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I was thinking you might get your 450p entry point soon but I'm not sure what's gong n with the prices being shown on boards at the moment, like last week all reference to price is £5 to sell when actual price is 512p.

Looking at past charts and old news I'm not sure what caused the brief peak to 130p early last summer . ( unless it was yet another takeover rumour ) Sentiment does seem to be slightly with Man now, more than it has been anyways, in fact , apart from the albatross of ahl round it's neck I do feel that this would be flirting around the magic £1 area, although looking at not too distant charts , longer term holders must be wondering what's happened here, although they have had some tasty dividends along the way.

I noted on a post of yours last week you posted a hold , do u rate it a sell now, as you are waiting for the. 450p area

I hope you are correct, but that would be an impressive leap, considering as mentioned, that this seems to look like its stuck n the 81p/83p region, rather than the broader 80/90 range.

With close ties to the company and products do you think that a 10/ 15% reduction in retail prices would help increase sales ( it's a shame that some sectors seem to charge the most they think that customers will pay for an item rather than what I would call a fair price ) or do you think that customers, like clients in other sectors have so many sensory options that this sector has seen its peak . ?

as far as im aware , future divi hasnt been anounced yet, so not sure what the reduction to 1.9p is, but i would expect and hope that the spring divi would be at least 3.5p, and 4.5p would be very acceptable and sustainable, even at this share price and who knows, what itwould be especially IF a special divi is paid.

Its very interesting that the ft article, originally posted earlier by JD i think, hasnt altered the share price an iota, considering that if an aquisition isnt made and some surplus cash is muted to be returned to shareholders that even if only half of the £550 million surplus cash was returned , that would be nearly 9p a share, and if the whole surplus was returned it would be nearly 19p. Surely if this were true,or those in the know, thought it were true the share price would have moved a couple of pence, veen if only temporarily.

id be interested to know if you are still directly or indirectly connected to the games and/or the stores, and if so you you see any negative changes in those stores. Im sure you are correct in saying that it is strange if a company needs a major film to help sell its products,and im not saying it should, but not using their products, but knowing how many niche enthusiast's markets benefit from high profile, new twists on an old theme, wether it be new models of camera, an upgrade of a tennis raquet. a new film will often be a FREE high profile advert for an activity, much like the olympics has been for curling, skiing etc. a new film can not do any harm to a niche market, many whose player base are interested in such things. My main negative here is the will we/ wont we pay a dividend, which would definately put off potential buyers, and if no one wants the buy, the price wont rise. Fingers crossed we dont get to the 450p range.

Plus a modest 5000 purchase recently at 525p by a GAW manager.

With support strengthening at the 525 mark I think now is the time to make an entry into Dom again. I take on board other posters reservations that there are many places to buy fast food, that can be delivered, but that the Domino high profile, along with apps, internet and phone orders and with FIFA having the World Cup football times starting slap bang in British and European evening meal times, and with the spectre of a not too hot summer, this could be a repeat of the Euro football summer a couple of years ago where the share price went from 450p to 550p over the summer, ( not traditionally a time to tuck into pizza). A bit simplistic maybe, but it worked for me then, I'm hoping it works again this summer.

"Put" not "but"

I'm in a very similar position to you dduck. Bought in after the dust settled after it's dramatic 30% drop! but I felt that with the new Hobbit film , due for release this summer along with its, almost ever popular warhammer game that this was worth a speculative investment. I too am concerned as RPDrake is that the board have taken this peculiar stance on the on/off payment of dividends, which will definitely deter longer term buyers from entering here. With their stance I can only see any upward movements being quickly turned into spikes by shorter term traders but off by the lack, maybe of a dividend.

This has been a fantastic year, with all that armchair sport fuelling hungry customers appetites . Very simplistic and obvious but very true in my opinion, far moreso that ratings from fickle brokers with their own agendas. I think sales will pick up again now the colder weather is here and that those with a taste for Dominos will help push this above 550p by the new year.

Dont forget Euro football either! It's just when it hits £5, not if .

I'm grateful for any comments, I agree that defensive stocks are often neglected in the good times, and I do like dividend paying stocks but I also think that the fundementals here are still attractive and the share price hopefully has a bit further to go. Look at the share price rise the last 3 years or so, a nice chart. ( unfortunately I wasn't in at the £18 mark ) but this is in times of smoking bans not only in the uk but in various parts of Europe, although not always efficiently implemented. So I am content on holding these until the end of the year, who knows that £28 might be there by then. Good luck.

I agree that the broker targets , up to £28 do seem a bit high, but I'm still pretty confident , and I assume you would agree, that the European pantomime has not finished yet and that, with, I think about 5% year divi this is a safe ( ish ) share. Although this may not see huge rises I think the wave pattern will be a gentle ripple and not the roller coaster seen in other ftse companies this last year, and I fear this year too.

Good divi paying defensive stock, near it's year high but with price targets up to £28 and with 67p divi soon, it's recent retrace gives a good entry point for short term growth and longer term stability. IMO . Good luck.

10p of it next week, a great defensive ( boring) stock in these roller coaster times.

Anyone any thoughts on reason for near 5% drop yesterday, everything looks fine . and holding well today, maybe just mass profit taking for those lucky enough to have bought on 66p October dip.

Live price 971p good start