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To: JF2155 who wrote (3379)	6/3/1999 12:44:00 PM
From: Mr. Tomatohead	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7772

161 looked good enough to me. Got in with 200 shares. I haven't held ebay for a few months. Would like to hold it, but with summer jitters might sell into good rally. By the end of the summer it will be back as one of my core holdings for sure though.

To: JF2155 who wrote (3379)	6/3/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: mrknowitall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

JF - I'm wondering about where we can find out how many of these "jumbo" auction items actually close and generate revenue for ebay. Something tells me that if I want to buy an airplane, motor yacht or even something like a classic car, that I wouldn't do it through ebay. Almost all these transactions go through brokers - which is, I'm confident, who the seller actually is. Something interesting in that ad - at the very end, notice that the yacht is subject to prior sale or that it can be terminated for any time or any reason. Neat escape clause. I suspect that this yacht will eventually sell - but not to one of the bidders on ebay. In this case, I think we're seeing ebay as a relatively low cost mass-advertising medium. Any data on the big stuff? Mr. K.