<< I suppose you think Dar Hay, an E*trade customer such as myself and many others, is just "wining" [sic] too, huh? I don't think it helps anything to characterize people's reports of misfortunes beyond their control, as whining.>>
As I've posted before, if the timing and control are so important, use a regular broker. There are trade offs to using an internet broker, and the recent complaints would be the same regardless of which internet broker's board you were reading.
To say that Dar Hay had no control over the situation is incorrect. He chose a service that had certain limitations and potential problems. He should have researched the brokerages more carefully, to make sure the one he chose could meet his needs. He didn't, and therefore made a trade he didn't really want to. It's his own fault for not using the tools that were best suited for the job he was trying to do. I'm a buy-and-hold investors. The types of issues you describe just don't apply to me. Therefore, for me, E*Trade is a great broker. For a daytrader, it probably is the wrong service. Internet brokerages will always be subject to down time and intermitant (sp?) outages. If you can't live with that, use a regular broker. You get what you pay for. |
