I visited had catalogues from 750 manufacturers. I mean big name manufacturers and complete product lines at cost directly to consumers. UCC has built a membership base over the last 30 years that gives them the ability to buy these products as if they were a large retail store chain like Sears or Penny's. Those prices are passed directly onto members because they pay a membership fees instead of mark ups on their products. How much is it worth to a person to be able to buy whatever they want at cost? HouseHold Direct has already finalized the acquisition of PCS and will hopefully also conclude their discussions with Unimart soon as well. HouseHold Direct has stated that they will have 350,000 members by the second quarter of 1999. That's right 350,000 members and some serious revenue figures. biz.yahoo.com Technically RDIM has shown strong technical support at .54. Last Friday the stock closed just below .60 and I think it is a bargain. Why? Because HouseHold Direct already has relationships with a much larger number of manufacturers than even UCC Total Homes. HouseHold Direct will undersell those membership fees offered by UCC Total homes. HouseHold Direct will take advantage of e commerce to market complete product lines to members rather than just overstocks, discontinued items, collectibles and memorabilia. But what about those companies already taking advantage of e commerce? There are companies offering to give us the online mall experience. There are companies offering to sell us products online for less? This is where the real competition is at but not for RDIM. Why? Because no one can mark an item down any lower than the manufacturers cost. When HouseHold Direct's web site opens for business in the second quarter of 1999 RDIM will already have 350,000 members. RDIM will not be building a site and hoping for customers!!! Many of these members will already have internet access. Many more will use Web TV or buy computers to gain the added advantage of shopping from home. In addition shareholders will be tempted to become members and members will be tempted to become shareholders. Do I think RDIM is ridiculously cheap at .60? You bet I do. Regards, Jeff