Why are we again at 10.5p bid?

It doesn't add up...

Good Results + Strong buying pre results + Christmas online buying soon = Price drop

Then again some companies that have debt for equity hanging in the balance, poor results and bankruptcy around the corner and they go up!

Why sell now at a loss?

Wont that be a kick in the teeth when we see 13.5p 14p again!

Best of luck all.

Not so, Fundy. I bought some mid morning at 14.53 which still haven't shown up on the trades data yet. How long can brokers/market makers withhold trades from the market?

Edit: Just spotted Dailos's thread in the Traders' Room on Delayed Reporting. My experience today doesn't fit the rules.

If you bough with TD Waterhouse then they probably won't show up as they use a different system. I think it is called virtual-x which sometime explains why prices will move when there doesn't seem to be any volume.

Hope this helps

Andy

Just noticed this posted elsewhere from the Scotsman on Sunday - looks pretty positive to me:

""Retail Decisions on course

RETAIL Decisions, a firm specialising in credit-card fraud prevention, is on track to meet forecasts for a doubling of profits this year, despite fears of a consumer slowdown.

Household debt in Britain and Australia, where the company is the largest issuer of multi-branded fuel-purchase cards, has ballooned in recent years on the back of low interest rates and a housing boom that has sent prices soaring. But interest rates have been rising in both countries and are expected to climb further in a bid to curb consumer debt.

At Retail Decisions core fraud-prevention business, which specialises in online and telephone transactions where credit cards are not seen by retailers, the volume of transactions was up more than 50 per cent on last year."

Better than expected results should be worth a couple of :-))))'s at least.

Thanks overgrowth

Arawli - Yes, TDW. Thanks for the explanation.

Thanks overgrowth here's one from me :-))))
and a little one for you :-)

Hmmffff I give 'em a nice :-)))) and get back a RED :-(

Douggie
just curious are you a trader or are you retired etc
Richard

Hi biffa18 I am now a retired person with too much time to waste, who invested wisely in this Co. and who unwisely didn't sell at 24p! so don't have cash in pocket, nor can have a nother bite at this cherry = inept trader ;o/

Hi dougie
just wondered i have half mill of these not alot to worry about really i have half mill cybit as well markets have lost all the day traders etc so volitility has gone but patience is always rewarded just depends on yr time scale

Biffa18.

Warn me before you put your tranche on the market. Although not as many as you I hold quite a few of these share bought at about 5+p, after getting out at the peak a few years ago. The problem I see is the NMS is 75,000 and I can see the MM being their usual charming selves if there is a great degree of selling. (I don't blame them.)

Lets hope it goes up and stays up. That would be a nice ----.
Ps
I did sell half my holdings at 20p after speaking to Douggie in London. Bought back again at about 14.5.

Douggie.

If you have spare time, why not try selling it on E-bay. Lots of people haven't got enough. :+>

yes iv done quite well in this share buying on dips an selling some keep some, you end up with alot of free shares that way

someone else topped up with a million this morn

Good to see RTD's sp looking at bit stronger at close - we may even get a tick up tomorrow.

nice start on this today,steve!!!!!!!!!!!looking good.

DD

there appears to be a few buys going thru yesterday and this am - more volume would be nice ahead of next fridays interims

that explains it then ,go for our team holding all the same. this auction any good stuff going down.

There seem to be a lot of trades going through at the Mid price ie 15p

I just tried to buy & was offered 15p.

So it looks like the 15p trades are buying.

All good for some blue this week!!

LONDON (AFX) - Retail Decisions PLC said Marks and Spencer PLC will become the first client to use its newly launched fraud screening service for cheques.

M&S, one of the UK's largest accepters of cheques, according to Retailing Decisions, will use its cheque fraud screening service throughout UK stores as part of its fraud prevention plan.

The company said non-card related fraud preventing services will become increasingly important to retailers after January 2005 when 'Chip & PIN' arrives in the UK.

Carl Clump, chief executive of Retail Decisions, said: 'Retailers should not be lulled into believing Chip & PIN will solve all fraud problems.

'The British Banking Association is already advising high street banks that fraud will migrate from cards present transactions to the next weakest links in the payment chain, which are almost certainly going to be cheques and Card Not Present transactions.'

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