I was also a victim of eTrades deceptive practices and was "ripped off" for $100 for new and unannounced account fees of $25 per quarter for four quarters. This eTrade account had been opened for an employee stock option program, and had about $500 cash collecting almost no interest for ...
Starting with a $1000 minimum account balance, etrade now claims to have $167 billion in funds in 4.3 million accounts. Do the math. This is an average account size of $39,000. Apparently this has made them recognize the expendable nature of their smaller accounts. The minimum was raised to $5000, ...
After leaving one company for the next, I switched my e-mail account to ensure I would continue to receive account info. Without prior notice that this would, the simple modification of an e-mail address aparently blocks you from wire-transferring any monies available and in your account. When I ...
When talking to the account rep about why I had a 'Cash Call' (negative balance) on my Securities statement I found out that they have been charging me a $40 per Qtr for every Qtr that I had no activity. I'm a buy and hold kind of guy and that means I've paid $160 last year for the 'privilege' of ...
Account maintenance fees added a year after my account open without notification. 60 free to transfer to another company, they wouldn't even let me do a partial transfer. One of the biggest rip offs I have ever seen. Funny thing, I had just inherited a very nice sum of money and was going to put it ...
In the event you believe what I'm going to let you know is just a rare event, I had been informed by several of E*Trades own Client Low-Service Repetitions that what I had been going right through was "not upcommon". I also discovered additional types of clients being handled exactly the ...