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Gold/Mining/Energy : Day trading in Canada -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: trilobyte who wrote (1905)	12/29/1998 1:12:00 PM
From: Abbeydale	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4467

All: I have been using Scotia Discount Brokerage for over a year (by phone) and use a stopwatch to time almost every conversation and trade. I am pleased with the service and have only had one problem in the whole time (it was with a stop limit - they will not allow a stop without a limit price and will automatically set the limit at the stop, unless you say otherwise - kind of stupid, since if the price is falling it might not hit the stop limit at the stop price). I do not use the electronic trading but prefer the personal touch. Calls average 1 to 2 minutes (with a usual 10-30 second ring in time before someone answers) I occaisionally get put on hold waiting for a ordertaker for 1 minute if the lines are busy - which can seem like an eternity. Orders appear on my SW screen in less than 10 sec on the TSE and around 30 sec for VSE and about 1-1.25 min for ASE. Staff is for the most part cordial and efficient, but you have to watch for new ordertakers as they seem to have a problem getting used to their screens for the first few weeks. Otherwise I am pleased! A