So the big question is, are you gonna sell the stock?
> On Sep 8, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Travis Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The shares were originally purchased through an actual stock broker in town.
> They went out of business probably 15-20 years ago. About four years ago, I
> received contact from a company called Computershare claiming they had been
> put in charge of shares of technology companies that had not been claimed or
> updated. My parents have probably moved six times during the last 29 years,
> so any mail was being bounced back.
>
> We filled out their required paper application (along with a notary
> signature) and sent it back to them. I never heard anything more, and
> honestly figured it was a scam of some type. I made attempts over the last
> few years to contact them (via the telephone number on the form), but it was
> always voicemail and I never got a call back. I tried their website many
> times as well, but without knowing an account number, I was never able to
> login to their online system.
>
> Today when I checked, they had a new feature to request your account number
> if you could provide all kinds of personal information... so after a few
> guesses (like zip code, etc), I was finally able to get into the account.
>
> Travis
>
>
>
> On 9/8/2016 3:40 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>> That's a very interesting give from your parents, for sure. Definitely
>> worked out to say the least.
>>
>> Why did it take years to get access to it?
>>
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Travis Johnson <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> So today, I was finally able to login to a brokerage account that was setup
>> by my parents in 1987. They had given me four shares of Apple stock for my
>> birthday, but because I was a minor, they had to be put under one of my
>> parent's names as well. I think they spent about $200 for the shares at that
>> time.
>>
>> I logged in to the account (that has literally taken me YEARS to get access
>> to) and discovered I now have $8,800 worth of Apple stock. It was a great
>> surprise, and the bonus was the $670 worth of dividend checks that were just
>> sitting in the account because they didn't have a current address.
>>
>> Doing some quick math, that works out to about 13% interest over the last 29
>> years. Apple just paid for my new iPhone 7. :)
>>
>> Travis
>>
>>
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