Some of the other online brokerages are like that too, on some stocks that they consider to be too risky, or whatever. The first time I came across a "red screen" and had to call the order in, I let them talk me out of buying it. The stock was ROIAK, and was at 4 cents. It went up to the $1.50 range within a year.
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