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Pastimes : ETRADE Sucks! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DD™ who wrote (2163)	4/14/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: R. Bond	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3262

Someday We'll All Invest This Way. Yeah, when we're 102 years old and can hardly move. Here's the story of my attempt to place a trade at ETrade's sight. Just before this post. Fill in order page and click Preview Order. 30 sec. later - Nothing changes. Stop and click again. 30 sec. later - Nothing changes. Stop and click again. 30 sec. later - Nothing changes. Stop and click again. 30 sec. later - Blank page appears. 30 sec. later - Nothing changes. Stop and Reload page. 1 min. later - Nothing changes. Stop and Reload page. 30 sec. later - Nothing changes. Stop and Reload page. 30 sec. later - Nothing changes. Stop and Reload page. 30 sec. later - Nothing changes. Stop and Reload page. 1 min. later - Preview Order page appears. 6 minutes trying to place a trade and I still haven't been able to send the order in! I'm can't even be bothered to do all the waiting and reloads to place the order and then wait 20 or 30 minutes for a confirmation. Datek here I come! $10.95 a trade. Confirmations within 1 minute or your trade is commission-free. Imagine THAT at ETrade, ha, ha, ha, ha.... Cheers, Bond

To: DD™ who wrote (2163)	4/14/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: Patricia Meaney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3262

Nevertheless, there have been some times during the past few weeks when a limited number of customers may have experienced access problems. Why is it that I always seem to be one of the "limited number if customers"? Today between 10am and 10:20am I could not place an order and kept receiving the ubiquitous message: >>Our system has indicated that you may be temporarily having difficulty accessing this particular function of our site. Often this type of issue is resolved within a few minutes, so please try again or feel free to call one of our brokers at 1-800-STOCKS-5 (1-800-786-2575) 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.<<