From: YDRALEVINA@cs.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:56 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: re Best Price Guarantee (s7-10-04)
Gentlemen:

             As an individual investor I strongly support the existing system 
where brokerage firms are obliged to route orders to the market that makes the 
best quote.  Any changes to the existing rules will water down the system and 
allow brokerage firms to either price orders themselves or route them to their 
favorite markets.   The existing system implemented back in the mid-70s has served 
small and large investors very well over the years.  It is ironic that the same 
interests that fought for the best price rule back in the 70's and 80's,  thinking 
that they will better compete with the NYSE,  now they want to change the rules 
hoping to take some business from the NYSE.

                                     Yours truly,

                                     John Barous
                                          165 Sussex Rd
                                           Tenafly, NJ 07670