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Technology Stocks : E*TRADE IPO ALERT THREAD -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom_ who wrote (173)	4/8/1999 2:35:00 PM
From: james webb	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15145

Great Overview Tom, I appreciate the Blow-by-blow. Someday we may all IPO this way! Thanks

To: Tom_ who wrote (173)	4/8/1999 4:35:00 PM
From: Larry Levine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15145

Thanks for the summary, Tom. Since I can't get to the indication of interest screen to review it, I have a question: when they ask what price you're willing to pay, there is a check box which says something like: willing to pay whatever its priced at. This is what I've been checking. Now I read that some people actually enter a very large amount instead; is this the trick, or doesn't it matter?

To: Tom_ who wrote (173)	4/8/1999 7:59:00 PM
From: Tom_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15145

Lessons from share distributions, revisited. Further clarification of the ETrade procedure, from today's Ravenswood distribution experience. The notification shows up first in the "Open Orders" section, not the "Accounts" section. (I got that wrong in the original post). The notification says: (Date) GTC Buy (# of shares) (price) Not Available.* The "Not Available" just refers to the bid-ask and is irrelevant. After a while (about a half hour-45 minutes this time for me) it disappears from "Open Orders" and appears in "Order History" (not in "Accounts"). Lesson: if you log in and don't see anything in "Open Orders", check "Order History" next. Best wishes, Tom