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Technology Stocks : WAVX Anyone? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cm who wrote (6468)	4/18/1999 10:21:00 PM
From: Brian K Crawford	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 11417

A few questions for the regulars: 1. Is a wave account typically "loaded" with value for future purchases by putting a charge against a traditional credit card? 2. Will an online merchant accepting a credit from a wave account as payment, do so without incurring any processing charges or fees? 3. If there are fees to the merchant for taking a wave payment, how are they typically structured? Flat fee per transaction or percent of the charge? What I am trying to get to is a better understanding of how eager online merchants will be to push volume away from credit cards and over to wave accounts. The merchant interchange charges can run 2-5% on credit cards purchases. If merchants can shave a few points off each sale by pushing wave accounts, you can bet they will do so. Thanks for any feedback. Brian

To: cm who wrote (6468)	4/19/1999 10:29:00 AM
From: cm	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 11417

The Silence Is Deafening... I s'pose we're all just digesting the Sarnoff news. Wild-ass opinion follows: Today is wonderful CONDUIT news. Endorsed by none other than Sarnoff. CONTENT news has to--and certainly will--follow. Timing is anybody's guess. We have some significant content partners, but it's a pretty safe bet that this new, revolutionary (safe, convenient) conduit will attract even bigger names. (I'm trying to sort out the WAVO connection in this regard--'cause they've got a lot of wonderful content partners.) I think this, in part, explains some of the WAVX staffing up... and the kinds of folks they've been looking for. JMHO, c m