It is interesting how that works. Because while you were trying to get 2000 at Ask all day from TD Ameritrade, my friend picked up all 900 shares that traded today through E-Trade. He was willing to pay 49 cents for them (limit order was set at .49), but he got them at a "discount" - 100 at one price, 450 for a little cheaper and 350 for a little cheaper still. Ever see an order broken up like that before? Partial fill at 100 shares? What - were they looking for them under the couch cushions and in the sock drawer? Interestingly his last order was another partial fill and they couldn't come up with the shares to totally fill it so the rest of the order expired.
I guess if we're trying to figure that out, it would appear TD Ameritrade is saying they have no more shares and so is E-Trade. I mean if they had them wouldn't they have filled your order and the rest of my friend's? How hard is it to come up with a couple thousand shares. Normally not very. But then again, this is TelVue. NO ONE SELLS TELVUE. Only a market maker can sell something they don't have. I'm in sales. I would be shot if I tried to sell something I didn't have in inventory. We buy something from someplace and then we resell it. Nobody has sold the market maker some shares to resell.
It seems like even the market makers are realizing just how scarce TelVue shares are.
I wanted to buy more today, got sidetracked and didn't get to it. I will do so tomorrow through Scottrade - that is if they will sell me some. I am willing to pay more than what he is asking. They are worth more than 35 cents people - let's be real. Why is anything valuable - scarcity. The more rare something is, the more value it has. Any coin collector or stamp collector knows that.
UBSS, that sold me some thousands of shares just the other day, is showing on OTCmarkets.com as having no shares available as well.
My understanding is they have to fill you at the ask. I would be calling my broker and raising hell. I believe there's a 2 minute limit on fills at the ask. If there's no shares, then likely this will get halted until the SEC can provide a remedy.