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To: Ed Bowes who wrote (524)	9/29/1998 10:18:00 AM
From: Dan Dieffenwierth	Respond to of 749

Ed, in online trading today if someone were to mistype a .015 buy order as 0.15 you can be sure it will be filled by the MM's. I have seen this happen on several other threads. I have also seen where the investor, after realizing what had happened, contacted his online broker and the broker was able to get the transaction changed. But some don't know to call their broker and also some broker's may not go to bat for the investor. It's easy to make this kind of mistake if you get in a hurry. At E*Trade after I enter my order, I get another "confirmation of order" screen before it is actually placed. This is one place all investors should slow down and really read the order before placing. It could be disastrous to one's portfolio. Regards Dan