Eventually, there will be no more "paper" stock certificates. That day can't come soon enough, as this idea of buying a stock in order to get a certificate has been an integral tool for so many pump and dump jobs.
"The penny stock investor may be the most dangerous creature in the investment world, at least to himself.[...]His hypocrisy becomes most apparent when he then blames his losses on the greed of others." Robert C. Dugan, Director - JRM Capital