I sent TDAmeritrade a message a few days ago asking if the short-term redemption fee charged on mutual fund shares that have been held 180 days or less applies to shares purchased through dividend reinvestment. Apparently, customer service didn't understand my question because they messaged me back with an answer that had nothing to do with my question. So today I called and posed the same question to the customer service rep who answered. He gave me at least two different answers that were not answers to my question. After spending a good five minutes getting nowhere with him, I asked to be transferred over to another customer service rep. He did so, and the next service rep who answered gave me a definite answer of no. However, I would like to have that answer confirmed before I go selling shares and get charged $49.99. I'm on disability and have a small TDAM account and don't have money to throw away.
