Barclays Stockbrokers > Reviews

Advantages: quick easy to use
Disadvantages: poor support

I was using barclays and to start with it was not a bad service at all it was reasonabley easy to use and worked quickly when you decided to trade so you knew immeadiately what was going on. Then after a system crash the problems started I was having trouble with my secret id confirmation so i wrote to the help page and afyter 3 days they sent back an answer to a different question it seemed and terminated my certificates. This meant that i had to ... Read review

Advantages: Good price
Disadvantages: some times gets busy

Barclays stockbrokers is one of the best brokers I have used for buying and selling shares. It's simple to use and registeration only takes a short while, you don't even need to be a Barclays customer to apply. You can buy shares by setting up a direct debit so that each deal comes straight out of your bank account no hassle sending cheques. When you come to buy or sell shares you type in the company that you are intrested in and it brings the share ... Read review

Advantages: household name - well branded - well priced
Disadvantages: household name with a stigma in some areas of late.

Barclays offer a good service whether using their phone dealing service or their on-line service at www.barcalys-stockbrokers.co.uk Their charges are reasonable (£11.99 per deal on-line) and contrary to warnings I have heard on various bulletin boards, I have never experienced problems buying or more critacally selling. Barclays also operate a feature which they call price improver, this means that although you get a on-line price either over ... Read review

Advantages: Saves your time
Disadvantages: None

Banking with Barclays Bank is as easy as gulping down a sip from your morning coffee cup and it is as safe as sleeping in your bedroom with full proof Burglar alarm on and in a bullet proof home. If your are not Banking at Barclays you can not keep yourself in pace with the world.My advise to all who keeps all their money in banks should go for banking with Barclays only and no other bank. I think the bank which provides so many things under one ... Read review

Advantages: Low Cost. Ease of Use
Disadvantages: Digital Certificates difficult to understand at first

The Barclays online Stockbroking service is excellent. I now use it for both certificated dealing and non certificated though my ISA. Once you've got you head around the security procedures, the whole thing is pretty straight forward. Within the portfolio / ISA service, the switching facility is excellent. Basically, this allows you to sell one stock and buy another at the same time, only paying commision on the purchase. This really cuts ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, efficient, cheap
Disadvantages: Can only trade from a pc with a digital cert loaded

I would fully endorse the service that this site is offering. I have now used the service four times to both buy and sell and have no complaints. The account setup was easy, efficient, and without hitch. Direct debit payments have been made on time and with no errors so far. The site has never been down when I have needed to use it, and I've been pleased to gain the benefit of their "price improver" to sometimes get me a little extra cash ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, Efficient and Cheap
Disadvantages: Do not ofer a Nominee Service

Barclays online share dealing service is easy to use and with charges starting at £11.99 I believe that they are one of the cheapest internet services around. Sign up in quick and easy - during this process a digital certificate is downloaded on to your computer, this is later used as part of the identity process when you buy and sell shares. When you get this certificate on your machine, take a copy of it. I made the mistake of deleting mine by ... Read review

Advantages: convenience, ease of use
Disadvantages: share certificates. slow site

Barclays stockbokers - one of the cheaper on-line dealers at a very competitive £11.99/trade or 1% to £39.99. However the site can be very slow at times and you can have trouble logging in. I have missed the best prices on several occasions and if you fail to buy within 3 quotes you cant go back for some time. The service is though, extremely convenient. The major drawback though is that you deal in certificates which can take many weeks to arrive. ... Read review

Advantages: cheap and fast and they give you good deals
Disadvantages: none

Barclays stockbrokers are got to be the best online brokers around, they are with out a doubt the cheepest on the net with £11.99 a trade. its quick and easy to register which is a big plus when your on here. you can invest up to £7000 in one transaction and if you want to invest more you get clearence from you bank and sky's the limit. your first transaction must be paid for by check while you set up your direct debit with your bank. i am only ... Read review

Advantages: Simple live quotes
Disadvantages: Unsympathetic support

I LOVE the dealing screen on this site ! Once you've selected the company you want to trade in, you can then specify the quantity you want to trade - in shares or in cash, with the option to include dealing costs and stamp duty. Click a button, and within a couple of seconds you are presented with a live quote - which remains live for 15 seconds. Click "deal" and you have traded, cancel (or ignore) and the quote lapses. Simplicity itself ! This is ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: Waiting for the Certificates

I've used their internet service for over a year now and have them to be very professional in everything that they have done for me. I'm happy to have a certificated service rather a nominee account because I consider my investments to be long term and would rather have the feeling of security that a certificate gives you as opposed to the vague statements you get from holding stocks in a nominee account. Although the most frustrating time was during ... Read review

Advantages: Simple and reasonably priced
Disadvantages: One of, but not THE cheapest

...I have always found barclays stockbrokers to be reasonable and extremely reliable. For small investors (that is if you are buying 100 or 200 shares, up to a limit of over 1000 pounds) their flat rate for internet transactions is 11.99. If, however, you use their telephone dealing service, you will be charged 17.50 which is not just so good! It's really easy to get started. You have to provide them with your bank details and they will arrange a ... Read review