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To: Smart Investor who wrote (3016)	4/29/1999 1:49:00 PM
From: Ricky Rydell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

That's what they said when the PE was 10,000+. Of course, you could wait around until it gets to a reasonable 200 or so, but don't expect the price to drop at any time up to and including that day. You'll just have to wait until the earnings catch up with the stock price, which should happen in a year or two.

To: Smart Investor who wrote (3016)	4/29/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: Ricky Rydell	Respond to of 7772

My personal opinion is that ebay is a much better long term buy than amzn. AMZN as a service itself (not as a stock), never made me or anyone else any considerable money for their home and business over the past three years. Hmmm... Ever thought of it that way?

To: Smart Investor who wrote (3016)	4/29/1999 2:58:00 PM
From: Doug Fowler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7772

>>Why should eBAy be traded at a higher P/E (3-4 times) that of AOL or YHOO?< Because eBay is growing MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more quickly than those companies. And because eBay has a MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH higher gross profit than those companies. As far as AOL starting their own auction site: eBay and AOL recently signed a 4 year deal to feature eBay as the auction site on AOL. Everybody and their brother is trying to start an auction site. But NOBODY, NOBODY, NOBODY has made a dent in eBay's success. Yahoo has failed miserably at online auctions. Yahoo auctions are an absolute joke. Amazon, which is pushing their auctions like crazy to its 8 million members has about 3 percent as many auctions going on as eBay. NOBODY is going to beat eBay in online auctions, and that includes AOL, Yahoo, Amazon and Microsoft. NOBODY. The only way someone else will become the leader is if they buy eBay.