free share from abby

iamchrisli

Just found it on abby's mother company website. They give away 10 shares each for every abbey's customer in some uni.

http://www.santandershareholder.co.uk/promotions/10_free_shares

their share worth 8pounds each at the moment.

farso

Thanks, But unfortunatley not at my Uni

surfsister

Are you an Abbey customer and a student, graduate or


member of staff at one of the following Universities?

• Bath University
• Cambridge University
• Essex University
• Edinburgh University
• Leeds University
• Loughborough University
• Oxford Brookes University
• Southampton University
• Union of London University
• University of Warwick

If so, visit your Abbey campus branch to receive your 10


Free Santander Shares

TheEffect

Abbey would have to give me more than 10 shares to be a customer with them. They were rated worst company for customer service and worst bank in the UK.

Masomnia

Bit of a silly offer I feel.

What are you going to do with them? Sell them and get ~80% of the money out of it after dealing costs, making a loss, or hold them and collect €6 - €7 in dividends a year and hope they go up high enough for you to sell at a profit?

Swirlywurly

Interesting....I go to one of these uni's, but wouldn't know what to do with the shares!

DrScotsman

And I go to one of these unis and there definitely isn't an Abbey on campus (Nor A&L/B&B)

Anyone from Warwick want to tell me something I don't know?

Jennifer_Jane

Good grief - 10 free Santander shares - go for it! Keep them till you do know what to do with them.

Why wouldn't you?

Masomnia

I'd rather have cash!

Can't help but feel this is a bit irresponsible, getting people to open sharedealing accounts when they probably have no idea what they're doing with them.

Lokolo

Masomnia wrote: »

I'd rather have cash!

Can't help but feel this is a bit irresponsible, getting people to open sharedealing accounts when they probably have no idea what they're doing with them.

Its aounrd 10E a share. Thats around 100 euros for just getting a current account and then sellin the shares.

I'd do it if it was at my uni!

Although I am living in Soton atm, do you think I could get away with it and pretend I went to the uni?