Freebies through Investments

50Twuncle

Is there, somewhere on-line - a "complete" list of investments with benefits other than straightforward financial ?

I am talking freebies and discounts attached to investments - with the minimum number of shares also stated .....

eskbanker

Google 'shareholder perks' - there are plenty of such lists but I'm not aware that any of them claim to be 100% comprehensive....

csgohan4

Shame my IAG shares doesn't give me1st class tickets

jimjames

This is one list, I don't know how comprehensive it is
https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shareholder-perks

msallen

Note that you'll generally have to be the registered owner of the shares, not hold them through a nominee account, so there'll be extra trading fees involved.

Another_Saver

We bought 100 carnival @ £10. It's very risky because it could well fail before, or even after getting back to normal because of its debt and the main assets are only useful to other cruise lines, otherwise they're scrap. But if they can get back to "normal" the dividend and perks would pay it off within 5 years. This is a tiny fraction of our total wealth and a potential loss we can take in stride.

csgohan4

Another_Saver said:

We bought 100 carnival @ £10. It's very risky because it could well fail before, or even after getting back to normal because of its debt and the main assets are only useful to other cruise lines, otherwise they're scrap. But if they can get back to "normal" the dividend and perks would pay it off within 5 years. This is a tiny fraction of our total wealth and a potential loss we can take in stride.

Their a better punt than say CINE, least Carnival has managed to raise significant funds to reduce their costs and cash burn

ChilliBob

Brewdog have some stuff in their equity tfor punks. However, I was reading a blog last night and I don't feel they're a good investment and you were planning on doing more than the minimum to get benefits! 

Ifts

50Twuncle said:

Is there, somewhere on-line - a "complete" list of investments with benefits other than straightforward financial ?

I am talking freebies and discounts attached to investments - with the minimum number of shares also stated .....

I wouldn't say it's a "complete" list but here are some companies that offer benefits when you invest in their shares:

https://www.share.com/investments-and-recommendations/share-tips-and-search/shareholder-perks

cricidmuslibale

ChilliBob said:

Brewdog have some stuff in their equity tfor punks. However, I was reading a blog last night and I don't feel they're a good investment and you were planning on doing more than the minimum to get benefits! 

They were probably a good investment up until this year with the massive negative effect COVID has had on brewing and the hospitality industry. Now I would totally agree that they're probably a far from good investment at the moment. As an aside, I don't think their beer is anywhere near as good as it claims to be - of course it's not bad beer by means - but I've always found it to be very expensive for what you get compared to considerably better beer from small family and independent breweries which are far less well known than Brewdog, perhaps because they don't market themselves so aggressively.

50Twuncle

I realise that things have changed - but if you had shares in EUROPEAN FERRIES - bought back in the 70's - you could get unlimited 1/2 price travel on Townsend Thorensen Ferries / Sealink to the continent !

Anything similar available nowadays ?