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SOME RESULTS FROM THE LAST THREE WEEKS !

Plays closed in January:

Stock  Option   Pick   Strike   Start  Pick Percent
Symbol Symbol   Date   Price    Price  High  Return

TXN   TXN AP  12/27/98 Jan-80    6.88   16.13  134%
TXN   TXN AQ  12/27/98 Jan-85    4.25   11.25  165%
TXN   TXN BQ  12/27/98 Feb-85    7.13   18.25  156%
TXN   TXN BR  12/27/98 Feb-90    4.25   14.00  229%
INTC  INQ AD  12/20/98 jan-120   5.88   22.00  274%
INTC  INQ AE  12/20/98 jan-125   3.63   16.88  365%
INTC  INQ AF  12/20/98 jan-130   2.19   12.00  448%
INTC  INQ DF  12/20/98 apr-130   7.50   20.88  178%
SLR   SLR AO  12/20/98 Jan-75    5.50   17.63  221%
SLR   SLR AP  12/20/98 Jan-80    3.25   13.38  312%
SLR   SLR AP  12/27/98 Jan-85    4.13   13.38  224%
SLR   SLR AQ  12/27/98 Jan-90    2.13    9.00  323%
IBM   IBM AN  12/06/98 jan-170   5.00   22.50  350%
IBM   IBM AO  12/20/98 jan-175   4.25   18.00  324%
IBM   IBM DO  12/20/98 apr-175   9.38   30.25  222%
IBM   IBM DP  12/06/98 apr-180   7.13   27.38  284%
NEON  QNO DI  12/20/98 Apr-45    7.63   22.63  197%
NEON  QNO DJ  12/20/98 Apr-50    5.88   16.00  172%
NEON  QNO GJ  12/27/98 Jul-50    8.38   22.13  164%
CSCO  CYQ AR  12/20/98 Jan-90    4.63   17.50  278%
CSCO  CYQ AS  12/20/98 Jan-95    2.60   12.38  376%
CSCO  CYQ BS  01/03/99 Feb-95    6.75   18.00  167%
CSCO  CYQ DS  12/20/98 Apr-95    7.63   21.00  175%
ASND  QQA BN  01/10/99 Feb-70    7.50   23.00  207%
ASND  QQA BO  01/10/99 Feb-75    5.38   19.00  253%
ASND  QQA CO  01/10/99 Mar-75    6.63   20.00  202%
ASND  QQA FP  01/10/99 Jun-80    7.75   20.63  166%
CMVT  CQV AL  12/06/98 Jan-60    7.00   21.00  200%
CMVT  CQV AM  12/06/98 Jan-65    4.25   14.63  244%
CMVT  CQV AN  12/20/98 Jan-70    4.50    9.38  108%
CMVT  CQV AO  12/20/98 Jan-75    2.44    5.25  115%
ATI   ATI AN  12/22/98 Jan-70    1.75   13.25  657%
ATI   ATI BN  12/22/98 Feb-70    3.63   29.13  702%
ATI   ATI BP  01/10/99 Feb-85    3.13   19.00  507%
ATI   ATI DN  12/22/98 Apr-70    5.25   29.13  455%
AOL   AOE AG  12/27/98 jan-135  12.00   29.25  144%
AOL   AOE AH  12/27/98 jan-140   9.50   25.00  163%
AOL   AOE AI  12/27/98 jan-145   7.75   20.25  161%
AOL   AOL AR  12/06/98 Jan-90    8.63   73.88  756%
AOL   AOL AS  12/06/98 Jan-95    6.38   69.13  984%
YHOO  YHU AB  12/20/98 jan-210  21.88  208.50  853%
YHOO  YHU AD  12/20/98 jan-220  17.38  203.25 1069%
YHOO  YHU AJ  12/27/98 jan-250  19.88  184.00  826%
YHOO  YHU AL  12/27/98 jan-260  15.88  173.38  992%
YHOO  YHU AN  12/27/98 jan-270  12.38  170.25 1275%
YHOO  YHU DH  12/20/98 apr-240  30.88  200.50  549%
CMGI  QGC CP  11/22/98 Mar-80   15.00  121.63  711%
CMGI  QGC AS  12/20/98 Jan-95   14.00  133.00  850%
CMGI  QGC AT  12/20/98 jan-100  11.25  168.88 1401%
CMGI  QGC AA  12/20/98 jan-105   9.00  165.88 1743%
CMGI  QGC AC  12/27/98 jan-115  16.13  153.13  849%
CMGI  QGC AD  12/27/98 jan-120  13.50  152.00 1026%
CMGI  QGC AE  12/27/98 jan-125  11.25  111.88  894%
CMGI  QGC AF  12/27/98 jan-130   8.63   82.50  856%
CMGI  QGC CC  01/03/99 mar-115  16.00  156.25  877%
AMZN  QZN AT  12/06/98 jan-200  24.63  160.00  550%
AMZN  QZN AB  12/06/98 jan-210  20.38  144.00  607%
AMZN  QZN AP  12/20/98 jan-280  36.50  108.50  197%
AMZN  QZN AR  12/20/98 jan-290  31.00   98.00  216%
EGGS  EGQ AD  12/20/98 20-Jan    4.50    7.00   56%
EGGS  EGQ AX  12/20/98 jan-22.5  3.25    5.63   73%
EGGS  EGQ AE  12/20/98 25-Jan    2.38    4.25   79%
EGGS  EGQ BE  12/27/98 25-Feb    4.63    6.00   30%
INKT  QYK AH  12/27/98 jan-140  10.75   45.00  319%
INKT  QYK AI  12/27/98 jan-145   8.50   39.13  360%
INKT  QYK AH  12/27/98 feb-140  17.63   45.00  155%
INKT  QYK AI  12/27/98 feb-145  15.75   39.13  148%
BRCM  RCQ AC  12/27/98 jan-115  11.75   33.13  182%
BRCM  RCQ AD  12/27/98 jan-120   8.00   42.75  434%
BRCM  RCQ BD  12/27/98 feb-120  13.25   63.25  377%
BRCM  RCQ ED  12/27/98 mar-120  20.63   60.00  191%
MYG   MYG AJ  10/29/98 Jan-50    2.31   15.38  566%
MYG   MYG AK  11/22/98 Jan-55    2.13   10.00  369%
MYG   MYG AL  12/06/98 Jan-60    1.00    5.63  463%
SWY   SWY AJ  11/08/98 Jan-50    3.25   12.00  269%
SWY   SWY AK  11/22/98 Jan-55    2.00    7.13  257%
KSS   KSS AK  12/20/98 Jan-55    3.50    8.13  132%
KSS   KSS AL  12/20/98 Jan-60    1.63    4.00  145%
KSS   KSS BL  12/27/98 Feb-60    4.13    8.50  106%
KSS   KSS DL  12/20/98 Apr-60    3.88   10.00  158%
WMT   WMT AO  12/06/98 Jan-75    3.00   10.00  233%
WMT   WMT AP  12/20/98 Jan-80    1.75    5.38  207%
WMT   WMT CO  12/06/98 Mar-75    5.63   12.50  122%
WMT   WMT CP  12/06/98 Mar-80    3.25    9.00  177%
HD    HD AJ   12/06/98 Jan-50    3.25   12.00  269%
HD    HD AK   12/06/98 Jan-55    1.25    7.00  460%
HD    HD AL   12/20/98 Jan-60    1.38    2.88  109%
HD    HD EK   12/06/98 May-55    3.88   10.00  158%
LOW   LOW AI  12/06/98 Jan-45    2.50   10.13  305%
LOW   LOW AT  12/06/98 Jan-47    1.50    8.00  433%
LOW   LOW AJ  12/27/98 Jan-50    1.50    5.50  267%
LOW   LOW BK  01/03/99 Feb-55    1.94    4.38  126%
TWX   TWX BL  12/22/98 Feb-60    5.13    7.88   54%
TWX   TWX CT  12/22/98 mar-62.5  4.63    6.50   40%
TWX   TWX BM  01/03/99 Feb-65    2.19    4.13   89%
TWX   TWX CM  01/03/99 Mar-65    3.25    5.50   69%
AIG   AIG AS  12/20/98 Jan-95    6.88   11.25   64%
AIG   AIG AT  12/20/98 jan-100   3.75    7.63  103%
AIG   AIG BT  12/20/98 feb-100   6.50   10.38   60%

Open Plays:

Stock  Option   Pick   Strike   Start  Pick Percent
Symbol Symbol   Date   Price    Price  High  Return

SUNW  SUQ BR  01/03/99 Feb-90    4.75   26.75  463%
SUNW  SUQ BS  01/10/99 Feb-95    4.88   23.00  371%
SUNW  SUQ BT  01/17/99 feb-100   8.38   18.50  121%
SUNW  SUQ DR  01/03/99 Apr-90    7.88   29.50  274%
EMC   EMC BQ  01/03/99 Feb-85    7.38   24.75  235%
EMC   EMB BS  01/17/99 Feb-95   10.75   15.25   42%
EMC   EMC DQ  12/20/98 Apr-85    9.25   27.75  200%
EMC   EMC GQ  12/20/98 Jul-85   12.88   30.88  140%
MSFT  MSQ BI  01/10/99 feb-145  11.88   30.00  153%
MSFT  MSQ BJ  01/10/99 feb-150   8.88   26.00  193%
MSFT  MSQ BU  01/10/99 feb-155   6.63   21.25  221%
MSFT  MSQ BX  01/24/99 feb-160   5.38   16.88  214%
CSCO  CYQ BS  01/03/99 Feb-95    6.75   18.00  167%
CSCO  CYQ BT  12/27/98 feb-100   5.63   14.50  158%
CSCO  CYQ DT  01/03/99 apr-100   7.63   18.50  142%
CSCO  CYQ DA  12/27/98 apr-105   6.75   15.50  130%
WCOM  LDQ BP  01/10/99 Feb-80    2.75    4.25   55%
WCOM  LDQ CM  12/06/98 Mar-65    3.88   16.38  322%
WCOM  LDQ CN  12/20/98 Mar-70    4.63   12.00  159%
WCOM  LDQ CO  12/20/98 Mar-75    2.75    8.63  214%
T     T BP    01/10/99 Feb-80    7.75   16.13  108%
T     T BQ    01/10/99 Feb-85    5.13   12.00  134%
T     T DN    12/20/98 Apr-70    7.75   27.25  252%
T     T DO    12/20/98 Apr-75    5.00   22.88  358%
AOL   AOE BG  01/24/99 feb-135  15.38   42.25  175%
AOL   AOE BI  01/10/99 feb-145  16.38   33.25  103%
AOL   AOE DH  01/24/99 apr-140  22.13   45.50  106%
AOL   AOE DJ  01/10/99 apr-150  22.13   40.00   81%
BRCM  RCQ BD  12/27/98 feb-120  13.25   63.25  377%
BRCM  RCQ ED  12/27/98 mar-120  20.63   60.00  191%
LXK   LXK BS  12/27/98 Feb-95    8.13   19.50  140%
LXK   LXK BT  01/03/99 feb-100   8.63   15.25   77%
LXK   LXK BA  01/10/99 feb-105   6.13   11.00   79%
LXK   LXK DA  01/10/99 apr-105  10.63   16.63   56%
MU    MU BN   01/17/99 Feb-70    7.25   11.13   54%
MU    MU BO   01/17/99 Feb-75    5.13    8.13   58%
MU    MU CN   01/24/99 Mar-70    7.50   12.88   72%
MU    MU CO   01/24/99 Mar-75    5.63   10.00   78%
NOK/A NAY BH  01/17/99 feb-140   8.88   19.00  114%
NOK/A NAY GH  01/17/99 jul-140   9.25   29.00  214%
NOK/A NKA BD  12/27/98 feb-120  11.75   34.50  194%
NOK/A NKA BZ  12/27/98 feb-125   8.75   28.88  230%
PRIA  UXQ BF  01/17/99 Feb-30    6.38    7.75   21%
PRIA  UXQ BG  01/17/99 Feb-35    3.63    5.00   38%
QCOM  QAQ BM  01/17/99 Feb-65    4.38    5.75   31%
QCOM  QAQ DN  01/17/99 Apr-70    5.13    7.25   41%
XIRC  XQR BH  01/17/99 Feb-40    3.75    6.50   73%
XIRC  XQR BI  01/24/99 Feb-45    2.25    3.38   50%
XIRC  XQR CG  01/17/99 Mar-35    7.50   11.38   52%
XIRC  XQR CH  01/17/99 Mar-40    4.88    7.75   59%
DELL  DLQ BO  01/17/99 Feb-75    8.38   26.00  210%
DELL  DLQ BP  01/17/99 Feb-80    5.63   21.63  284%
DELL  DLQ BR  01/24/99 Feb-90    2.75   13.00  373%
DELL  DLQ CR  01/24/99 Mar-90    5.50   15.75  186%
UTX   UTX BB  01/17/99 feb-110   4.75   10.50  121%
UTX   UTX BC  01/17/99 feb-115   2.63    6.88  162%
UTX   UTX EB  01/17/99 may-110   8.13   12.00   48%
UTX   UTX EC  01/17/99 may-115   6.00   11.88   98%
AMGN  AMQ BB  01/24/99 feb-110   8.00   19.75  147%
AMGN  AMQ BC  01/24/99 feb-115   5.13   15.38  200%
AMGN  AMQ CD  01/24/99 mar-120   5.38   13.75  156%
AMGN  AMQ DD  01/24/99 apr-120   7.13   15.88  123%
VIA/B VMB BP  01/24/99 Feb-80    4.75    6.13   29%
VIA/B VMB BQ  01/24/99 Feb-85    2.38    2.75   16%
DH    DH BK   01/24/99 Feb-55    6.25    9.50   52%
DH    DH BL   01/24/99 Feb-60    3.13    5.25   68%
DH    DH DL   01/24/99 Apr-60    5.25    8.00   52%
VOD   VOD BQ  01/21/99 feb-185  11.25   15.50   38%
VOD   VOD BR  01/21/99 feb-190   8.00   12.25   53%
VOD   VOD CR  01/21/99 mar-190  11.63   15.75   35%
VOD   VOD DR  01/21/99 apr-190  14.25   19.25   35%
SNC   SNC BG  01/24/99 Feb-35    4.38    6.00   37%
SNC   SNC CG  01/24/99 Mar-35    5.50    6.88   25%
SNC   SNC CH  01/24/99 Mar-40    3.00    4.00   33%
SNC   SNC CI  01/24/99 Mar-45    0.94    1.63   73%
ORCL  ORQ BI  01/24/99 Feb-45    6.25   11.13   78%
ORCL  ORQ BJ  01/24/99 Feb-50    3.13    6.88  120%
ORCL  ORQ BK  01/24/99 Feb-55    1.19    3.50  194%
ORCL  ORQ CK  01/24/99 Mar-55    2.88    5.50   91%
XLNX  XLQ BO  01/24/99 Feb-75    7.88   11.38   44%
XLNX  XLQ BP  01/24/99 Feb-80    5.38    8.25   53%
XLNX  XLQ CQ  01/24/99 Mar-85    5.38    8.00   49%
ANF   ANF BN  01/26/99 Feb-70    6.75    8.38   24%
ANF   ANF BO  01/26/99 Feb-75    3.63    5.00   38%
ANF   ANF CN  01/26/99 Mar-70    8.50   10.00   18%
SEPR  ERQ BT  01/26/99 feb-100   8.50   18.50  118%
SEPR  ERQ BA  01/26/99 feb-105   5.25   13.00  148%
SEPR  ERQ DT  01/26/99 apr-100  13.63   21.00   54%
WMT   WMT BP  01/26/99 Feb-80    5.63    7.25   29%
WMT   WMT BQ  01/26/99 Feb-85    2.81    3.75   33%
CLX   CLX BD  01/28/99 feb-120   4.88    7.50   54%
CLX   CLX BE  01/28/99 feb-125   2.38    4.13   74%
CLX   CLX DE  01/28/99 apr-125   6.25    8.38   34%

Puts

HSY   HSY MM  12/20/98 Jan-65    3.87    6.13   58%
HSY   HSY NL  12/20/98 Feb-60    2.00    3.88   94%
PIXR  PQJ MJ  12/20/98 Jan-35    3.75   16.13  330%
RI    RI PD   01/03/99 20-Apr    0.94    1.94  106%
BMCS  BCQ NI  01/03/99 Feb-45    4.50    9.75  117%
BMCS  BCQ NH  01/03/99 Feb-40    2.38    6.00  152%
BMCS  BCQ NG  01/10/99 Feb-35    2.63    3.13   19%
LLY   LLY NQ  01/03/99 Feb-85    2.88    9.75  239%
LLY   LLY NP  01/03/99 Feb-80    1.25    6.00  380%
MRK   MRK NI  01/03/99 feb-145   4.63   11.00  138%
MRK   MRK NH  01/03/99 feb-140   3.50    7.63  118%
AVT   AVT NI  01/10/99 Feb-45    2.50    3.75   50%
AVT   AVT NH  01/10/99 Feb-40    0.75    1.50  100%
ERTS  EZQ NJ  01/10/99 Feb-50    5.63    7.25   29%
ERTS  EZQ NI  01/10/99 Feb-45    2.50    4.00   60%
WLA   WLA NO  01/10/99 Feb-75    4.50   10.75  139%
WLA   WLA NN  01/10/99 Feb-70    2.13    6.50  205%
BDX   BDX NI  01/10/99 Feb-45    4.75   13.00  174%
BDX   BDX NH  01/10/99 Feb-40    1.83    7.00  283%
BDX   BDX NG  01/17/99 Feb-35    0.69    3.63  426%
BAC   BAC NO  01/12/99 Feb-75    8.63   14.25   65%
BAC   BAC NN  01/12/99 Feb-70    4.75    9.38   97%
CBE   CBE NI  01/12/99 Feb-45    2.00    3.13   57%
CPB   CPB NJ  01/12/99 Feb-50    4.88    6.25   28%
CPB   CPB NI  01/12/99 Feb-45    2.00    2.56   28%
DD    DD NL   01/12/99 Feb-60    4.25    8.75  106%
DD    DD NK   01/12/99 Feb-55    1.75    4.38  150%
HSY   HSY NL  01/12/99 Feb-60    2.00    3.88   94%
HSY   HSY NM  01/17/99 Feb-65    4.38    6.75   54%
MRK   MRK NI  01/12/99 feb-145   5.00   11.00  120%
MRK   MRK NH  01/12/99 feb-140   3.13    7.63  144%
PKN   PKN NT  01/12/99 feb-100   8.25   10.50   27%
PKN   PKN NS  01/12/99 Feb-95    4.50    6.25   39%
XCIT  KQB NP  01/12/99 Feb-80   14.50   20.13   39%
XCIT  KQB NO  01/12/99 Feb-75   10.50   15.50   48%
EK    EK NN   01/17/99 Feb-70    3.50    7.75  121%
MCHP  QMT NG  01/17/99 Feb-35    3.25    6.13   89%
RMBS  BNQ NR  01/17/99 Feb-90   10.00   15.00   50%
RMBS  BNQ NQ  01/17/99 Feb-85    7.38   11.63   58%
PHSYB HYQ NO  01/24/99 Feb-65    2.94    4.50   53%
PG    PG NQ   01/24/99 Feb-85    3.25    4.50   38%


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I like the password this week. I made $7,000 on AOL this week alone!

Thanks, David
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I have traded about 20 calls, and YTD annual ROI about
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You and your team do an outstanding job. I also subscribe to
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Dear Jim: I just wanted to let you know you have done a great
job for me.  I have made $10,000 profit in just one week!!  AOL,
YHOO, and CSCO have all been good picks.  I am signing up
for your yearly subscription.  Thanks, and I look forward to
working with you! -Jason
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Thanks so much for your wonderful newsletter!  I adore it and
have made some good money this week on MSFT, CSCO, etc.  I
recommend you to everyone, even told my Schwab500 team about
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With gratitude, Kim
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hathaway. Feel free to use this if you like. Thanks  NODOZ
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Jim: I want to thank you and compliment your service.  Please
feel free to post my unsolicited remarks below as a reference
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Thanks, Tony
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Dear James: I would like to take a moment to thank you for the
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do know that you are appreciated.

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execution strategy.  However, as I sat back and analyzed your
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    Keep up the good work and I look forward to a long lasting
relationship.

Thank you, Darrel
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Jim:
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Steve
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I am just a lame rookie with options, but I profited nicely
($15K) in one week with one trade per your news letter, and it
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the works and am cautiously looking for similar returns! Thanks
for the great information. cb
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hard to get the information out and you do a great job.

Thanks for everything,
C&C
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Hello Jim, Thanks so much for the valuable information!

I have been trading stocks for many years, the last year I dug
myself an incredible hole, by investing in small caps.

I just started trading options with the encouragement, help and
guidance of your newsletter. I was able to recapture my 30 K loss
in three weeks!  and my Schwab account is back in  positive territory!

This is incredible! I am comfortable now with option trading,
using the stop loss and diversification principle coupled with
good research your suggested 'method'  works!

Thanks for the advise on the books too!   V.R.
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This really excites me because I have some extensive knowledge in
technical analysis, so when I filter your recommendations with the
charts, I should come up with about as close as "SURE THING" trades
as I will probably ever get! :)

Thanks for the research and the recommendations... keep it up!

David G. - NEW subscriber :)
*****

Dear Jim, Your trading rules saved me last week.  I've traded
options for years but my success has been twarted by not knowing
when to get out, staying too long, getting greedy, hoping it would
go back up, etc.

Well, a trade went the wrong way last week and normally I would have
hung on but you say so often, "If it goes down, sell it" that it
must have finally sunk in.  Though it was down by 5 for the day,
I got out with only losing the previous day's gain thanks to "The
Rules".

I love your site and newsletter. Thanks again.  BB
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Yours is the best I have seen bar none.  I just signed up last
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Thanks so much for COF, and CSCO, both of which returned excellent
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will make me much richer. Don H.
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NOTHING else I've come across has helped me more in learning how
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approach to stocks as well.

Thanks and keep up the good work!   Ann
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Hey!

Nice call on Cisco! I bought is at 2.75 as you suggested and
sold yesterday at 5 each, for a nice total return of about 80%.

Thanks!   Nelson
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Thanks. I was about to give up on options having lost over
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Cordially, John
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Jim and Crew:

I found your site by bouncing around the Internet and have been
impressed with the results you folks get. Much to my wonder here
was a special alert on Tuesday that just blew me away!
When I saw that the email was sent at 4am. I was super impressed.
Your crew had been at this all night!
I played your recommendations (bought 10 of everything -- no not
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I have tried many of the other services that are out there for
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I am pleased to tell you that I am now and dues paying subscriber
and happy to be in your hands -- please keep up the good work.

Skip
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