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To: Doug Fowler who wrote (2416)	3/30/1999 3:16:00 PM
From: JF2155	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

Doug--lots of items from other online selling sites is how it got so many upfront items. But I see lots of bids too. I thought i would see AMZN promote the swing of adds from Yahoo and EBAY for free today. AMZN may find a way to upload these other adds on to there site . That would be something? JIM

To: Doug Fowler who wrote (2416)	3/30/1999 9:16:00 PM
From: M31	Respond to of 7772

Why isn't ebay up today? No other entity on the planet can now or ever will be able to compete against its superior business model! Ebay would be cheap with only one tenth of its current earnings at even ten times its current price! Rare buying opportunity! Take out a second mortgage now and buy, buy, buy!

To: Doug Fowler who wrote (2416)	3/31/1999 7:54:00 PM
From: fedhead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

It doesn't have to be an either or scenario. Why can't they both thrive ? Would you rate Amazon's offering better than Yahoo's online auction offering ? Thanks Anindo

To: Doug Fowler who wrote (2416)	3/31/1999 10:27:00 PM
From: Manly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

Wanted to give everyone our impressions of Amazons new auction site. We own neither EBAY or AMZN - my wife is a long time ebay seller (2+ years now! user name=magrum@bright.net). Should have loaded up the truck with EBAY back at the launch. Anyways, we've been checking the AMZN site and it is quite impressive - loads extremely well and will be listing some items there this weekend. Will watch to see if it has any slow ups like ebay is typically having. This site impressed us more than YHOO's site did and the charges are the exact charges from ebay. We like ebay because of "habit", ebay is heard everywhere now - but AMZN may be a bit different than YHOO, set up nicely and it was surprising to actually see a number of bids on a bunch of items! We'll try it out to see how it goes. Also when we logged on, AMZN welcomes you by name and the registration process was a breeze, also you only have to log in once. Good luck to the ebay holders, we would like to get into ebay but insider selling, etc. is keeping us on the sidelines for now. Own AOL though and the alliance should be good for ebay. Take Care, Glenn