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Non-Tech : Nasdaq Subscriber Agreement -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Watkins who wrote (34)	4/21/2001 1:22:24 PM
From: canuck-l-head	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52

Michael: Ye of little faith, nothing ever changes unless one wishes it to be so. You obviously don't mind signing agreements that you don't agree to. Perhaps I should break down the word into its components: AGREE - MENT Means one agrees. I just plain don't agree to the "agreement", and I'm doing everything I can to reconcile the situation. If I was just whining on this thread, you might have cause to criticize my seeming poor judgement. But, alas, I am not like "millions" of others who might whine over coffee and never do anything to remedy their concerns. I am DOING something besides whining, and I know full well the wheels of progress turn slowly at the time one wants them to turn the fastest. Sort-of like watching a pot boil. If you are trying to be a father figure to me, forget it. I can take care of myself. This thread was meant to discuss the agreement. Obviously you don't wish to discuss the agreement, you wish to point out that in your opinion, I am wasting my time. Perhaps you can quit "wasting my time" by trying to change my course. It ain't gonna happen. Regards, canuck-l-head

To: Michael Watkins who wrote (34)	4/21/2001 8:18:08 PM
From: milan0	Respond to of 52

Michael Re: "Professional and non professional traders and investors the world over have been signing that agreement. I'd venture to say that millions upon millions have gone before you." I don't know for sure about that. First, I don't remember having ever signed such an aggressive agreement, whether from Nasdaq or anybody else. Also, on schwabcanada.com they have a page with all the legal agreements involved when opening an account. It is long, but the language is direct, understandable and with no open, one-sided responsibility clauses like you see in that TDW agreement. If you want to know why I'm so mad at TDW, it's because they first got my money, and THEN they slap this agreement in my face. It's not like this innocuous agreement that a shareware site requires you to accept before a download. I mean, TDW has got me by the balls, they've got my money and, with their attitude, I should be worried. I'm sure I don't need this type of document to have a 'correct behaviour'. While speaking of Schwab, there are sites on the Web that evaluate and compare online brokers. Among canadian brokers, it seems to me that Schwab stands out clearly in front. Meanwhile, TDWaterhouse obviously lags because of its customer service rating... The following 2 sites also contain a wealth of information relating to online brokers: investingcomplaints.com gomez.com At these sites, you can also register your complaint against a broker. Also, although the information is incomplete, someone posted a complaint on April 16th inquiring for a class action against TDW... It's at: investingcomplaints.com Have a look! Mike