Steve Baker Quotations

We'll be delivering what's in the lines as soon as we have the power back on.

We're hard pressed for labor more than for warehouse space. But we're going to be hard pressed for warehouse space.

More and more of the scam artists we deal with are outside the United States. It's especially a problem with the Internet, ... because there really is an international component to it.

Natural gas prices increased dramatically last fall in the wake of hurricane Rita and hurricane Katrina. Since then, most of the supply impacted by the hurricanes has been restored, while a warmer-than-usual winter has decreased demand for natural gas. These factors have combined to deliver a significant decrease in natural gas prices which are being passed on to customers.

From the PC side this year, we'll see a lot of commercial notebooks with the Napa launch, We'll hear a lot more about notebooks with wireless WAN built into them. That's most certainly a crossover technology.

I always tell people I'm married to my job. I've met wonderful people here who have taken me under their wing.

Hewlett-Packard, Compaq and even Sony to some extent are the companies out there leading the convergence in the stores of computer products and consumer electronics products,

We've gone out and leased diesel generators in an effort to restart our line. We hope to have it back up and running by this weekend.

I think you'll see companies like HP and Compaq diversify their consumer product lines to take advantage of all the digital technologies that are migrating from the consumer electronic side of the business, into the computer side of the business.

I think it was my dad's compensation for having all boys, you know.

I think that you're giving people an excuse not to do it?and not necessarily a bad one. Some of those lost purchases in the fourth quarter just don't ever come back.

Jeff is excited not only by the passion of the organization, but the passion of the fans and the storied tradition of football in Cleveland.

People are excited about it because this really makes sense safety wise, health wise and economically.

You can get PC's with DVD burners in them for under $1,000 and DVD recorders for between $350 to $500.

We don't have that kind of borrowing power.

With some of the refineries now shut down in the Houston area and their workers evacuated, we are pulling from operations east of the area,

We are employing lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and trying to take the steps now that will help us get back up and running depending on the impact,

We expect holiday sales for consumer electronics to be OK. Last year was such as a good year that the big gains maybe aren't sustainable.

You have to question whether it's legal for the state, in essence, to take away benefits from a pension system that people have been paying into, where they've been promised, with nothing in return - not a negotiated reduction, nothing.

At this point in time, it is in the best interests of the association for me to pursue new opportunities in my professional career. I have no doubt as to the organization's continued success.

They advertised that if you gave them $250 a month upfront, that your money would end up making $10,000 a month,

These attractions can open in six months, but it's questionable whether there will be any tourists there by then. It's going to be years before the New Orleans tourist industry comes back. Once engineers get inside a lot of those buildings, they'll discover damage that wasn't visible. A lot of buildings will have to be torn down or completely rebuilt.

Sales in the first-half of this year have been pretty strong. But one of the biggest issues is the tough year-over-year comparisons.

Another thing about back-to-school is that the marketing push from retailers is getting earlier and earlier. It used to start beginning of August, but now we're seeing it as early as mid-July.

Back-to-school tends to be a very different buying season than others -- much more focused on needs than wants. Productivity products are the big sellers because the money is still coming from Mom and Dad.

They have been very aggressive about getting share and getting shelf space. We haven't seen a lot from Intel.

There's a huge amount of demand defined by lower prices and growth in broadband and wireless networks. Consumers in the U.S. are adding PCs to their home inventory and finding new and different ways to use them.

It represented something that we believed to be a piece of Americana pop culture.

It's the whole function of how you get your money back. You don't just get it from the gate. You get it through extended stays in hotel rooms. People who plan to come when something is new, they'll get them. Now it'll take an extra half-day to see everything, and they'll get that extra night in the hotel.

It's not the products -- it's the business model,

It's hard to make money in this market if you are not Apple. Now There is little barrier to anyone wanting to enter the market.

It's not as big a gamble as you would imagine it would be. It's all geared to hotel rooms and increasing the length of stay in hotel rooms.

This is a very exciting time for the industry, ... The pricing across products looks great. Back-to-school was very strong for the group and I expect the same going into the holidays.

In most cases, these are products that people really need and they have a finite period of time in which to acquire them. So expect prices to be firm.

I knew of 15 that were coming and expected more, but never expected this many, ... Based on what we're hearing, we'll probably have 60 or so by the time this is over.

I'm liking this. This is by far the best weather. I can't wait for some of those clouds to roll in.

I put out a little bucket and just get out there and start playing. I have gotten kicked out a couple times, but most of the time at least the managers are cool about it. They are like 'we love hearing you when you play, but we just can't allow you to play here.' But I have had a couple managers come out, and they will open the door to the store because they enjoy hearing it.

He pretty much had the fire out by the time the fire department got there. When they got there, they checked everything out, just to make sure.

The con artists have discovered the Internet, ... Digital Jam.