That's weird about Scottrade. I had my core shares certed in Sept and it took about 4 weeks for them to come in. Though the guy at my local branch seemed surprised I would want the physical certificates, he still had them sent after I paid the $50.
I have to agree a bit with pnew and Mr. P about having them certed. I don't know really if it helps, but I also admit that the whole NSS thing is a bit confusing. I know it happens, I just don't know how you can stop it from happening until the government intervenes. I just wish we'd move to an exchange where there is no shorting of any kind whatsoever, like a foreign exchange. I just did it to help me resist selling shares for the small gains. I might get burned by it, but that's one of the risks in this stock.
Ren
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