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Non-Tech : Datek Brokerage $9.95 a trade -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sir Francis Drake who wrote (11732)	4/24/1999 9:24:00 PM
From: George K.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16892

<OT> I HAVE 8,000$ of DATEK'S money. FREE! Are you there DATEK people? I'm the guy that said transfer 2 losing Fidelity funds worth perhaps 3K to a traditional IRA. You screwed up and put it in my DATEK Roth. BUT YOU PUT IN $12,003.00! I called you and said this is too much money. "Sir, this is a very serious matter, we'll call you back shortly." That was a week ago. No call. So I FAXED you with the problems with my account a few days later. Still, no call, no message, nothing. SO ON MONDAY I'M GOING TO START TRADING WITH YOUR MONEY. It's been nearly ten days since you screwed up my account and my lawyers say DATEK is hopelessly incompetent. And I'm a lawyer too. See you in court. Save this message DATEK - I wan't it in front of a jury you losers. Thanks for the free money but, more importantly, you deprived me of that portion of it that was mine. And you didn't put it where I told you to. Imagine, one of your customers has to go to SI because you can't answer a letter from someone WHO HAS FOUR ACCOUNTS WITH YOU. HMMM, maybe I'll short IBM, NSOL, CMGI, or AOL. YOU IDIOTS. JEEZ, never shorted a stock before. Hope it works out for you DATEK.

To: Sir Francis Drake who wrote (11732)	4/25/1999 2:35:00 AM
From: nick nelson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

‘You need look at the chaos at 9:30 a.m. on Nasdaq to know there's tremendous pent-up demand in the marketplace.' — MATTHEW ANDRESEN Pres., Island ECN If the Nasdaq market opened for business from 9:30am to 4:00pm Pacific Daylight Time - right NOW the problem would be solved sufficiently until 7 x 24 trading on all markets is implemented. Plus, you would spread trading interest across the whole day instead of 4 hours a day - DEAD MARKET!! NYSE-Nasdaq-Lunch-NYSE-Nasdaq-Gym... take your pick, 2 openings and 2 closings - all staggered throughout the day. It's called "Balancing The Load" and it would help the electronic traffic jams. But then, HEY - how could the MM's and broker-dealers steal as much and blame the Net? msnbc.com

To: Sir Francis Drake who wrote (11732)	4/26/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: RockyBalboa	Respond to of 16892

DATEK! Please cancel or show the status for my order entered at 13 for FCGI at 10:11, now it is 10:21:31 and it is still cancelling. ... I was "entitled" to a fill at 13 per L II. There were enough prints on the 13" ask. Where are the pieces.... C-200-AAIB-3889 This smells! it is not in hot opening time, especially not for FCGI now. I can not work with Datek at this time. IS-

To: Sir Francis Drake who wrote (11732)	4/26/1999 10:45:00 AM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

In the meantime we have 10:42 and the order is still cancelling... FCGI traded as high as $14 but cratered down under 13 now. NOW I have them when I don't need them. What do you guys think? THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 10:42:35 on 04/26/1999 Enter Date Enter Time Exec Time Buy/ Sell Qty Stock Price Status Cxl Net Change Balance Tracking # 04/26/1999 10:11:12 Buy 300 FCGI 13 cancelling... Day C-200-AAIB-3889

To: Sir Francis Drake who wrote (11732)	4/26/1999 10:51:00 AM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

TO ALL: This can happen to each of you! Beware of the black hole! And Datek please explain or do something for your customers This is stunning. The order has been "cancelling" for 1/2 hour. From 10:11 to 10:42, last time I have taken a snapshot. at 10:44 I got a fill I didn't want any more. Datek you owe me money. So or so. I ask you to take the deal back. I have no interest in paying another commish. Either you filled early at 13. Or you cancelled the order within short time, not even showing it within HALF AN HOUR!!! This is... more than an error, please explain. Two other orders cancelled within seconds. At the same time. You had a cancel order since: 10:15. the order activity shows "CANCELLING" for half an hour. The order, if not filled, was no longer marketable. You did not remove the order. I would have sold at 13 7/8, if I either knew -that I was filled! -that I am going to be "filled" soon. The fill: is here: 04/26/1999 10:11:12 10:44:36 Buy 90 FCGI 13 Bought $-1,179.99 C-200-AAIB-3889 04/26/1999 10:11:12 10:44:11 Buy 210 FCGI 13 Bought * $-2,730.00

To: Sir Francis Drake who wrote (11732)	4/28/1999 11:27:00 AM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16892

Re: delayed order cancellation. One representative from Datek named called me and explained that the deal for which the cancelling.... message stood for half an hour, and not actually cancelling the deal, the reason has been a reporting delay by nasdaq. Just on the phone, right now. In that case, the order has been soes'd out, but due to a failure, Datek couldn't get any response. A cancellation attempt has bounced in turn, then. The best thing is to give Datek an immediate call in the case an order does not cancel for quite a time, so they can take measures on such an incident. IS