Peter
It's interesting again to see you poke your head in the door, address a couple of vanilla topics you can handle, and leave the important ones un-addressed. This, while chastising the people who brought Datek to where it is today.
Yes, Peter, the thread used to be an exchange of intelligent ideas, where people did indeed learn about the workings of Island, Datek, and the markets in general. Back then, Datek was the epitome of excellence, rarely giving rise to post, in your words,"bashing and pointless flaming."
So what happened, you ask? I'll tell you what happened, Peter. You got "sidetracked" (again your word), with other things, like, to quote your earlier post, "designing and implementing the new website in five days," and playing with Dilbert so you could attract all comers.
Along the way, you forgot to concentrate on your core responsibilities, namely, servicing your current clients. Perhaps, if you had spent your time listening to some of the posts here, and fixed, for instance, the black hole you call customer service, things might be different. If you truly have read the past 200 posts, you would not call them "pointless flaming." Granted, some of them fall into that category, but you and I both know that the majority of them have complete validity.
As to Datek's sluggishness on active days, come on, Peter. Apparently EVERY day is active, because this has not abated for three weeks, and continues throughout the day, each and every day.
Yes, Peter, Datek is growing, and will continue to grow, since online trading is very hot now, along with a bullish market. More and more people are coming into the markets with their money. But at some point, the attrition from fed up clients will start to outstrip the new signups, and you will be left with the ten trades per month investors, which I hardly think will be enough for new Gulfstream jets and 20,000 square foot mansions.
I sincerely hope I am wrong, for I would like nothing better to have the old Datek around, because back then, you were THE BEST at what you did. Sadly, that is no longer the case. Cheapest, yes. But in the end, you have become more expensive due to money left on the table because of your current shortcomings.
Good luck in getting the magic back.
Len
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