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7537When I spoke with their customer rep on the phone the other day, I told him thatBridge Player-6/8/2007
7536Why don't they improve security all that much? Seems like it proves the perpeter michaelson-6/8/2007
7535<i><b>Other brokers don't find the need to use it.... yet. I hopdaytradergeorge-6/8/2007
7534Well, i was forced to use the IB thingamabob to log in this morning. What a paipeter michaelson-6/8/2007
7533Well, they are in the same business, i.e. stealing -- sometimes they get PI and stan_hughes-6/6/2007
7532THis one I like most: <b> Vig is sometimes used by investment bankers to dRockyBalboa-6/6/2007
7531Vig is short for vigorish -- en.wikipedia.org My old man used to use the term astan_hughes-6/6/2007
7530Vig: also a gambling term, referring to the take of bookies, casinos, and sportsBridge Player-6/6/2007
7529Yes, thanks. In traders talk though, the "vig" was the enormous bid-asRockyBalboa-6/6/2007
7528vig: the interest payment on a loan from a loanshark (short for "vigorish&qCapitalistHogg™-6/6/2007
7527They haven't sent me anything. I just have a small individual account.Moominoid-6/5/2007
7526Today there is some vig. Or, do you mean something else?RockyBalboa-6/5/2007
7525Ken, don't know if it's a 'must have' but I appreciate the extraGottfried-6/5/2007
7524Are you saying this is a "must have" in order to make a withdrawal? NKen Adams-6/5/2007
7523Peter, I just now spoke to the help desk number at IB referenced in your post. Bridge Player-6/5/2007
7522using the security device for sign on would be a pain because - unless you have Gottfried-6/5/2007
7521On this issue, IB is clearly totally screwed up and disseminates conflicting infBridge Player-6/5/2007
7520Bridge, I got the 'security device' but have never had to use it to log Gottfried-6/5/2007
7519I agree, and I'm stunned by what I believe is an inaccurate reply to my querBridge Player-6/5/2007
7518It was always promoted as a security device you would want and need for transferSultan-6/5/2007
7517I received the following email this AM in response to an inquiry ticket that I pBridge Player-6/5/2007
7516Secure Transaction Program (STP) In order to prevent fraudulent withdrawal actiBridge Player-6/4/2007
7515Thanks for the info; if it is a must for wiring out funds then I will certainly RockyBalboa-6/4/2007
7514I certainly did not register as a professional but I do have the device as it wapeter michaelson-6/4/2007
7513<i>Have you received such a device (I suppose it's a rsa securid devicdaytradergeorge-6/4/2007
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