Balinese, and the secondary market. Can we *avoid* having a round 2 of this?

[Tad Carlucci]

A number of factors work on the market.

It's summer. We've seen down-turns over summer with online activities of all sorts for as long as there's been an Internet. As bad as this effect it, it's a lot better than it was 20 years ago when virtually all customers were college students using free accounts.

There's a bit of burn-out because of all the special collections earlier this year. It was particularly bad this year, but it's finally working itself out and, from what I've read, the designers will show more moderation in the future.

There's a huge over-stock, especially in boxes. The recent addition of the Menagerie specials has certainly had a big effect there. I see another thread suggesting more there .. I second that and suggest the price be a bit lower, and then a third at an even higher price .. to encourage more to turn in overstock and create some differential values in those specials.

So, while things are currently down, and will probably remain so for a few more weeks, I'm hopeful because some of the effect is normal cyclic and the company seems to be making the right moves; so things should improve.