PE >Well I wouldn't sell shares to them, but I did use them as my
PE >discount broker when I went into BT Pacific Basin.  They rebate
PE >95% of the commission I think it was (either that or 90%).
PE >Certainly it was a better deal than I could get from anyone else.

BM> I would forgo a bit of commission and use one of the many discount 
BM> agents who rebate 80% of the commission.  You lose a few dollars, but 
BM> you would be dealing with a more principled outfit.

BM> Please consider!

Well I think it's more like:

Target has an absolute bargain on men's shorts
Target has an absolute ripoff on men's shirts.

I'll buy my shorts from Target, and buy my shirts from David
Jones.

That's free enterprise, no?  Any shop that has skewed margins
is going to go broke.  Presumably no-one takes up C+E's stock
offers, but some take up their discount brokerage.  Maybe 
they are even making a loss on the latter, in which case I am
helping to send them broke.  

You can get Chinese-made TVs (Palsonic) for $800 for a 61cm
CTV with teletext.  An absolute bargain.  They're probably
being subsidized by other Chinese industry.  That's China's
problem.  Just the same as it's my problem that I have to pay
through the roof for TC&F + cars, because we are subsidizing
through jacked-up tariffs.  BFN.  Paul.
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