etrade as an online broker?

[Boris]

currently I have my IRA accounts with Wells Fargo (they suck). I'm thinking of switching to eTrade. I like the user interface and the rates seem reasonable. Any bad experiences with eTrade or other recommendations?

[Derek123]

I have no complaints with etrade after a year or two

[TripleH68]

I have bank account, brokerage account and home mortgage through ET. Have never had any problems.
The site has been very reliable. I can only remember once in four years having a problem with the site being down.

Disclosure: I also own 2,000 shares of ET. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[KingMarc]

No complaints after five years or so, but to be honest I haven't sold anything in those five years either, so I'm not exactly a frequent user.

[AceHigh]

I use Etrade and I like it. They do a good job with forms at tax time.

[1C5]

what are the rates?

if you are more active you may want toc hec out the rates at www.interactivebrokers.com

[StickyWicket]

I had the following experience with ETrade:

1) excellent online service when self-servicing my account
2) HORRIBLE and DEPLORABLE phone-based customer service when I actually needed to speak with someone.

FWIW.

Sticky [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

as expected if you go with any of the big firms you gonna wait forever on the phone
also their rates are not that good.

I currently use abwatley, with 5.50 a trade but best thing is they always pickup the phone at the first ring(and i call them at least once a day)

[Sniper]

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and i call them at least once a day

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Why would you need to call an online broker once a day?

sometimes i may get a bad fill from a marketmaker trying to screw me and they'll bust the trade, also i do some riskfree risky positions(lol) where i have to hold their hand through the process to make sure i get my free shares.