Forum Archive Index - September 2000

["Peter Maiden" <pmaiden@today.com.au>]

Somebody recently noted that CDL shareholders were offered a discount on the 
room rates at the Copthorne.

How many other listed companies have offers for shareholders? 

Having such offers could provide some other little reward for shareholders. On 
the other hand are some companies missing a direct marketing opportunity to 
already converted and aware customers.

Generally shareholders are the forgotten stakeholders in a company. I know 
customers reign supreme and as such deserve most of the attention. Small 
shareholders generally only get a shiny annual report and if they are lucky 
(and able to attend) some hospitality at the agm. Putting it another way for 
those watching the rugby over the weekend watch out for corporate boxes that 
many of these companies have at the grounds - spending shareholder money and 
not a shareholder in sight!

Lest forbid bringing up the subject of when is a loss a loss etc again (and not 
picking on poor RBD again for any particular reason) would realised or 
unrealised losses be more palatable if shareholders got a few pizza's every 
year?  -  yuk! Maybe a Starbucks would be better.

........or for those 'green investors' what would they do with their bag of 
genetically modified grass seed from Wrightsons?   

Thoughts

Peter

(have some RBD but no WRI)



--- Move to a better address ---
       + today freemail +       
    http://www.today.com.au     

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/          New Zealand's home for market investors
http://www.netbroker.co.nz/        Trade on Credit, Low Brokerage. Join now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
To remove yourself from this list, please use the form at
http://www.sharechat.co.nz/forum.shtml.