Dont throw thow those few stock market shares away, just yet. A small amout of share are worth the paper they are written on , and more. Businesses that are still doing business will honor a few shares of stock just as they honor dozens or thousands of shares.
If you own a under 100 shares of stock in a company,
you still may be able to make some money from those shares. The issuing company -- no matter who the stock holder is --
still has to spend money on mailings and they have to spend even more money by servicing you. To alleviate these high costs, some companies are willing to buy those
shares back from you with up to a 10% premium added to the amount.
An added bonus is that when you sell your share directly back to a company you do
not have to pay brokers fees.