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My wife doesn't even know where the on switch is for the computer. Brick and
mortar are her forte.
Earl Adamy wrote:
> My wife, who abhors computers, took to shopping on the internet 4-5 years
> ago like a duck takes to water! Not to say that she doesn't like to spend
> some time in brick and mortar but she can cover a far larger number of sales
> online than trudging through brick and mortar. I'm pretty well shopped out
> on computer stuff but she's still going strong!
>
> Aside from the retailers, I would also note that a very large number of
> auctions on ebay are conducted and patronized by women.
>
> Earl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bobskc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 7:06 AM
> Subject: RE: [RT] YHOO
>
> >
> > Women are slowly accepting the idea of on line buying. Slowly deciding
> > that if a brick mortar business that they know, has an on line site, some
> > things could be purchased there. As these barriers come down and women
> > gradually gain confidence in using a credit card on line and buying things
> > they can't touch on line, e-commerce will become what the bubble thought
> it
> > would but a large percentage of the high flyers who were expected to be
> the
> > flag ships of this revallution in buying habits will be long gone and the
> > Sears and Pennys and Walmarts, etc., etc., will be right there on the web
> > and one reason why .. maybe the most important reason why? Because mom
> > can buy it on line but take it back to the neighborhood store if she wants
> > to exchange it.
> >
> > Having said that, the best "internet stock" as I see it is EBAY but I
> won't
> > pay 160 X earnings and even their growth is beginning to slow. Others are
> > PayPal, VRSN and Travelocity but again, these stocks are not cheap in
> terms
> > of PE .. they just have niches that have taken root into cyber space. I'm
> > sure there are others and I wish you well in finding them but for what
> > it's worth, I'd look elsewhere and if you just want an internet company,
> > buy WMT. :))
> >
> > All best,
> >
> > Bob
>
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