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                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
                          Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
  
                      of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 4, 1999
  
                                   ONSALE, INC.
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              (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
                                     Delaware
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                  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
  
  
               000-29184                                 77-0408319
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             (Commission                               (IRS Employer
              File Number)                           Identification No.)
  
  
            1350 Willow Road, Suite 100, Menlo Park, CA           94025
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           (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)
  
  
  
                                  (650) 470-2400
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
  
  
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since  last report)
  
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  ITEM 5:   OTHER EVENTS.
  
       Filed with this report as Exhibit 99.01 and incorporated into this report
  by reference is a press release issued by the Registrant on November 4, 1999,
  which states that:
  
       .  the Registrant's stockholders have approved the Registrant's proposed
          merger with Egghead.com, Inc., a new amended and restated certificate of
          incorporation and an amendment to the Registrant's 1995 Equity Incentive
          Plan; and
  
       .  Egghead convened its shareholders meeting on November 4, 1999 and
          adjourned it to November 19, 1999 in order to allow its shareholders
          additional time to return their proxies, as additional Egghead
          shareholder votes are needed to satisfy the requirement that the holders
          of two-thirds of all shares of Egghead common stock outstanding on the
          record date approve the merger.
  
  
  ITEM 7:  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
       (c)     Exhibits.
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               99.01   Press Release issued by the Registrant on November 4, 1999.
  
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                                     SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  Date:  November 5, 1999             ONSALE, INC.
  
  
                                      By: /s/ John E. Labbett
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                                          John E. Labbett
                                          Senior Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer
  
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
                          Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
  
                      of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 4, 1999
  
                                   ONSALE, INC.
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                                     Delaware
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                  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
               000-29184                                 77-0408319
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             (Commission                               (IRS Employer
              File Number)                           Identification No.)
  
            1350 Willow Road, Suite 100, Menlo Park, CA           94025
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)
  
                                  (650) 470-2400
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since  last report)
  ITEM 5:   OTHER EVENTS.
  
       Filed with this report as Exhibit 99.01 and incorporated into this report
  by reference is a press release issued by the Registrant on November 4, 1999,
  which states that:
  
       .  the Registrant's stockholders have approved the Registrant's proposed
          merger with Egghead.com, Inc., a new amended and restated certificate of
          incorporation and an amendment to the Registrant's 1995 Equity Incentive
          Plan; and
  
       .  Egghead convened its shareholders meeting on November 4, 1999 and
          adjourned it to November 19, 1999 in order to allow its shareholders
          additional time to return their proxies, as additional Egghead
          shareholder votes are needed to satisfy the requirement that the holders
          of two-thirds of all shares of Egghead common stock outstanding on the
          record date approve the merger.
  
  ITEM 7:  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
       (c)     Exhibits.
               --------
  
               99.01   Press Release issued by the Registrant on November 4, 1999.
  
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  SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Date:  November 5, 1999             ONSALE, INC.
  
                                      By: /s/ John E. Labbett
                                          -------------------
                                          John E. Labbett
                                          Senior Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer
  
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