ETRADE sucks

[Coronita]

I hate companies that are damn cheap and decide to use eTrade to administer their plans. Absolutely the worst customer service ever….

(end vent)

[spdrun]

And Scottrade fell victim to ID thieves last year. Is any big trading house really good? How do you win?

[Coronita]

[quote=spdrun]And Scottrade fell victim to ID thieves last year. Is any big trading house really good? How do you win?[/quote]

I love Schwab.

[spdrun]

Anyone have experience with TD/Ameritrade?

[Hatfield]

I use TD/Ameritrade. Seems fine to me. I don’t often have to speak to customer service so I can’t really address that point, other than they’ve been fine the few times I’ve dealt with them. Everything I need to do I’ve been able to do via the website.

If you want to talk about bad customer service, way back in the day, Q used to use Alex Brown as their stock & espp administrator and those people were outright crooks. Before they had a web interface, you would have to phone in your order. There were several times when I called to place a market order, and it would get filled at the lowest price of the day, even though you could go back and see in the intraday that the lowest point occurred in the morning, before I placed my order.

[Coronita]

[quote=Hatfield]I use TD/Ameritrade. Seems fine to me. I don’t often have to speak to customer service so I can’t really address that point, other than they’ve been fine the few times I’ve dealt with them. Everything I need to do I’ve been able to do via the website.

If you want to talk about bad customer service, way back in the day, Q used to use Alex Brown as their stock & espp administrator and those people were outright crooks. Before they had a web interface, you would have to phone in your order. There were several times when I called to place a market order, and it would get filled at the lowest price of the day, even though you could go back and see in the intraday that the lowest point occurred in the morning, before I placed my order.[/quote]

I remember those days….yup

[Coronita]

Etrade is a ripoff. $16 per trade and 2cents per share. Schwab. $9.95 up to 1000 shares.

[Anonymous]

[quote=spdrun] How do you win?[/quote]

Buy low.

Sell high.

[svelte]

[quote=flu]Etrade is a ripoff. $16 per trade and 2cents per share. Schwab. $9.95 up to 1000 shares.[/quote]

Not sure what you’re talking about.

I just bought shares via etrade this week for $9.99 and no per share fee.

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte][quote=flu]Etrade is a ripoff. $16 per trade and 2cents per share. Schwab. $9.95 up to 1000 shares.[/quote]

Not sure what you’re talking about.

I just bought shares via etrade this week for $9.99 and no per share fee.[/quote]
I think the corporate plan fees are more expensive and don’t follow the 9.99 normal price.

[svelte]

[quote=flu][quote=svelte][quote=flu]Etrade is a ripoff. $16 per trade and 2cents per share. Schwab. $9.95 up to 1000 shares.[/quote]

Not sure what you’re talking about.

I just bought shares via etrade this week for $9.99 and no per share fee.[/quote]
I think the corporate plan fees are more expensive and don’t follow the 9.99 normal price.[/quote]

Then why wouldn’t you buy them without the corporate account? I don’t have any annual fees or anything. Costs me 9.99 per trade and that’s it.

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte][quote=flu][quote=svelte][quote=flu]Etrade is a ripoff. $16 per trade and 2cents per share. Schwab. $9.95 up to 1000 shares.[/quote]

Not sure what you’re talking about.

I just bought shares via etrade this week for $9.99 and no per share fee.[/quote]
I think the corporate plan fees are more expensive and don’t follow the 9.99 normal price.[/quote]

Then why wouldn’t you buy them without the corporate account? I don’t have any annual fees or anything. Costs me 9.99 per trade and that’s it.[/quote]

you can’t do the employee stock purchase outside of the corporate account that was setup even if you have an individual account. I already tried by asking if you can move the shares from the corporate created account to your individual. nope…

[svelte]

[quote=flu][quote=svelte][quote=flu][quote=svelte][quote=flu]Etrade is a ripoff. $16 per trade and 2cents per share. Schwab. $9.95 up to 1000 shares.[/quote]

Not sure what you’re talking about.

I just bought shares via etrade this week for $9.99 and no per share fee.[/quote]
I think the corporate plan fees are more expensive and don’t follow the 9.99 normal price.[/quote]

Then why wouldn’t you buy them without the corporate account? I don’t have any annual fees or anything. Costs me 9.99 per trade and that’s it.[/quote]

you can’t do the employee stock purchase outside of the corporate account that was setup even if you have an individual account. I already tried by asking if you can move the shares from the corporate created account to your individual. nope…[/quote]

Got it. So for your own company stock you have to use the corporate account. For everything else you can use an individual account and pay 9.99 like the rest of us.

[Coronita]

[quote=svelte][quote=flu][quote=svelte][quote=flu][quote=svelte][quote=flu]Etrade is a ripoff. $16 per trade and 2cents per share. Schwab. $9.95 up to 1000 shares.[/quote]

Not sure what you’re talking about.

I just bought shares via etrade this week for $9.99 and no per share fee.[/quote]
I think the corporate plan fees are more expensive and don’t follow the 9.99 normal price.[/quote]

Then why wouldn’t you buy them without the corporate account? I don’t have any annual fees or anything. Costs me 9.99 per trade and that’s it.[/quote]

you can’t do the employee stock purchase outside of the corporate account that was setup even if you have an individual account. I already tried by asking if you can move the shares from the corporate created account to your individual. nope…[/quote]

Got it. So for your own company stock you have to use the corporate account. For everything else you can use an individual account and pay 9.99 like the rest of us.[/quote]

yup.

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