Maybe that's all they had to invest and they wanted a piece of the action?
Let me ask you, what will that 500 shares become? Could it be worth more then the service charge it cost to buy them? Besides, I don't think you can buy any shares without paying a service charge of some sort. Kind of like buying a lottery ticket I guess.
If you ask me, it's a small price to gamble to find out. If the pps runs, 500 shares could easily be worth more then the service charge.
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