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

To: Green Receipt who wrote (4618)	2/1/1999 10:46:00 AM
From: Manny	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13953

Anybody have trouble accessing etrade account? I try to log in, it gives an message "Please contact E*trade customer service" --manny

To: Green Receipt who wrote (4618)	2/1/1999 10:57:00 AM
From: Eric Lee Smith	Respond to of 13953

I plan to hold this one for about 10 - 20 years.... so todays action isn't a big concern to me. David, it's refreshing to see another long-term holder on this thread. I thought I was the only one for a while. I don't know about 10 to 20 years, but I bought over 2 years ago with the idea of holding at least five years. At the time I expected ETrade to be bought by Merrill, Prudential, or one of the other full-service brokerage firms. I expected it to happen by now, it hasn't, and I'm very happy. I'm impressed with the long-term moves that ETrade is making. It reminds me of the kinds of moves that have made Schwab what they are today. I suppose it's no coincidence since some of the senior mgt of ETrade are from Schwab. I think 1998 was the breakthrough year for online commerce and for the web in general. I think ETrade will have a very good couple of years from here. We'll see. I'm holding, that's for sure. Till later, E