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To: Crazy Canuck who wrote (16388)	4/4/1999 10:47:00 PM
From: SirVinny	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37507

Dagan, I don't know where you get your information, EBAY's NET profit is approximately 5% of its Revenues . Its revenue for last year was $47 million. EBAY has approximately 121,000,000 shares outstanding. The EPS are $0.02 . SirVinny

To: Crazy Canuck who wrote (16388)	4/4/1999 11:33:00 PM
From: GuinnessGuy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37507

"Please provide some backup information to support the accuracy of this statement. " This surprised me. These numbers work out to a gross profit margin in the mid-eighty percentile for EBAY. Three Months Ended ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mar. 31, June 30, Sep. 30, Dec. 31, Mar. 31, June 30, Sep. 30, Dec. 31, 1997 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 1998 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (in thousands, except percentages; unaudited) <S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> Net revenues............ $ 604 $ 1,054 $ 1,459 $ 2,627 $ 5,981 $ 8,941 $ 12,935 $ 19,495 Cost of net revenues.... 33 127 253 333 630 1,106 2,103 3,020 ------ ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Gross profit........... 571 927 1,206 2,294 5,351 7,835 10,832 16,475 And this for the last three years ... Year Ended December 31, ------------------------- 1996 1997 1998 ------- ------- ------- <S> <C> <C> <C> Net revenues......................................... 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Cost of net revenues................................. 3.8 13.0 14.5 ------- ------- ------- Gross profit....................................... 96.2 87.0 85.5 sec.gov