Sharebuilder's good for what it is: a simple investing platform for investors with relatively simple needs. i've been with Sharebuilder since i started investing about 12 years ago, and while i've had my dissatisfied periods and have gone shopping for another brokerage three or four times, i've always wound up back at Sharebuilder because they have a site whose functions i understand (i should, after using it for 12 years) and if you use their various subscription tiers and their automatic investment plan feature properly, they're the least expensive brokerage around, less expensive than TD Ameritrade, Scottrade, E*Trade, Charles Schwab, and i think i looked at some others as well.

as my knowledge has grown and i've become a more active investor, moving closer to the trading realm, i've found Sharebuilder doesn't usually do a great job of keeping up with me, and if you are an active trader or plan to become one, fugeddabahdit...Sharebuilder is strictly for investing, with only the occasional trade involved. but unless i find something better that i haven't found in all my previous searches, the money i'm not actively trading is going to sit in my Sharebuilder account, earning dividends (which i believe Sharebuilder can automatically reinvest regardless of whether the issuer of the stock offers a dividend reinvestment plan...at least i've never yet invested in a dividend-paying security through Sharebuilder for which Sharebuilder has been unable to reinvest the dividends).

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I have been with sharebuilder for years now. i was set up with them thru Wells Fargo who shortly after I singed up DROPPED sharebuilder. This should have been a warning sign. In June I opened a ING account and then a few weeks ago I opened an account for my 14 month old daughter. WHAT a nightmare the whole thing has been I purchased a LOT of Citi stock through share builder. It took way too long to execute the trade so i paid TOO much. then I went to sell last Thursday. OMG friggin nightmare took 4 hours to get online to sell. Trade by phone hold times were announced as 45 minutes. 2 hours of holding and no one ever came to the phone. I finally got online and sold. I lost thousands no kidding thousands as I sold for 3.13 instead of 3.85. It is OK I sold and did OK. Now is where the fun starts. The trade settled on Monday. I am trying to get share builder to transfer my money to me. they WILL NOT WIRE IT. THEY WILL NOT SEND IT TO UNION BANK (which has been verified by them with deposits) They say i need to have Union Bank MAIL them a letter stating that it is my account. I really don't get it. They said to request a withdrawl yesterday put in ANY bank I wanted it to go to. I did using yet another VERIFIED bank. it was denied saying that the money did not come from that bank. (It did) So today they told me to transfer it back to ing and withdrawl it from there. We will see on Friday if I get my money or not. Anyone know are they in trouble? Did they take tarp money? I have talked to Joe emp ID 7778 HE IS A LIAR straight up. i ahve talked to Dan emp id 7854 HE PLAYS GAMES says the only way to withdrawl is thru ing then says wait let me see if I can do anything else. (I think he was just a freak) then i spoke to Christioe emp id 702101 with ing. She assures me i will have my money Friday.....welll maybe Monday....again another stellar employee. I can not wait to get my money not sure if I will or not at this point. If and when I do you can bet I will let anyone know what a piece of **** these two companies are. BTW when I started saving with them in June 2008 they were paying 3% today it is 1.5% OK .5% more than my local bank however at least with my local bank I can get my money back. Good luck with them if they are your choice......

I opened up a sharebuilder account little over a year ago to ease into the etrading world. Until recently, I've had no complaints about the service and thought highly of ING. However, last week I receieved a confirmation statement with another person's name and account information with MY ADDRESS on it. The said person's old address was showing as someplace in Sunnyvale California, and now the statement was indicating that my home was her new address. Alarmed, I called the service line at the Sharebuilder. The representative, Dan, was nice enough but when pressed to give me an explanation on how such a revealing personal information can be sent and linked to a wrong address, he merely tried to blame the 'old administrative system.' If I can receive a detailed information about someone else's account, (due to an 'old administrative system') it seems very possible for other people to be looking at my information as we speak. Call me old fashioned but this just doesn't cut it. I am sincerely disappointed at the mishap AND the handling of the mishap

I've been a Sharebuilder user since I was in high school when a teacher recommended that I start investing my money. Ever since then I've held money in their money market fund since it generally pays better than a regular savings account. The portfolio management is incredibly easy to use. I also like how they make it easy to automatically deposit money on a regular basis to any account you choose.

I have been with Sharebuilder for five years now. This site allows anyone to invest in stocks. The process is simple and I also got a $50 credit after I made my first trade. You can invest real time or you can set up a draft from your account on basis convient for you. I recommend this site to all my friends. i express to them there is no amount to small to start investining in your future.

I have been a sharebuilder member for atleast four years now. They are great for entry level investors with a buy-and-hold mentality. It also works well for setting up DRIP investments when you want the ease of a DRIP investment but more reporting tools than you would normally get with that type of account. If you plan on day trading, don't go with Sharebuilder. The have several pricing structures but none would be competitive if you actively trade daily. The only reason I gave this a 4 out of 5 is because of the Tuesday trade restriction and occasionally the yearly maintenance fee on the FREE account (yeah, FREE with a fee, go figure) sneaks up on you. That being said, once you get used to it, Tuesdays aren't so bad. Plus it is very easy to setup Education IRAs (Coverdell Savings Accounts) for your children. Now that ING has bought Sharebuilder, you can also link your ING accounts to your sharebuilder accounts.

ING stock building is very helpful when it comes to starting up your own investing profile. It is nice and cheap and helps you out with their live help. However they dont tell you that the 4 dollars for a trade is only if you do weekly trading. If you want to trade once then you will be paying 9 dollars per transaction. However good overall

ShareBuilder fails on multiple fronts. The charts are terrible. Research tools are non-existant for basic account holders. Finally, the lack of true limit order trading is a death blow.

I have greatly enjoyed using ShareBuilder for my investing needs. When I was a first time investor, it was easy to walk my way through the process via this site. I also started with a $50 credit and since then have invested more of my own money and even made money! I liked it so much, I invited my colleagues in my School Business Management graduate class to join as well. The fees are minimal and the service is great.