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I have no truck with AOL either, but I predicted their demise many years ago
when I was a long time CompuServe member and AOL was a startup. Those of us
who used the Cs forums heavily and had automated navigators to collect
messages and track threads joked constantly about the lousy software,
constant advertising messages, and bombardment of free floppies. Not only
did AOL survive but they ended up buying out a crippled Cs (of course stupid
Cs management had a lot to do with that). Turns out AOL has always known
that it is in the business of marketing eyeballs, not communications
service. They'll never market my eyeballs (nor will they get my investment
$), but that does not mean that they won't be around for some time to come.
Earl
----- Original Message -----
From: Gwenael Gautier <ggautier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 1:28 AM
Subject: AW: Aol - Going Down?
> Frankly, I don't see a compelling reason why AOL should exist at all...
From
> what i see and hear, it has lousy service, lousy customer support, lousy
> billing practices. It is nothing more than an ISP with Portal which anyone
can
> find anywhere for at least half the price.
>
> It is only strong in making people believe they couldn't do without it. If
that
> is all they have as an asset, I don't see why they should still be around
in 10
> years, and in particular don't see why I should pay it several times the
price
> of a Bristrol Myers or Merck or GE that at least create value, not
fantasies.
>
> MHO, I pass up on that hot potato...
>
> Gwenn
>
>
>
> | -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> | Von: Kohath [SMTP:kohath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> | Gesendet am: Friday, September 17, 1999 2:27 AM
> | An: R.E.Turner; realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Betreff: Re: Aol - Going Down?
> |
> | No one knows if AOL is going to go back up, or go on down, but, one
thing is
> | for sure, the stock is WAY over priced, even now, after a 50%
correction,
> | competition is heating up, what with more and more ISP's around, and,
the
> | fact is, AOL is probably one of the worst ISP's one can be on (no
offense to
> | u people using it). I tried it once, and could not believe how
rediculusly
> | slow everything was while using it. As more and more people wake up to
the
> | fact that AOL is not the only ISP around, it will probably slip farther
and
> | farther down. Kind of like what happened to IRIDIUM. Way overpriced
for
> | the service it was providing. Especially if more ISP's start GIVING
away
> | their service! I would submit a reasonable price for the stock should
be
> | about $15 or so, maybe a little less.
> | Matt
> |
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: R.E.Turner <r_e_turner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> | To: Kohath <kohath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 2:42 PM
> | Subject: Re: Aol - Going Down?
> |
> |
> | > There could be a retest of the July low for AOL. One black weekly
> | > candlestick doesn't really seem to mean much except another buying
> | > opportunity. Though your money might be tied up until November. If
it
> | was
> | > the third "crow" in the three black crows pattern then AOL might be a
good
> | > short, but too risky at this point. So it seems every point or so
down,
> | > more weak hands are being bought out and eventually the stock will
have no
> | > place to go but up.
> | >
> | > Russ
>
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