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

To: dennisp who wrote (193)	9/1/1998 10:18:00 AM
From: scaram(o)uche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1401

Schwab consistently demonstrates that they are concerned with margins on normal days and are willing to sacrifice customer interests on heavy volume days. Sloooooooooooooow.

To: dennisp who wrote (193)	9/2/1998 2:16:00 AM
From: Bill/WA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1401

dennisp, I started trading electronically when Schwab One first went online - then switched to eSchwab when they got it up & running. May of this year I'd had enough & for the 1st time and opened an account with Yamner & Co. which has a web site - yamner.com however no electronic trading (a first for me)- all by phone & with somebody that has a heartbeat. They're policy is - the phone is answered before the third ring - and they DO! Even today. They're commissions are a few bucks more than Schwab but they don't act as MM's & have saved me big $$$$'s getting me the best prices. This AM I wanted to unload some puts in a hurry - he wanted to keep me on the phone to get a better price. Well he did get a better price, in fact, the amount he saved me would have reduced Schwab's commission to the equivalent of Brown's. The head trader, Steve Goldman, runs a thread on SI "From the trading desk", very informative on how the MM's, etc. run their business and profit from your trading. I am no way involved with this company (in fact I'm in WA state - they're in NJ). Regards Bill/WA