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To: Mark S. Schroeder who wrote (19348)	11/30/1998 11:39:00 PM
From: Y2k_fan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 119973

I am pissed with Waterhouse today, too. The network was always slow at the open and the close, that you have to call them to place the orders. They will tell you that "it has been working all day long," we must charge you $45 per trade. Give me a break!!

To: Mark S. Schroeder who wrote (19348)	11/30/1998 11:42:00 PM
From: SKARLOEY	Respond to of 119973

This hunting for a new brokerage house is nutty. I'm not happy with mine and want to move to ETRADE, but every other poster who has them says they're Sh. and thinking of moving to my present one or some other company, whose members are not happy and want to move... Where does one turn to???

To: Mark S. Schroeder who wrote (19348)	11/30/1998 11:48:00 PM
From: musicguy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 119973

In a nutshell , Datek and Waterhouse both suck, but in entirely different ways. If you don't ever need to trade during the first or last half hour of the day, Datek may be ok for you. If you don't mind getting timed out constantly and paying ridiculous commissions for orders over 5000 shares, and don't mind a slow pokey interface that seldom works, then Waterhouse is great. I have accounts at Etrade, Datek and Waterhouse. Etrade is by far the most trouble free for me, but then if you were happy there you wouldn t be asking for a reco... MG