I am interested to hear any opinions about the proposed Royal Mail floatation. Will it remain a croc and sink or will it open at a premium and fly?

oh fred's generally ok, even if he does have this fixation about not voting - but then i have one that says one categorically should

fred likes being contentious (as do i), and when he remembers to write succinctly, he can occasionally make an intelligent point or issue

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stan - i already support st mungo's ..... perhaps try selling big issue if they think you're a worthy case to take on their books

How long to the day, that you walk to the end of the road and collect your mail from like a central station. The postmen are already being taken for idiots in this area with extra mail and rounds being given to them. We get our mail most days at About 2pm, hardly first class.

so much mail is rubbish, that maybe the "box" will be beside a paper recycling bin!

lol. Visited some friends in Florida and they had like a mail room down the road with a lock box for your address. Bad news for the workforce this.

Where's that fiver then?

listen up stan ..... if you don't like the idea of the mail being privatised, then explain why .... so far you have shown yourself totally incapable of so doing .... as to the fiver, try reading the response

Come on pay up... Your not Jewish are you -):

Labour 'could renationalise Royal Mail after 2015'
Labour leader Ed Miliband is under pressure to agree to renationalise Royal Mail if he wins the next election.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/10298811/Labour-could-renationalise-Royal-Mail-after-2015.html

Sorry, ma'am, but Royal Mail sell-off means no more crowning glory

That's quite interesting skinny. I wonder why the Queens wear a crown but the Kings don't? It can't just be vanity..... can it?!

Probably down to Victoria! Joking aside - I've no idea.

Looking like three times oversubscribed which means the price is likely to be near the top end of the range, according to a BBC pundit.

Anyone know what the Royal Mail epic is going to be?

'RM.' is actually 'RM PLC' ORD 2P

LATE ? :-)

LOST?

"I tried to post your Epic but you were out."

Note: Please allow sufficient time for the Postman to return to the Glasgow Distribution Centre and Sorting Office before collecting your letter or parcel.

:-)

RTS?

I think its actually RMG ?

My daughter is "having a go" and likes the idea of doing it on the Royal Mail web site and paying by Direct Debit. After chatting with me about the 'old days of privatisations' and IPOs, she feels this method will tell her immediately as to whether her application is likely to be successful.

I was telling her how in the old days, just pinning your cheque in the wrong place on the application form or even using a safety pin instead of a regular pin, could invalidate the form, with the result the application would be unsuccessful - and you thus wouldn't get any shares.

People used to 'stag' the offers (use any and all immediately available cash, even by borrowing some, so as to buy shares and sell their holding immediately the shares hit the market). Thus if they were doing this it was very important to be able to know:
Q1. If you had been granted shares and
Q2. If so, how many.

I had a go at stagging one or two issues myself:

A1. This could be ascertained by whether the application form's cheque had been presented. If it had, then you knew 'you were in'.
A2. This info' was in the press or on TV and a quick calculation, if 'you were in' was all that was needed to be able to deal without actually holding or yet being in possession of your share certificate.

She doesn't yet have a Trading Account with anyone so she yet needs to get that sorted
She has also decided to request a Share Certificate with her online application.

Anyone any comments? Is she doing the right thing with her methodology?

If holding then it hardly matters. Tuck the cert away somewhere safe.
I seem to recall a lot of brokers ready to offer deals to sell with share certs. but if looking for quick out she'll need to wait for the paper to arrive first.
Also fwiw I think all applications beyond the minimum will be scaled back as it is oversubscribed.