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SpareTank.com Drives Sales of Emergency Gasoline Derivative

2 February 2000

SpareTank.com Drives Sales of Emergency Gasoline Derivative

           New Web Site Offers Innovative Product Designed to Keep
                         Motorists Safely on the Road

    IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 2 -- phobo.com announced its new
interactive web site, SpareTank.com, which offers for sale the revolutionary
gasoline derivative SPARE TANK.  The world's first patented non-flammable
gasoline derivative, SPARE TANK is specifically designed and formulated for
emergency use in a vehicle that accidentally runs out of conventional
gasoline.  phobo.com is an e-commerce development company dedicated to
providing unique product offerings to the online shopper.
    "Both safe and easily accessible in the trunk of your vehicle, SPARE TANK
is an innovative 'solution for empty," said phobo.com Vice President and Chief
Marketing Officer Andre Brysha.  "Using best-of-class Internet technology,
phobo.com designed an easy-to-use, secure and customer-focused e-commerce site
to represent SPARE TANK.  In the world of e-commerce, customers want to have a
satisfying shopping experience the first time-and every time-they log onto
your site.  That's why every phobo.com interactive site is committed to
providing a quality product along with the highest quality customer service."
    SPARE TANK is legal and safe to store in the trunk of any vehicle and
meets Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations for all 50 states.  It is
a unique blend of environmentally safe, biodegradable, organic and synthetic
compounds with a National Fire Prevention Agency and DOT rating of
"Combustible" as opposed to conventional gasoline, which retains the
significantly more hazardous rating of "Flammable."  With a premium octane
rating of at least 90, SPARE TANK will burn clean, run smooth and provide
essentially the same miles-per-gallon that an automobile achieves normally
with a gallon of gasoline.  The product is available is quart and gallon
sizes.

    About phobo.com
    phobo.com, Inc. is an e-commerce development company dedicated to
providing unique product offerings to the online shopper.  phobo.com's
flagship site, http://www.ritzcamera.com, and its sister sites, http://www.boatersworld.com
and http://www.outerbanksoutfitters.com, are giants in their respective industries
and make up the core e-commerce businesses of the phobo.com interactive sites.
Founded in 1999, phobo.com is headquartered in Irvine, California.