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A nervy start for me this morning. I'm in Ctr and they had a wobble this morning, why I never topped up is beyond me. I think I'm getting scared because every share I have is red. Oldbadger, I notice this is getting nearer our possible top up price, Decisions, decisions. Donald and Nigel ? Now there's mutterings of a knighthood for Nigel. The world has truly gone mad.

Evening oldbadger, thanks again for the info, you're a great help. Another long day for me in work today, I too am working class, I basically rehab patients once the hospital Physios have finished with them. It's gym and class based so it saves the Nhs a small fortune and takes some off the workload off them. Long, long hours though. Looks like I didn't miss much today, I'm still keeping my powder dry, I'm keeping my eye on GMAA and Laird both seem to be good value at the moment. I'll spend an hour now looking through the prospectus with a cuppa. Thanks again, I hope we both do well here. Ste

Morning old badger. I think it is done purely for accounting purposes, I just don't understand why they sold that chunk when we seem to have enough money for a share buy back and a special dividend. Time will tell. I feel sorry for those in Afpo this morning. I never liked the look of that company right from the start. Aim really is a minefield it's it?

aahh thanks for clearing the Advent situation up, It makes sense now. I've noticed a lot of Xmas Dfs adverts on the tv over the weekend. Can only help with sales. I appreciate all the help, you're a great help. Roll on 8am to continue this adventure. Good night oldbadger and soleman1 if you look in. Ste

Evening oldbadger. Work over for another day. I saw that re the buy back. I remember one of the 1st posts I saw from you. One thing that stood out was the relatively small fee float in the publics hands. The buy back will reduce it even more. Hopefully it'll help with the share price but I'm not sure what the point is? I think one of the other things I saw that was up for discussion was expansion overseas. I would have thought the money would have been best used towards making that a success ? Sorry, another thing I saw was that they may make a special dividend payment to shareholders in early 2017. Seems there's a lot of money stuffed down the back of our sofas - any thoughts? Sorry, one more point. I noted on Wikipedia that Advent are listed as Dfs's parent company. I don't understand that £40 million sale by them at all now. I'm confused :)

Morning oldbadger. I feel for the guys on xel and gkp too. It's frightening to see what can happen to your money. I only dealt in aim stocks until recently but seeing how quickly any rises disappear, I've changed to bigger companies. Basically I try to find companies that have had falls that seem to be way overdone. Time will tell if it pays off but it's certainly not as scary as aim. I'm looking to put £2k more in this week if it dips and I have another £3k I may put into GMAA which is a similar story to here. I'll read up more on that one while in work later. If this hits soletraders target of 4.50, I'll be joining you in retirement ! Have a wonderful day my friend. Onwards and upwards tomorrow (hopefully). Ste

I also invested in eurotunnel and northern rock. After that I changed my name to Warren StuffIt and didn't go near the market for years until I moved my pension into a sipp. Fingers crossed, I've done ok this past 11 months by not being to greedy. That's my investment history for what is worth :)

Evening oldbadger I'm not copying your investment plan but erm, I'm going to do the same. I sold some Enquest to free up some cash for here. That dip to 2.13 and subsequent rise gives me some confidence that that was the bottom. The million dollar question is when to top up if it does dip. I'm still kicking myself for not topping up at 2.13. I had my finger on the button but chickened out thinking it may go to 2.00. As you can tell, I'm not very good at this yet, I've only been investing for 11 months apart from a brief attempt many years ago. Marconi, Pacific media, Freeserve and a few others that turned into a mini disaster. I still remember knutsford which I didn't buy into - watching and hoping I'd find the next one at the time. I never did haha

Morning chaps. I knew somebody would help. I love this board. Quality not quantity. Thanks soleman1 and oldbadger, I'm looking forward to next week. If it dips again, I'll put another chunk in. That divis not to far away and I'm expecting people to start jumping in next week to take advantage of it. All the best everyone. Ste

With more knowledge than me explain those last 2 trades please ? Is it just 1 cancelled trade, Thanks guys. Ste

'and somewhere in the darkness The gambler he broke even'

Haha you jinxed it oldbadger ! You'll have to put your hand in your pocket and but another million.

Evening fellow sofas. A much more encouraging day today. I've been working late so missed the exciting bit. Nice to see you in profit and looking back through the prices, me and oldbadger broke even - well for about half an hour. Good luck and here's for breaking even at close tomorrow. Good night all. Ste

I'm out too Ian, sometimes things take a little longer to than I'm willing to wait. Far too impatient me. I've moved over to Dfs for the big dividend and value there. Good luck to all those more patient than me, you're going to do very well over time here. Ste

Looks like we're away here. 2.17 to buy with HL now. I'm convinced there was a massive order being filled over the last couple of days. If they let her go now, I'll be keeping another close eye on those late reported trades.

Hi oldbadger. Major investor holdings - 156.6 million of total shares in company of 211 million? That's impressive. Thanks for the information. Things looking a bit better this morning. I was going to add more at 2.13 but chickened out. I wish I'd bought them now. Ste

People are going to be jumping in here for the dividend. This share is an absolute steal at the moment. Ste

Hi guys. I'm just trying to work out what the directors holdings are. I've looked at the 'Directors' deals' on here but what I'm looking for is - have any directors actually bought shares out of there own money? Not 'exercise of options'. Thank you everyone and good night for now. Ste

Hi soleman1. Exactly the same as oldbadger here. Very sure things will turn our way over time. Again, I don't normally average down but I am here. It's 50% of my sipp now and I'm pretty relaxed about things. I think it's a great share, Dfs are in great shape and sooner or later, We'll get a great return. Let's see what tomorrow brings. Ste

Hi badger, Can you buy another million in the morning please? I just feel like something is going on, looking at the trades. I would have thought that due to the big eyes at end, we should open at that price in the morning. Also, if you look at the disparity between buys and sells, I'm suprised we're not blue. I think I'm just trying to make myself feel better with conspiracy theories !