I seriously think you have go farther up the chain, and take names all the way up.

If my broker wouldn't allow me to tender at a given price-they would be my ex-broker.

Exactly. When you go up the chain, take down everyone's name and ask for correct spellings and job titles. When you reach the person who has the "final say" and they tell you no, then ask that person if they want their name associated with the loss of an account. That will get you to the top where the real decisions are made. In my case it took 1/2 hour and three steps up the chain.

I got a story from person #2 that they had to check with their compliance dept and couldn't get back to me until tuesday. When I asked why, I was told that it was a large order and they wanted to be sure I wasn't trying to move the market! I actually laughed out loud when he said that, at which point he became testy and said well, you may think it's funny, but we have to watch these things. I said, what, like you guys and every other broker in Canada haven't been doing exactly the same thing for the last two years? He shut up after that, and within 10 minutes their head broker called back and I had my shares listed.

ebear