sef_lopod
needs
to figure out what I'm supposed to do now that I have the letter about the compulsory purchase of IDS shares. The complications are that that won't have been the original company name and some things are physical certificates while others were put into one of the various trading institutions.
sef_lopod
wants
an online option but suspects there's only a postal option.
sef_lopod
has
not got any pre-addressed, let alone postage paid, envelope to use.
sef_lopod
is
currently stuck on the phone line to the people allegedly in charge of sorting out the takeover.
sef_lopod
has
been stuck in the queue for nearly half an hour. But eventually got to confirm that the original shares were the Royal Mail ones for the amount on the certificate I had dug out of the folder.
sef_lopod
hates
that they don't have any other process apart from post for sending the certificate back and risking it being stolen nor, even worse, a cheque for sending me back what I'm owed (such that I'll have trouble physically putting it into the bank at all).
sef_lopod
is
trying to scan the original share certificate as some sort of evidence of ownership.
sef_lopod
will
slowly go through the form, trying to get the correct answers in the correct boxes. But, even once I've found a suitable envelope, I'll need the help of my friends who are neighbours to get a stamp & post it with proof-of-posting and then to deposit any returned cheque anywhere.
sef_lopod
thinks
it's far too deadly to make those trips myself.
Lemongrass
says
it must be quite a nuisance not to be able to send stuff by post straightforwardly. I take the point about proof of posting - that really does need to be done at a post office.
Does the post there have the option to insure a package? Here it costs a little more, but it's worth it when you're mailing something that you need to make sure is received by the intended person.
sef_lopod
says
the other standard option here is registered post - where the person at the other end has to sign for it and you get notified that they did so. But it's not any real form of insurance against it getting stolen in transit.