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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (57648)	5/20/1999 11:11:00 PM
From: Sarmad Y. Hermiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>> If anybody here can make a case to me as to why Amazon is a better short than priceline (who is bleeding $$ bigtime just like amazon) then let me know what it is. Pcln has 10 m shares in the float mostly held by friendly customers of the IPO underwriters. Perfect for a short squeeze. Same with ebay. Your comments re cmgi are intriguing. I did short lcos yesterday at 120, and it worked out ok. (obviously. the stock is down 10 points). But cmgi seemed too muddy to figure out. But maybe not. Let's see tomorrow.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (57648)	5/21/1999 1:10:00 AM
From: Gary Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>If anybody here can make a case to me as to why Amazon is a better short than priceline No can do....as long as emotions move investors to illogic a short seller will get murdered in this market. Problem is that when the ship goes down it's going to be so bad. 20 million people dumping their shares at once will not be a pretty picture. It'll make '29 look like a cake walk. Til then this market is Bullet proof.... Good luck....

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (57648)	5/21/1999 2:34:00 AM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Everyone thinks a big brokerage could _never_ actually manipulate a stock or commodity price.. i mean, if they did that, it would undermine the whole idea of a fair and stable market. cnnfn.com (note: i've always said the internut mania would end with people in handcuffs)

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (57648)	5/21/1999 3:57:00 AM
From: KeepItSimple	Respond to of 164684

"Why Amazon.com is selling investors down the river" <<I'm not sure Mike Milken, circa 1989, would have had the chutzpah to advise this kind of company to issue so much debt. >> iionline.com btw William, the game is just about over. We can all feel it. Bezos can feel it too, which is why they've got the 'nads to file for 2 billion more, immediately after the previous offering.