We have lots of experienced traders on MoneyAM who would be glad to help if you have any trading questions.

Eckoh, depends on your broker but mine used to insist I .wait to received my new certificate because their admin couldn't do it any other way.

I always stayed certificated to get info and vote, but I have opened accounts which are supposed to allow me to "receive corporate actions" so as I have started to lodge the certificates in the accounts that I intend to sell sooner or later - and reduce my dealing charges too. This way I can sell immediately and not have to worry about certificates.

zarif, If The Select Media Group (TSMG) is currently not listed then it is very difficult to buy their shares until they are. When they become a AIM share thats when they first get listed.

I'm having problems tracing this company, so I presume the only way of buying some of their shares is either directly from the company, or from an existing shareholder.

You can keep track of AIM new issues from this site: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/newissues/default.asp

Zarif, I did a search at company house and The Select Media Group is a new Limited company registered 20 Jan 2004. I would have expected them to be a plc, if they intend to list. Also they have no trading record, as the are a new company.

I presume they are currently trying to raise money privately - but unless they are a plc, they cannot promote private share sales......mmmmm I would keep away, they may be breaking the law promoting themeselves and anyone investing would have no way of getting thier money back if they just wound themselves up!

The close period of a share for directors starts the day after the end of the trading period they are reporting for. i.e if the annual results are for the period ending 31st December 2003, then the close period starts when trading ceases on the 31st December and re-opens when the results are announced

Hi LW, Seem to have had a COLD for the last few days....but feeling better now. I had a problem last week where I had sold and sent my cert. back but they hadn't received it so hadn't released the money!!! Wanted to buy so after pushing them they 'lent' me the money, although by the afternoon they HAD found the cert. I'm going to change accounts so I wondered who you had changed to and the charges per trade. (12.50 & .5% was Nationwide/Stocktrade that I was thinking of). Many thanks and it was great to meet you all, only half way thru my reading matter.

Hi amberjan - hope I didn't give you my cold!

I have 2 accounts - one with Hoodless & Brennan (https://www.hoodlessbrennan.com/index1.htm) They charge 7 a deal, (everyone charges 0.5% as thats stamp duty) which is my short term portfolio. What I really like about them was in the first month all I paid was stamp duty - I did over 50 deals in the my first month! Limit/stop loss etc orders can only be entered for 14 days. (Hence short term portfolio!)

My long term money is with Comdirect (http://www.comdirect.co.uk/) A bit more expensive 12.50 a deal but you can put limit orders in for 90 days.

I've had no problems with either accounts (which is more than I can about other accounts I have had in the past!)

Before I forget, amberjan - although many people have only one account, if you ask the traders who they use, they often have several accounts, so if one is having problems then they trade one of the others. Also it keeps the companies on thier toes if you have a problem, and you can say that you don't have that problem with your other account!

Thanks Little Woman, I will look at both these accounts although I probably need to do some selling now, I've been listening to too much on the boards!
No I'm sure I picked up the cold elsewhere, was I insinuating.....no, I did go to an Orchid show(another of my obsessions)last week with hundreds of others, prob got it there, I'll have to stay in next to my computer in future. Cheers.

Both accounts only took a couple of days to set up, and both accept switch payments into the account, which lets you trade immediately.

Little woman- thanks for your kind answers.
I recieved this from the Trenwatch Publication that i subscribe to (as i intend to get on the shares bandwagon soon).This is the write up that came with it.

The select media group(TSMG)plc:
Scales and shopping precinct plasma screen directory manufacturer TSMG plan an AIM float in late May or Early June this year.The directors will be at the meeting to discuss the companys future and to answer any questions(4.30pm Monday 29th march at the committee room,RAC,Pall Mall,London)
The company has just landed a scales order from Asda.Now may be the chance for suitable investors to get in on the ground floor and make some real money.The international potential for the company is enormous;the 3yr projections for the Uk alone indicate significant profits.
The shares are selling at 67p present and proposals are that the TSMG will list on the AIM at a multiple of this price.

The above presentation is being organised by the Guild of Share holders.

I hope this helps.

rgds
zarif

http://ws5info.companieshouse.gov.uk/info/

Zarif if you go to the above link you can do a free basic search on any company (Limited & Plc in registered in this country)

Even the FTSE 100 companies can be found!

But The select media group(TSMG)plc is not there. Nor is TSMG. Something is wrong with this....

Zarif - that was interesting - I rang the Guild of Shareholders and they gave me a contact number for a Mr John Kottler. The phone was answered as "J K Property" (JK for John Kottler?). He's not available as he's never in the office, left him my mobile number to see if he'll ring me back! The girl on the telephone admitted it wasn't a plc, but a ltd company!

All I can say is, the Guild of Shareholders should check out the companies before they promote them!

Thank u very much Little Woman.
I think as u correctly said is to give this a Wide Berth.

Ps: since i dont do shares but am wanting to can u advise me as to which companies are good online and also if they do AIM listed shares.

Thanking u in advance.

zarif

Both the companies I use do AIM shares once they are issued. (See my posts to amberjane)

Go to go out until later now.........

First time ever Ive contributed,
late on the scene but my main acc is with T.D.Waterhouse whom allow a substancial credit limit(once you have a track record with them)whereby you can use your limit up to T25 without any cost.
For any size of deal they charge 11.95.
As a point of interest(I hope)had a minor hick-up which was their error,to compensate they gave one months free of all charges other than stamp duty.The month being January I traded 176 times without any problems.

torquay, welcome!
Do they allow you to get inside the spread when dealing?
Also look at Barclays ay 7.95 a trade
Or Deal 4 Free (No charge but spreads widen on shares outside the top 25)
D.

Zarif -

I have received first a phone call from John Kottler who was worried that his company was being misrepresented by The Guild of Shareholders and Trendwatch. He insisted that he never said the company was a plc, and it was just trying to raise funds to start trading and didnt need to be a plc. He is asking 67p a share to new investors.

I then received a call from Trendwatch (Rob Cullum?) assuring me that the company was about to become a plc, and it is a great opportunity for investors to get in, as they propose to become AIM listed at the end of May or June.

Little woman thanks very much for all your info and hard work.
Philj -from GF thread replied and sent me an internal mail aswell -he has bought some and if u send me internal mail i will forward it to you to look at aswell.

rgds
zarif

zarif, I've e-mail my personal e-mail via the internal mail (I don't think if you reply from the internal mail I will get it!)

I tend to be very wary of these type of investments as they are incredibly high risk. I don't want to discourage investment, but having been involved in this type of thing is the past - it made me realise how easy they fail. I was took over as accountant of a company that had a lot of private investor money as start up and they lost everything because:

1. The directors underestimated the professional costs in setting up & running the business - which the complained was not thier fault!

2. The directors were poor managers & had no track record managing staff so off course it was not thier fault they had a high staff turn over and unreliable staff!

3. The directors had little experience - running a business and knew nothing about putting proceedures in place - so it was not thier fault they couldn't keep proper records and were ripped off by the staff.

3. The directors overestimated the sales and was unable to make a profit because it wasn't thier fault there was too much competition and thier costs were higher than expected.

4. The directors couldn't get credit because they didn't pay thier bills because they didn't have the cashflow which also was not thier fault.

I could go on - but in the end the directors sold the assets and cleaned out the bank account. By that time I had stopped working for them - too fustrated in trying to get them to act properly and of course - I knew I would not get paid. I believe the directors just walked away......... (I know this because I still had the company register and they never made any effort to collect them from me.) I think the company didn't even trade for a full year.

thanks LW;
sending u mail soon.

rgds
zarif