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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Bid.com International (BIDS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: F. Evans who wrote (21208)	4/15/1999 9:50:00 PM
From: Dave Kiernan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37507

From WSJ...smartmoney.com 04/14/99 Bid.com, an online auctioneer that we wrote about in our eBay wannabes screen last month, is up more than 350% since the beginning of March. The stock's unbelievable ascent has been fueled by hopes of an imminent listing on Nasdaq in the U.S. Bid.com applied for a Nasdaq listing in February. Because of the runup, this stock is obviously not as attractive as it once was, but keep in mind that you could have said the same thing this time last year about Amazon.com (AMZN) or America Online (AOL). So the stock could still be worth a look, especially if it does get approval to trade on Nasdaq. smartmoney.com

To: F. Evans who wrote (21208)	4/15/1999 10:04:00 PM
From: Steelguy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37507

>>4/7/99 Amendment The Company has applied for its Common Shares to be quoted for trading on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the symbol BIDS. 4/15/99 Amendment Following the effective date of this Registration Statement, the Company's Common Shares will be quoted on The Nasdaq National Market under the symbol BIDS.<< FE and all, Two things that I think are important to mention here tonight. 1) if you read both statements above.....we see the first amendment stating " the company has APPLIED for its common shares TO BE QUOTED for trading........." the second amendment states: " the company's common shares WILL BE QUOTED ON THE NATIONAL MARKET UNDER THE SYMBOL BIDS " notice....before..." has applied....to be quoted and NOW it is WILL be quoted. Nasdaq is a done deal and the National Board has been secured. I can read this NO other way and I would like anyone to try to show how this means anything different. 2) Secondly.......I trade through two discount brokers....one is Investorline for my active trading account and Royal Bank Action Direct for my self-directed RRSP..... On Royal Action Direct....I have always been able to get quotes on Nasdaq Bulletin Board stocks........however.....you can not get them through INvestorline through the phone system... the only quotes you can get are the National Board stocks.......this I know for certain as I own a few BB stocks in my RRSP and MUST call Action Direct to get quotes. Today...I decided to call on the INvestorline automated system to see if I would get any quote for BIDS.....I did this because I knew that if the stock was still a BB company's stock I would not get a quote and also....IF I did get a quote of nobid/noask for BIDS...I would know that Bii would most certainly NOT be going onto the Bulletin Board which I feel would have been a disappointment. Sure enough, when I punched it in..I got BIDS.....last price $62.00 I think......might have been $60.00 I am not sure.....as well, I think it said 200 shares......... then it said NO BID.../ NO ASK......... this tells me that this symbol is now registered and ready to go.......we must assume it will be for Bid.com............. I think we are at the end of a wait that has brought many wonderful things with it aside from the money......it has been a great education of human nature and the wonderful craps table we call " the stock market "......and yet when I say we are at the end.....I also mean we are at a beginning. enjoy. sg