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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (10900)	7/2/1998 4:30:00 PM
From: George Acton	Respond to of 18691

A peevish note to Schwab won't do any good. I tried to short CCSI at 10 several times and they won't even try to find shares. I also tried to short ENMD the day after the story at something like 49,47,43 and 43 as it was plunging. Not only didn't they find shares, but the guy on their "special service team" gave me a little lecture about how flaky the stock was, since it had traded at 2 the previous week. They can lecture me all day if they come up with shares, but under the circumstances it was just an extra irritation. When I complained, I got a brush-off form letter email. OTOH, their fills are prompt and accurate. --George Acton