We will be here long after many competitors are gone.

"The dot-com death toll more than doubled this year, with at least 537 Internet companies either going out of business or seeking refuge in bankruptcy court...." - Associated Press article, Dec. 28, 2001

You've seen it in the news many times!!! Many Internet companies have filed bankruptcy and/or come and gone: Art.com Babygift.com CDWorld.com Dash.com EggHead.com Foodscape.com GoShip.com HardwareStreet.com ImprovementOnline.com JumpMusic.com Koz.com LoansBid.com MarketTimeDirect.com Next50.com Owners.com Party411.com QueRico.com Rx.com Shades.com Utilimax.com Valuewine.com WebRx.com Xigo.com Zydeco.com

"Oh the pain. About 500 Web companies closed in 2001..." - BusinessWeek Magazine, Dec. 17, 2001 "...140 dot-coms went to Internet heaven in the past year...... more than 31,000 dot-coms jobs were lost last year...." - Business 2.0 Magazine, Feb. 6, 2001