Royal Mail Shares....

[max99x]

Whose buying... ?

Also I know you can apply to buy via the Gov website... is this the only/best way?

 

[mally]

Just looking now, looks like you can use other intermediaries, however I'm guessing the gov.uk website will be no fee's

 

[max99x]

i wander how easy it would be to sell the shares if bought via the Gov website?

 

[retired_member32]

I am baffled, this and foxtons estate agents, can you see the Post Office and Foxtons being here in ten years time ? huge increase in spam letters that are supporting the industry, banking, utility bills and anything important are sent via email and going paperless will give you a % off, also how many estate agents are shutting each week ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1930019/Estate-agencies-shut-150-branches-a-week.html

both waiting for a fall

 

[websaway]

I am baffled, this and foxtons estate agents, can you see the Post Office and Foxtons being here in ten years time ? huge increase in spam letters that are supporting the industry, banking, utility bills and anything important are sent via email and going paperless will give you a % off, also how many estate agents are shutting each week ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1930019/Estate-agencies-shut-150-branches-a-week.html

both waiting for a fall

telegraph from May 2008 ?

 

[retired_member32]

I am trying to find a link from the bbc last week about 15 per day folding, but you get the gist, more and more people are using upad or online agents, its a dying trade that is suffering, creating a housing bubble isn't helping the cause.


http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/landlordzone-update/the-number-of-uk-estate-agents-going-bust-soars-2

 

[martin-s]

Gov't portal supposed to be an expensive way of doing it. Try Hargreaves Lansdown.

 

[matty281k]

re

computershare

 

[stender]

It will no doubt end up being majority owned by a foreign company and then prices will go up and up as with other privatised companies. I daren't think how much a stamp is going to cost!
Worst thing to happen was privatising the energy companies.

 

[retired_member32]

postage from Malta to anywhere in the UK 0.35euros (0.29GBP) 1295 miles

postage from mainland UK to mainland UK 0.60GBP 500 yds

 

[eddieb]

They also reduced the sizes of what they term 'small parcels' and 'large parcels' to make more out of ppl and websites who use them

 

[monaghan]

It will no doubt end up being majority owned by a foreign company and then prices will go up and up as with other privatised companies. I daren't think how much a stamp is going to cost!
Worst thing to happen was privatising the energy companies.

There's virtually nothing left to sell off now, virtually everything that we used to own is now is owned overseas and they wonder why there's nothing left in the UK

 

[martin-s]

Personally with the dip in mail, I think this sell off is a good thing. I can't see the post office being worth more than it is now unless it becomes radically innovative.

 

[scooter]

There's virtually nothing left to sell off now, virtually everything that we used to own is now is owned overseas and they wonder why there's nothing left in the UK

I believe Air Traffic Control is the last bastion.




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[Sussexite]

I'm struggling to see where the Post Office's potential long term growth will come from.

Any thoughts?

 

[murph]

RM has been diversifying for some time, loans, credit cards etc. They have a very strong website and traffic to turn to any market.

 

[Rob_F]

I've put in for £7,000 but doubt I'll get over £2000, and might even end up with just £750 worth of shares. Apparently, it is massively oversubscribed.

- Rob

 

[murph]

Via the Royal Mail site or other?

 

[monaghan]

RM has been diversifying for some time, loans, credit cards etc. They have a very strong website and traffic to turn to any market.

That's the Post Office - Royal Mail & Post Office Counters are different businesses, Royal Mail is the letters delivery business whereas the Post Office have the High St shops with all these fancy add-ons as well as the traditional books of stamps.

I'm guessing if they are sold off then the sub £1 monopoly will go allowing other couriers to deliver letters making the market even more confusing.

 

[Rob_F]

Via the Royal Mail site or other?

Via Barclays Stockbrokers.

- Rob