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| Subject: | Re: Fidelity unfair in advertising? |
| Poster: | BrunoRBrunoR@nyc.rr.com |
| Date: | Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:32:33 -0400 |
| Related Postings: | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| Of course, it is all legal, I'm sure of it, Jerry! However, I'm a
silver guy
with them and they charge me nearly $25 for the same trade I could get
executed for $7 at "Scottrade." I'm just discussing this issue on account
of Fidelity's annoying TV ad in which they so *smugly advertise $8* w/o
letting viewers know that one has to jump throw hoops in order to qualify.
This is just my opinion about fair advertising doesn't rhyme with
Fidelity ;-(
Jerry wrote:
> Yes, one must be classified as an "active trader" for the 8 rate. I'm
> not sure how many trades it takes to be qualified as "active" - I expect
> it's documented on their web. As you can likely guess from my posts,
> I've been classified as such for years.
>
> Jerry
>
> "BrunoR" wrote in message
> news:4602e860$0$27015$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> ---when they advertise $8 commissions on TV but in reality
>> their commissions may exceed $8 by several multiples ;-).
>>
>> Of course, there is the *fine print* that remains invisible in
>> their ads. (Which part of government is in charge of fair
>> competition? "Buyer beware!"
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