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Non-Tech : E*Trade (NYSE:ET) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jerry Miller who wrote (4319)	1/15/1999 11:42:00 AM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13953

RE: IPOs via eTrade Could any ETrade account holders please comment on whether they have been able to get in on good IPOs via e*Trade. Thanks! SC

To: Jerry Miller who wrote (4319)	1/17/1999 11:46:00 PM
From: Will Hou	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13953

I guess you can look at this either way. Positively, in that they've got alot of subscribers, sort of like early days of AOL, than they could handle; Negatively, customers can go to extremes and advise others not to subscribe. Unlike AOL, where there's little or no comparable competitions at the time, ETRADE got plenty. I've got both ETrade and Lombard, and recent experiences with ETrade prompted me gradually move money out of it (one day my market order won't go through, and I called Trader service, waited half an hour on two lines -- I got two lines in my office -- ended up giving up on them.) "You get what you paid for". Exactly. Will P.S. I think EGRP is running out of gas, and it's time to get some short term puts to protect or profit from (I see next stop by mid-Feb to be at least 65). Greenspan is going to scare some people out of Internet stocks short term, I think. <<< this morning the RightLine Split Report said they'd received a lot of complaints about traders not being able to trade over the past couple of days. more complaints came about E*Trade than any other broker. having customers beat down your door for your service can't be all bad. could you agree ? <g> >>

To: Jerry Miller who wrote (4319)	1/18/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: italiana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13953

Requested ETrade to check an execution on Wednesday the 13th. It was the day when prices moved downward very quickly. I could not place a buy to purchase EGRP without it moving higher by the time I hit the send button. I then placed a market order (something I do not like to do). Approx. 30 min. later I received a smart alert message that the trade was executed at 89 7/8. That day I called ETrade and asked for a review of the execution. That request was honored. Today I received notice from ETrade that the buy at 89 7/8 should have been 85, Reason: Reported in Error. This review has resulted in a few thousand dollars profit in my favor because I sold that day at 95. Therefore I believe, as I did in the past, that ETrade is an excellent and honorable company. italiana