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To: Cape Cod Charlie who wrote (374)	11/23/1998 1:12:00 PM
From: Paul A	Respond to of 513

yup.. and the beauty is, they are blaming the market makers and saying it is completely out of ameritrades hands.. Im going to contact the SEC, and go from there. I have had enough, and it is their responsibility to inform people what is happening.. They got a bit nasty with me and said that this all has been agreed when I pened my account with ameritrade, and they reserve the right blah blah blah.. its simply amazing.. I now am waiting over an hour to get confirmation back on an XCIT trade.. so what Im doing is going into order confirmation and cancelling the orders.. if I cant beat em I may as well create alot of hassles for them when they go back and see the orders were cancelled over 1/2 before the execution reports made it to me.. Funny, one of the managers told me to avoid trading internet stocks and I wont have a problem. So letsee, here is what I have learned to do since using ameritrade: NEVER place an order between 9:30-11... chances are it will get screwed up. NEVER place an order after 3pm, same reason.. If the market is up over 100 points? shut off your computer, because once again- ameritrade will be backed up. They simply cannot handle the mess they got themselves into. Possibly we should organize a list of upset customers to present to the SEC? not a bad idea at this poiint..