Who to buy Royal Mail shares from ?

[4sure]

Evening all.
Advice please,thinking of buying some Royal Mail shares.
Should i apply to 1 of the 44 intermediary companies or direct from the government.
Would be happier if i knew the share price,but fancy a punt.

New to this and any help would be appreciated.

[davepoth]

Depends on what you want to do with the shares really - keep them a while, or attempt to flip them quickly?

[Migx]

if you work for them you can get a allocation of shares up to 10k. (excluding the free shares that they will give)

[Migx]

if you work for them you can get a allocation of shares up to 10k. (excluding the free shares that they will give)

[Darranu]

Hi,

I've just submitted my application at https://royalmailshares.service.gov.uk/publichomep...

There's probably other ways to do it but I'm not to clued up with shares etc.

Hope this helps,
D

[4sure]

davepoth said:

Depends on what you want to do with the shares really - keep them a while, or attempt to flip them quickly?

Thanks
I have just submitted my application directly to the government as i wanted to do it sooner rather than later,but guess i will have to register with a stockbroker in order to sell them on at a later date providing i actually get any.
Have chosen the nominate route rather than holding a physical share certificate which i presume still enables me to sell if wanted pretty quickly.

All depends on allocation and of course the market whether or not i keep them a while or flip them relatively quickly.

Edited by 4sure on Saturday 28th September 09:41

[4sure]

Darranu said:

Hi,

I've just submitted my application at https://royalmailshares.service.gov.uk/publichomep...

There's probably other ways to do it but I'm not to clued up with shares etc.

Hope this helps,
D

Cheers.
Thats the same route i went after some thought.

[Slowped]

I can help anyone wanting to apply- not sure what would be thought of as advertising so please PM me.
Nick

[4sure]

Unclear about selling the shares again if purchased directly from government.
I ticked the nomination box rather than a physical paper share cert.
Will i have to pre register with a broker to sell using a nomination process ?

[TheEnd]

4sure said:

Darranu said:

Hi,

I've just submitted my application at https://royalmailshares.service.gov.uk/publichomep...

There's probably other ways to do it but I'm not to clued up with shares etc.

Hope this helps,
D

Cheers.
Thats the same route i went after some thought.

Did you get a confirmation email?
I tried, possibly twice, only to get a crapple ipad quickly flash a message and return to the gov homepage.

[B17NNS]

I'm buying through HL into my ISA.

http://www.hl.co.uk/royal-mail/share-offer

[4sure]

TheEnd said:

4sure said:

Darranu said:

Hi,

I've just submitted my application at https://royalmailshares.service.gov.uk/publichomep...

There's probably other ways to do it but I'm not to clued up with shares etc.

Hope this helps,
D

Cheers.
Thats the same route i went after some thought.

Did you get a confirmation email?
I tried, possibly twice, only to get a crapple ipad quickly flash a message and return to the gov homepage.

Yes,got an e mail within 10 mins.
Application complete....Share Offer Number*********.

You will be notified of shares allocated etc...

Maybe it was busy ?

[TheEnd]

Yep, possible.
I'll give it 24h and then use a real computer!

[philv]

TheEnd said:

Yep, possible.
I'll give it 24h and then use a real computer!

Did you finally get a confirmation?

I didnt after 30 mins so far and no confirmation screen after payment screen either.
Just too me back to the home sceen.

Now if i do it again do i run the risk of having 2 debits to my acciunt?!

Or will their system know ive already applied.

Crappy system.

[sumo69]

I applied this afternoon and had an instant confirmatory e-mail.

I think I should have applied through a broker due to the cheap selling fees!

David

[TheEnd]

philv said:

Did you finally get a confirmation?

I didnt after 30 mins so far and no confirmation screen after payment screen either.
Just too me back to the home sceen.

Now if i do it again do i run the risk of having 2 debits to my acciunt?!

Or will their system know ive already applied.

Crappy system.

I re did it on a PC, it went through to a payment page, then a verified by visa, and finally a page with rough details on the application number, and they said they would send an email.
That appeared a couple of minutes later.

If you are using some Apple product, try a different computer to get it to work.

[RichB]

B17NNS said:

I'm buying through HL into my ISA.

http://www.hl.co.uk/royal-mail/share-offer

Interesting, when you say "into" your ISA what does that mean?

[B17NNS]

RichB said:

Interesting, when you say "into" your ISA what does that mean?

I have a stocks and shares ISA.

You invest your ISA allowance into an account and can then use the funds to buy/sell shares.

http://www.hl.co.uk/investment-services/isa

[RichB]

B17NNS said:

RichB said:

Interesting, when you say "into" your ISA what does that mean?

I have a stocks and shares ISA.

You invest your ISA allowance into an account and can then use the funds to buy/sell shares.

http://www.hl.co.uk/investment-services/isa

Interesting, thanks...

[CRB14]

B17NNS said:

I'm buying through HL into my ISA.

http://www.hl.co.uk/royal-mail/share-offer

Ditto...it was easy as peas. I just hope I get my allocation.