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To: Stewart Elliot who wrote (3080)	4/30/1999 1:56:00 AM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

>>At some point, the ever increasing number of auctions is less valuable to the customer: each additional listing has diminishing returns Quite the opposite. The site benefits from the principle of nework effects. The more users there are, the more attractive the exchange becomes. Just like the telephone. The first phone was worthless, the second had value because there was someone to call, the third still more valuable, etc. >>there's no way to sort through the pile to find what you're looking for Have you tried the search feature?

To: Stewart Elliot who wrote (3080)	4/30/1999 7:23:00 AM
From: investz	Respond to of 7772

Real Networks, and AMZN to opposite days, easy to predict when to buy these stock. When they have a bad day 20- buy. geocities.com

To: Stewart Elliot who wrote (3080)	4/30/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: Doug Fowler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7772

I'm not sure why you think the Butterfield acquisition will have a significant negative impact on margins. Perhaps you can elaborate. As far there being "no free lunch in a competitive market": Microsoft's margins and profits have improved during the past several years, and they have been around for 20+ years now. Now, one might argue whether Microsoft is actually in a competitive market. Sure, we can choose Apple or Sun or a number of others, but we generally choose Microsoft because "that's what everyone else is doing, so we are more compatible". I believe a similar scenario is beginning to exist for eBay in online auctions. There are dozens (if not hundreds) of other auction sites, but the traffic of sellers and buyers is on eBay. I have been trying Amazon for 4 weeks now, and I have tried Yahoo several times, and my software sells quite well on eBay, has never sold on Yahoo, and sells less than 1/3 as much on Amazon (for the exact same auction, with the exact same fees). Sure, given enough time, I suppose that could change.