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Non-Tech : E.Schwab problems -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jon Stept who wrote (692)	11/5/1999 12:59:00 PM
From: AJ Berger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1401

I've never seen something so retarded my friend has Schwab, and we did a short together. so now I wanted him to buy to cover the short, only Schwab's software does not distinguish a buy to cover over a buy to hold. that's ridiculous! What if we wanted to cover AND go long today? so instead, we bought stock, praying it would be used to cover his short, and won't go long till Monday out of fear that he'll end up being short and long the same stock because Schwab makes no distinction between these two types of buy orders. is it me, or does this kind of situation suck?