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IB's entry-order program and something like $4.80/RT commission rates are quite
favorable, for sure. Yet, I don't recall a single communication I had with them
(by E-mail, as I was virtually unable to get them by phone) where their
representative wasn't rude, sarcastic, off-putting etc. I finally decided life
was too short to deal with that and closed my account. I'm happy to pay not
that much more for civility --- civility is an understatement --- customer
service reps who appear glad to have my business and whose behavior is congruent
with that.
Kent Rollins wrote:
> There's a new list in town. For those who don't know, Interactive Brokers
> (IB) is a broker that allows stocks and futures trading with very low
> commissions and several options for programmable trading API's. They have
> mostly positive reviews from the posts I've seen with the one consistent
> exception being that it is next to impossible to get thru to them on the
> telephone during market hours. They appear to be aggressive in terms of
> creating new trading options for customers.
>
> Kent
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "marinindextrader" <marinindextrader@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ats-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 7:44 PM
> Subject: [ats-forum] New IB TWS API Use Group formed
>
> For those interested in joining or contributing, there is a new use
> group dedicated to Interactive Brokers API.
>
> Exchange code and ideas on the nuts an bolts of this API, or vent
>
> We are not an ATS forum. This forum serves mightely in that capacity.
>
> We are an API specific group. Newbies to programing welcome.
> Sample files posted with source code on how to connect.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/twsapi/
>
> Scott
> Owner
>
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> I am ready to move from two CRT's (19", 21") to two 19" LCD's (probably will
> add a 3rd later). I would like both analog and DVI input so I can phase in
> to a DVI card, but if I thought DVI-only was cheaper or better I would jump
> straight to that. There was a recent posting on some high quality monitors.
> My question for the group is whether these are products where "you get what
> you pay for" or if I can shop pretty much by price. Hopefully, the latter.
> In the low price category, I find under www.pricewatch.com a couple of
> attractively priced options from "JustDeals":
> http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/vidcar.html
>
> One is a generic brand and a black or white option from Sceptre. They have
> identical specs. The specs I focus on are the 1280x1024 resolution and
> brightness and contrast (250 nit and 500:1, respectively).
>
> I would appreciate any comments on the general subject of price/quality
> evaluation, JustDeals.com as a seller, and the particular monitors I am
> looking at. Thanks!
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