Mike Shea or GDSM have no say as to Scott Trade policies or that of their clearing house. The only way that their policies will be changed is if customers drop them and they start losing revenue. I just don't understand investors that are unhappy with their brokerage firm, expecting the CEO of a company to do their bidding. Go to ETRADE for heaven's sakes. When Scott Trade loses enough customers, they and their clearing firm will change their policies. Until then, they will take advantage of every opportunity to make as much money as they can from current customers.
Get off your BEEEHIND and do what you have to do. Switch to a more friendly brokerage. I use ETRADE and for the most part it is good for me. If you had changed over when this all began, you could be buying cheap shares of GDSM today.