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To: Curly Q who wrote (6852)	6/4/1999 1:57:00 PM
From: Dalin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13953

Merrill has a corporate philosophy that puts the client first. Yeah, right!! After they take your $200 for the buy of a piece o junk stock they recommended as a good investment, then you come first. <g> No thanks! BTY! D.

To: Curly Q who wrote (6852)	6/4/1999 1:58:00 PM
From: IFLY_Trader	Respond to of 13953

My primary account is at Merrill so I know a little about their corporate philosophy ... they have a policy of trying to screw their customers ... I just got them to admit they made a trading mistake which cost my account about 100,000 in paper profits ... and they only admitted their error (actually it wasn't an error but a blatant attempt by the trading desk to make some fast bucks) after 4 weeks and the stock price went back down so they were only out about 35,000 ... still, I was surprised they admitted anything at all, and it showed me why you have to be a p###k with those people. I'm not saying that other trading companies have a different attitude, but I wouldn't say that Merrill is better than E-Trade or AMTD.

To: Curly Q who wrote (6852)	6/4/1999 8:25:00 PM
From: Diamond Jim	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13953

BS, I am an ex Merrill Lynch customer and that's pure BS! What that have is a history of nailing their clients for 2.6% of the gross. The service you receive is only as good as your own broker anyway. Fact.

To: Curly Q who wrote (6852)	6/4/1999 11:30:00 PM
From: ecommerceman	Respond to of 13953

Thomas Rasch--you wrote: "Have you read through some of the posts of the "ETrade sucks" thread? There you will find a consistent barrage of complaints. Merrill has a corporate philosophy that puts the client first." Yeah, and Merrill is doing so damn well that they've completely reversed course in less than 12 months after denigrating online trading and have now implicitly admitted (but not explicitly because they're too dishonest to do so) that they not only missed the boat but they can barely see it as it steams into the distance. Wait 'til the great Merrill comes online, then we'll see how well they do once they're in the same arena as ETrade, Ameritrade, Schwab, etc. If it were so damn easy, then they'd be there tomorrow, not having to wait an embarrassing six months before they get started (and that may be optimistic). Yeah, that "customer first" philosophy is apparently serving them REAL well, which is why Schwab exceeded their market cap earlier this year (and has now left them in the dust), and ETrade--which no one had even heard of five years ago--is already more than one-third their equal!