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Always a pleasure (and a change) to have a conversation on LSE that doesn't attract abuse.
I built up to 10,000. mostly 2,000 at a time. Have always thought there are plans we don't know about yet. Managed to get my average down to 73p thanks to Covid.
I had a lot of gold coins once, always bought the best, proof, boxed sets. When it came to selling them, coin dealers shook their heads and said "there's no market for them, I'll give you half what you paid". Eventually took them to a pawnbroker who said "I'll buy them but they'll get melted down, it will be such a shame". Then he offered me double what I paid. Snatched his hand off, and invested it all in David Lenigas companies. Ooops !
Afraid I have never traded this share, only ever bought and added. One of just a few that I never consider selling. I don't think I have ever not been able to buy, and the spread always seems fairly tight. Then again, you may be trying to buy a lot more than me.
Funnily enough.... I was in my local Halifax branch on Saturday sorting out my late mother's finances. I had found £26 in old banknotes, including two ten shilling notes. (yes I looked on e.bay and it's not worth the effort).
I had four staff, including the manager, trying to fathom out what shillings were. Non of them could understand that they just needed to put one pound down on the computer for the two notes. Comments included "so a shilling is a pound", "so they are ten shilling pound notes" and "what symbol on the keyboard is shillings ?". Well, I managed to pay £25 in, and a young lady printed me some photos out to explain what shillings were, which I already knew. Heaven knows what they will make of the suitcase full of old pennies I found.
Afraid you will get little help here, except from one guy maybe. Most of the posters are ignorant bully boys, wouldn't know a treaty if it smacked them round the head. I've decided to stick around because I don't accept bullying, and talking about the with-holding tax issue makes them cry like little girlies. It is so much fun.
I took part in the offer with X-O (Jarvis), all up and showing in my account now. My main accounts are also with I-web but I wouldn't think they will allow trading in HGEN for quite a while. They have monthly meetings to decide who we can and can't invest in.
It takes a hell of a long time to wind a trust down, and If the vote fails why would it ever get to 400p ?
With reduced dividends, and a lack of interest in ESP from investors, who will want to buy ? People who demand ESP spend all their money on booze and drugs.
I've made a note to consider buying back in at 300p, depending on the new dividend policy. Otherwise Acorn is off my radar.
You really cheer me up @Royc
@SD235 - thought you were selling ? You seem to still be here, quoting other posters, as per usual.
Check before you sell - KID says 1.86 %, although we all appreciate how complicated these costs are, and have different experiences depending on which broker we use. I'm sure non of us would be invested if there was a 7 % charge ?
could you explain this in further details then, I tet easily confused. -
"The Restricted Shares have been sold to meet continuing demand from investors and as a result Anesco no longer has an interest in the share capital of the Company. "
Personally I thought they should have told shareholders of their decision before they approved. Now I don't know anymore. Or care, if I am honest.
Look at it this way @devpom , if your buy shows as a sell, which it often does, then you got a good deal - at a price that was on the sell side of the mid price. I reckon we have all asked this question at some time.
@K just had a great chat with the coroner. Fortunately they work for the police and not the council. I think some people see death as just a very profitable business.
You are so right @K. Afraid my old mum died at 94 - been a week now and nothing heard from Coroner yet. She lived in her council house for 60 years, our local council have been horrible to her over the past four years, all she ever wanted was to be left alone and live a quiet life, but the nasty letters they send upset her regularly, and even now they are apathetic. I said to their representative just three weeks ago "if you push her over the edge, you will be responsible", and was met with "why should we even talk to you, it's nothing to do with you". I suspect they will try and take all her remaining money because I have refused to ever go back to that house after what I saw. As you can only leave them messages, I have left two, written and hand delivered two letters and the keys, and no one has replied at all. I hope they don't now.
Enough said, back to dividend collecting. Quite a week last week with Gore, Jarvis and Winkworth announcing.
Tried to buy more this morning, couldn't get a quote at all while the price was down, even for 1 share, so I don't think they wanted to sell any. Too much other stuff going on to go through broker. Also tried M.Winkworth, massive spread there just puts me off buying more.
If you have any more tips, please keep them to yourself.
But appreciate your honesty. I got out a few weeks ago.