In case some shareholders are still paying monthly service fees on accounts where your shares are , I'm reposting this from quite a while back as this topic was brought up recently

I discovered, with my bank anyway, that if I made a monthly deposit into the tax free savings where my shares are located, it negated the monthly fee. They even refunded me a few months fees as I was unaware. So keeping all my shares now costs me nothing and.. I've accumulated a nice little stash so far (tax free)

Check with your financial institution to see if it's possible to do this for you, and what would be the minimum monthly deposit.

BDF