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Fidelity Investments www.fidelity.com

Fidelity promises and does not deliver

a low risk investor

JUL

9

2008

I opened a new account with Fidelity. On 3 successive days I tried to purchase a municipal bond. Twice, I was told the sale was done, only to be told at the end of the day it did not go through. Never heard of such a thing, especially after having been give a confirmation number for the sale, and assured that it was completed. — If you wish to purchase a bond outside of their inventory, which is limited, go elsewhere. — Account closed. 7 days to get my money back. —… read full review »

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lewjack
Beverly Hills, CA

Fidelity Investments www.fidelity.com

Fidelity FSLEX is amazng!

an moderate investor, an aggressive saver

JUL

5

2008

This environmental fund has saved me! GO… read full review »

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aerinmurphy
Santa Barbara, CA

Bank of America

Stinks

on a strict budget

JUN

18

2008

Now B of A debits check card purchases that are pending from you available balance. I noticed 6 separate pending charges over a period of 3 days totalling $3000 made at a department store in a state half way across the country. I called them every day for three days, first day after the first 2 charges, the second day there was 4 and finally on the third day there was 6. I pointed out each time that this was obvious fraudulent activity on my account but they refused to put me over to the fraud dept. until the third day. I had a large mortgage check I had written and it could have easily… read full review »

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SpiderWoman
Thousand Oaks, CA

Samuel Morales

Had my house closed in 2 weeks with a great rate

JUN

5

2008

I had a bad experiance with my last mortgage so I had my hesitation with this one. And man, what a difference. I went to Samuel web page and this man communicated everything, I really did know the loan process like the back of my hand by the time we closed. Talk about setting the right expectations. —… read full review »

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gypsyking
San Antonio, TX

TDAmeritrade

I quit! I finally ran out of patience for these guys

an moderate investor

JUN

5

2008

I held four accounts at TDAmertrade, which I had originally opened several years ago at TD Waterhouse before the merger with Ameritrade. Over the years, they have lost my cost basis information on several investments, sold my email address to spammers at least twice, and steadily increased their margin interest rates to be among the highest in the industry. Last month they moved assets between two of my account without my consent nor prior notification. Their compliance dept declined to fix the problem and also declined to explain just how and why it had occurred. Fortunately my local agent… read full review »

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mightyyam
Austin, TX

Bank of America

Worst exprience I have ever had in a Bank

an moderate investor

MAY

7

2008

I live in Mammoth Lakes, CA and handle the majority of transactions for the company that I work for in this bank. The staff is not only unfriendly, but they verbally abuse and humliate their staff in front of the customers. Someone needs to inform the management at this branch that they work in a bank not in the back kitchen at McDonalds. Their level of professionalism is embarassing, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that everyone is well aware of this before opening accounts their. They are an embarassment to the corporation that they work for. … read full review »

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mrb
Mammoth Lakes, CA

Scottrade

Scotrade: Worse Experiance

an moderate investor

MAY

3

2008

Terrible...I am so disappointed that I make sure everyone I know, knows that Scottrade has no respect for their clients whatsover...Lack communication...the quality of customer service is -10..not sure how this company claims one of the best...if you want to more my disappointing experiance feel free to email me...I will be glad to give you details...just stay away from… read full review »

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borha
Bartlett, IL

Bank of America

not great service, considering switching

practical

APR

23

2008

I've had accounts at Bank of America even before I had my first real job. There's never been any real reason for much complaint before...I think there were a couple times I was charged fees that I should have been, but those were easily resolved. — — I'm a college senior now, and with great effort have no debt, just one credit card that I pay in full every month. Of course banks are eager to send credit card offers but I never except. Several weeks ago I visited my local branch to deposit to my checking account and the teller told me I was pre-approved for a… read full review »

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spicedtea
Tucson, AZ

Sharebuilder

Love it

Every day computer user, an moderate investor, saving a little, on a strict budget

MAR

30

2008

I have been an account holder for a while. I visit the site daily,look up stocks,research,buy and sell with ease. I have even opened up an account for both my daughters(hoping to get them interested in savings/investments) It was so easy to open with just 50 dollars for each of them and now have them interested in their stocks. Love it! Easy to transfer funds from my bank to my account.No reason everyone shouldnt own a little… read full review »

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buonasera
Redwood City, CA

Sharebuilder

A very affordable and convenient way to invest.

Every day computer user, an aggressive investor, on a strict budget

MAR

28

2008

If your looking for an affordable and convenient way to invest look no further. Sharebuilder is unique because it offers the ordinary "Joe" the opportunity to invest in some of the world's best blue chip companies, mutual funds and ETF's. They do this by focusing on the number of securities purchased rather than by share. This is one of the few brokerage firms that allow an investor to purchase fractional shares of a security. This is possible because of Sharebuilder's low transactions fees which are directly related to the number of different companies purchased rather than the amount of… read full review »

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dcmarsh2000
Torrance, CA

Bank of America

This is the nicest bank.

saving a little

MAR

27

2008

It is a good bank to put money in. And also want to tell you thats i dont have any word tell about this bank. This fantastic bank. I really want to tell that do not look for any other bank and jusk long on to this bank or go to their location and open an account. — Thank you. —… read full review »

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JSKishan
Strongsville, OH

TDAmeritrade

Stay Away

Every day computer user, an moderate investor

MAR

27

2008

Gave Misleading advice on buying stock on margin — Used pressure tactics - constant phone calls trying to pressure me to trade more — Also gave incorrect information about how much (what %) certian stocks could be levereged — reccomended i buy More enough intel on margin - up to the point i was 75% on margin - — — which is absurd… read full review »

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stealth999x
New York, NY

Fidelity Investments www.fidelity.com

offers a wide variety of options

an moderate investor

MAR

27

2008

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fred465
Pompton Lakes, NJ

TDAmeritrade

This is an easier trading website, you have more flexiblitiy.

an moderate investor

MAR

26

2008

I researched some of the other trading websites along with TD Ameritrade and found that TD was the best choice for me. They gave me more flexiblity to start investing in what I wanted right away. Many of the other sites have stipualtions and rules about get… read full review »

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loriannf99
Benton, AR

Bank of America

limitless

MAR

26

2008

Every day computer user

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rahulsingh598
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