Royal Mail Shares (1 Viewer)

[Marty]

Anyone buying?

 

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[Nick]

Are they down? I have made a mint on GTA so might dabble!

 

[We'll_live_and_die]

Minimum investment of £750. I'm out.

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Tempted as a short-term carpetbagger type investment, its a winner......longer term & you'll probably lose your shirt....

....but I won't be buying as I don't believe in the privatisation of state owned assets......just fuels the them v us society, creates a wider gap between the haves & have nots & will ultimately fuck the service & cost people their jobs...

 

[Marty]

Tempted as a short-term carpetbagger type investment, its a winner......longer term & you'll probably lose your shirt....

....but I won't be buying as I don't believe in the privatisation of state owned assets......just fuels the them v us society, creates a wider gap between the haves & have nots & will ultimately fuck the service & cost people their jobs...

Exactly the same thoughts. But long term, I don't think it'll be as gloomy as you make out. I've heard figures of 6-8% dividends being banded about. I could imagine someone like Deutsche post slowing building a stake before a buy out.

 

[dutchman]

It was a worth a punt if you had the cash to spare but I wouldn't invest my life savings in it. I doubt any private investor will receive even the minimum £750 allocation.

It's also the end of the post office service in Britain as we used to know it.

 

[ricohman]

I work for Rm and we got free shares byt have to hold onto them for 5 yrs before we can sell, or 3yrs if we wanna pay tax on them. Theres a strike coming nov so post early

 

[skybluedan]

Ricoh I used to be a postman about 10 years ago did it for a few years question mate I used to pay into a pension there. Now I don't live in cov what will happen to it

 

[dutchman]

Ricoh I used to be a postman about 10 years ago did it for a few years question mate I used to pay into a pension there. Now I don't live in cov what will happen to it

I know someone who was in exactly the same position as you. When he turned 60 he started receiving a small pension from Royal Mail. This pension liability has since been transferred to the government but *should* be paid in future years exactly as before. This assumes the government doesn't try to wriggle out of its pension commitment.

 

[ricohman]

Yeah your pension should stay intact

 

[Marty]

Over £5 now.

 

[sueanne21]

Over £5 now.

Whoa....I managed to get in on £750, great news.

 

[dutchman]

Only received notification of mine this afternoon so couldn't have sold them before then even if I'd wanted to. Not that I was holding my breath or anything.