Yes I hold grudges. No I donāt forgive and forget. They mucked up when I started my LISA and they barely apologised at all. And they charge too much. Pfff.
If thereās anyone here who wants to lose weight then AJ Bellās social post video about āhow they chose the name Doodooā will help you bring up your lunch. And yesterdayās lunch. It will clean you out. Itās colonic irrigation in boomer-humour form. [Link for anyone who blocks embedded social posts like I do and therefore canāt see the post below]
https://www.instagram.com/p/CW3QnI8vAqP/
Also theyāre on TikTok because someone thought that the meme āHow do you do fellow kids?ā was an instruction manual rather than a warning. TikTok
PS. Thank you Freetrade for managing to do social media properly. The moment you have Viktor and Adam on TikTok rapping about investments with backwards baseball caps on is the moment I leave.
Haha! Amazing! I love how much effort you put into this grudge!
They deserve it. Theyāre the kind of company that would replace their staff Christmas bonuses with a one year membership to the Jelly of the Month Club.
Source for the uncultured amongst us
I canāt begin to tell you how much I love this!
You love their social media antics?!
In the same way, you canāt help but watch a train crash. You know itās going to be a disaster but iāll be damned if Iām not watching!
āPassengers awaiting the arrival of the AJ Bell service to Social Media Success, please be aware that this service has been delayed indefinitely.ā
Freetrades got a new comp coming 2022ā¦
Perhaps move to Competitors thread?
Some observations:
Matches Vanguard Investor pricing.
Advantages over Vanguard Investor include ability to purchase individual stocks as well as funds from other providers.
Advantages over Freetrade ISA include lower cost for those with portfolios smaller than Ā£24K, ability to purchase OEIC funds, and support for Lifetime ISA.
Only a small number of stocks and funds at launch but I assume that would grow over time.
Iād argue itās not cheaper than Freetradeās offer, they donāt provide a free GIA. Unless you are making >50% on a pot of Ā£24k an ISA isnāt going to help you much, and you can switch at that level. Frequent trading outside the ISA could be a hassle for tax reporting, but Dodl doesnāt seem to support that anyway (neither do FT actively encourage it, as itās hazardous to your wealth).
The LISA sure is nice thou. Hint hint
Seems like a puny number compared to Freetradeās 1.2 million but average portfolio probably much bigger, with AUM of Ā£75.6bn.
I aināt clicking on no Daily Mail link, just commenting to say that theyād have 398,065 customers if I could move my LISA from them to Freetrade instead of waiting until FTās LISA launch date of 2053 
I think we have to consider who the customers are/were. A lot of people moved to freetrade when 212 effectively shut their doors. Even now when people ask where to yolo their money you get āfreetrades tour only optionā in terms of I want access to the market but I donāt want to pay for it.
But 212 still seems to the the first choice in a lot of topics Iāve seen, despite its super shady terms. And freetrade gets first place only because it was second place to 212 but no one can get access to 212.
15k customers is nothing to laugh about, but in the grand scheme of things itās still low. Thereās 50 million adults in the UK and almost none of them are investing
Just received in an emailā¦
Now I have to work my way through my shit list to find someone I hate enough to inflict AJ Bell on.
They have a new advert
Weird. They didnāt ask me to appear in the advert. I have opinions that Iād like the world to see!
Anyway, just topped up my LISA and tried to make a trade in a US stock only to be toldā¦
There is currently no online quote available. We offer online quotes for the US exchanges from when they open, normally 2:30pm until 9:00pm, Or you can place a telephone order with our Dealing Services team on 0345 54 32 600 (Monday-Friday 08:00 ā 17:00).
Just queue it at the best price for me then?! Ugh!
Jesus Christ AJ Bell - why are you such utter garbage?
Just tried to make my trade andā¦
We require a valid tax form before you can deal in this investment. For US investments (W-8BEN) please click here
For Canadian investments (NR-301) please click here
Why not proactively get me to complete that BEFORE I start trying to trade US shares?