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That is a word perfect description of your own behavior on here then, Redceo.

I have two accounts: one dividend amount was paid into one of my accounts at 8.00 this morning...the other at 4pm this afternoon. But mine are paid as cash not paid back as reinvested dividends into shares; I find I receive the cash far quicker than the actual shares from the reinvested dividends.

Firstly, TLWilliams, I would just say that regarding your particular comment about the interesting contributors over on the other board, then, yes, I totally agree...and I read them frequently I might add.

I might also add, the reason(s) your overall comments on your two postings today have been received with very little response might well be because of:-
1. The character "Sweenoid" ( self-promoted, self-proclaimed expert ) has been ramping the hell out of IQE (has he ever been right?) for as long as I can remember...and I have been invested in IQE several times now over the past several years;
2. Edison? Well, all I can say regarding Edison is -- "chah"!!
Edison have published a couple of reports for IQE in the not so distant past...and everyone of them has fallen flat on its face. All rather humiliating for them in truth.

I am still invested here...but as of yet have not bought anymore shares since they were 60 something pence. Nor will I, even at these prices. Unless the price moves upwards on really good, positive news, or falls down into the mid-thirties perhaps, (and every chance of that) I will not be buying more shares. But everyone to their own. I am just not fully convinced, at this moment in time, that another big correction is now off the cards. Cheers!

And a happy New Year to you also, RobinHood69 -- cheers!

No one is questioning the fact that VRS makes Graphene, where as AGM and Haydale don't...but who says that VRS make "high quality" Graphene? VRS, perhaps? Just because they claim it has been collaborated on and verified by the new Manchester Graphene Centre does not necessarily mean it is the worlds only "true"(?) Graphene...or is that what you believe? Let us not forget, both Haydale and AGM ( AGM to a lesser degree) have access to the Graphene Centre too.

And as for all that "high quality" Graphene, where are all the huge orders? Name me one substantial, finished product containing this "high quality" Nanene that is now an established item bringing in much needed year upon year revenue for VRS?

And returning to Haydale and AGM. Yes, you are quite correct, in some respects, to say that they tried and failed (we won't mention anything more about Mr Gibbs...it is, after all, an open forum) but you are still failing to recognize that, even if they do eventually fail, they still reached the point where they did indeed have a finished commercial product (something larger and more substantive than just "push-in ear-plug microphones") that has found a market somewhere...however small.

VRS might well turn out to be "the best thing since sliced bread"...but it needs to start walking the walk, luckyorange. Because if it does not...you are going to see a plunge in the s.p just as dramatic as the ones concerning both AGM and Haydale. And it cannot be far off either.

P.s As for Graphene itself someone on LSE once said: "this thing still belongs in a test tube in some laboratory somewhere...not as a viable business". This comment has some validity when you consider it has not been that long since the government funded Graphene Centre only just opened a couple of years ago; lets us also bear in mind that some of the brightest young minds from around the world gather here with regular frequency...and they have access there to all the cutting-edge technologies and sciences that anyone could wish to offer. Graphene? A wonder product? In my opinion - yes! Graphene companies ahead of their time? In my opinion - yes! Can these Graphene companies survive? I cannot answer that. I guess it will come down to luck and endeavour. But just as the great Jack Nicklaus once said: "lucky? yes I was lucky -- but its a funny thing about luck -- the more I practice...the luckier I get". Wise words, Jack...wise, wise words indeed. Fortune does indeed favour the lucky.

Good luck to you, luckyorange, with VRS, I hope it all comes good for you also. And, of course, for everyone else concerned. Cheers!

"Several": 6 -8(?) And here's me thinking that 6-8 is half-a-dozen or so. Back to you already, dim jim.

What it comes down to, madasaballon, is they just don't like the truth being served up to them. The only way they can deal with it is to attempt to resort to sarcasm and personal abuse...all very childish really. Along with yourself, IsleworthSpy and me also, they have been repeatedly cautioned about the effect that any settlement with the CWU might cost. They seem to think that the CWU is an ineffectual little body of people with very little muscle or having any great influence upon RMG's strategy or business plans. But, as I keep trying to explain to them...only a postie would really understand the true symbiotic relationship that is, in all essence, the real Royal Mail. I keep stating it and I will now state it again now: they are Yin and Yang, opposite sides of the same coin, intrinsic to each others very success. Without the cooperation of the CWU this share price is going nowhere...and who does not understand that, understands nothing about Royal Mail.

Never thought the word several could equate to six weeks or even a couple of months. Now you could say "several months"...but that would be a lot longer than several weeks. If I anticipated something might take 6 - 8 weeks I may well say "a couple of months". But several weeks if I actually meant a couple of months? Errrr no. Certainly not. P.s You get my drift, fella?

You bring the "cheeky claret", Maladoni...I will provide the cakes; those just being the bog-standard fairy cake types. P.s love to see djm1 attempt to ram even just 9 of those little mouthfuls down his throat in quick succession...take at least a pot of tea to wash that lot down -- and some!

Not 100% sure exactly what you mean, luckyorange, by: "AGM and Haydale don't do graphene". But if you are stating that they do not produce it, then yes, I am aware of that fact; struggling to understand the point you are trying to make here in all honesty. Is there one?

As for VRS: What exactly do they purport to make? It certainly is not true Graphene in the purest sense. Unless of course they can mass produce that which what everybody else cannot at the moment. Can anybody in fact mass produce true Graphene in large quantities?

And lastly what is this ridiculous preoccupation with platelet size I keep reading about on the other forum? It may well just be that for a long time, or even never, it might not be possible to mass produce pure Graphene. But who really cares? Imagine when oil was first discovered to have a use? No one immediately understood or envisioned the many other things that could be manufactured from it. For example: plastics, petrol, fertilizers, detergents, paints, and many other things...like just about everything really. Whether it is pure Graphene or just Graphite that is closer to Graphene -- it does not matter a jot! The point is, and its the only point, if someone out there discovers a commercial use for something that is pure Graphene ( as long as they can mass produce it of course) or just something that is three steps removed from Graphene, then, like I just stated, it does not matter in the slightest. All that matters is what they have produced creates or helps create a finished product and that there is a market demand for it. And thats everything in a nutshell...there really is nothing else.

I agree with you, Quinny29, regarding your comment about RMG being greatly undervalued...in my opinion it most certainly is. But there is a silver-lining to every cloud: the more the s.p drops = more shares for your soon to be paid out dividend -- cannot be a bad thing! As long as you are in this for the next several years, at least I would say, then you cannot go wrong. And as for the recent and latest s.p collapse? It was to be expected. After all, the CWU and Royal Mail are now engaged in serious and meaningful negotiation at long last. There will be a price to be exacted...and a costly one. But get all this out of the way, and come the Springtime things will most definitely be looking up. Cheers!

Really djm1? Would you care to search for what you would consider a definition of "several" then? And when you have found one that suits your way of thinking why not "copy and paste"...and then we can all discuss whether several means about "three or four" or does in fact mean several DOZEN at the very least.

1. I ate one or two cakes.
2. I ate three or four cakes. (several)
3. I ate half a dozen cakes. (more than several)

Now then, djm1, let me ask you a question. If I was to invite you to sit down and eat several small delicious cakes with your afternoon cuppa would you think I was completely bonkers if I was to then hand you a plate with nine cakes on it and insist you scoff down the whole lot?

You don't have to answer that it you feel it is not necessary, djm1. I understand, truly I do.

luckyorange? Ahh...yessss...I do recall you now. I used to read your daily comments across on the other board...numerous comments perhaps I should actually say. What happened? You yourself do seem to have gone very quiet on that particular site these days.

Regarding my investing strategy concerning Graphene: shares in AGM, Directa Plus and Haydale. Apart from Directa Plus neither of the other pair are doing particularly well. But there again at least these two companies have one big advantage over VRS...at present anyways: they both have a finished product that is out there on the shelves!

When VRS has a finished product they are supplying to a customer who has found a niche for it in a new and growing market I may, may just, decide to buy back in. But at present? No...not at these prices I won't. Cheers!

If you regard selling VRS (16 months ago) at 1.63 and buying into Directa Plus at 38 pence as "dashing" about? Then yes! I unashamedly dashed from VRS to Directa Plus...and jolly glad I did so also.

At the risk of pouring cold water onto your flames, zebbo. Several: "being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind". I think you might well find that "eight" constitutes more than several.

I did almost exactly the same, maddog38: watched as the s.p went all the way up to 1.90...put in a stop loss and got out with a small amount of profit just above 1.63. A fair chunk of mine has also gone into Directa Plus. As you say concerning VRS: "hype and not many sales".

People who got in first with this particular company have had their chances to make substantial amounts of money...unfortunately out and out greed has raised its ugly head for most of them. Over on the other board there are dozens of people who, according to them, boast very low averages (30 - 40 pence range) and who, by their own admissions, have never taken a penny of profit...this is sheer madness not just greed. They are all convinced this is -- "the big one"!! Some of these people hold not just tens of thousands of shares but hundreds of thousands. In fact their whole portfolio is comprised primarily of just this one company. Again -- sheer madness!

They, as a discussion group, have been openly bickering, read that as openly warring, with each other for some considerable time now. Not only is it fascinating viewing, but, in all frankness, I find it all rather tragic; they have divided into two main factions, pro Ricketts vs anti Ricketts, and both sides persistently present very compelling arguments for and against. Those that blame Ricketts for the slump in the s.p should really be questioning their own judgement. He has, on several occasions, sold big chunks of his own shares...in fact in one reply to one agitated poster (on twitter I believe) he replied that he was ensuring the prosperity of both his family and he for the coming future. Cannot state it any clearer than that in deed or word.

There are valuable lessons to be learned here playing out daily in front of everyone's eyes...not least for any company whose value is measured in meaningless pictures and comments posted on twitter and other social media sites...as indeed this one is. A company whose very substance, it does appear, is being built on sand -- not rock!

I genuinely think that a proper Grecian styled tragedy could well be being enacted out here for all those who are viewing. It has all the necessary provisos for a really disastrous, life-changing crash for so many involved.

correction: rein

I have to further state that I think he is spot on with letters. Spot on with tracked. Just not sure about his guess/view regarding the volumes that pertain to the various other services offered that deal with untracked parcels and small packets; I was under the impression myself that they also might be up somewhat...slightly higher than the previous year.

However, there is also a very important point that IsleworthSpy made that did not go unnoticed by me: greater volumne does not always equate to greater profit. When those figures are released we might find he has indeed been quite right.

I personally think that IsleworthSpy might be just a little bit on the pessimistic side here...but I would not put money on it. He is entitled to advise us of what he himself has seen over Christmas -- and also entitled to his own opinion! At least he was there on the floor whilst it was all going on. And the greater majority of you on this board over the festive season? What ventures were you all engaged with that might reveal some greater informative insights in RMG's latest endeavours? Why at home of course toasting your nuts no doubt in front of a blazing Yule Log fire! Obviously you must all be endowed with a great deal more foresight to be able to see much more further and more precisely than IsleworthSpy when it comes to debating Royal Mail's latest performances. After all he only works for Royal Mail...unlike the rest of you of course.

JBTHISTLE: "people posting unsubstantiated nonsense figures". So lets get this right? You make a contention, JBTHISTLE, and we all accept it at face value because "YOU" have made it. What?! But if someone who is employed as a postie makes a statement based upon what he has seen with his own eyes when working on the floor over the Christmas period he is immediately castigated and his words treated with complete disdain? You are beyond contempt, JBTHISTLE! And here is me formerly under the impression you had more than a modicum of common sense -- apparently not!!