Scott Devitt Quotations

I would expect this sell-off to continue tomorrow. It will be an interesting day in the Internet sector tomorrow. I can guarantee you that.

I don't think it will drive that much traffic. Why would a consumer go to Amazon to sign up with Fidelity? It sounds interesting but why? What's the value proposition?

We found Amazon results to be mixed and we believe the shares could be weak through the spring/summer months.

We are looking for an appropriate entry point and a more realistic set of expectations from investors. We would be aggressive buyers ... in the lower $US300s.

We would be opportunistic at current levels and would become aggressive buyers around $30 per share, all else being equal.

Consumers start out with books and as they become more comfortable buying on the Internet, they climb the average selling price ladder. Before you know it, they?re buying expensive jewelry on the Internet.

These businesses are not meant to be managed on a quarterly basis but people take quarterly results and extrapolate them to come up with a long-term value for the stocks. You have to look at them with time horizons of two or three years, not two or three months.

The stock had gotten a little ahead of itself.

The search engines have been working on book-copying strategies themselves. This is Amazon showing people it too has a pretty compelling database of book text.

This new contract for five years is a positive indication that the GDS business, while mature, is taking positive steps to ensure its longevity. We view the deal positively and believe that other carriers may follow suit.

Amazon is really getting hit from both sides. The business environment, especially in the United States, is very, very competitive.

Right now we're seeing the costs. We don't know what the new products will be.

In our opinion, it's not time to become a holder yet, but certainly the shares are more attractive in the mid-$US300s than the mid-$US400's.

That's exactly what's going on, ... You've had three years of tremendous post-bubble growth. Now the companies have to reinvest.

That's exactly what's going on. You've had three years of tremendous post-bubble growth. Now the companies have to reinvest.

The international business is really the growth story for eBay, especially as the U.S. market matures. However, there was a significant material decline in revenues overseas in the fourth quarter.

Their growth rate internationally is still above 50 percent,

The macro environment is affecting technology. You've gone from where people were overly optimistic about tech to where people are looking for change.

It's tough to make an investment decision in front of litigation.

The numbers, honestly, are at times unfathomable for us.

eBay is a company that understands network effects better than any other, ... Its core business, as well as (online payment system) Pay Pal, have been created and have succeeded by this network effect ? as more users come in, the marketplace grows in value.

Ebay is really fighting for China but there are two entrenched players there already. So eBay had to invest more in China to compete more aggressively for market share.

Ebay put out good numbers. Wall Street had already priced in a possible miss or even lower guidance going forward but that did not happen. Ebay in fact moderately raised expectations. So that's a good thing.

They're betting on a change in the technology within voice communications,