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Pastimes : ETRADE Sucks! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: R. Bond who wrote (653)	10/29/1997 3:59:00 AM
From: HairyWho?	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3262

Where can I get a pair of Rose-Coloured glasses like the ones that Kathy Levinson wears. Maybe I need to double up on my Prozac.

To: R. Bond who wrote (653)	10/29/1997 10:28:00 AM
From: jpmattia	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3262

>> ... "Some people had problems getting their balances late in the day," said E*Trade's president and chief operating officer, Kathy Levinson. Ms. Levinson said the site experienced no major outages. But volume was immense. "We saw huge numbers of people on all night long. They felt the need to check things a second and third time," she said.<< Those silly investors, wanted to look at their balance more than once. Hey Kathy Levinson! They're checking more than once because your server times out before the transmission is complete! Assuming that any response occured at all! Or perhaps once somebody gets through, they can't believe their eyes, so they do it again to convince themselves they're not dreaming...